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Video montage from a morning's training with ICBC May 2018.

AMO predicted that Bedford Regatta would be one to watch, and it didn’t disappoint. Forgetting about the medal podium, who were the real winners and losers of the day? And what does this mean for National Schools in less than two weeks time? 

Bedford Regatta takes part this weekend over a 1200m course, making it the largest single day river regatta in the UK. Crews come from all of the country to race. With only weeks to go before the prestigious National Schools Regatta, Bedford is an event where we can take a look at the crews to watch for the weekend at Dorney. With a tight starting bend and unforgiving concrete banks, this is a course that is short and savage to unknowledgable coxes and steersmen.Open EightsBedford Regatta has chosen to adopt the new system for British Rowing, having four bands for Open Eights this year. Band One is dominated by junior crews from Shrewsbury and Radley, alongside Abingdon, Bedford and Bedford...

On Sunday the Champ Girls 4- will take to Dorney lake to show what they can do. This year the event has 16 boats from all different parts of the UK, both clubs and schools are competing.     Many of the competitors have been putting good performances in other categories like the Champ girls 4+. Henley have shown some good performances in that category. At SHORR, they took the best time in that category. Also, at Wallingford Regatta they took the win again, finishing 12.06 seconds ahead of Marlow. This is a crew who have been competing in a different category at races recently, in the 4-, they are a hopeful medal contender. Molesey have also followed the path...

As soon as racing on Saturday is over, the attention for nearly every junior girls’ squad is fixed onto the quad. Unlike for junior boys, there is no sweep event at Henley Royal Regatta and qualification spots in the Diamond Jubilee are beyond sought after.