Kingston Head

A rather last minute update I'm afraid (such is the end of the Lent half).  Tomorrow Junior Colts and Upper Boats will all race at Kingston (D block stay home for their specialisation meeting, as do I as I am organising it).  JC's, 1st and 2nd VIII will all go in the morning division at 1100, 3rd VIII go in the afternoon and should be joined by The VIII out for a second run.  Reading provided a useful marker for many, after quite a long gap since Wallingford, and the aim tomorrow will be to see if our crews can continue to close the gaps, largely on crews from Hampton, who are always strong in the head race season.

The Lake has been somewhat busier than usual this week, with GB trials this weekend gently elbowing our remaining crews onto the river.  Everything comes to a head during the late morning on Sunday, and there will be plenty of folk around the college following the performance of one Constantine Louloudis...

Reading University Head

So, the forecast looks decent and, with any luck, the whole club will actually get to race this weekend.  Our four Junior Colts crews, who of course had a run out at Hampton, will the have the opportunity to see how much they have improved since that promising start and will be able to gauge how well they are closing the gap on the opposition.  For Upper Boats and Colts this will be an important opportunity to try out some possible crew combinations and get some key race experience over a good long course.  There will then be the chance to fine tune things at Kingston before our attention turns to the Tideway.

All Junior Colts crews race in the first division at 1030, when The VIII will race in IM1 and a 3rd VIII will race in IM3.

In the afternoon (at 1500) The VIII may race again in IM2, where they will be joined by a 2nd VIII.  Colts A will race in J16, and Colts B will race in Novice.  Directions and so forth are all now linked from the website if you are coming to support.

Mr Cross has worked his magic

Looks a bit better than the photo below at Hampton...

Hampton results

These are now up and linked from the website. For such an early stage these were encouraging times, especially from mixed crews. The learning curve is steep indeed at this point (see below)!

An interesting day at Hampton...

Peterborough cancelled

The Nene has iced up so there will be no racing at Peterborough tomorrow. Hampton is still on, but we have had to withdraw Colts C.

Late Michaelmas Racing

This Sunday will see Upper Boats and Colts racing at Wallingford Head.  Most Upper Boats will race in both divisions, and crews, as they currently stand, are given below (hopefully the formatting will work).  With the inevitable illnesses and injuries that plague this corner of the year, they may yet change a little.  Colts will race in three J16 8's in the afternoon.  The morning division starts at 1030, and the afternoon at 1330.  Links to the draw and directions are up on the website. 

Next Saturday, 10 pairs from Colts and all those Junior Colts rowing regularly this half will race at Hampton.

 

Div 1		Div 2
Nov 8+		IM3 8+
Strong		Strong
Woodhouse		Woodhouse
Fraser		Cornish
Friend		Vystavel
Aldous		Scott
Geffen		DdM
Clay		Zaboronsky
De Jager		De Jager
Camm		Briant
J18 8+		Nov 4+
Taylor		Friend
Jhaveri		Fraser
Peters		Aldous
Miller		Geffen
Bodenham		Camm
Klebnikov
Felstead		J18 4+
Muir		Stirling
Bruce		Briggs
		Jordan
Elite 4+		Metcalfe
Stirling		Bruce
Briggs
Vystavel		J18 4+
Cornish		Peters
Briant		Klebnikov
		Jhaveri
IM3 4+		Taylor
Scott		Morgan-Witts
Jordan
DdM
Zaboronsky
Morgan-Witts