Hopefully the formatting on this will work. This is taken from the 'Rowing Guide' page on the website and explains how British Rowing racing categories work:
| Eton Year group | ECBC Group | Racing categories | Explanation |
| F | F | No external races | F race individually in singles and in house groups in quads |
| E | Junior Colts | J15A, J15B, J15 2nd | A and B denote a class of event - so small schools will race their A crews in a B event. 2nd crews must be a school's B crew or below |
| D | Colts | J16A, J16B Novice, Intermediate 3 | See above for A and B crews. Novice is for crews (of schools, clubs or colleges) who have no regatta wins. Intermediate 3 is the next group up and will often involve club, college and lesser university crews, along with school 2nd/ 3rd VIIIs or Colts VIIIs |
| B,C | Upper Boats | J18, J18B, 2nd/3rd VII Intermediate 3,2,1 Senior, Elite | See above for A and B crews. There are also specific categories for 2nd and 3rd VIIIs at National Schools and some other regattas. See above for IM3. IM2 is a good club/ college standard, often entered by 1st VIIIs early in the season, or good 2nd VIIIs. IM1 is a high club/ college/ 1st VIII standard (Henley hopefuls). The 1st VIII would only enter Senior or Elite when it was looking to be stretched by very strong crews. |
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