There you have it.
Well, well, well! it JUST GOT INTERESTING!!!
The voting poll implies that shore and joeys are the front runners (which would be a reasonable assumption after the Grammar Regatta), yet the more recent Scots Regatta saw Kings with a first and then a second. I would think it's a dog fight between, Shore, Joeys, Ignatius, Newington and Kings, with potential for Scots to join that group in time.
Thoughts on Sydney High's chances?
Thoughts on this?Joey's look the pick to me at the moment as they are rowing within themselves for the first 1,500m and only pick the rate up for the last 500m.
Keep an eye out for Scots in January, as they have had 4 boy's pull out of the 1st V111 this season (2 in the last 2 weeks) wanting to focus on their rugby training, and they have another 2 boys out injured.
With 6 year 10 boy's (year 11 next year) in the boat at the moment and with their 2 strongest rowers to come back from injury they might surprise a few people next year.
Hi all - just found this site and thought would give some colour from south of the border.
Melb boys 1st VIIIs - Scotch predicted to be strong again with 6 returning from last year's winning 1st VIII (understand 1 has been dropped to the 2nd VIII) - they had a convincing win at the Melbourne Head in November 2018 (3,500 metres Head race - 2nd place St Kevins was 28 seconds behind). Brighton Grammar (2nd in 2018 HOR) are building a strong program but unknown if have picked up any of the lost time from 2018 HOR - they did not race in Vic as an VIII before the no row period kicked in in December (they did race in NZ as an 8 for the first time this season mid Dec against Shore and Joeys - coming 3rd - 3 seconds behind Shore (1st) and 2 seconds behind Joeys (2nd). Next big regatta will be Aust Day at Barwon - though only 1500 metre 4 lane course it should be a better guide of where everyone is at as schools come out of rowing camps with more settled crews mid/late January.
Melb girls 1st VIIIs - St Catherines, Geelong College, Geelong Grammar and MLC all expected to be up there. St Caths (1st) and the 2 Geelong schools finished within 1 second of each other at the 3500m Melbourne Head (MLC did not race). Geelong Grammar subsequently beat MLC by ~2.5 seconds on the Barwon (1500m) a couple of weeks later (St Caths and Geelong College did not race). Again, Barwon regatta late Jan will give a better idea of who is where.
One question that perhaps someone can answer for me. The APS schools in Victoria have a very strict policy regarding rowing over Christmas break (no row period/use of school equipment/number of boys who can row together in club crews/number of camp days) - with the sanction for any breach recently increased to now be relegation to the HOR B Final. Is there something similar in NSW that governs/restricts training/racing over the Christmas break?[/quote
As far as I'm concerned this is a schoolboy rowing page concerned with the GPS crews.