Major Rennie
Herbert Moran (7)
HI All,
See theres no thread atm.
Whats the news on the water ?
MR
See theres no thread atm.
Whats the news on the water ?
MR
HI All,
See theres no thread atm.
Whats the news on the water ?
MR
A hard week of training for most crews based on reports. with only 1 more SIRC regatta till HOTR
It’s time for HOTR
Predictions everyone!
1st VIII
1. Shore - contenders acquiescent
2. Scots - went for it last year and someone finally knocked off shore can they do it again? Form suggests possibly but more likely 2nd.
3/4/5/6 conditions and illness/injury dependant but looks likely all within 1-2sec, 3 crews with outside chances at Win if shore/scots have a bad day and conditions favour the contenders
Most likely.
3. Kings
4. Grammer
5. Newington
6. Riverview
7. Joeys
8. High
Outside chances.
Kings - could finally put it all together and surprise a win but have been plagued with illness/injury throughout season.
Riverview - Glimmers of speed, a fast 2nd VIII and 1st viii with previous out of form results suggest best is still to come from boys in blue, have finished as high as 2nd.
Newington - with most in GPS VIII would expect consistent front runners, have hit as high as 2nd and lagged as low as 5th. If ignored & a good start could win. Best likely outcome, conservative start, fastest last 500 and get 3rd place.
Grammer - this year group surprised in 2nd at Head of river when in Yr 10 VIIIs can they do it again?
2nd VIII
1. Riverview
2. Shore will get pipped on the day by canvas..
3. Newington Bradbury to 3rd place
4. Scots
5. Kings
6. Grammer
7. Joeys
8. High
Also, Riverview's 2nd VIII beat their 1st VIII in both races yesterday at SIRC. Not sure if they will change the crews or what, but a few new names in the 2nd VIII whom I've never seen before (must be new year 11).
The 1st VIII has 5 guys from last years VIII which ran 3rd and the remaining 3 rowers are from the 2nd VIII which won last year. Checked rowing nsw and the cox is also the same in the VIII. As we say every year, Riverview's program is designed to peak at HOTR so I believe they are still a chance in the VIII.
Same with Joeys, I believe we are still on the way up getting good boat speed, but left our run too late in the season.
What are everyones thoughts?
Smart money probably favouring Scots with their very close second to Shore recently and a 'peaking at the right time" aura.38 hours out from the 1st VIII race at Head of The River....
I'm guessing everyones final predictions is Shore?
Another year and another relatively disappointing result from shore. Seem to be forming a habit of dominating the early season and then fading on the big day for whatever reason. Once again they went out very fast but faded badly over last 500m. A similar result to last year when scots ran them down. Also riverview from 2018 IIRC performed a similar feat.Congratulations to the Kings 1st VIII on their victory (last won in 2007). Seven of the boys are in Year 11.
Today Riverview has broken the AAGPS record (SIRC results spanning from the start in 2001) for the Junior Year 10 1st VIII 2000m HOTR.
Their earlier results at SIRC
- 6th Feb 6.21.88
- 13th Feb 6.25.50
- 27th Feb DNS
- 6th Mar 6.17.76
Today 13th Mar 6.08.67
That's one hell of a coach.
Relatively speaking that’s a slower time from shore given conditions
Turns out they lost their 2 seat with a bit over 250 to go - had a melt down poor kid. They would not have beaten Kings but it did effect their time.
They rowed 5:55 earlier in the season in similar conditions, pace was fine. They just weren’t up to it yesterday for whatever reason. Kings did really well. It’s similar to last year - Shore crew rowed sub:6:00 early season then couldn’t hold their form through to HOTR.Shore 2 seat ? Shore have done this in the past. Gone out very hard and faded in last 500m. Recall a similar incident 2015 v joeys.
Turns out they lost their 2 seat with a bit over 250 to go - had a melt down poor kid. They would not have beaten Kings but it did effect their time.
i didn't realise rowing was a year-round program at Shore. I thought of another way to get the boys to rediscover the joy of rowing, understand the impact of external elements, and learn how to handle those twin imposters of triumph and disaster.7 seat. The replay is on the Cluch app, you can see it quite clearly. A friend of mine was standing in front of a couple of Shore 1st VIII dads and when they saw the first 500m split they commented it was 2 seconds faster than usual and started to panic they would knock up
Shore need to have a good hard look at their overall rowing program. From letting the kids make their own winter sport choice, if they get injured so be it, and giving them the winter off rowing full stop. The same dynamic is appearing every year now - they come out of the blocks ahead of everyone but as the season goes on the others start to peg them back and by the time the Head comes around they are worn out, and most importantly it’s too late to learn how to lose and handle pressure. The same dynamic is apparent from year to year too - the year 8 and year 9 quads win everything but the junior 8s are starting to underperform badly now.
Kings aren’t rowing at the nationals by the way.
It’s not a year round sport. That is an urban myth. I have a son who went through the rowing program there for 5 years. He was actively discouraged by the coaches to row in winter when he wanted to join a club. Him and his mates all played rugby - a stack of last years 1st and 2nd viii’s played 1st or 2nds rugby. It’s BS that they row all year.i didn't realise rowing was a year-round program at Shore. I thought of another way to get the boys to rediscover the joy of rowing, understand the impact of external elements, and learn how to handle those twin imposters of triumph and disaster.
Put them into surf boat racing a couple of times a season.