This is correct. That four was definitely the fourth fastest four throughout the year: they just had a blinder. The third four wasn’t helped by one of their rowers having a sprained wrist the week before.
Agreed, @The Chairman Grammar beat Scots by 7 seconds and Newington by around half a boat length, he was pretty key to that, and had a serious back injury up until late Jan, Grammar had everything going against them and just don't have the program or kids that the other 6 have.
Yeah take this down, the season's over shouldn't be publicly showing what kids have the worst erg times
Bergin went from not being included in the HOTR last year to being the 7 for the Second VIII then the 3 in a First Four that won on the Nepean. Ellis was already in the First Eight and recognised as a very talented rower. Both make strong cases but Bergin edges him out im afraid.
I personally saw a great deal of bubbles behind the shore 4th IV, much more than the usual amount left in the wake of the boat. Perhaps there success is not, in fact, a product of stacking, but indeed a hidden motor. Check that boat!!!!
Look at the Shore Fourth Four. The crew has changed only 1 person since the King’s/PLC Regatta, in which they pulled a 7:20 and lost by 5 seconds to Riverview. The person they lost was the 6’7 Welch. Just look at them in comparison to the Third Four. The Shore Third Four is taller, stronger and bigger in every sense. I’ve never claimed that King’s stacked, but the Fourth Four had a great day, and the Third and Second Four had bad ones.
Yes you do
Yep - ultimately, the fours are very weird boats that can be very hard to predict and that are very dependent on the crews mood.
Yep Zac Hyde left to Riverview he was in the grammar 1st 8 last year
Well done to the crew, the boys rowed/coxed very well.
Shore will definitely pose a challenge as a contestant against Kings' First Junior. However, the real question remains: can they surpass them? Despite Shore's determination, Kings' First Junior exhibited remarkable strength in their recent performance, making the outcome uncertain.
Shore flied and died, no two ways about it. I could tell they would hit the clag about 500m in by the way their stroke was rowing. However, pacing isn't something too hard to fix, so I think the race at nationals could be a bit closer between them this time.
