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Billy Sheehan (19)
All that time wasted rowing sideways with only seven crew....Wait till they work out you can have VIII in the boat
All that time wasted rowing sideways with only seven crew....Wait till they work out you can have VIII in the boat
Yeah that Scots 2nd VIII was pretty big, even compared with their 1st VIII.
Interestingly the Joeys 2nd VIII didnt figure in the results, then their IV's got significantly faster in last week from a 6:55 to a 6:48..
Joeys 2nd VIII changed some seats between Sydney and HOTR regattas, otherwise the two crews were the same at both meets. As they were at the NSW Championships. They were the same save for one seat each at the Grammar regatta in November. What are you inferring?
Joeys 2nd VIII changed some seats between Sydney and HOTR regattas, otherwise the two crews were the same at both meets. As they were at the NSW Championships. They were the same save for one seat each at the Grammar regatta in November. What are you inferring?
Pretty sure there wasn't a protest about the 3rd VIII. What I did hear was the GPS sports masters conferred to judge the race between the three legit 3rd VIIIs from Kings, Shore & Joeys. Looks like Joeys walked away with the beer tankards.
I've banged on about this last year with Kinross entering this event. They've even got the race callers convinced with platitudes sounding off about how great it is to see them rowing etc. I think it's pretty obvious to everyone, that they're not some hokey poke yokels from the sticks with teeth missing and wearing overalls. They're a pretty slick rowing machine albeit don't have quite the depth as GPS. They've pretty much got a top class 1st IV and their VIII would fit more to 2nd VIII standard if not 1st VIII standard if they focussed on it..
If you look at those times comparisons (yes Lindommer, I did the same research as you and it's heartening to know I was not alone) the difference is that Joeys was pushed by their opposition whereas Scotch cruised through without much of a challenge. I see no reason that Joeys cannot knock Scotch off the pedestal in terms of current form, ability and season-best times; however, if you and I know that just from idly frittering away our time watching rowing and pulling up result sheets, I'm guessing that every coach at Scotch knows it too, along with every boy in the boat and probably the pilot of their private jet. They will know it and be busting their butts to make sure it doesn't happen.
I think the mental game will be paramount. Scotch are coming from a decade-long winning streak, both in Victoria and at nationals, whereas Joeys are backing up from the first HOTR win since before their fathers were at school. Watching that play out will be fascinating.
'decade-long winning streak' seems a bit of an exaggeration
I myself cannot wait to see how ISIS performs at SIRR after getting everyone's attention this season, particularly on March 7.