The Second (and Third!) Eights categories are a fantastic demonstration of inclusion for all athletes. Especially in the younger years, it is great to keep kids in the sport and allow them to continue to develop. Believe it or not, athletes who have gone on to win medals at Junior World Championships and the like started in their J14 and J15 B crews!
With a nine year streak at National Schools in this event, it was beginning to become an assumption that the Oxford school would win the junior girls’ eights, however with Henley RC taking the event by their grasp so far this year, could the possible decade of glory come down in one big race?
J16 is the year when we really start to see who the true talent is and who will be dominating when it comes to J18. Known as one of, if not the toughest year group for rowing. Public exams, mixed with the ever increased pressure to perform harder and faster than every other crew, this is where the soft drop-out and the tough leave them behind.
With less than a week until NSR 2018 and both the boys' & girls' racing the J15 8’s prepped for one of the biggest regattas in the year, tension is mounting to see who will post the best times and qualify for the A final.
