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Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup 2019 Preview

The Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup for school 1st VIII's, attracts the best school boy crews in the world to compete over Henley's 2112 metre course. Last year, St. Paul's dominated Henley setting a new record of 6.06, but many expected them to break the record and complete the triple due to their wins at Schools' Head and Nationals Schools' Regatta. However, this year featured wins by Shiplake College at Schools' Head, while St. Paul's retained the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Cup for Championship VIII's at NSR for the third year in a row. Abingdon, Shrewsbury, Kent School USA and Monmouth all face each other within the first two days showing the highly competitive nature of this year's PE entries....

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Temple Challenge Cup 2019 Preview

This year’s Temple Challenge Cup sees last year’s losing finalists and home favourites Oxford Brookes determined to win back the trophy over strong opposition from overseas.  The Brookes crew features five returners from last years Temple crew, including Great Britain U23 internationals Henry Blois-Brooke, Matt Rowe and cox Gavin McWilliams.  Rowe and Blois-Brooke along with Seb Newman, another returner from the 2018 Temple crew, also rowed in the eight at the 2017 Junior World Championships winning bronze medals.  Fresher Mikey Dalton is at bow having won the coxless four for GB at the Junior World Championships last year.  This crew finished second to the Brookes Ladies’ Plate crew in challenge eights at the Metropolitan Regatta, finishing ahead of Leander’s Ladies’...

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