I'm not oblivious to what happened last year, and what is likely to happen again with the Shore 1st VIII in the coming year. However, just looking at recent years, statistics seem to be on my side. The HOTR winning 1st VIII for Shore in 2014 looked to be continuing with that dominance, but a disappointing 2015 crew threw a spanner in the works. The 2016 HOTR crew was mainly pushed on by the year 13 factor in my humble opinion. Similarly, the 2015 Joeys 1st VIII looked promising, but did not execute as well as they should have in 2016. I understand that you think you know more than me, but frankly statistics are on my side with my argument. I'm sure there were other issues in play, but I was simply alluding to the possibility that the 2017 Shore 1st VIII could follow in the footsteps of the disappointing 2015 crew