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e e e e e e e e e [Music] go [Music] and a very good morning welcome to day three of Henley Royal rata and we are live this morning from the cafe rata which is the uh the bar nearest the boat tent because this area is always packed at this time of the morning all the crews then getting a cup of coffee or enjoying oh we’ve got full English on offer I wonder how many of the foreign crews are taking in a a full English breakfast that’s one way to set yourself up for an afternoon or a a certain amount of time um doing some exercise out on the water we’re looking forward to that now the reason I’ve come in here if we’ll just spin around that’s that’s a great coffee truck by the way look at the pastries as well but anyway the reason I started in the cafe regata is because if we come out here we can just see those flags over there and although it looks like a glorious morning it is there’s hardly a cloud in the sky there is a pretty strong wind and it’s a chilly one that’s not going to affect the rowers but the strength of the wind certainly will it’s a Tailwind which is good news for them and that could mean we could be in Co record territory we will see the reason for that is because a number of the elite events are starting today we’re looking forward to seeing these Top Class rowers who could be competing at Paris Olympics or more likely at the LA Olympics in four years time now the biggest name on the start list this morning is Oliver Z Ziggler he is racing at 1120 he has made Henley his own in recent years he has won the last three editions of the diamond challenge skulls and we’re looking forward to seeing him out on the water the this morning as he goes for his fourth Henley title in a row before heading to Paris in a few weeks time where he will be certainly going for gold um in the single skulls there so we have a very busy morning we’re going to be taking you right through to 1220 and the lunch break and guiding us through this morning session let’s say good morning to our commentators Tim Dela and Mark Hunter thank you Ali good morning Henley never looked better beautiful day lovely blue skies it is nippy though exactly what Ali was just mentioning there it’s 12° and a wind hopefully the wind will assist the athletes on the water all the way through until lunchtime today 12:30 lunch 4:30 tea and then we’ve got the close at 7:30 this evening so underway in a couple of minutes time lots of international Crews on the water as well we’ve got all around the world Australia representation in the very first race in the britania challenge cup at 8:30 from the states all around Europe as well some of the really big events the historic events underway today and for some of the crews it’s a third outing on the water a real highlighted 1120 there the diamond challenge skulls then through till the lunch break we got a 12:30 break for lunch or bouncing into the commentary box with all his usual energy Mark Hunter who’s good for day three Mark how are you doing very well mate very well very excited gorgeous weather the sun’s out so I’m even more sproutly and excited than I was yesterday when I saw you my goodness me and it’s early today but the rowers have been here since very early if you’re one of the early boats on the water what sort of time do you need to be down here to get yourself ready and prepared and be in the best place possible for the off if you’re an 8:30 or an 840 race yeah the crews would have been here around 7:00 this morning some may have gone out really early for a really short panle it depends whether they went out last night or they were racing yesterday or they’re kicking off today so it totally depends on when they’re actually competing and you know they competed previously on the previous day so they probably been there around 7:00 just getting comfortable their things ready just you know becoming comfortable with the conditions you know the kind of traps the kind of the chats are going to go through and those kind of rituals they’ll have but you know they may want to sit there and listen to music you some food or have some drinks so you know everybody’s got their own process of getting ready and get in the zone did you enjoy rowing this early on in the day because it gives you a lot of thinking time afterwards doesn’t it to contemplate either success or failure no I preferred racing later in the day it gave me more time to relax just process of day and just get ready in my mind so definitely was an afternoon person so the Britannia challenge Cup race one day three London Rowing Club on the B station underway against the Australians on the Buck Station there and just having a watch on this very first race it’ll be fascinating to see the conditions and how these athletes cope they’ve obviously had a practice run or two now and just the beauty of going off at this part of the day is the water and just see how calm it is there’s no energy yet cuz there’s no craft out there it’s really quiet um sometimes that can be a plus of the athletes cuz it’s quiet and sometimes you know they light that energy from the kind of crowd so you can see that Merk have jumped out here straight away off the blocks they’ve got a length lead really early mertile in this one nearest to the camera on the buck station and it’s so still the water and you can see in the stroke seat there Harry kathar enjoying his work early in the day be done by 8:40 this morning and that can be that can be a plus as well if you’re done early or race early then you’ve got the whole day to recover but then it’s again sitting around thinking about the next one isn’t it let’s have a look at London Ro Club this morning Rose Lewis in the seat see there in the stroke seat sunglass is definitely the order of the day today there’s a bit of glare and the light bounces off the the water’s like a mirror isn’t it you definitely need the sunglasses yeah I used to love wearing sunglasses cuz I don’t know what it was it seemed to me to help me kind of move away from the pain that I was going for a race don’t I could like you know just step out into something else by having sunglasses it was really strange but it was a way of me just kind of you know finding some peace with the pain I was about to go through slightly removes you from the issue doesn’t it like watching on the Telly rather than actually being there experiencing the pain yourself so mertile the Australians that’s their blade work very neat and tidy they actually mov them really well and you got to remember this London cre had a really tough race on Tuesday where they were down all the way up the course and then they came through and one by foot so be interested see you know how Ley they are cuz that is a lot to do in early in the rounds normally you want to kind of just build as you go through the Riata rather than having a real kind of I call it a gut Buster early on and London who had an upper TS clash and that’s how it London move with really good compos didn’t let them move away and they rode through the a mile Mark to hold on a win by a foot the r club on Tuesday so Mark says it’s perhaps now the time that they’ll feel that that’s good progress from the Australians good evening to everybody who’s tuned in the evening Australian fans friends and family of this boat no doubt tuned in and cheing them on that’ll be into the next rounds potentially the weekend that’s the uh incentive for these boats Now isn’t it the weekend not too far away if you can survive in I I know once you get to Saturday you know what everyone’s just thinking about trying to get into Sunday but it’s a significant uh moment to get yourself into the weekend’s action so you have your boat in the tent at the weekend yeah there is something special about being in there and it becomes you know as boats get knocked out they yeah it becomes this special I don’t say Club because that’s not the right word but you know is that experience where it goes from being really really busy to kind of being really really empty it goes kind of quiet now this mertile boat will definitely have Ambitions to do exactly that very controlled today haven’t they that’s exactly where they want to be I’m sure what a shot that is look how beautiful the water looks this morning yeah it’s idilic out there this morning and they’re just inching away they they haven’t done anything dramatic they just went off the start and just kept moving away the London crew are still trying to stay in there so itd be interesting whether that big move that they did on Tuesday to come for up PMS they still have something in the tank but um that mertile crew does look like to use word kind of classy they can repeat it London Ryan Club unlikely You’ have thought that they can surge through again darts that they produced on Tuesday especially in a Cox’s boat it’s such a you know the Cox for is such a heavy boat to kind of lift up and speed um it’s like a you call it like a diesel ending once it just stays up the same but to change pace is really difficult shifting along well at the moment the Australia boat in that boat Jake ping horn in the bow seat Oliver sto and you got Harry ammed and Harry Cathcart I mentioned in the stroke seat for all of them a first visit to Henley Henley raw rata all in their early 20s this is mertile you can see in the lead by two lengths now on the buck station and that’s a beauty that been in the Cox for isn’t it that the Cox is doing all the the steering for you so you can really just focus on your Rhythm following the person in front and going through those kind of processes and those markers and Ticking them off as you kind of move up the course the light is fabulous today if I was a painter I’d be getting my easel out right now doing art work no I’m definitely not myself actually one of one of my close friends in N quirked those paints of the Rat and um he might be around today doing some paintings you never know never know well I think it’s now because looking at the weather forecast tomorrow your eel’s going to be blown over and Soggy tomorrow so in the sunshine the Australians making the most of the weather conditions the nice Still Water meran tile there you can see the Cox Isabelle Finch ging up the boat just trying to keep a grip on this I think Isabel fin should be fairly satisfied with the situation here but look quite animated it’s just as a as a Cox in in a front L you can’t actually see if you’re this if you’re that far in front you can’t see where the other crew is so it’s really hard to gauge whether you know to keep the Crew moving or do we need to come down a little bit or do we need to really keep on top of things so it is quite challenging being in that seat cuz she can’t kind of see round but Rose Lewis the cops here can see as MTI being the lead boat she’ll know exactly how extensive the Gap is and in front of stewards I’m afraid for London R Club The Gap is going to be too great and Amant Australians are going to see at home here that was a really classy performance I think we used that word earlier in the race and they haven’t put a a full stroke in there all the way down the course merenti in complete control so good news for the Australians through in the Britannia challenge cup that’s the second round victory for them and they’ll be very satisfied with that a long day for them to contemplate that but when they watch sh back on the Telly later their performance I think they’ll be very pleased yeah I think they’d be really pleased with it and you’re looking forward to tomorrow the Wold challenge Cup mly boat club on the barer station Upper temps Rowing Club on the Buck Station ready to go second race of day three and you can still see how still that water is up at Temple Island especially where you’ve got the shelter of those trees on Temple Island now I’m just having a look on the barsh station mosy seem to be straying into the middle of the water which way well the Umpire may need to intervene here I’m just keeping a close eye on that umpire’s launch the upper temps boat on the right of your picture is good that’s well positioned yeah the Umpire agrees with me and sending Moy back to the barkshire side of the water and that’s going to take some time out although look at that they’re so tight now these two boats but bit of unnecessary steering mark That’s not going to help M’s cause yeah it just always affects your Rhythm when you’re you’re going off like as fast as and hard as you can trying to get into your kind of high Pace if you’re having a steer it just jerks the crew makes it bit unsettling then you’ve got to get back on and you know you’re really looking to get smooth and quickly as possible without any steering up 10 of the surge here aren’t they they’re just pushing on look at that they’re in it on here and they’ve taken advantage of that they’ve just kept moving up attemps they haven’t had to alter their steering and really taken advantage of that that adjustment that mosy had to kind of make so the overhead shot shows you that upper temps to the left of your picture have really got moving and they’ve got a good lead here on the back side of the water [Music] [Applause] some serious experience of previous henat here isn’t it the stroke seat Tim Grant in the upper temp’s boat that you can see on the left of the picture there the lead boat Tim gr 10 previous heny Ro that’s you have to double figure is that how many times did you do heny roata I was about five or six so far so far yeah yeah definitely yeah it’s cuz as a lightweight we weren’t always sound really bad we W allowed to come and compete at Hy which we really hated because we had lose soon the week after it used to drive us nuts cuz we were dying to compete in front of a home crowd but the World Cup regata regarded as too much of a fast turnaround yeah and just because we lightweight Ro can you perform one week and then the next Elite athletes we yeah of course we can but yeah 10 appearances from Tim Grant six from Steven Griffith and three seat for upper temps eight for Oliver a and Jordan peppermints with five and that stat you can’t have too many boats with more heny roata appearances and it’s the winds as well like you know Steven the three seaters one the kind of temps cut with T’s TS Ry Club in 2018 Tim Grant won the temp pole with Brooks in 2014 so you know a high caliber crew with lots of experience it must make a difference I know often in different events in different Crews and boats but it does make a difference it if you’ve won previously you just know your way around the course you know logistically how to do it and it must give you that that mental reassurance that you can do it well and also you’ve kind of been through the the process of competing here and Crossing that line first so there is an element of confidence that comes with that knowing that you know you can come here and deliver your best because it’s so different being such a long week isn’t it starting on a Tuesday going all way through to the Sunday I know for some of these appearances would have been a fact four day five day regat now it’s a six day regat for the last couple of years but that’s a a unique demand isn’t it getting you pacing yourself all the way through such a long week yeah cuz you think about the domestic calendar maybe you’ll have race in the summer or you race Saturday and Sunday if you’re lucky or maybe just on one day but this consistent race every day of maybe three four five six rate depending on how many races you’re having over the week um it does take its toll so here here’s the Moy [Music] boat on the B station and Moy with a lot of work to do and they’re going to run out of water because they’re in front of stewards now and upper atts they’re going to move through to the next round barring a late disaster we did see a couple of late disasters yesterday so don’t count your chickens but I think they’re going to be okay but it’s much calmer this morning you know you normally get those incidents happen when it’s a bit bouncing people get caught out they miss a stroke or catch a crab but it looks really calm out there today good work from the experienced boat of upper temps Peppermint’s A’s Griffith and Grant home in the Wold challenge cup using all that experience we talked about the number of previous heny Morata appearances for that boat and 2024 Edition is going to continue for a bit longer for them the TS challenge Cup this is T’s run Club B against the Germans nearest to the camera here the power as they Scurry off the start pontoons and Pass Temple Island on their right and head down the 2,112 M course towards the town center and towards the bridge which you can just about make outs in a distance all the way down just over 2 km down and an early start on the Buck Station as well but this is a very tight start not much to call between the Germans and T’s Rowing Club B here and it’s once again these Crews wouldn’t have raced against each other at all because you got the Germans and obviously TS from come the UK so there always that nervous energy of not I’m not really knowing what your competition is going to do but just being really fixed on your race plan to a certain point and then where you know whatever marker that is then whatever it takes to win basically so you can see nearest the camera the Germans mention that very level at this stage the Cox Annabelle py 27y old golden the German champions league and third at German Sprint championships in 2023 Annabelle py knows that there’s work to be done because T’s Ro Club in the last few moments have made a move and got a length up and established that lead they want to hold on to on the bar station that was a good shift wasn’t it and the blink of an eye they got the boat really moving there yeah they just took control of the race there really quickly got in front and they’ve got the the advantage now just looking back seeing kind of M right behind them um and that element of confidence now knowing they moving well they just inching out all the time and in complete control yeah they can dictate things from here laying down the law the T Club boat David Potter in the baly Harrison Skinner Philip sterzinger Richard Hume leoon malays Henry py Stanley cannons and you can see in the stroke seat there George Nelson Richard H and professional boxer you point out last yeah I think that’s quite interesting I’d love to ask more about that you know how do you go from boxing to getting hitting the face to going out on the water and putting your body for absolute hell cuz that’s Richard Hume and then you’ve got the only me in the boat nicknamed geiza Harrison Skinner and let’s have a look at the German boat shall we and here we can see mun just bassan rner in the six se it’s at University of Washington which is a phenomenal program in the US dominated the IRAs this year bit of everything here police officer doctor engineer IT project manager and a consultant as well Annabelle P Water who knows I love Kaz say yeah never seen again but it’s idilic that the way the sun’s just beaming on the cair those images looks absolutely stunning so what you saying about if you can take a picture or yeah paint a picture paint picture take a picture I can take a picture yeah I know I want artist to see it start on a blank canvas and see how you get on got a free afternoon yeah it’ be messy yeah that’ be a mess after that unfortunately there Hamilton Valley wooded Valley in the distance beond Temple Island and now you start to see some of the enclosures the regat enclosure and the stewards enclosure where the crowds all buil today and my goodness me the numbers that are predicted to be in tomorrow and on Saturday unreal it’s going to be two big days yeah they are clearly the standout days aren’t they Sunday gr expect but in terms of the social side the Friday and the Saturday becoming big days right let’s watch the this race end because it’s the bar station where The action’s Happening Here T’s Rowing Club have done a good job on the Germans mun struggling to keep a pace not a particularly convincing lead it was a tight finish wasn’t it didn’t dominate as much as they promised to early on T’s R Club but of staying in touch all the way down the course of three qus of a length win in that 10 challenge cup Heat easy this is the island challenge cup Nottingham University on the barkshire station both coxes with their hands raised Charlotte brand and Olivia Hill with their hands raised now they Le at hands and off they go ready to go Oxford Brooks University a on the right of the screen and lots of encouragement down there on the start line thrashing away from the start pontoons umpires keeping a close eye on proceedings looks like Oxford Brooks University have had a good start notingham University gave their race yesterday a huge amount very tight race against Durham and managed to to get the win but you mentioned comes at a cost how much does that cost them yeah it comes at a cost you can only dig so deep so many times and back to back days is really difficult to do and I can’t remember what time they raced yesterday but the recovery time afterwards is really challenging if you don’t have you know much in the afternoon or evening to prepare for the following yeah fast turn around so here’s Oxford Brooks University perhaps taking advantage of that Lingham University finding the energy an issue today and here we are with the live pictures and Oxford Brooks in the burgundy Navy in cream to the left of your picture they are leading and they’ve dropped the raate down haven’t they which shows uh that they feel they’ve perhaps done enough it’s early on in the race to do that but look at that lead yeah they’re moving efficiently and well and in complete control so you know as said you can dictate you know what you do in that position and obviously being their kind of AO they would have expected to to progress in the event and this is a a look like a stepping stone to where they want to be which is on Sunday yes that’s what it’s all about for these boats today Oxford Brooks won this students women’s eight event last year it’s only been on the program since 2021 the island challenge cup but oord Brooks like in so many of the events with a very good record in this and look at that lead this is a proper procession Oxford Brooks University are giving University a convincing win just looking how M the grasses I love those stripes the light and dark green stripes on the lawn The Gardener top [Music] marks this is the Brooks boat Lindsay moriset in the bow seat going forward to the stroke seat Olivia Hill Sophia burnout the Cox that’s where you want to be on Thursday yeah they’re not wasting any energy here they kind of I don’t want to say paddling but they’re in complete control here so they just really enjoy I’d say Enjoy the experience cuz it’s not often you get to have that sort of race over Henley where you know halfway you’re in control and you can really kind of start to work on things you know the will sure I’m surely be trying to keep them on on guard with little things they’re trying to work on to implement and put in place for tomorrow obviously Saturday and their high hopes of trying to make it to Sunday and on the flip side you talked about nsim University having to expend so much energy to see off darham yesterday whoever’s up against Oxford Brooks in the next round if they’re watching this they’ll be a bit concerned won’t they CU clearly Oxford Brooks haven’t been pushed to the line well yeah and that that that’s the brutality of a you know when you have these head-to-head races isn’t it like you’re going to have some which are more comfortable than others some that are going to be racing to the line and it depends on the draw which side you are and who you get so the draw is so important I think that’s part of the excitement is you element of Jeopardy to make it exciting no exibility about it at all against stream Ox Brooks University on The Bu side the water will be enjoying this they’ll be relaxed and they’ll be able to support the other boats I’m sure there’s a a good tight team spirit across the cruise because Ox of Brooks has got so much depth that seems every page of the program you got an ox of Brooks boat on the water and that’s what you want across a club or a university isn’t it you want that depth across everything so you are one Club it’s not with men and women we’re one Club we’re competing here and we’re we’re successful at everything we kind of hit to win so over the line they come O of Brooks University a looking good to defend their Ireland challenge cup win of 2023 this time round another good win for them and they had dropped the rate off and the result of only just maybe a length and a half against NOS University doesn’t really reflect the dominance of that performance but well to NOS University they had their their glorious moment against Durham yesterday giving themselves some credit there so put your money on Leander in this one the town challenge cup Leander Club B on the bar station and Leander Club a on the Buck Station women’s four thrashing away trying to get an early Edge there break neck speed get as much Pace in the boat as they can as quickly as possible this will be a good battle these two they know the water so well they know each other so well this is uh one that we’ll watch and think have the coaches got it all right the selection wise bragging rights we talked about and there’s uh some lad called Ross Hunter it claim me to coach both folks do you know Ross Hunter at all L Hunter yeah unfortunately well I say my younger brother because he’s so gray he looks older than me but yeah my my brother Ross is the head women or head league coach for the women’s program at Leander um he’s done an incredible job of the amount of talent that has come through that program and that you’ll see competing in Paris most of the the women’s team is the athletes that he’s produced through this the system he’s created Leander and you know this is a tough one for him he’s got his boats racing head-to-head um and I’m actually going to ask him about this like what do you do what how do you kind of manage this situation cuz you’ve got your A and B and I’m really interested about how he does that so I’m going to ask him afterwards well I was sitting at theander when these two boats went on the water this morning and they had the usual cheers from their uh Club mates uh both boats equal but so that was nice to see but your brother I think was conspicuous by his absence so I think the way he dealt with it was took himself out the puzzle for a few moments probably quite clever yeah no he he is really you know calculating the way he operates and he’s got as I keep mentioned he’s got such a great system that he’s created there and it’s just producing so much talent so I’m sure you’ll see these athletes progress and you’ll see him in the next couple of years moving into the the national team cuz that’s what he seems to do he’s got this kind of magic at the moment which is absolutely incredible how long’s he been at the andall now quite a few years quite a few years he he started doing some coaching at UI that’s where he started and did a bit of Leander then he moved fulltime at Leander and then he’s progressed up and yeah he’s he’s done a phenomenal job and I don’t want to make it too much about the hunter family but your dad Terry a bit of a legend on the coaching circuit and how helpful do you think that’s been in terms of Ross understanding coaching and dealing with people because I better than you but your dad is an amazing people person isn’t he whether he’s just inherited that skill yeah very much so like you always learn from your experiences of who you’re coached by and Dad’s been a huge influence on not just me and Rossy but all our friends you know Mom and Dad are like second parents to all our kind of close friends which is which we love um but yeah you’ll take all the the things that you think you can add to your toour kit as a coach and then how you kind of want to want to be and your leadership style of kind of getting the best out of your athletes and creating the best environment for them to perform um and rossy’s done that by just watching different people adding to his toall kit and you know he’s he’s I’m just I’m really proud of him actually that’s that’s what I can say really well let’s hope these two boats don’t Collide and sink in the next minute or two that be the commentator’s curse but yes he’s doing a good job and watching it at the moment he’s got the uh the selection the right way around as well cuz Leander Club on the Buck Station to the left of your picture leading against leanda Club B they’ll be having a good fight here and the a boat is a little bit older than the uh the B boat so that’s probably an indication of where they are in their progression so in the B boat Isabelle Kell is 19 years old and so is pipper Jameson in two seat and you got 22y old Emma Sherwood and Sophie Chamas in the stroke seat is 25 that’s a little bit younger that boat than the a boat who are in front of stewards now now and completing the job in some start in the sunshine here at heny roata over the Finish Line Leander Club in the town challenge cup the normal order is there and in the end theand of Club B not too far behind no great race there as it should be crew a beats crew B if the selection’s done right so obviously Rossy did a good job getting his selection process right but yeah a really dominant you know control performance by Lan CL so that will be a relief for everybody well done to leanda Club a in the town challenge cup so bright Sunshine fantastic day look they’re enjoying themselves early is he asleep on the uh left hand side of that picture don’t he might have had a tough night last night I don’t know no I think he’s just he’s reading something he’s obviously reading in the program what’s going to happen today okay but there is a breeze and there you can see fluttering above the Marquees the flags in the breeze and it’s a nicer win than we’ve had the previous days it’s been quite blustery a bit of aead and it’s turned now so there you are clutching onto your hat for dear life you don’t want your hat in the drink you definitely want disappearing up the river the sun’s out sunglasses are out now it’s bright outside what have you made of the ladies Fashions this week um I you know I enjoy watching you know the the array of kind of dresses and hats people wear and I think that’s part of the the uniqueness of the event isn’t it you know people really want to express themselves in what they were and you know you get some great outfits at Henley not just the old Blazers but you know the kind of dresses that you know the ladies and the females who work at the event are stunning that was a Fuller and more confident answer than I was expecting just can’t catch him out the diamond challenge skulls pulson against parsonage go that’s your pulson on the Barsha station the Dane hav got out quite as sh as Ben parsonage who’s on the buck station now they evening it up but let’s have a little look there’s pson the Dane and it’s all about getting the early Rhythm he’s going at a cracking right there but trying to hold but he’s not going to be able to maintain that for the full uh no definitely not no he’s he’s gone off you know high as you want to high Cadence High rate get out the blocks as quickly as possible really get the boat speed up yeah that early Sprint scrambling away from Temple Island but a half length lead for the D is such a unique event you know you’ve got different events you got the eights of fours the pairs but this one I always find is the mental side of it that head-to-head battle there’s no one around you it’s just you thinking trying to process what your body’s going through with the pain you’re exerting yourself but then trying to manage the race plan strategy where you need to be there’s nowhere to hide is there here you’re very much on show so down the course they come the D got a little bit of a strangle hold early they can change the lead quickly here yeah and because it’s a small boat it’s just a single you can change speed really quickly we talked about the other boats you know being bigger it’s hard to change speed but a single you know you can really move up the rate very quickly you don’t have to wait for others to kind of move with you you can change speed really quickly so it is about staying in contact just making sure that you can see at your peripherals your competitor on the other side cuz once they break contact they they just seem to disappear very quickly so theane doing very well just finished his bachelor’s in techno anthropology and starting a master’s degree in September that’s go [Music] pson he moves well doesn’t he’s clearly a class performer the things have definitely got some pedigree so it’s good to see you know taking on the challenge of doing the single at the riat this is is definitely one of the toughest I’ve events kind of the singles we have here for the men and women he’s 26 years old now first hen orata and this is the best time to race in these small boats is in the morning because as I was talking about the the liveliness and the the energy in the water isn’t so great cuz there’s not so much craft out there so you definitely in a smaller boat would definitely want to be as early in the day as possible Ben parsonage with everything to do here 28 years old he’s previously at Henley so just watching him try and stay in touch with the D not too far down this is Ben parsonage doing his work PhD student at the University of stat kly the son of George pass is an absolute Legend in Scot I know that him and Peter Hanan did their row across Lake is it l lomman or something they they hold the record or something so George is incredible you know I’d say he’s an Entertainer he’s such a lovely guy and obviously got Peter which is a character in himself Peter’s obviously coaching man yeah Peter Hing the coach and his dad George who competed the diamond skulls at Henley many times rode the final of the double skulls in 1971 and his mom wrote in the GB women’s sad as well in the 80s Stephanie Stephanie dancer so pretty good rowing Heritage good heroing stock Ben parsonage is from and just yeah being coached by Peter you’re going to hear lots of funny stories as well know some of the crazy things he would have done in the single and learning from that and how to those Mind Games you’d play with your competitors and he mentions that Nick Thomas has been coaching him this week while in including through the qualifiers but he’s going to have some work to do here because there’s couple of length lead for pulson the D can Ben parage do anything about it it’s now or never isn’t it he’s going to have to really put the pedal to the metal if he’s going to turn this round yeah it’s just as you can see that that there space between the two craft now so you know Paulson’s really moved out so there’s no contact now makes it really half a b to to sense where pson is yeah motivation could be a bit of an issue here an incentive he’s maintaining it isn’t he but he just can’t make any inroads into that lead and that’s and that’s the kind of I always think the loneliest part of the course CU you’re in the center of the river you know the way the river kind of and the banks curve that is the center part and that’s where it’s the quietest part if you want to call it that um and you can sometimes get lost there if you get lose contact for your racing because you’re on the Buck Station further away from the the B of Bank yeah that you’re not surrounded by that you’re I said you’re kind of in the center so you can’t sense anything and especially if you’re competitor’s gone it becomes very isolated and very lonely whereas on Saturday afternoon you got so many uh other Craft on the water on that other side of the water on the buck side that actually you won’t feel so lonely really you’ll be a bit more social there well you’ll have people M up against the boom so it keeps it enclosed if you want to call it that so this is parsonage Ben parsonage the 28y old who has a lot to do in front of the rata and Steward’s enclosure if he’s to turn around polson’s lead pson who’s LED from Temple Island pulson looking very composed got a good Rhythm got good control of things here bossing the race he looks to be moving well yeah said in complete control and just has that nice Advantage now where he can look back and really you know kind of man manage the kind of race and indeed man manage the the week as well cuz having been on the water so early on day three in the next round having controlled this one and with lots of recovery time till whenever his next round race may be we don’t know yet and that’s the important thing is when you finish racing is you know how do you maximize that time you have whether it’s food exercise sleep hydr staying hydrated because you can like with the entertainment and excitement of the rata you can kind of get is there some of that but if you start walking around seeing people it just it just drains your legs so it’s about you know how you get away and get rested you know for your next kind of race that I do know about unbelievable walking up and down the toe path here have you been getting your steps in the last few days without any trouble but uh that’s been uh counteracted by the social side of it I mean it’s very just everybody’s here well it’s just what I love is that you walk a few feet and you see someone you haven’t seen for a while you have a great conversation anywhere fast no no but that’s a be but you can come here on your own and just move from one person to another that you haven’t seen in a year or 10 years or whatever it may be and the more time goes on the more years we have the more people you get to know the slower those Journeys are anyway good work from ascal pson who will have to avoid the Temptations of what goes on socially on the bank and get his feet up and be ready for the next round because in the diamond challenge skulls he goes through good performance from him against Ben parsonage who goes over the line now a little bit of Celebration from ascal pson he’ll be very pleased with his work this morning so theane progresses in the diamond challenge skulls get ready this is the hambledon peirs challenge cup Gaffney and Morton of Australia nearest the camera Robinson and tisel on the barsh station oh let’s have a look at this they’ve really gone into the center of the water GFF and they’re getting very close those blades and the Umpire will be keeping an extremely tight ey on that and look how far out the Australians have gone and now they’re having to correct and there a danger the overcorrect but that’ll Def and the issue here is for the Australians how much will that steering impact them well coming off Temple Island it hasn’t damaged them too much but Mark that was far from ideal yeah it’s not the start you want you know as we keep talking about you want to go as straight as possible and just to move across that that element of panic that Stress and Anxiety that comes in from oh no we’re on the wrong side we don’t want to CL uh Clash we got to move back and it slows the boat down so you know how you kind of process that is really important especially in that frantic frantic part of the race off the start Eliza GNE and Samantha Morton will have been in a panic and they were cing close aren’t they to a collision of the blades that was as close as we’ve seen uh today definitely and that was precarious stuff but they seem and they’re actually lucky the American Crew stayed on on their side if there had have been slightly over that could have been a clash and you never know what would happen from that yeah how the Umpire would read it because they were definitely the ones who had drifted across so Robinson and Tisdal Sarah Tisdal her experience now in the stroke seat phbe Robinson he’s 23 years old just one previous heny roata for her and they are setting the pace gaffle and seventh in the World Cup in the women’s pair so they know what they’re all about the big Australian team that’s over ahead of the Olympic Games of Australian company for what was quite nice I saw that they they announced the Olympic rowing team while they’re in training camp of R did you see that recently so that that was quite cool cuz obviously their base in Europe is in Italy where they train you know when they obviously have that long trip over and they stay in Europe for a period of time and this pair are part of project La project Los Angeles half an eye on 2028 already they’re part of the development Squad so you might see Gaffney and Morton l up over 1500 m in Los Angeles I do love that the national teams have started doing that cuz it wasn’t something to talk about was project for the next Olympics but all the i’ say the big teams have started really thinking about okay what’s their future Talent being really clear about they the next kind of cohort that we’re preparing for the next kind of Olympic cycle and they are still going for it here Robinson and tisol far from giving up bit of work to do try and close down the lead that Gaffney and Morton have forged early in this race and it’s always onset especially you know in a pair where you’re kind of you’re moving to different sides if you want to call it that you know with the crew in front and the kind of wash that’s created from that can be quite unstable doubled up gathy and in the posan World Cup recently they won a silver in the women’s eight and they were in the pair as well of course at posan in Poland so they’ve had plenty of competition time on the water over the last few weeks going to be very good for their development isn’t it every day a different challenge doubling up is not for the fainthearted at a World Cup rat no that’s tough for me one race a day was enough try to do two um incredible only an hours break between the two and once again it depends on the depth of the event though doesn’t it so if it’s a race like this yeah I can do two of those if it’s two that are fist fight to the line oh you’re going to be suffering in that second one big time depending on the entries you may have to do it all again the next day exactly exactly so you are taking a bit of pot luck by entering to not knowing obviously what the numbers are going to be yeah once you get the schedule you might have a a better idea of how possible it is but they’re definitely in in good race form Gaffney and Morton all that experience all that racing over the last few weeks has put them in good stead there and Eliza Gaffney and Samantha Morton over the line here and winning their ham and peirs challenge cup event quite comfortably against Robinson and tiso one thing they will look at is that steering off the start they’ll I’m sure they’ll start working on that because that is going to be really important as they progress through is that they don’t want to be doing that as they get into the kind of deeper rounds yeah that definitely wasn’t the aame plan there was it something to work on but get through safely to the next round of the Hamilton pairs challenge cup so a local boat on the water here Maiden head Rowing Club from just down the way in the 4ly challenge Cup against harbury College go and away they go 40 challenge cup in the sunshine my favorite event it’s how I started my Handley campaign as a kid so I love this event and this actually used to race twice in one day on a Saturday so it was quite brutal so they you know things are quite nice and they only race once a day in this Modern Age tight as they come away from Temple Island you can see nearest to the camera hary College just up a win a met Riata for them for George coats in the bow seat you can see there Rowan Irving Elliot Donovan Davis and Daniel Paige in the stroke seat from Harpy and they really moved well this will be a high quality race bit further down the course and heartbreak continue to control things they’re definitely taking the early advantage and moved out which is great and it’s just you know making sure they be care for their line you never know what the image is whether they’re close to the booms or they’ve got a bit of space but definitely give myself a bit of braving space and not be too close and down the course they are continuing to Eclipse Mateen head you’re having a good look at what’s going on in yeah I’m just look at the bodies like they’re not in sync this is the Heartbreak College boat that you’re looking at they’re just leaning out on yeah just be interesting to know whether that’s something that you know they’re aware of but there’s definitely some body movement going on that I think is kind of unnecessary so George coach definitely in that bow seat tilting to the left a little bit as we look at it and that may be due to the you know they’re more naturally dominant they do more sweep rowing I don’t know but it’s just interesting to see but then further down the boat in the 3C Elliot Donovan Davis is popping off to the right so it balances it out kind of national schools you know singles title which is quite a really it’s a Prestige thing for kind of genic to win and set a new course work so yeah when you’re 18 years old that’s a big deal and it’s also a big deal to get through the Thursday of heny roata and that’s what this heartre college boat have done in the 4le challenge Cup oh it’s getting very tight though look at that for a surge from Maiden head Rowing Club in the last few strokes this has been a good fight from them at the end they won’t have enough but they have reduced the lead to half a length that was a good shift they left it a bit late didn’t they Maiden head R Club really gutsy finish there just yeah could it’s always that change year if we g a bit early you never know that would have certainly harbury College may have thought they were going to have a bit more comfort in front of sters than they eventually did the Diamond Jubilee challenge Cup this is headington school on the AR station against Whitecliff College B on the buck station and off they go from the start pontoons couple of kilometers of water stretching out before them they had a a race on Tuesday headington school that went well this time they like they may be the second off Temple Island White Cliff College be taking a early length lead yeah and the white the white Cliff College Programs you know was a bit dormant for a while and this year has really exploded onto the scene and you know got some great kind of you know Crews compete the Riata this is a b crew kind of leading helon as we see right now away they go it’s w Cliff College B who lead in the race headington school with Franchesca buts 17 years old two previous H or ratas already in the bow seat that’s as a 17-year-old she’s already done hand me twice yeah you’re on your third one in your 17 that’s impressive quite rare yeah let see headington boat you can see nearest to the camera near D is green Salam to weld and Helen Yap in the stroke seat with their work cut out because look at that lead for M Cliff College B what a great shot is just overhead moving in sink shifting along a good r with that yeah just need to hold that together all the way to the Finish is a long way still in this race here come headington school just probing away trying to keep in some sort of contact not easy though for them they won’t have much of a reference point will they as to how much work’s required yeah you can you can see just as a crew gets this sort of margin you can just see the wash coming off the kind of stern the boat and it just starts to inhibit the kind of bside blades or if you’re looking at the screen now the blades on the right of the headington boat kind of gives them a bit of dirty water it makes it very challenging to kind of enter the water the wind clearly picking up I don’t know if you saw in the background there one of the parasoles taking off in the enclosure on the bank some gust of wind coming through yeah so that uh could cause a few problems with the balance in the boat but and also I guess it’s just those different pockets of the of the culs where you might need to be aware of those when you’re star to think about your planning for your race strategy you know there may be an opening where the wind’s going to come through where there’s no trees or you might get an umbrella landing on your boat very uny well I’m sure the rain we had yesterday might have had one in the boat so this is the lead boat White Cliff College B Amelia flaxman Natasha Phillips Georgina joy and Lily Anderson you can see they’ve all got their kind of own stroke coaches on on the left hand side down the boats you can see got red blue blue the data just yeah so they can all see it themselves sometimes the crew just have one sometimes they’ll have two sometimes they let all have oneing by headington girls who have had a tough race so far hoping that something un happens in the W College boat so they can get back in touch Fresca but is there the 17-year-old we mentioned in the bow seat [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it’s good work from m c be yeah they did all their work early on so they enjoy this last part of the course and see their first race of rata so those nerves that have got out now and they can really start to focus in and start thinking about kind of tomorrow so the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup it’s a win for w Cliff College be by quite a few lengths headington School unable to match them on this occasion the B are station come over the finish line now and that’s their heny raw rata complete this is the prince philli challenge trophy we got Wallingford Ryan club and nearest to the camera s Edward score you can see right into their boat what a Insight that is as to what goes on on the start line away they go revealing what you can hear as well clattering away trying to get the early initiative get the upper hand if at all possible looks like s ‘s school has had a good sharp start there and Ted’s getting off to a good start there so this crew was second at National schools which was you know an incredible performance and definitely the the kind of form crew of this particular race I’d say so as we suspected Teddy’s St Edwood School a good start for them and on they go down the course waringford Rowing Club with loads to do once again it’s great to see we talked about a boat club as a whole not just thinking about men women boys and girls um the boys did really well this year last year tedy’s the girls are are liting up this year and that that whole club becoming one and being successful together is you know really impressive former GB R Katy Greaves in charge of the waringford Rowing Club setup lots of work to do for an inexperienced boat the waringford boat no previous appearances at Henley 16 17 year olds 15y old Cox Alice Hull in the B seat M 18 little bit older but it’s a very young boat you can see there that for a picture all the way down to the bridge in the Town Center that’s where they’re trying to get to see the wind winds picked up as well hasn’t it in that part it was quite calm this morning you kind of see your reflection is that nice Morning Mirror [Applause] [Music] yeah now we can see Teddy’s coming into the picture now with wingford trying to stay in touch Teddy’s out on that buck station a very good healthy lead as they move in front of the enclosure there more and more people arriving for day three of heny Ro orata get more crowded on the banks it was just at their breakfast the coffees teas coming in you’ll be heading off your breakfast soon no doubt Yeah well yeah I had a coffee I’ve just finished my coffee my morning coffee I brought with me this morning yeah that’s where you get your energy from yeah unfortunately I will so live on coffee yeah I did wonder Prince philli challenge trophy Teddy sco together appear to have this one in the back to theat enclosure mov towards stewards and again this is another boat that can save some energy for Sterner tests ahead yeah and it’s has been incredible to see the evolution of that Teddy’s program you Adam moic took over director Rowan and he’s got the right people the right coaches and it’s just it’s kept progressing it’s not just about one boat it’s about a collective team of athletes coming to the rata and being you know being successful being competitive oh this boat second at National schools in a photo finish with headington the bronze so this Teddy School boat had some success already looks like they could be destined for the good things in the next few days it’s their first race to regata getting over those early nerves isn’t it you know get into the rhythm of the rata you know the excitement of being out there that first race under your belt they keeping the rhythm going and giving it they’re all trying to force some sort of mistake from St Edwards not giving up waringford Ro Club there you can [Applause] see a little bit too much too late though de School in front of stward great place to be for them on the Thursday huge victory for them in the Prince Philip challenge Trophy and Edward School beating waringford Rowing Club a really decisive margin [Applause] there bit of a procession that one well done to Teddy’s yeah took an early Advantage early lead got to enjoy you know rowing over the Hy course cuz they could really take it down Prince Philip challenge Trophy and Edward School beating waringford Rowing Club and just appreciating their opponents there thank you very much to Mark Hunter who’s off to see away a massive breakfast enjoy your day Mark and it’s good morning to Adrien CAD who slots in alongside me to watch the action lots of people on the bank watching the action as well good morning Tim and thanks very much Mark for your commentary this morning um good to see Tim some more racing to come getting busy stewards there we can see the anticipation you can see the flags as well that’s uh an indicator isn’t it of the wind at the start up at Temple Island SE so we’re just about ready for the t’s challenge Cup London R Club a m boat club b m on the way you are both straight and ready is not enely with the way their boats are pointing a wind that’ll be buffing them around a bit poised on the start line get ready was a Tailwind an hour ago it’s now moving to a crosswind which makes the start more taxing doesn’t he if you got to get your boat all lined up perfectly and the crosswind is freaking hav long boats go away they go the start of the 10 challenge cup peat London run Club on the bar station and multi boo Club B on the Buck Station to the right of your picture let’s keep an eye on the Ste one a few incidents this morning of boats getting too close together at this point in the race but London Ro Club you can see there all very neat trying to set his fast and early Pace trying to d off the start L there really been a real Force this year this the club team was true he’s been building that club of the last couple years and manag to put together really really dangerous age in this event and very quickly they manag to move out to half just over half a length against the mo mo be sun bouncing off the water twinkling here are the bo Club B just trying to get themselves they’ve got to stay in touch I they at this early stage what they can’t do is allow London to forge ahead too much right now that’s uh that’s recoverable but much more than it won’t be yeah in theory it should be recoverable but pins is one a one of the favorites since is M’s B crew it’s more than likely none of them are going to just row away from this now a crew really still attacking as much as they can to try and make a race of this as much as they possibly can but it’s always was tough with you a be through against an a crew so London Ro Club as anticipated Before the Race showing their class you never know what might happen though it see of clattering of the boom or catching a crab or any incident that might allow Moy back into the race yeah we did see a few of those yesterday crew under pressure was struggling a little bit to say I found quite entertaining or is that against the spirit of the event a bit of Jeopardy always a good commentary isn’t it it is yeah incident P so here’s the London crew really effective blade work by this crew and even here they’re still attacking this it’s not like they’ve already backed off they’re still really attacking this they’ve obviously decided they’re going to one of the markers to put in a good effort and then I guess at that point they’ll they’ll throttle back a bit and cruise in Edward Thomas in the stroke seat raising my gois in the seat there in the lundon boat looks very well organized good for their High billing aren’t they talking them up and that’s why yeah I mean they were very quick at Mar GA two weeks ago putting in a very good result only just beat only beaten by Brooks University otherwise they beat everybody else quite a long way the so quite a big distance now as they come down s of a third of the way down the course here’s the Ry boat see in the seat Emily Jardine Christian atlete in the stroke seat Emily jings had uh four previous heny moras the cops so very experienced this is quite a young crew the guys in their early 20s mostly one a teenager and this will be like the basis of the mo a crew for the next couple of years as well so experience they’re gaining from this be pay dividends in the years to come so yes a little bit of looking ahead and trying to get the house in order for future years and you look at the London run Club because this is a boat at its peak isn’t it yeah it is I mean really is and you look at the age profile so you got a couple in the B seats and two seat who are in their 30s but otherwise they’re all mid 20s mid late 20s AR me Matthew Reed had nine previous anymore gats in in the two seat 33 years old but Ben is 24 he’s already had six appearances the Ed University graduate at previous heny or gats so it’s way you want to be isn’t it in terms of experience profile and age profile that that’s a boat right on top of its game yeah it really is and it also shows how how hard it is to win these club events um these guys are in that sort of age group they’ve Road schooled and probably University as well and now they’ve got full-time jobs and they having to train 10 times a week and hold down a job in order to be competitive in this event and it really does make it difficult for a lot of clubs to compete yeah terrific to be able to perform at this level and do careers got consultants in there Financial Services law software automation engineer civil servants bit of everything there pensions and insurance providers serious jobs Indeed and serious athletes they certainly are and that’s a great view isn’t it down there is still a bit quiet it’s early morning for some people a few sore heads from yesterday I there say well it’s a great view if you’re a fan of London R Club isn’t that and they’ve got a huge lead coming in front of the Riata enclosure now in front of Steward’s enclosure and they’re thinking about tomorrow and Saturday yeah I mean that’s great they really are composed within themselves you get to enjoy the sunshine coming down the last 500 met of the enclosure there won’t be much for a roar today but there will be some London fans who will make sure they’ve heard the big crowd’s in tomorrow and Saturday the big days aren’t they as time goes on as each henmore regata goes on seems to be that Friday and Saturday is huge days now in terms of attendance it is and today because there’s no school lates none of the boys school lates are racing it’s going to be a bit quieter as my guess L the parents coming around today but like you said tomorrow build really does build a massive Crescendo and then Saturday afternoon got to imagine anyone else is anywhere in the world cuz they’re they’re all here aren’t they they certainly are certainly are hundreds and thousands and if they’re not they can’t come here they can tune in listen to us on YouTube so London Roy Club really making quite easy work of this very good blade work very composed at the finish of the stroke you can see how their bodies are very still as their hands move away that really gives the bir a chance to set up this is mosy working hard Thomas Forman see back of him in the B seat 22 years old that’ll be savoring the experience as you say Adrian no doubt they’ll be back in years to come probably in the aoat some of them this clubs do they develop guys and bring them up through the club into their [Music] eight so the 10’s challenge C in front of stewards and over the Finish Line London Rowing Club go true to form true to expectation classy performance London Rowing Club in the 10’s challenge cup beating mosy boat club B they’ll be back in years to come and be grateful of that experience I’m sure the island challenge cup next race number 12 on day three on the card here the way they go student women’s eight Ox of Brooks the current holders of this but we watch Oxford University on the buck station and Ed University on the Bark Station so these Crews will not have raced each other Oxford have not been uh racing competitively since the bow race um and there a mixture of their blue b and their second crew oaris and straight away creu are love really good start to the race maybe Edinburgh slightly ahead so we’ll see what these crews are made of yeah so lots of boat race experience in here as well and we can join the action live and Oxford University have taken the lead against Edinburgh University to the right of your picture they manag to rad from canvas down to maybe half length up here against edinb um still a long way to go but it’s recruit that hasn’t had any racing this summer that’s very composed their schedule their season is quite different look to what they have to do because of the boat race it changes things compared to many of these other boats that we see on the water yeah it’s very interesting because they train everybody trains the University students train about as hard as each other but mentally it’s such a big thing for the students and the way the timetable works at Oxford and Cambridge particularly sometimes they miss lectures to be able to train and that kind of thing which is probably not official you hear edra coming back looks like doesn’t it well it looks like they’re quite close to the boom there as well I just having a look at Oxford University they got the the Cox to guide them and keep an eye on that but they were parly close certainly are but it’s good to see it because normally we don’t get many of the boat race athletes rowing in the summer and coming to Henley but both both universities have got a lot of Crews here racing so it’s really good to see the boat race programs bringing the athletes through the summer racing into the Henley quar of a length maybe half a length lead for Oxford University but this is got the makings of a really terrific race I really do it’s just Oxford starting to slip a little bit and get a bit further ahead Ed really need to stay with them here and just make keep the battle going a bit longer just a little bit more Vigor and energy in the oxy University boats in the first half of this race but it’s way too early to to call this one and the way it works on the course is that because the way the stream meanders through the course that there’s a slight advantage on the near station the box at the beginning and the end and the Bucking just St has a bit more less stream in the middle so the’re also taking advantage of the middle of the course to get their bit but as the course progresses Ed will get gain the advantage again so it’ll be interesting how that pans out Rox seem to be making the use of their Lane and getting out to about half a length yeah Joe G in the seat for Oxford University that shows how tight this race is that’s the perfect image isn’t it of two eights going at it head tohe they really are they really are you can get a judgment of the speed they’re both going how far their blades are covering the last puddle and then compare them how what sort of stroke rate they’re doing to each other but both screws are pretty much pushing the boat the same distance between strokes and going the same speed same stroke rate very even match but at some point you just think one of these boats is going to need to be decisive and try and it is interesting Oxford stroke rate they’re taking less Strokes per minute than than edinb at the moment sometimes you might think that’s not as efficient to take as many strokes but it’s quite be interesting to see maybe they just feel it a bit lighter and they can move a bit more quickly maybe they may have a change of gear n be Simmons in the seat for Ed University will be looking over the right shoulder just making sure they’re staying in touch with Oxford University reporting back to the crew and letting them know what’s to be done coming into the general inclosure now really Ed really need to start turning the screw get us back into this yeah not far off half a length for most of the way down the water so far but can they turn it around here Oxford University yeah Alam French um is a new addition to the coaching team here at Oxford and has done a really good job getting getting changing the culture of the club and making the the program really enjoyable for the athletes and I think the the girls are really enjoying the program out running it you can see the crew here producing some good holding off edinb Catherine King you can see there in the ox University boul seat and here’s Edinburgh Isabel Clemens in the battle seat for them and they’re going to have to really go at it now because they’re in front of Stuart’s enclosure and there’s not too much of the race left it’s been a good race it’s been a tight race but Oxford University got their quarter of a length maybe half a length up early and just sat on on that and they’ve been able to see off Edinburgh University with that margin of lead all the way down it’s been a good tight race so both boats in contention all the way through just to as it turns out the boats base boat speed was the same and Oxford got half length just maintained it all the way through front of stewards here’s a good tight finish to the race but Oxford University survived the island challenge cup heat it was a tough one against Edinburgh University da through we go Oxford University to the next round of the island challenge cup another close race in the island we’ve seen a few of them in that particular event the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup Lee Rowing Club on the Bia station Los Gatos Ro Club of the USA on the Buck Station poised ready here we [Music] go The Americans on the buck station getting very close to those boys this could be a problem on right of your picture there’s a boy being clattered and they’re going to have to now return to the middle of the water and look at that over steer back into the middle of the water this is going to be taking speed out the boat and the Umpire may be interested if they continue on that route cuz those Gatos have had a bit of a stinker the white flag and in fact it’s ler R Club being encouraged back to the bar station as well SC is quite a long way over there but Le with that error looks like Le managed to get clear water really quite early and get out of any sort of possibility of a clash those gatas moving back over onto the station sorry and but M gato’s here yeah they’re going to have to work do something now to really get back on terms here with the Lee Rowing Club so Lee Rowing Club of managed to get it e that was so expensive wasn’t it for those Gatos steering into the boys you often see boats in Temple Island veering out towards the middle what you don’t so often see is them going into the boys that early I that was when you’re in the shelter of the island and those trees that I mean that was nothing to do with the conditions I think was whatever the pressures in the boat they didn’t quite go straight and drifted over and when you’re going flat out the first four or five Strokes you really just trying to think but you’re rowing and for the steers woman having to do the steering that early on the race is really not easy um the Lee here scotting very nicely just making quite easy work of this race to be honest they’ve moved over a little bit towards the middle of the station but um no comments from the Umpire there really clean blade work there’s a good shot of them that tape there on the right hand shoulder of just the pink tape in the stroke seat yeah it probably means she’s got a little bit of stability ises with her shoulders maybe it’s a bit sore by putting this tape on it just holds her shoulder in the right same position and take some of the pressure off the muscles Jess KERO in the stroke seat for Lee look at the look at the it is pretty hard out there isn’t it you can see the wind is pretty strong Flags there on the right at the back really blowing across the course and steering from the Le the middle of the course but I think the weather’s potentially really deceptive today if you just glance at it you got really bright sunshine and it it’s twinkling the water and everything looks magnificent but it’s first of all not warm especially I think it’s about 14° on the water at the moment and it’ll maybe get up to 18° but then if you actually look at the wind that that’s the key isn’t it for these athletes yeah they just come out of a big patch of rough water from the wind and even there you can see along the Booms The Bouncing the waves on the water that’s coming from the wash from all the launches that are coming down on the side that does come across onto the course and affect the athletes Emerson Adams in the stroke seat for L Gatos her grandfather was a winner way back when 1973 silver Goblin fantastic amaz some family heritage and tradition at heny roata for that particular family the family from Los Gatos yeah so this crew from Los Gatos was quite had quite a successful year they were second at uh in the youth quad at San Diego crew Classic on the west coast and then the youth the US youth National championship’s fourth women’s quad so the Lee here having to beat a good crew and doing quite good work of it they certainly are scen in the bow [Applause] seat P Hughes and KERO we mentioned earlier in the stroke seat so as they come down St still very quiet the Lee well within themselves here goinging nicely just to finish off the race very good performance from Lee Ro Club in the Diamond Jubilee challenge Cup in front of the stewards beating the highly rated Americans Los Gatos Ro Club very good performance from Lee I think they’ll be hugely well I don’t if relieved is the right word but just just outright triumphant and pleas yeah look at the celebrations you can tell they are a crew that are very happy to be shifting on through the week cuz that was uh potentially more difficult than they made it look Lo Gatos highly rated but their week is to finish at this point in the Diamond Jubilee challenge [Music] Cup this is the britania cup t ring Club on the B station and Riverside boat club from the USA on the Buck Station to the right of your picture keeping eye on those flags that are being buffeted around and now a stiff breeze away they go and looking at the Americans they’re getting close to boys as well on the right hand side they Edge away from them now they’ve come out in a very spritely Pace The Americans really trying to Dart away from the start Ponto and get an early Advantage but they are Level coming off Temple Island yeah there’s nothing in between these two Crews um Las is a very aggressive style they’re settling into a really nice Rhythm here T slightly more long and languid Rhythm to what they do um two of this me two of the crew here from this um TS cup crew were in the wolds in the final last year and we’ve got uh [Music] Mak and the bow here the temp scw the very first Henry well this has got the marks of a very tight race Riverside boat club from USA up level with TS R Club on the barsh station further away from the camera t r club with a move now to try and Edge away yeah we just went past a quarter mile post that’s 400 m gone in TS to get a half length advantage and actually they seem to have now moved into something that’s a little bit more efficient and starting to slowly slide away hear a good view from the crew yeah was a real scramble away from Temple Island there but we’ve got further down the water temps taking more control of the race more the length lead now against the Americans AUST felso in the coxy for Riverside we’ll be keeping a careful eye on what ts are up to and here we can join the action further down the water and T still in a commanding position yeah they’ve done very well here like to clear water looks like and they can also feel quite righteous cuz the crew went and voted this morning in the general election before they came down to the course ah so doing their Duty okay now doing their Duty for their Club 10 here really well composed running really well John Jonathan Davis or jpd as he call cutchen done a very good job he’s been very busy looking after two Crews this week really has prepared This Crew well the wind ever shifting we had a cross wind for a few minutes but now we think it’s a Tailwind which will assist them should sail them down the course with uh a bit less stress yeah the Cox 4 it’s heavy enough there’s four of you and you’re carrying the weight of the Cox you spreading up between four of you where is the eight you sharing it between eight people so is it’s a heavier boat to row um but one of the great things about the Cox for you can’t get big change in speed if people decide to Sprint um but just looking at this o i mean London TS R look very composing within themselves so wind assisted but also even crucially from a steering point of view the cross wind is presuming the biggest fear is it from steering point of it is difficult I mean one of the advantages they have is because the coxes in the front of the boats and they can see where the boat’s going so they can see the squalls and the things coming a lot more easily than the Cox in the stone that’s all this Fel you see the there shouting up you see the back of Steven Spar as well in the B seat this is the Riverside boat we’re looking at and tell us about the uh the Cox and the weights because they don’t want to contribute too much weight to the Box 55 kilos is the weight the co and here they’re coming down T’s making quite easy work this Riverside really still attacking as much as they can trying to get back on terms but they won’t because they’ve run out of water the race is up and well done to t drawing Club over the line there you go getting Round of Applause from stewards and Riverside boat club not far behind from the USA gave it a good go but it’s T’s Ro Club who go through in the Britannia challenge cup here’s one I’ve been looking forward to the diamond challenge skulls I watched guz of Spain yesterday progressing through you can see on the bar [Music] station Thor on on the right hand side R for Bermuda he was a single scholar in Tokyo and he’ll be going to Paris for the Olympics as well um he’s a two-time blue and a president from the boat race 19 and 2018 but Gutierrez was we saw him yesterday in a really good race he’s very aggressive he really keeps the stroke rate out for quite a long time off the start and last race he really set himself a good margin able to control the race because he was brave enough to keep aggressive and he seems to be doing the same kind of thing now really you can see Dar here is settling into his rhythm and gutier is definitely not settling into his rhythm yeah and had in the seats on the buck that’s the one nearest to the camera and gutter is scampering along but what a high rate to try and maintain that and trying to get the length lead early and then hold but these boats lead can change hands it can to and frow depending on energy levels in each of those boats but good start from the Spaniard is just at what cost does that come and stretches away on the bar just station Daniel guz certainly has I mean the Ares Gutierrez has um failed to qualify for the Olympics he went to the final Olympic qualification we got and just missed out um and because of different qualification process Dar is going to the Olympics for the second time but Guerre is here really was obviously decided he wanted to come to Henley to sort of finish off his season and he’s so aggressive the way he’s skulling just doesn’t take any prisoners whatsoever he’s opened up a two or three maybe four length lead leave onara already yeah Gutierrez Class Act but the perant at the moment so got everything to do despite that qualification for the Paris 2024 men singles yeah we seen some races The Single it’s a very very long race and and there are times when you see that people Mis paace it and even like for example Olympic Games the single scholar that wins s the race invariably does not lead in the first 500 M it really does T it’s a very tactical and a very well paced race so we’ll see whether dar’s got his pacing right and we’ll start edging back at him or whether Gutierrez just has better boat speed and whenever I watch anyone in the diamond challenge skulls in a in a men’s singles race here you can think back to some great clashes over the years on this stretch of water where dramatically leads have been overturn we’ve perhaps gone a bit early with writing off one boat and they’ve come back in in front of steward Mak some incredible turnaround races I remember Kettle B against Mah D I was actually stewards right down the beginning of stewards and Mah was so far behind I saw it I literally thought I can’t be bothered I’m going to walk back and get another drink yeah and then I found out he lost that was more that’s what I was saying in commentary look it up on uh online the uh the race it’s one of the most watched races on YouTube I think I think so yeah so Dar really needs to now to start to turn the screw and get himself closer and closer Gutierrez has backed off on the stroke rate a little bit but still very aggressive in the way he sculls Dar more of long Lang more the Cambridge style his coach Rob Baker who’s the boat race coach for the men um he’s coaching Dar through the Olympic Games ripples on the water created by the wind yeah it’s just a little bit bouncy the single these boats are only 14 kilos they’re so light the athletes are much heavier than the boats themselves so just managing to sit on top of this thing he so topheavy it’s very skillful yeah the balance people they see it looks fine but it’s basically round round like it’s like sitting in a barrel trying to sit a level it’s pretty impressive it is they make it look so easy and that’s always the thing with Elite performers isn’t it they just you sit there you think well anyone could do that no they can’t that’s why not every gets paid the big bucks but Gutierrez here really still yeah now he’s within himself and really taking that time just to finish that stroke off at the Finish just there at the release he really spending time now because he’s backing off a little bit with the conditions very well one the Spanish longdistance national championships this year beating to world and European silver medalist competed in the uh first World Cup back in verzy and he will be competing heading in towards the weekend in the diamond challenge skulls here at Henley a very good performance here from Gutierrez sets himself up nicely for the next round glance over the shoulder checking where the finish line is it’s a comfortable win but I’m sure he will be very relieved to have got there and to be staying in the competition Danny Gutierrez of Spain moving on in the diamond challenge skulls there’ll be opportunity to concentrate on the Olympic Games for you indeed so there there you go see how strong the wind is Breeze coming across that’s see St George’s flag on top of the church I’m presuming at St Mary’s in Henny town center and that have you got one of those devices I don’t have one of those I imagine that would be the first thing you’d do each morning in your gym jams you’d be up and checking the wind in your back Garden yeah it just changes too often it’s not worth it but obviously I wonder what sort of speed he’s getting off that and wonder what he’s going to do with that knowledge what that tells the coach there is it windy what’s interesting as well when you can look at the course you can see the flag on top of the church right behind us in town will be up and flowing but the flags on the left by F Court can be down because they’re sheltered so the wind is different all the way down the course you can see the flags at Temple Island start line strong all the trees there the wind is still across there I will start you like this bris business at this stage go well the English will have ice cream in any weather get ready please got Marlo Rowing Club on the left hand side of the bar station and Newport Aquatic Center on the right on the USA truth away they goo Rowing Club just down the way from here rehearse this many times they got the advantage of being so local they can drill this all year round this moment New Port platic center from the USA to the right Ro Club it’s it’s the biggest entry ever for H Ro they got eight Crews racing this week yeah forly later Prince Phillip Diamond jubile quad later on as well so big entry from Marlo well done to them in good shape here we got picture of Marlo here running along Chambers here one of the ex International britishway rowers has been rowing coaching over there and really trting to develop a good program over there both on the boys on the girl side here we’ve got about half 2/3 of a length from for Newport Center as they’re starting to move away very long with they’re already quite low on the rate in usw really getting some votes for yeah they’re highly rated this new Port Aquatic Center boat they’ve had some success already this season and obviously having made the long trip over to be at Henley got a chance and looking at the St of this race that’s the boat we’re watching is well wrapped up is you can just see there when the in the water how long they’re spending pulling the handle and really spending time just accelerating the boat and that’s really giving them payoff as they’re racing along here and they won a lot they come they got a lot of medals first second third places some places like the southwestern regionals Long Beach invitation San Diego crew classic so they’re used to winning races and here they’re using that confidence to just just about R clear here of mar R Club this is Junior women’s e so all the competitors have to be under for last September the 1st and it’s clubs and schools extend together yeah it really is open to everybody who of school age new for 2022 this event and here are Marlo going well and that’s a slight contrast here Mara really aggressive again with the handle accelerating the boat with her bodies but when when we look across again at um Newport you can see Newport just the blades are in the water for a little bit longer that’s giving the boat just a bit more impulse every stroke and that’s why they’re Sliding Away so the condition seems to have settled there that looks a bit nicer down there doesn’t it yeah just perhaps just briefly but Marlo on the right hand side of the picture you can see Temple island in the background and the hamon valley that’s trying to stay in touch of new for question and they’re doing a good job with that they’re making this a race yeah this is or part of the course because now the course start is very close to the bank and the bar start in the first 6 700 M and now as you come past Cory Court the the river moves away to the left and the course moves way across to the right side of the river so you sort of move away from the clouds it’s a quiet space it’s much more you don’t hear the noise very much it feels like you’re very much out on your own you see how close they are to the right hand side of the river now having started on the left hand side of the river at the beginning our conditions seem to have got better still lovely bright Skies nice Sunshine the wind does seem to have dropped a little bit which is great news there awful news actually coming just now that our co- commentator hav H’s new hat flew off when she was on the umpire’s launch and has got very wet not terribly sad here that is awful I have to hold my hold on to my hat later on the thoughts of Uka we’ll be on commentary Duty a bit later on that’s an indication just how windy it’s been flags on the left and also Flags above the church right at the end wind is still persisting but they’re coming through a bit of a flat patch here but there’s some dark patches ahead which are going to give him some trouble so the lead extending for Newport Aquatic Center gives you such a clear idea that picture of the extent of the lead so here you see Newport the winners of the San Diego crew Classic on the west coast this year really showing their class here really run very well actually just pushing the boat taking their time to accelerate the boat and it’s given them a lot of good boat speed Charlotte Milan in the seat for Marlo royan Club will be urging her boat on Lauren Kennedy in the stroke seat trying to communicate with all of that Marlo boat there we can see so much work to do and Charlotte Manan in the seat certainly won have given up but just hoping something goes Dr be wrong in the opposition boat yeah the B four of the Marlo Club have been to Henley before and the stern four including the Cox this is their very first time racing at the Riata and with Newport school this is all their first time coming to the Riata Which is less surprising as suppose having come all the way from the US well it’s very early in the morning at Newport Aquatic Center over the big pond so morning to anybody who’s stayed up or got up to watch this race unfold over in the states hope you’re enjoying the coverage and hope you’re enjoying this performance because it’s pretty much what you have in mind W you when you’re flying over from the states to take part in Henry Ro you think on the th day this is what you want yeah totally exactly right and just as we look on the right hand side of the course here there’s a bit of a gap in the course there’s no booms that’s where the crews can cross over as they’re padding down to the start but here com into the enclosure now Newport really efficiently run down the last 400 me of w and it’ll make a difference to later on in the week as well the fact that they don’t have to strain too much to see off Marlo R Club it perhaps give them a little bit of an advantage in the next round tomorrow Saturday well for sure the oppositions have to race it all the way to the line there will be some Advantage but these these athletes they trained quite hard and they trained to know so they can recover and race again and again even though they’re young and their training age is low they still pretty fit but training that’s one thing and then having a discipline to see it through cuz it is an extraordinary week here if you’ve not been a pass of pen G been here all week it’s a unique Rhythm to the week isn’t there and the discipline required to go from one day to the next to the next all the way from Tuesday through until Sunday yeah and also there’s a lot of distractions other regata walking through town to get back to wherever you’re staying it’s not that normal more regard as where it’s usually soulless and you just race and sort that yourself out here the kids need to make sure they finish the race put the boat away maybe say hello to their parents for 5 or 10 minutes and then go away otherwise it’s exhausting being around this place if you’re racing apologies to people watching Newan I’ve never found new’s one of the better on there are others that have that but nothing like Henley is true Henley is out on its own so Newport Aquatic Center from the USA well done to them really fine performance Marlo royan Club who kept in touch for the first half of the race found it tough going though from just down the way Marlo in the Prince Philip challenge trophy will head home and Newport aquatic Cent got to keep the discipline stay here try and get into the weekend with performance in the prince philli challenge trophy they’re going to progress at the expense of Marlo Rowing Club I’m over the finish line now big win for the Americans time for a local Derby the 40 challenge cup cla’s court school on the bar station to the left of your picture and wins a boy school to the right away we go a long way down the course and just having a look at Winds of boys scho here what is going on with their steering they’re going to have to sort that out sooner rather than later cuz they’ve come a long way out into the middle of the water they’re having a glance over the shoulder to see what’s going on yeah there was a bit of steering issues there the players cor also moved away instead of holding the line moved a bit towards their boys WIS the boys half half half length quite quickly cla’s caught really are not going to let them go that easily so Winds of boy School taking the early Advantage off Temple Island on the Buck Station going in a terrific rate and trying to move a bit of clear water between them and cla’s Court school there’s a lot of history and pedigree in this event in both these clubs um Windsor boys two years ago they had an A and their B boat in the final and this year the Winds of boys crew won the national schools were got to which was at the end of May which is the which the premier schools of went um and here they are they’ve moved out to a reasonbly good margin now coming up to the halfway point against cla’s Court yeah Winds of boy scor in the ascendant SE cla’s Court scor in Hot Pursuit but actually that uh threat from them it’s just dropping off isn’t it they’ve found it tough in this last quarter mile to try and keep in touch with witer boy score Supreme performance from them so far long way to go though stretching away yeah Winds of boys here Mark Wilkinson who coaches this club he does an amazing job with this club gets all the parents very much involved in the way the club has run um a few years ago having the parents come down to help build an extension for their bow house um really creates a massive Club ethos here and also coach the Cru to scale really very well and here very simple style the way they flow as they’re sliding and compressing themselves they just deliver themselves onto the blades really easily the boat just keeps moving it’s really really I mean International Crews would love to scar that well the 40 challenge cup it’s been in existence since 1992 let see Premier Junior men’s quads racing for under 18s really good view of skulling the way you want to scul it to be honest the way I’d like to see it scal around this is a really efficient way of doing it so NE umpire’s launch close eye on things yeah nobody in the launch is allowed to speak unless the Umpire wants to say something to the crew everybody else has to be S there quietly no gesticulating and pointing just passively watching the cruise as a coach that means you you’re powerless you have to let the boys do their work there you are an example sitting motionless but glued to the action videoing it get better coverage through our TV cameras on his phone but anyway might be looking for something very specific and the boys now you can see they’re taking it down and they’re really are within themselves now coming down for the last minute or so of the race Court still attacking it really trying to do everything they can to stay in the race so Winds of boys school good performance from James harow you can see coming into the shot in the B seat there Ruben Taylor Joseph Wellington ateka shoot in the stroke seat 14y old 17 year olds they’ve all got previous pen experience and here’s cla’s courau look over the shoulder to see whe they’re still in touch they’re not in front of stewards Thomas beaver in the B seat for cla’s court school but here come Winds of Bo scho three more strokes and they’ll be home in the 4le challenge cup and from James harlo he’ll be delighted with that along with his mates in the boat good performance from wind boy school as a local Darby as well there’ll be some bragging rights there they’ll know each other well and it’ll be wind boy School beating cla’s Court score in the 4le challenge cup the town challenge cup next upper temps run Club on the barire station and Oxford Brooks University on the Buck Station should be pretty even contest this on paper see if it translates into a good battle down the water bit of steering issue straight away from Oxford Brooks moving over towards the upper Tas crew yeah on the back station they’ve gone way across haven’t they and those blades really close to contacting the umpires B on the action seeing what’s happening there Oxford Brooks University correcting back on the buck side safely very level though as they come away from Temple Island another terms half a length quite quickly maybe taking advantage of that steering Brooks but now Brooks still keeping the stroke rate high and really attacking to try and get back on terms they’re not going to let this go without a fight on the bar side of the water just a lead for upper 10s maybe half a length at this stage and the upper temps crew in the sort of late 20s in the 30s are much more mature by age some good experience coached by Martin Banks up upper temps who used to be one of the British run coach is very successful cops as fors coach um in the British team we’re a good way into the race now and in the Oxford Brooks University boat in the burgundy Navy and cream on the left of your picture Beth Dutton Jasmine Bowers Gabrielle DeMarco and Allison Baker plenty of experience in there they’re going to need to call on all of those previous experiences of heny orata in this one because we’re a long way into the race and there absolutely nothing between these two Brooks have really just pushed from half length down and they’ve just put us effort in let’s move them to half length up within 30 or 40 seconds that does feel like it might be quite a decisive move there see what up PMs can do to respond to that yeah they need to have a response quickly can’t dwell on that down to a length now and upper temps R Club can they respond they got anything to give looking a little bit labored in that boat need to find a spark from somewhere just it looks like Oxford Brooks whatever effort they did there was a decisive move they they stuck a little bit overlap but I think they’re going to keep run away now there’s so much more aggression and Power in that crew you know as they come up to one of the markers Oxford Brooks University hammering away down the course yeah they were they were in the quarterfinal of Henny women’s um two weeks ago lost to Leander who ended up being the event winners so they’re a Quick Crew they were the closest margin that Leandra had so in fact they were probably the second fastest crew even though they didn’t make the semi final is Brooks to see what’s going on in the boat Adrian you’re always I always enjoy listening to your analysis of what’s going on in the boat and the uh blade work yeah this crew is not the slickest I would say well they mind but the amount of aggression and power they’re showing it just really is paying dividends because even though it doesn’t look the most picturesque when they’re rowing the boat the way the Boat Moving is really really good it’s continuously flowing so they really are being efficient with the way they’re moving the hull it just looks a bit Scrappy doesn’t it in part blade work and synchronicity of it all but most important thing is that the the blades are applying power and the boat’s moving in the right way the boat’s moving efficiently that’s all it really counts you can’t get obsessed with getting perfect blade work and you see Cru amazing blade work and no boat speed you’d rather have this you would as a coach the temptation to go in and make changes that would ultimately slow the boat down yeah you look you look a lot of international Cru and just unorthodox styles that we maybe not like the Kiwi pair which dominated for so long probably and B Murray and bond you probably wouldn’t these words from his coach he probably wouldn’t coach people to row the way they rode but you like to have a crew that goes as fast as they went yeah there a skill to it isn’t it just leaving them alone to do what they do and I think there a difference between technique and skill you can try and Coach are the best technique but if they’re not skillful and this Brooks crew are obviously skillful in the way they move their boat being shown the flat the Umpire there planing to get back onto their side of the water the Brooks boat Judy d in front of stewards and come back upm have left it late but having a dart trying to get back level or in front of ox of Brooks on the left hand side of your picture he’s going to be close half a length so Up’s really trying to make a charge to come back here digging deep uper atts with the last few Strokes they won’t catch Oxford Brooks University but they gave that a really good go I emptied the tank there in front of stewards and we’re not far down as they go over the Finish Line in the town challenge cup Ox of Brooks University beating uper temp’s R Club but it was a tight finish the hambledon peirs challenge cup cocher and Campbell you can see in the picture there Amia C and Phoebe Campbell on the barkshire station and Eva foffer and Catherine Kelly on The Buck Station from the USA so the Americans on the right of your picture yeah from the University of Virginia both under 23 International athletes from last year um with frover getting a bronze medal in the Cox 4 and Kelly getting a 10th place in the Cox was 4 so they’re experienc crew they’re over here because it’s Kevin S their coaches last year at the club 29 years of coaching but on the far side Crocker and Campbell moving out to a very slick one length within a quarter of a mile and moving very nicely away Thon Hofer and Kelly half a length down from the USA in hamon pe’s challenge cup in the very early stages of this race um the two the two athletes on the bar station Emily Crocker and PB Campbell have experience at Henley um with uh Emily winning the war grave two years ago and she’s been out in Australia with a loot of her University of London friends and they rode for Sydney University won the Queen’s cup Emily won the cops was four as well come back to row with tennis running club and with Phoebe who’s an 123 medalist and you can see the quality of the crew here the fight was there Virginia really aggressive but the fluidity of this Cox is PA Push by Zander smolders has just moved away nicely yeahia back from Australia meia Crocker back from Australia only in May so just recently reunited as you say and lots of previous heny Roar G experience in that boat three times previously how many cro you see how long they’re very both tall and they’re very long in the water it’s a very efficient way of moving a cs’s pair um and they’ve made great strides they haven’t been in this boat very long they’ve made great strides even since heny women’s where they were in the final and lost to Leander so they’re hoping to come across Leander again I guess and get the r yeah that’ll be the that’ll be the plan see what the draw throws up we’re heading towards the weekend so here the Virginia crew they’ve come over with an eight as well um Kevin sau’s bit of a legend at the club over there he took over the club in 1988 as a as a club coach and then in 1995 women got twaa status and suddenly it was a national competition and he built that club from the very beginning to what it was he’s won several national titles um and has been coaching at every single NCAA competition since 1997 and this is a final Harrah yeah there they’re having a big reunion a lot of uh Virginia athletes are coming over to celebrate with him and he’s bringing the cruise over it is a final har yep but 29 years coaching the club it’s an amazing contribution to that program be quite an emotional weak for him be keeping a close eye on FR Hoffer and Kelly on the water who’ve got quite a lot to do you see how quietly this boat is just sliding cutting through the water there’s no Jing around there’s no bouncing up and down it’s very flat and smooth through the water yeah women’s pair on the water Crocker and Campbell going well a good view you can see how there’s no real no one part of their body is moving distinctly from different than any other it’s very melded together and very uniform and pressed out economy of movement making it look really simple exactly right exactly right so there’s no part of the stroke is distinct from any other it’s all very smooth and probably cap size in a moment after we’ve taught them out that much in Virginia generally the American Crews don’t do much small boats work they generally Row in the eight most of the time um these these International athletes both us under 23 International athletes really obviously wanted to have a go at the cop’s pair it’s a really exposing event isn’t it when you’re just a two of you when you’re own out there so the lead maintained by Crocker and Campbell against Kelly and fr Hofer from America not too far to go in this race either in front of stewards they move and they’ve had good control of this race it’s got on in a No Nonsense unfussy sort of a manner yeah it was very straightforward clinical execution of his race no fuss no bother straight through CER and Campbell few more Strokes in front of Stewart which is getting increasingly busy on the bank there lots of early morning arrivals very busy there tomorrow and Saturday particularly very busy days huge crowds expected but yeah decent attendant already in Applause for Crocker and Campbell who are set to move through towards the weekend the Hamilton pairs challenge cup Crocker and Campbell on they go big win for them against the Americans in that heat they did that really well yeah they did a very good job with that race sets them up nicely for the rest of the r so the hamon pairs challenge cup Crocker and Campbell beating the Americans Kelly and fronhofer comfortably and through they go thank you to Adrien for his company over the last hour and a new man in the commentary box Adam Freeman pask how are you Adam good morning Tim new yeah I feel like an old man but yes thanks for having me Tim look forward to these races this morning looking remarkably fresh considering you’re into day three here we go TS on the right hand side of your screen in their trademark black red and white they were very quick off the marks in their races earlier this week uh very fast the barrier against the crew that has been a little bit more leisurely to the barrier well just watching the steering from T So have’ Gone very Central getting dangerously close to the German boat on the barer station yes quite a quick responsive correction there from t but it looks like they’re back on course there is a slight crosswind kicking off here a little bit which is swinging the boats a bit off when you’re trying to get all your power down quickly but that’s a that’s quite a nice that’s quite a nice early lead there isn’t it we’ve been trying to work out the the wind I think we’ve had a Tailwind for some parts of today and then we had a crosswind for a while which I think it probably is now I’m trying to’s see the next flag that they go by and we’ll be able to work it out yeah crosswind you can see the the flag there blowing from the the Bucks side to the the bar side of the water and that’s a substantial early lead for T’s Rowing Club yeah that is um that would be a very nice position to be in if you in that crew there I think they’ve really grasped it by the Scruff of the neck there and they’ve kind of really asserted themselves on this race which is great uh nice Rhythm there as you’re looking down on that crew from TS there Stroke by uh Oliver mzn um you know he’s really committed to this project with this four and um it’s great to see him out racing he’s also previously been coaching where I work at fulam reach boat club so it’s great to see a coach come rower uh on the track here an electric start in the Wold challenge cup heat for T’s Roy Club enjoying real Supremacy and it continues further down the water you can see they’ve still got complete control a really firm grip on the race and they can drop the rate off and start thinking about preserving energy for later Heats yeah that’s right these these uh these Club men’s fors events are challenging you’re back toback most of the week um but this is uh this is good for T they’ve had some solid races so far up against lero and Club in the first round then they raced their uh their B crew uh TS B I enjoyed that race I did that one yesterday and uh you always feel a bit sorry for boats that are drawn against others from their own club don’t you but I supp it and it’s a totally different sort of pressure whereas today TS running club you can see here leading the Germans a different sort of race different Dynamic oh it’s if I quite good front racing your mate especially when you know what what what cards they can play I think with this 10 day cre they probably would have done a bit of their homework and seen the pacing that they were matched up against this crew um you know they were 12 seconds faster to the barrier than this other crew yesterday so they might have envisaged that they could have gone out hard and fast and taken this race early on and I think that’s how they that’s how they’ve done it and they have T’s run Club over in the Wold challenge cup successfully seeing off the Germans in that heat so TS run cup will progress into the next round of the Wold challenge cup there they are with their celebrations that’s me done for today and uh I’ll hand over with Adam is going to be jet Ed good l thank you Tim what a joy to be here the sun is out a little bit luster today you’re joining us at the start line of the Town challenge we’re in Canada be crew against mosy boat club C there in the black red and white bar station Mery book club in there black and white can be on the booking station nice conditions at the start Adam yeah it’s quite nice tuck to behind the island there isn’t it and then you’ve got all sorts coming down the course at you today um a bit of sun a bit of wind a bit of everything um but this should be another exciting fors race um yeah great to have you here Jess this is uh great lots of exciting um women’s events we can chat through and talk through women’s sweet roing can’t we so this is going to be uh this will be a great race to see particularly with the um it’s good to see lots of Canadian Crews racing with us today as they’ve got um some under 23 development athletes and their world Champs later this year haven’t they so it’s great that they’ve made the the trip out via penley on temps for that for that big race theyve got later this year we love to see that it’s really great to see crew from around the world coming and RAR on this famous stretch of the T when I see that you are both straight and ready I will start you like this attention call what to do slight hand in the air get ready please is quite nice you can see the water’s quite flat to the end of the island and then you can just see the roughness picking up a little bit can’t you attention testing for these crews today go start the town challenge Club roow Canada mosy boat club clean start by both Crews it’s always the danger there with a Blustery Day hold your heads keep that steering foot straight strong St from Canada yeah it’s great watching fors go off I mean just having one big or in your hand and really laying into it is awesome isn’t it both these boats really going for it good good even match off the start here quite close to the booms here from mosy though isn’t it very close there tight just tapped a boy oh that is really shaving the woodwork there and they had to bounce off that boy and then luckily just got it online to come pick up the course which is fantastic espe when you’re starting alongside an international crew like Canada they need to really keep their bow bow ball to Bow ball in these opening stages and they’ve recovered really well there mosy brilliant start look at that quite close so hard with that wind today they’ve done well to recover that bump off the boy straight back into their Lane good job that could have worked out any luckier cuz with those boys you could have easily scooped it up and got your blade WRA around it but just to give it a little kiss like that was a was a nice Escape there so they’ve done great and it’s not affected their Rhythm here they’ve been able to get out transition into Pace here and get a bit of a lead on this uh this this national team boat so a great recovery there from mul boat club lovely start they just zipped out to about a length what I mean by length is they’re just breaking clear they Stern to their bow and we must say here they’ve got a bit of a superstar in the stroke seat H CLE from New Zealand was in their national team until very recently so she’s bringing that experience she’s bringing that that training that she should been doing in in the team and we also have a plethora of Internationals behind us this crew isn’t messing about is it Adam yeah the multi Club crew you know representing one of our sort of uh you know UK based uh big clubs but yeah there’s a bit of international pedigree in there with a with a Dutch under 23 Champion um a GB under 23 and then a New Zealander as well so it’s a bit of an international feel to that boat up against this um this Canadian boat as we look at the Canadian boat there part of the Canadian under 23 team we’re going to see this year strong women’s sweep foro in Canada current Olympic champions in the women’s a they’ll be heading Paris in a few weeks time but slight steering issues there from both crews that’s quite quite a big correction there isn’t it I hope I hope they’re able to soften it off cuz at the moment that’s quite an aggressive line in towards the booms there again um so we’re just watching that that Canadian boat on the right hand side of the screen but looks like they’ve managed to just correct that oh that was tight for a second they look like they’re heading straight for those booms and luckily the experience of being International races meant they can see it very well and they’ve moved back onto course as we’re looking at that strong moldy crew nice Rhythm what are you thinking here Adam yeah that was that was that was looking pretty peachy wasn’t it that was a really nice smooth Rhythm there they’re not having the same kind of steering challenges as the other boat was there and they look very comfortable there and actually it’s unfortunate because the M boat club crew would have been able to really capitalize on all that correcting going on there I mean they were the Canadian boat was on course for being in the red grave bar there wasn’t it um but they they saved that yeah they did save it come on guys stay in the race and they have stayed in this race and they’re not letting moldy go look at this the only length behind that’s not a totally comfortable position to be the Canadians can they claw this back through the middle yeah this is like this is almost like the worst distance in it cuz you’re kind of almost feeling a little bit more confident that you’re ahead and you can see your opponent but you really know that like they’re actually still well within Striking Distance here and yeah they could Mount quite a good attack here and the winner of this race will go on to race the uh uh rowing Canada aoat so um so yeah there’s going to be yeah there’s all to play for here they want to create a Canadian Showdown they’ve got half the course to do it as Mulia eing out that lead the Rhythm the synch ization the calmness through the middle of this race is paying off for them as we see the crew in the top of your screen is that moldy crew in the lead the bottom of your crew of your screen is the crew from Canada yeah and it looks like that top that top the the multi boo Club crew just looks like it’s just upped it rating a little bit and I think that’s is quite nice the shot you can just see it’s it’s just edging out the distance between the two boats isn’t it so they’ve obviously just started to go a little bit earlier as they’re coming up towards Remnant club that kind of area of the course both Crews have had slight steering problems through the start of this race the wind playing a slight part in that but we’re an outdoor sport these crews are used to coming out and taking on different conditions Adam totally I mean you got to embrace them you like we had the wind and rain and all sorts yesterday even as we going over a shot there was gone from being quite cloudy to quite Sunny is um there’s so much Variety in the weather today but um people will be lapping that up and again great experience on board they’ve been rolling with that adapting how they r check correcting the steering all that kind of stuff and yeah this looks um looks like mosy are just stretching out to a slightly commanding lead here aren’t they yeah maybe the pedigrees are shining through that mosy crew from just Southwest of London they’ve got a cre full of Internationals world and 23 medalists actual senior row as well so it’s it’s that that kind of shines through against this slightly younger less experienced Canadian boat who prob using this as a stepping stone to the rest of their summer Adam yeah definitely this is just this is the start of their sort of campaign isn’t it really so um forming the boat here getting them out here racing hopefully having a great experience here at Henley and this part of the course I mean you are screaming in pain down this part of the course but it’s the it’s the fun bit you know you start to get into the enclosures you know you’re in the grand stands and hopefully not too far away to put your feet up having a cup of tea um but yeah they’re nearly there this is fantastic racing they they’ve done a great job here to um to give themselves a bit of clear water yeah at this point it’s a knockout rata so the minute you get beaten you out to the regata these Crews here know they’re going on to a next race and and the real goal is to get to someday in that finals day we we be thinking about having to conserve some energy at this point in the race what your recovery is but they’re still in the race and we’ve seen it heny many times Anything Can Happen they’ve got to keep that concentration and don’t start thinking about tomorrow just yet yeah it’s like keeping your foot on the pedal ready to shift it up GE if you need to and actually that looked very did look very smooth and comfortable in the mosy boat there naturally here in the Canadian boat we’re just still on the edge of the racing trying to mount a last attack joining from Canada crew a good fight in the start of this race really push themselves to the Limit there a little bit blade work starting to suffer the the fatigue setting in and they want to keep this Gap as small as possible they’ll be putting their head end up behind racing this to the Finish Line yeah and you can and you can see the little tiny flags that are down the course which um the timing team will be taking notes of that to sort of take weather observations all the way down the course but there’s been a bit of variety there in that last little teeny flag we saw on top of the oak posts or the the the booms was blowing around quite frantically so there is a fair bit of wind as you’re coming into this last um part of the course you see the contrast there in in Rhythm and technique the mosy boat club look quite still in control a little bit more ragged looking from the Canadians who of course pushing themselves to limit as so the crew in second but as they come down pass the steward inclosure keep out on the banks this morning in the sunshine clapping on these Crews canel just have to keep on their station but there moy boat club far enough ahead that they won’t need to be warned as they can paddle across that finish line and now they can start thinking about tomorrow it’s a win in the town challenge cup from multi boo Club of a Roan calender B crew here’s a heat of the wle challenge cup Marlo Rowing Club against Calgary Rowing Club calendar Marlo top of your screen bar Calgary I’m just again another coxless four so This Crew has no to steer them they’ll be steered by one of the crew in the boat with a rido attached to their foot makes for harder steering especially in this wind Adam oh it definitely does but both boats in this race very good off the marks there and you can hear some really direct calls coming out of the Calgary boat there so again this we’ve got another Canadian and UK Showdown here um but a great start from the Canadian boat from Calgary on the near side of the shot here uh just eing out probably a little bit of a little bit of a lead here on the on the mar Club crew um both these boats are very well regarded in within their event um so you know it’s uh we’re we’re we’re treated to see them sort of go at each other so early on uh on on a Thursday still neck and neck here very close isn’t it I saw Calgary yesterday roaring the one by quite a margin of a Herford which meant they had a little bit of an easier route through and I’ve been impressed them all week but here Marlo really pushing them as he pan further down the course this is a tight one I think that was just a bit of a change over there with the lead wasn’t it just and that’s and that looks like it’s just swung around now so Marlo have just got the edge on Calgary which is mentally quite quite a bit of a blow to take so early on in the course but there’s plenty of distance left for Calgary to draw this back on terms go live now P The Remnant these crews are sticking together but just got the edge a little bit tighter a little bit cleaner don’t they with their blade work there they do don’t they yeah that so that the 3/4 mile marker there just in the distance of the shot that one which is the bar side of the station and the two for the one being for Marlo was just a half a length lead so that’s pretty tight um and yes Calgary obviously looking like they’re trying to switch into another gear to sort of get back on level terms it’s always tricky to know how fast crews are when they’re International so Marlo Club that’s actually not very far away from where standing right now in Henley against Calgary so these Crews have never rested each other you have that uncertainty but right now Marlo are in the driving seat so Matthew pinsent there umpiring giving a slight warning move back to your station you can’t actually move in front of another crew until you’re actually not going to impede them so you’ll be telling them to stay over there don’t want to be ahead and get disqualified it’s very tempting to want to isn’t it um but they are giving Matt a good arm work out there um just to pick out so yeah within a Marlo boat there is um some some interesting characters in here so we’ got um Matthew bringham in the two seat and we’ll remember back from a two a couple of years ago in the 2019 Diamond he was the Giant Slayer that took down my heart Mah Dale so there’s obviously uh a lot of belief in that boat um so the expertise and experience that Matt has will no doubt be shared within the uh the his his crew there and he’ll be willing them on there yeah good call there Adam that is um an absolute Henley classic not bring him in a sing now he’s in a crew sweet rowing and he’s coming down the enclosures sitting a length up on this Calgary crew Marlo look to be doing the business as we come into these final stages calary getting a slight warning from Sir Matt pinsent there get back to your lane don’t want to see a clash in this closing 100 m a little glance around there Alfred Heath in the three seat from Maro where is that Finish Line well there it is Marlo fantastic racing there still overlap by the end there what a great r race win the whitef challenge cup for Marlo Ro Club over Calgary Ro Club Canada the heat of the island challenge cup Oxford Brooks University B against Cambridge University the think go came University in their famous C blue o Brooks and their distinctive burgundy maroon and blue colors this should be a good one Adam oh feeling the noise and the power going off the blocks there can’t beat this big showdown between the big universities and the women’s eights here and pretty neck and neck as he come to the end of the island the crews have raced the first 200 M or so and they can heal each other they can pretty much smell each other next to each other you want to keep your hand in the fire and push on now don’t you to the barrier oh and you can hear the intensity in the cock’s voices here can’t you they’re really driving everything out of their Crews and fighting for the edge to get the lead there looks like what Cambridge have just nudged a little bit ahead there you look experience in this Cambridge crew you’ve got people that won the boat race this year we’ve got a mixture of boat race and Blondie who who’s the spare boat for the boat race so these rowers have row together a lot they’re probably more used to rowing over 7 km or 6.8 at the boat race but right here they’re getting a chance to do some side by side racing it’s good to see these boat race Crews coming in racing we don’t always see them here at the Gata but they’re up against an absolute Goliath of our sport oh my gosh look at this this is really neck and neck stuff in eight isn’t it this is oh my God to be in this race would be incredible and and like you were saying yeah you know you’re Cambridge University you’re more familiar with your boat racing kind of style whereas this is your 2,212 M isn’t it and this is uh a crew that Matilda horn who coxed at the Olympics in the women’s eight she’s sort of been given this group bringing them together to keep going beyond the boat race and race throughout the summer and she’s done a great job here and this is what oh my God this is amazing women’s eight here neck and neck the island Adam today and actually it’s giving us some absolute caucus hasn’t it what an event the Rivalry between these universities and these women to be side by side with each other most of the way down the course it is intense and I think C just got what we call a canvas there that last little bit of the boat you can see the front bit of the boat call it canvas and when you’re up that much it it doesn’t feel like much cuz the crews were right alongside you but in a but in an eight like that that must once you start to get a couple of seats you start to feel the momentum don’t you I mean you’ll know better than anyone else in this right you you you think the the belief will start to swing now right well it’s kind of all right you towards um the bows of the boat cuz you can still see that crew next to you but if you’re in the stroke seat you’re further back you can’t actually see the crew if they start to move away from you so that’s when you’ve got to really back up your Stern for by telling them we there we there stick with them I mean Jess I mean you’ve done you’ve done you are you have the found you are the knowledge on women’s a you’ve done so much women’s a racing you got the Olympic over medal and the women’s at you know this is to watch this I mean you must be thinking gosh like probably quite tempting to get back out there I’d love to get back to that I’m not sure I’m quite enough to jumping the university into the island event but um yeah if anyone needs a Ser the reant but look at this this is what we’re here for look how tight this is in the island it’s Thursday it’s early on and these crews are pushing each other to the Limit yeah you say this get very tight isn’t it well they’re into the enclosures but cambri have just given they just got a bit of a claw into this haven’t they and that’s uh great if they can hold that through the enclosures there but I tell you what if you you want to tell me any University I put my money on of having that confidence to drive back through the enclosures it’s oord Brooks what have they got now can we see a charge from Brooks they look like they’re moving they’re upping their stroke rate this is O Brooks b remember this is The Crew That’s not the fastest in this event but they train and they on the same program as all those other rowers have they got that spark to push them through the enclosures now here they go yeah as you say they’re part of a program that is uh it it breeds kind of Champions and winners doesn’t it so what Henry B hat weon what Chris T been teaching these guys this is where it’s going to come into play now isn’t it these last few hundred meters and they’re charging Cambridge look quite neat there a little bit of steering correction they’re getting put under huge pressure from oxa Brooks are they going to hold on they’ve got 150 M to go yeah it just looks like Brooks are just grabbing gripping up to the water a little bit better aren’t they and they are making a bit of a charge down but look at that that class that boat race program that intense year these rowers have had looks to be paying off as they charge towards our Finish Line they’re keeping their heads up they’re keeping it neat and they are really absorbing all of this energy the oxa Brooks are throwing at them and they’re going to cross that line great race three qus of a length I’d call it just a Brooks they do everything at it but Cambridge had answers and they will be pleas with that win the Ireland challenge cup Cambridge University beat Ox Brooks University B oh my God you can really see how much that meant to the Brooks girls there they gave it everything there they have really pushed themselves hard but what a close race there and following on from that Wold race as well we have been treated this morning to some racing joining us for a heat of the TS challenge cup see TS R Club a on the bar station against belar zurri of Switzerland on the right of your screen on buckshire and this look like one of the favorites for the entire AGA Adam oh another big Showdown this but yeah temps in this event temps in the temps are are kind of making this their trademark aren’t they very Swift to the barrier yesterday and 150 so let’s see if they’re pretty sharp and quick out the blocks today looks like from the first pickup point on the uh camera launch we are seeing a little bit of an early lead here from T’s Rowing Club on the far side of the screen in their trademark black red and white oh and look at that that’s a dominant start from T’s Rowing Club they know how to race this this exact race don’t they Adam they’re really dominant across the ear in this yeah as as a club they have been yeah they’ve been stamping their Authority on this event and actually it’s great to see them Aspire and push further on into um we had a pair a Hamilton pair racing earlier so pushing up into the inter into the intermediate event but this TS ran Club a crew boat here almost kind of uh taking on the middle of the course slightly here they’re so confident of where they are um they are really stretching out their lead here over this uh Swiss crew uh from Zurich uh who have also got a women’s a racing as well in the event this year so it’s gra that they B over um both men and women squads great to see he’s actually quite a pedigree in this bellbar zerich boat we have team members have represented Switzerland at the coupe level quite a few of those Swit national champions Victor sha in the five seat of the belir RC crew we see them there head of the Charles in a Collegiate four Georgia Tech So This Crew you know they’re not shabby and actually it really shows you how on point the temps a crew are yeah yeah that’s it I mean yeah this is yeah good great pedigree in this crew and you know these um these European Club Crews that come over they you know they they make an effort for Henley you know they really put the time in stuff but TS TS R Club have got a very solid program for this kind of stuff and um this is a boat they’ve really been focusing in on and you can you can see by uh by actually how they’re rowing now they I mean they’ve really really put it into cruise control now haven’t they this is um this is yeah this is a very nice kind of display of uh of dominance here that they’re going to enjoy as they soak up their flaws once they get to their en closures um it’s quite a quite I guess um very confident you could say arrogant way of of sort of rowing your way down the course but they have obviously got some some some Talent on board to be able to do that to their opponents they certainly do we’re talking about the belar crew but the 10 crew you’re looking at here on the right of your screen in the black famous black OES red and white tips on them just taking the race a striking down so how many strokes per minute they look like they now really are thinking about the rest of the weekend little look around there Mar mly the Cox just making sure that he’s making the right calls and here’s just going his crew lean back on it relax draw enjoy this doesn’t happen very often coming down through the enclosures they can really suck up the Applause of TS yeah you you don’t often get a race like this and and this is really kind of they’re really smooching it along there aren’t they and um as you said Harry Molly you know he he was leading a campaign to qualify a New Zealand women’s eight actually so this is a really nice kind of pivot of of what he’s doing with this season and picking up this um this talented boat from 10 to own club T during club gets a pause at the Finish they’ll just hold the boat up and wait for Swiss crew from belar Marine Club Zurich see them cross the line heads down valy roow from them outclass today as a win in the t’s challenge C for TS Road Club a over belar RC Zurich Switzerland hands coming down sitting ready start of the heat of the Prince Philip challenge trophy Winter Park crew USA and bar station at the top of your screen St Cath School Australia on the right of your screen on bimshire and this is going to be another Showdown Adam this is a monster of a race we’ve got the US versus the Australian uh two School Crews here but this is phenomenal because we got the winners from last year in St Katherine School Australia up against um Winter Park who have been in the final been been in a few rounds of Henley before so this is a really great Showdown for us to have in this uh in this junior women’s eight event already what is that slight early sniff stretching the nose out there slightly yeah and this shows you a great shot you you have to be aggressive you have to be fast that start the eight itself weighs about 96 kilos with nine people in there and boat and bled you have to be aggressive you have to punch off that start line you’ve got to get the momentum in the boat and tell you what St Catherine have done just that here they’ve got a length at the island that’s a pretty aggressive start there isn’t it I mean um Jess again you you’ve got the experience of being able to row other Crews down in the a but that is a a very dominant position there early in from the uh from the Australian crew there you never want to be down in a rowing race some people like to you know wind the line and don’t mind being behind but you want to be up and ahead certainly this kind of race you get the better water and if you get too far ahead the crew behind you can start washing down a little bit see those puddles that the leaving on the river that’s actually turbulent and it actually can affect the crew behind them so that was a cking start from St Catherine’s Australia and that’s a lovely shot overhead as come towards us they rowing incred incredibly sort of shallow Strokes there so very very flat rowing in there in that Australian boat great shot of it here right on top of the nose of the boat and you can see how good their blade work is that they don’t dig too deep the um the the American boat and back in the sort of the right hand side of the screen really giving it lots of good thump and power but I’m just very impressed actually by the Australian boat how well they are able to keep those blades nice and shallow in the water and not go too deep really zipping it along quite nice and easy there aren’t they it’s good Paul Adam so in the in the rowing stroke we actually move the boat we Propel the boat by putting the ore in the water and we push past that little white spoon you can see of both boats you want to keep it clean when we say clean you don’t drag your ore into the water you do not want to start whisking up the water you want to slot it in and press against it so too deep and you’ll start putting too much of the ore in the water and it’ll be useless and it actually if you do that stroke over stroke over stroke 2,112 M it’ll slow you down and you can really you can see that beautifully there couldn’t you all those little puddles of all the ores as they were zipping along but yeah what a great uh a dominant row here from from from St Catherine School Australia and and doing very well to come back and defend their title if you’re joining us from live from Orlando Florida Winter Park grew very early in the morning for you your crew is aggressive on that far side I’m liking what I’m seeing from them but right now St Catherine are Australia just got that slip off the start and they start to dominate through the middle of this race we coming through into the last third they pass the past Remnant there those flags it’s a bit quiet now in this next couple of hundred meters before bang you meet the enclosures and the Roar of the crowd yeah that’s right and they just saying yeah people tuning in from the east coast of of um Orlando in Florida I mean these Crews representing here they’ve done done so well representing the town of Winter Park you know everyone gets behind Crews like this they’ve done lots of fundraising to get themselves out here you know support videos from the mayor all that kind of stuff and actually I met one of the fans we got a local fan here in um in Henley so uh a chat called Darren had his ACDC style Winter Park t-shirt on and he was out there cheering on the crew so we love having these Crews visiting over here you’ve got a good fan base at home but you got a lot of fans over here as well so great to see you here racing and we hope your crew let’s let’s get another gear in there you can see the wind flapping around on that green flag there and bit of steering isn’t there yeah Adam look at that the winds just shot across you can see the Umpire flag on the back of the boat behind them it shows you how strong that cross wind is and both Crews actually got pushed great shot there the wind blowing on that boat Sarah winless out there umpiring these Crews and she’ll want a straight race she won’t want them to clash or hit the booms but these boats are really big it’s a bit like a Sailing Boat if you start getting wind from the side it’ll start pushing you and it did just that yeah you can see another school coming up here that’s just so that’s St cathine SCH on the left hand side just entering another little patch of of wind puffing across the water there and yes you could see Sarah winless the Umpire was just reaching for a flag wasn’t she but then she sort of put it back down as they got back onto Court some C Australia coming towards his Finish Line can they regain their trophy from 2022 are we going to see them through the latter stages of the week well right now they’re putting on a show for us very tidy through some tricky windy conditions really Valiant effort behind them from Winter Park crew Florida but today it’s Australia Over America on the 4th of July we applaud you being here we love seeing you please come back it’s a win in Catherine School Australia and the prince philli trophy of a Winter Park cre it’s filling up the sun is shining today it is a bit windy but nothing hold these fans back look at them on the banks look at that fashion parade there isn’t it get your get your most garish Blazers out your your creats your scarves your your Shaws everything fun funky hats oh here we go look at this everyone’s looking great aren’t they we do we’re waiting for it’s July we want sunshine and the crowds have got it today so it’s always amazing see the array of Blazers and the mix of people we get look at those people in the front row it’s quite hard to get one of those front row deck chairs so they’re here they’ve claimed it they’re ready for the day yeah I think they’re here at like 5: in the morning weren’t they to get those deck chairs fair play that’s almost harder than actually coming down the course to be honest getting a deck chair at Henley but you got your handbag they’re ready to applaud these Crews and get literally front row seats look how close you are to the actual action it’s incredible here at Henley well that’s a magic of Henley right you’re right on the edge of the course line but you can even go and see the crews when they’re warming up and voting and then again if you come down to the start you’re right in the action here as we’re you know in this sort of pause and quiet before they all Blast Off the blocks again and we are at the start for the Warg challenge cup Women’s Club a it’s Vester R Club going to be on the bar station top of your screen in the white boat against Leander Club here in the pink on buckshire raring on home water they’ve got about 2,000 300 M to hit their boat club so they are very used to this stretch of water tricky getting straight there the has their hand up ensuring the boat is straight when their hand goes down they’ll tell the Umpire and the UMP knows they’re ready to start few adjustments there yeah really really maneuvering the boat aren’t they probably quite unhappy with the line they had there and just um just take you know sometimes when you’re just really not on course sometimes it’s just to make it very obvious to the Umpire that we’re not ready to go and yeah they’ve just just repositioned their boat there and the bow person is just tapping around there just getting online so the will be picking something like the church Tower won’t they to be lining up on right good eyesight here to make sure you’re straight not get distracted by the bank or the people as soon as they straight off they went quite quick turn around wasn’t it but there they are yeah bang online and they’re off aren’t they very quick out the blocks there from theander Club on the right hand side of the screen this leand crew are going to be probably slight favorites here going off the start they’re running quite high performance program but these aren’t their Elite women these are their Club rowers so they’re allowed to race in this Gata here and Vester kept with them in these opening stages Good Start by both Crews yeah come on invest R Club so London based Club here got a real mix of experience and youth within that Vester boat and it’s more of a you know it’s more of your kind of uh your Club program versus what as you said Jess Leander club which is um will be running a more of a high performance program and these are their development athletes but look at this best of R Club crew really giving it some taking on the might of land the r Club a double bucket in there which is funny to see a bucket we say or a fig rig is when you had two crew members raring on the same side as each other in the four and the five seat both roaring on stroke side and six and seven are both roaring on bow side can give it it’s a slight risk to do that but um interesting to see yeah an interesting configuration how I don’t know how what that would feel like to row in but obviously people can get used to it and and and it must be working for them that’s great and Leander Club here so all these not raced really much as a crew like this and it’s great that um Harriet Taylor I believe is the coach for This Crew so she’s a new coach stepping into that role under the program that Ross Ross Hunter is running at Lana Club but um looks like this development boat is really jelling together pretty well actually look they’re very very smooth there and actually stretching out to quite a commanding lead uh on best R but can best to hang in here as the pan to them they got enough to hold on to the barrier that’s a real Mark you want to hold on to as they’re coming up to that now just past you almost think about that as the first kind of quarter of the race as we come down and meet the rest of the enclosures you can see that bucket we’re talking about there so six and seven on the same side and four and five on the same side you won’t see that very often in this Riata but interesting to see you can rig the boat so configuration of seats in the boat anywhere you like really um and that’s an unusual one to look at but we looking down the course now up towards Temple Island as the crws are going to come pass the Foley and leanda look in control of this race yeah that buckets always quite eye catching aren’t they and then if you’ve got got two people rowing on the same side one behind the other person that’s behind that that person who’s run on the same side of them it kind of gives them a bit of a template to follow sometimes that’s sometimes the logic behind it isn’t it but then if you’ve got one bucket and then you’ve got the second bucket behind it I’m not quite sure how easy that is for the the duo in the second bucket I’m not sure but but I’m guessing you know it’s one of those things you try you experiment with you you learn about have you rode much in the bucket wait I actually R well champ was in a bucket yeah oh right very good well you know them well it is quite nice to rowing exactly what you’re saying I’ve never roed double bucket that’s adventurous but you see a lot in the fours so we’ll pull those out for you this morning if you see any the fours actually works really well with that table bring one side but um the air is slightly different you could go the you could go the full whack and do a quadruple bucket imagine mind blown you know uh totally yeah um yeah I mean it’s great I think the our sport is all about experimenting in terms of like what works for your crew in terms of how it how to configure it how to get the best out of them and it’s great that people explore all this sort of stuff it’s really cool um but yeah look at this uh look at this Leander crew here really stretching out their lead here rowing nice long smooth strikes this looks brilliant rowing they’ve managed to you know get enough of a lead that they’re not panicked and they’ve actually taking their rate down a little bit looks nice and tidy before their spoons that Pink’s just covering and they can take a second to relax the bouny of Grace Denning smithman it’s been in Henley finals twice in 2022 and 2023 21y old has experienced it up in the boughs that’s what you want from somewhere up there helping tap that bow along look down towards Vesta behind them to Lacy Eliza grus Bridget Hall are you sir hacker doing a good job there keeping the rate up in the blushy conditions but outclassed by this Leander crew today Adam yeah just just yeah you can just see that leand have just got quite a good measure of this race but look at the raciness in this besto here they are not going away this is fantastic it’s pretty you can see the REM marker there they’re just crouching up on there so they have that remond Roar right there which are cheering on one of these clubs you know obviously V we’ve had quite a good showing from Vester Rowing Club T Rowing Club and London Ro Club this year Roat so they’ll be a big fan base there willing them on and they’ve raced together all year This Crew they’ve actually got quite pedigree of races they’ve been to Quinton head 47th at Women’s a head of the river so they’ve got that connection and that gel so hopefully they’ll hold together through the middle section of this race and really put on a good show and push Leander towards enclosures that’s right yeah racing as a unit like this must have been great fun for This Crew you know the real mix of Ages in there lots of them working of different um lines of work across London and to come together and have this eight project is fantastic and they really are giving Leander a good run for their money here this is good stuff from bester Leander pink the famous pink of Leander Club represented by a hippo just behind us about 100 MERS next to Henley Bridge here these crew today showing their pedigree actually got it quite relaxed now as they head towards the enclosures and ring in that big boat is all about communication so that that person you see right the back of the boat is telling their crew what to do so as an athlete in these boats you you can if you want to do it if you want but it won’t do you much good you got to listen to that theyve got a little microphone attached to them and they’re telling the entire crew what to do and when and that’s really important so we’re going to take the raate up we’re going to do a burst here we want to be a bit sharper in want to get those ores down to the water all those instructions in a crew boat these big boats you see here you have to do it together otherwise they’ll get lost yeah there’s a lot of like corralling of all different thoughts of what could be going on here isn’t it but yeah as you said the Cox has obviously really kind of got good good kind of influence on this crew and they’ve all really bought into this kind of you know smoother rowing and slightly um you know they’ve got good control on it so they’ve obviously yeah they’ve got good uh good Communications going on there and yeah is going to be a tough event you know this is uh this is only the second round of this event and um you know they’ll be they’ll be facing off against upper 10s or or Sydney Rowing Club in the next round so with these sort of things you kind of have to build momentum into it don’t you sort of take each race as it comes uh they’ve sort of had a good Showdown here with Vester but they really controlled the race well they are just stretching out and just rowing nice long strikes through the enclosur soaking up the floors Isabel H stroke seat there the andc huge experience W the Island University women’s a event 2021 for Brooks so got some Brooks rowers in there it’s great to see actually rowers going off into the club system from the universities and we’re seeing that possible now with the introduction of these women’s a events we see Vesta come up to the finish line that was a a strong start but a bold move and relaxed finish for a win for Leander Club in the war grave over Vester Club this is a heat of the Diamond Jubilee challenge Club Wickliffe glera in the purple on the right of your screen in Bing versus amine schools ring Association on the bar station in the back on the top of your screen and these are one of the strong favorites Wickliffe in the purple for this entire event yeah that’s right switching back over from the sweep to the skulling it’s lovely to see the quads out again uh love these races both in the Junior and uh boys and girls quads and yes wickliff as you say on the right hand screen right hand side of the screen there in the purple shooting off like a rocket they have been undefeated this season and they are uh a big favorite in this competition so lovely to see them out here racing against his azra crew so abedine scools growing Association on the left hand side of your [Music] screen Diamond Jubilee this is Junior women’s quadruple school you’re seeing and as expected we have a strong showing from wickliff they’ve been the dominant crew in this event all year their standard is super high they won national schools they won women’s Henley last two weeks ago I’d say and you know you probably don’t want to line up against them if you’re aine schools R Association but it’s actually quite fun sometimes racing one of the big favorites Adam oh yeah I mean yeah it’s it’s daunting nonetheless but you know you’re putting yourself up against the best so you can see where you are and wow look at that skulling that is that is Sublime isn’t it look at that you got to love it when all the ORS are Roar really neat and tidy together and look at the distance they’re traveling for stroke they’re really kicking it along aren’t they that is fantastic yeah tell us about the quadruple skull then Adam what makes it different from those big eights we’ve been seeing racing oh well I mean okay we yeah we’ve got a good good challenge of schools of thought here aren’t we so yeah I mean don’t get me wrong I love the eights when they’re thumping along but there’s something quite neat and and tidy um about about skulling boats particularly when they’re all as symmetrical and pretty as this um slightly less blade surface on each or but two of them so you got to be quite kind of dextrous and be um you know just be in control both sides of the boat all that sort of stuff so it’s a lot that can get kind of jumbled around but um when they’re threading it along quite neatly like that it’s uh it’s brilliant and yeah I I mean I I always think of it skulling boats you know it’s a bit more like kind of um I don’t know like all it’s all for me it feels a bit like all-wheel drive cuz you’ve got both sides of the boat that you’re propelling whereas obviously in the sweet boats you’re propelling just one side and they can kind of kick around from left to right a bit more um whereas yeah that that wickliff Crew looking fantastic and taking quite a big commanding lead there over the azer uh um boat there got a great program up in abedine I often see them and um I applaud the distance as they travel aine if you’re not from the UK almost as far up as you can get in the top of Scotland and it’s um it’s a real commitment for them to come and be here yeah up on the river D isn’t it but they’ve done a great job there pulling a lot of resources and bringing the various kind of um schools together to to to to work together like this and this is a great call crew and we’ve seen lots of athletes progress through these boats and they’ve been racing earlier in uh in some of the events we’ve just seen this morning um so they’re obviously creating a great Foundation great entry point to the sport and they’re doing a great job this is a this is a Nifty little crew here and they’re going to be trying to push wickliff all they can that azra crew crew you’re seeing there actually the lot of them have moved from sweep rowing so there’s not a junior women sweep event that won all here so they actually had an incredible season in the women’s Junior Cox 4 they’ve um won women’s Henley in that and National schools as well so they they’ve changed disciplines they’ve moved from sweet rowing jumped into a quad that’s slightly different for them but it’s great that they can do that and have that dexterity to jump into a different crew and come here and race down the henle course we’d love to see that but we cliff in control as expected get to take the right down a little look over shoulder there Eloise Etherington Are we almost there give it the call Great display of quad sculling there from wili college see abine schools R Association the sweet rowers in a sculling vot great job by them and wait for the cheers to win the diamond jubile challenge cup wi College a of aine schools of hering Association for a heat of the four Le challenge cup Junior men’s quads Lee Rowing Club on the top of your screen barire against Hy skulling school on the right of your scen que on bimshire yeah switching from the girls junior girls to the junior boys now this is great to see the fley challenge cup out in action again today those bright orange colors there from leer Ro Club up in Hackney against hi Hy in the blue from Oxford uh yeah great great early start there from hiny although slightly drifting a little bit across I wonder if the Umpire is going to say anything about that but it looks like they’ve they’re not going any further over which is the main thing yeah this is a great demonstration of two clubs and it’s it’s fun to see in this event because sometimes we see it dominated by by schools and actually here the Lee and Hy are both two really amazing skulling setups and it’s great to see and look at this Adam they’re side by side view oh my god look ouch that is that is tough so you’re coming up the end of the island you’re trying to transition out of race mode into kind of race pace and your neck and neck I mean that just means you just got to keep your foot to the floor and wait for someone to Blink you know this is is uh this is going to be tough what are you thinking there a rower there you’re side by side in the first few hundred meters what how did you get ahead here I’m thinking go away please go away just just just go away um but yeah this is uh go wow look at this they’re stretching it all the way down towards the barrier this is going to be amazing and a lovely demonstration they both look quite relaxed they’re going flat out don’t get us wrong as you if you’re watching this now these two crews are at Full Tilt and theyve just got to one of them’s got to eat their B all head and I think right now Hy have made that move in the blue foreground they’ve made that move and they’ve pushed on they’ve squeezed out to half a boat length they’re just beginning to peel the orange aren’t they um uh yeah you can see that this hxy crew so obviously in the final last year against Leander of this event have got a lot of good experience of of this event on board and they are there just just being able to Edge out on this uh fantastic little crew from leero Club and the formbook is going to be with Hy they got bronze in this event National schools look at them there they look so coordinated that movement together almost looks like they’re barely trying but they’re going flat out here yeah look at that you can can even hear the rush of the water off there that’s super isn’t that lovely skulling there really really this is a this is they keeping it uper on the right here and up at Full Tilt this is them really making sure they get away and as we look at the Lee crew behind us oh oh they caught a crab there they just lost their a that is disastrous a little bit of water caught the bottom of their spoon and it flips around that or so quickly Adam you need to twist it to get it out but that is pretty much game over for the lead and they’ve snapped it he’s actually broken it Adam oh that’s devastating you could see they were just losing the p a little bit there and obviously just got caught and when when you’re going this speed that equipment here we go oh there wrest oh he’s so there this is this is kind of knocking the head on the race a little bit here isn’t it really it is and we don’t like to see it that’s a really hard position to be in the Lee they were trying to move their all mad up Grundy in the B seat there that an absolute nightmare it’s so easy to catch a crowd we’ve all done we’ve all been there I tell you what and then that moment trying to get your all out of the water in this stream in this wash has just caused it to Ping in half and the other three members of the crew going to have to paddle it in yeah there we go so just getting caught with the and just just just just got taken out of his hand there which is it’s easy when the wind’s blowing around like this and the water’s a little bit bouncy as you say you just got stuck didn’t it and then trying to wrestle it out when you’ve got that much power in the boat still propelling it along it’s just going to yeah they’re absolutely shattered that is a heartbreaking moment down the henle course for them so they were really pushing it to the Limit weren’t they were trying to get back on terms and that’s where you just find the edge of what you can handle and that just yeah and hiny put on a great show there the Lee were putting them under pressure but a slight mishap it shows you the fine line between winning and losing and the crew are paddling it in the crowds are clapping them in they’re giving them a shout they might not have known what happened but you can all see this in the enclosures is all clearly broken a huge claps there I love this sportsmanship and this feeling the crowd are never going to let them pass without a clap are they they want to say Well done that’s it and they were really racing hard there against a very top crew and they were right in contention there and that’s that’s it when you’re just walking that fine line on the edge sometimes you know you just you just just just lose control of something there and that’s a that’s gutting that’s ended like that for them um but they should be very proud of how they’re racing in in that in that event there great display of skulling from hiny not take it away from them cuz they were doing a great job in the start of that race as hxy take a win in the 4ly challenge cup of the the Lee Rowing Club in a dramatic race this is the start of the Town challenge cup women’s cops as fors tsro Club on the B station against Leander and Oxford University on the booking in that pink and as they St off the start they’re close together both crews are getting warned immediately oh that was narly avoided there wasn’t it very tempting to do sometimes they’re like magnets aren’t they trying to pull together and get tangled up but that was well corrected by both boats there seen the dominance of T Club through some of the men’s events certainly in the women’s in the Warg grave but they’re going to be put under pressure here from this Leander Oxford University crew going to be a crew that’s kind of been thrown together they’ve come from Annie sharp has been racing in the blue boat actually this year and she’s in the three seat there the tall rower prevy of the University of London and they jumped into this crew and it’s sometimes quite hard to do that against a fairly well established TS four great race here yeah this is very close isn’t it yeah as you say forming forming units late on and up against the might of what TS have been doing across their women’s program this is uh this is a good matchup and they’re doing very well here I think I got it wrong earlier so the winner of this uh this these two will go on to race the Rowan Canada a crew um the the the mold Bo Club will go on to race the crew from Spain but look at this good match up here and and buckets in both boats obviously got the memo and kind of going with the rigging rigging theme um but yeah lovely shots here of these boats here matching each other pretty closely for R aren’t they stroke for stroke I love seeing see the top of your screen there it’s Leander Oxford un y composite they’re all roll with their or color so there you see Annie sharp in the three seek she’s actually got a dark blue or they’ve colored her or to make sure everyone knows who on her Club is surrounded by that pink of Leander definitely giving it some Welly through the middle of that stroke there and they’re going to need to be because ts are not going away they can’t shake them that’s it definitely keeping them honest and you can see that you know the hair hair is being really caught by the wind there and that is a particularly windy part of the course there as you got that clear expanse of uh of flat land to the right hand side of the shot there uh trees opening out and that’s where we are getting a fair bit of the crosswind and you can see the flags sort of fluttering around on this on this part here uh so a few patches of squs to go through as you can see on the TV shot there those patches of the water where is a little bit darker so that will be capturing the boats here and I think that could have been a little bit part of why um we had that uh that crab in the earlier race but this is still a very tight race here but T are they going to wind it up and get Leander still in contact so could well happen here I think Tams are coming back they’re putting a good push there through the rim can they have a little look around they know how close they are all it takes is a little bit of a change of gear have they got that change of gear we’re going to find out in the next 100 met that’s where they’ve got to make the decisive move or else they’ve lost this keep little look around yes you’re at the enclosures let’s move yeah that’s it isn’t you got to row the conditions of the course and and they I think they’ve got some momentum with them here this is really really good stuff rowing smoothly dealing with that wind well really chunking it along see bow Anna SM there she had a little across before that there might be a warning here the oh yeah Gwyn baton in the umpiring seat there has told Leander and Oxford to move over get back to your station that’s what she’s showing with that flag and they’re going to have to make a move as they’re getting put under pressure and again Gwyn is really reaching for that flag isn’t she she’s trying to send them back to their bar station and Rick Edington and Ross Hunter looking on eagerly to make sure they’re able to find their station okay and also the temps coaches appearing out of their side of the launch as well as they see their crew absolutely muring this is bow ball to Bow ball what a comeback have they got another gear they’ve got 100 meters to move TS otherwise it looks like Leander and Oxford are going to take this see they really Ming up aren’t they I want to see the eyes of the crew members down their B who’s got these final dying stages have you got any WTS left to put down through the water as it comes right to an I couldn’t call it I can’t call it that that is so close isn’t it I mean that was really really well built up in that in that in that closing stages by TS who found that extra gear early on whether they just got there in the end we’ll see the gwin’s wearing the White Flag so that’s that’s a clear race but what was the Finish ver that both boats are flat out here aren’t they no verdict a little tap as um TS almost join us in our commentary box here everyone shattered aren’t they all got their feet feet out and laying back and trying to relax after what would have been a big push there all the way to the line so what happens now the Finish Line judge will do a replay to make sure we give the right call at this moment in time and they’re going to have a look at that on the finish line to see who actually crossed it it’s hard for us to call it by eye sometimes it’s easy to call it here I mean there’s there’s three of them up there who’ll be rewinding that tape and pressing play and having a good look as to which bow ball cross that line first yeah we have a camera on that finish line to tell us who wins but they’re obviously taking another tighter look at that that’s going to be the closest race of the day um we just had a confirmation this is a win in the town challenge challeng Cup by two feet for Leander and Oxford University over T’s Rowing Club well we applaud those eight rowers what a race they’ve given us and we very much look forward to seeing them the rest of the week and I’ve got to thank Adam Freeman pask for his wonderful job on the microphone and I’m going to welcome Jack Bowmont he is joining me in the commentary box as we come to the start line of one of the superstars of world growing the diamond challenge goals Philip feifer Slovenia against oi zidler of Germany the world champion he’s about to head to Paris Jack now I’ve been working this morning in the office watching the racing and I’m so excited for this one 3 and 1 half weeks out from the Olympic Games and you would definitely have Oly zider as the favorite for the Riata yeah we’ve been absolutely given a treat seeing olle here this week but tell you what Fifer of Slovenia is taking it to him and he’s taken a length lead in the first 200 M oh that’s that’s actually really special because o idler tends to lead his races from the front he tends to smash it out and and be in front and and stay there so he won’t like this to be under pressure like this but it’s a long race Jack and he’s got some to go and I tell you what if I was racing one of the superstars of world rowing I would probably do the same as Fifer I would take it to him I’d see how long I can hold on for can you unsettle him or is he going to power through and I think he’s moving it’s certainly the only race plan isn’t it get out try and unsettle him and see if you can put put him in a under under pressure and see if he makes a mistake here he goes this experience is showing how hard it is to raise a single but the experience is really coming through here as he’s moved back through the is that all we’re going to see of Fifer I’m not sure but OD zider here with the famous German ORS in the navy blue in that famous Long Reach of him he’s just floated through there and this is why he’s here he’s here to be put under pressure to row in these slightly bumy conditions to know that people are going to throw the kitchen sink at him in the first 200 M and how does he respond to that exactly that he’s like I was bit surprised to see o ID on the entry list to be honest I was thinking because that’s not how in the British team we would have prepared but if you’re a single scholar what’s better than this to practice rough water all sorts of variables that happen at Henley but Fifer is doing a good job you know he has International P pedigree too he’s been racing on the international team this year yeah abely had so let’s put this in context this this German you’re seeing here OE zider he is world champion he has the experience he has the the bank of medals behind him he hasn’t got an Olympic medal it did not go his way in Tokyo and he wants to be standing in the middle of that podium in 3 weeks time well that’s it oi zidler went into the world went into the Olympics as the world champion and didn’t make the final so he’s definitely got some demons to deal with but they just sort of shot of Piper’s face now that lead that he got in the first part of the race must have taken a lot out of him because that was a pain face going on yeah the large German again coming towards the famous finish line he knows it well here he’s come to row here he wants to be here for good experience it’s part of his training plan little stop little stop presses his stroke coach can check out his stats later see what he didn’t WI a little smile on his face or Grimace or maybe he’s just enjoying the crowd CU he waits here at the finish line for Philip Fifer of Slovenia he put out a great start he led him he led him to the island and that’s a lot of the time you want to hear herey yeah if I was him i’ definitely be screen recording that YouTube for keep the bit of me leading the world champion there he is O zidler takes a win in the diamond challenge SKS over Philip Fifer of Slovenia the heat of the double skills Challenge and free to of your screen in the red rowing for ready service Paradise Australia Mo and Walter of Germany on the right of your screen B station is the lightwe men’s duel or Germany against a crew that’s just thrown themselves together from what I hear on Instagram now this be interesting because definitely buck and fre have some horsepower in his boat but this lightwe double they have been racing at at the World Cups through the season I think they’re off to the sorry they they’re under train three world champions as well so you know fantastic crew they’ll get maybe to the line here okay cook in there in the B seat many you might see him he does a lot of vlogging a lot of instagramming um and he both these crew members you’re looking at here have actually qualified in the single skull as well booken got knocked out yesterday and they’re what we call heavy weights no weights in the program at Henley anymore but they heavy weights against this lightweight double of Germany is that going to be useful for them in this headwind today I think so and what you can see here is that definitely the the German crew are taking more Strokes per minute and when you have a little bit less horsepower maybe you have to take a few more Strokes because maybe your boat might not travel quite so far per stroke in the Bucking and free on the B station they just seem to be rowing a bit longer taking a few fewer strokes and letting that boat run a bit but the Germans are moving back on them you’d expect to see the slightly heavier stronger rowers be able to power the St quicker than the lightweight this is the point of the race it’s going to be absolutely vital who is going to make that move and put themselves ahead and right now it’s the Australian SL Scottish double and three in the top of your screen in the black they’ve got enough power just to keep moving and and tapping that boat along I’m really impressed though this water is turbulent we can see how bouncy it is both both the CRS are really cleanly entering the water their blades are not hanging around they’re straight in so you can see that nothing’s missing two pretty technically accomplished boats yeah and actually the pedigree of all these rowers is I mean got a sheet in front of me their stats go off the page pretty much we have rowers that are very seasoned scullers and are used to this and I tell you what though they’re staying side by side it could be anyone’s game right now one thing when you’re a heavyweight rer racing against lightweights is you are nervous because there’s a reason there in different categories typically the heavy weights should be faster than the lightweights now that’s not always the case but when you’re racing head-to-head now I’ve done it a few times racing here at heny against lightweight Cru you’re really nervous you’re really nervous especially on a longer race sometimes a windy one the lightweights really want to take a scalp on you yeah absolutely as we pan down there looking at Jackson Free in the stroke seat he’s coming from Australia he’s got multiple National level titles and he’s raced a lot of the Queensland championships it looks like so he um obviously from Queens state but the German lightweight on the left side of your screen here in the yellow empaca boat German made boat they’re actually staying with them and right now what are you thinking if you’re in this booking and free double what are you thinking about the other crew Jack I think what they’ll be thinking and and in the perspective you have in the rowing boat where you’re you’re racing going backwards if you’re leading you can see the crew behind you but they never feel like they’re that far behind and what they’ll notice they’ll notice every move that M and Walter made and they they’ll they won’t feel comfortable it will probably feel quite hectic look across there and a call actually from Finn Walter in the stroke seat and he’s probably said let’s go they’re right there they’ve got this into National racing pedigree and I think it’s showing now here they come here the Germans are moving the top of your screen watch their bow ball this is what I always do I’d look at the bow ball in comparison to that bow seat of cban is it moving and it is I think it’s this taking an inch a stroke at the moment that’s a really impressive move in about 10 Strokes they’ve taken half a length there that I wonder what the call was or what they thought about because you know sometimes in a race you might think about working harder or you might think of a technical efficiency you can make that that helps your boat go but they are really moving now it’s funny in R we almost just sometimes want to want to look at it and go just R harder well if you’re watching this they are R hard they’re going as hard as they possibly can and the changes might come as a technical move you might take The Strokes per minute up you might say hold on let’s just move the hands away quick at the Finish Line throw them away I think sharpen up that front end drop it in a bit quicker there’s all sorts of things you can do to make that move and that was an absolute blow look at that they’ve gone right through booking and free yeah that’s a really impressive move you know now now and I’ll be looking can we break to clear water can we put a real gap between us and bucking and free because once you break that water it’s a lot harder to come back if you still have the other the crew in your periphery you might still you know have the energy and have the the motivation to get them and right now it’s not over how’ you do that Jack if your crew that’s behind on a one-on you’ve raced here a million times a one-on-one race what are you saying you raced actually I should say this yesterday when you came from behind what are the calls in the crew that’s happening well the call is we’re still with them we’re still with them and then well for us it was let’s go and the amount of times I shouted go through the stewards enclosure like ridiculous but if I were the um bucking and re right now I would be trying to start my Sprint for the line early because you have to win you have to do everything you can and you can’t leave it late do we see that many times taking the lead losing it and taking the lead again at heny it’s a hard one isn’t it it’s definitely a hard one you can see the painting on their faces now for anyone that’s not Road that’s watching this it really is Allin you know from stroke go you are going as hard as you can it’s a pretty difficult spot in that Jess I’m sure you’ve had many horror stories of tough races yeah I certainly have there’s a race just before you Kim one where the Lee sna their all I’ve actually snapped my all at a mid Championship so I’ve been there with them but this is an absolute nailbiter through the middle of this course but now it looks like it’s going all Germany’s way they’re moving they’ve never taken that right down lightweight as you called it they’ve had less body weight to leave off those o but they’ve used it really well haven’t they yeah what I really like about how this lightweight crew is moving you can see how they move their hands away at the end of the stroke and if you watch that and watch their boat next time they get a side on view you’ll see their boat kind of speed up after the end of the stroke now that will be getting them kind of put in a half extra yeah it’s funny the boat’s actually traveling fastest the minute you’ve taken your or out of the water so if you can what we call that can look after that boat speed at that point of the stroke you’re changing direction and you can see that here great they’re moving twice a changing direction in the stroke and all you want to do is keep that b ball moving forward so you’re almost a coach once said to me you got to be kind of a baller at that part of the Roar stroke you have to be poison on your feet CU your feet strapped into your shoes in that boat and you have to look after your whole speed it’s quite a beautiful mixture in Roaring isn’t it because you’re you’re so brutal with what you have to do under the water you have to be forceful everyone has to do that bit but if you can also be delicate and smooth and efficient with it like we’re seeing from the Germans now you really pay dividends this is lovely skulling as they come towards progress boards little look around there in the B seat Mo in the B seat has a look maybe he slightly takeen some of that crowd for a second or you’re pretty spent from what you’ve done all the way down the course you definitely have to enjoy it I i’ I’ve seen and spoken to a few people around here and an international Crews I said why have you come here they said to race at the greatest forast on Earth so you’d have to enjoy every part of it we’ll check around that they’re actually at the Finish Line oh yeah almost finished before the line there maybe they can get one stroke of recovery in as we see booking and fre of surface Paradise Australia cross in second place that’s a win for Mor and wter of Germany in the double skulls challenge Cup against bucken and free of surface Paradise this is a heat of the diamond challenge skulls another single skulls race for us what a joy we in for seeing this today backer of the Netherlands on the top of your screen versus pnik of Poland on the bottom of your screen yeah this could be a great matchup so we’ve got kosnik here who was actually racing in the Olympics in Tokyo and the pupal go he came fourth he’s been in a fantastic qu he’ been out with injury this year so won’t be the Olympics and he’s very excited to be here but being warned through the island straight away that flag comes out get back onto your stage and we do not want to see a clash and he has acted on that and moved so you race posnik then Jack I have I’ve raced posnik quite a lot and we so we we came second in the Olympics in Tokyo only 0.4 seconds ahead of them and they finished four so heartbreaking for them fantastic for us but right now it’s all about these two schols and it’s head forhead really really B power and posnik here on the bottom of your screen the closest to us in yellow stain very close to backa of Netherlands will feel like they’re in each other’s Pockets won’t it really like you’ll just be so aware of the noise them but also the noise of the water splashing around you because I’ll always say how bumpy it is here no bumpier than it is in a single skull these boats are so narrow they’re so Twitchy you wouldn’t have notice it by looking at them but they’re really really wobbly boats and both experienced Scholars were looking at and the Dutch SK on the top of your screen who’s slightly masked by the bottom scholar he was a silver medalist of the world under 23s last year in the men’s quads he’s used to running a faster boat class than this but switch to single skull and this is really one of the hardest boats to row here isn’t it Jack it definitely is it’s the one I’ve always stayed away from because like look at that it’s brutal they’re side by side right against each other and what I’m really impressed with right now is how clean they’re both staying you’re not seeing any white water in between Strokes really really keeping their blades off the water which is hard work when you’re going as hard as this this is absolutely cracking look at the b ball to b ball do you know you’re next to somebody that close I guess you can hear them and slightly see them you are totally aware of it and this is Cracker isn’t it like you what do you do you you have to just stay with them because if you’re hurting you’re absolutely hurting but if you let up they’ll get a bit of Confidence from that both of these Scholars we using this is a stepping stone right now it’s seem backa still in contention to be the under 20 three Skol sorry the bottom of screen is backup but leading him is posnik of Poland that experience that Olympian he’s side by side but he he knew what to do in that situation I guess he’s used to it being in big crew boats yeah I think also it’s that case of like once you’re side by side maybe he can just hold his hand in the fire that bit longer maybe he’s that little bit more phys physical than able to hold on and wow look at that he’s really opened up a distance now somebody in the bank yesterday asked me how do how does a crew get this much distance over another crew and I guess physically these rowers quite a lot of the time are going to be within quite a certain close percentage of each other what the difference that makes one crew so much faster than another well the difference is often how they move the boat there they might look quite similar but there’s some nuances into you know how long is their stroke how many strokes per minute are they taking are they efficient with it how are they applying their power it’s much more technical than it ever looks but looks like um Simon posnik is doing a really lovely job of it now and hopefully able to relax a bit yeah our sport is super technical we might look like big oos walking around on the bank but um look at the balance that single skull look at there it’s just about the same width as a row as hips in fact your hips sometimes come over the side of the boat it’s a very skinny boat it’s a long and skinny boat and it is super wobbly it’s made from carbon fiber it’s very light you can throw it on your shoulder and carry it down to the water yourself so there’s not much between you and actually the elements so being able to balance this boat drive it along like this incredible sko from Poland is doing now it’s a real skill and then what we’re going to ask you to do after balancing the boat and sitting in it and being able to get on the water is go flat out yeah exactly that and getting these sort of views is fantastic isn’t it because these are the sort of views you can then you could they’re better than the views that any of our coaches used to give us don’t they this is the best footage from Ro I’ve ever seen I used to get a griny video from a distance at cavan so um we love this rowing and we’re loving these angles we being given from our team now what would you be doing now if you were if you were backer from Netherlands now he says he’s likely to be racing at the world R under 23 championships this year so maybe you know still in that development phase whereas posnik is an Olympian who’s done a lot of World Championships how would you be feeling what I don’t know what I’d be doing now because this is really hard it’s really hard because at this point in the race to be honest given something going wrong with posnik backa is going to Ling is going to be finishing as Vata today you could use it as bit a test you could see how loose you can keep in this situation you could do a bit of practice a wine for the line but he’s probably gone flat out to stay side by side with posnik and he’s just not been able to stay there it’s about soing the atmosphere as we said before enjoying this bit of the race and start thinking about what training he might have to go and do the rest of the week now looking towards trying to get that qualification slot to go to St Catherine in Canada at the world under 23 championships this year but absolute Class Act and and posnik did not let up there he has you can see the distance between the puddles he has been putting some serious beef down underwater and the hand up in the air he’s delighted with that yeah you may think sometimes you know these races if you win by this much doesn’t matter but it does these Crews have got ready for this race they’ve got to the start line they’ve crossed and they know they through to the rest of the G look at that what it means to them P an IT hand in the air a win for him in the diamond challenge skulls over a j backa of the Netherlands one is for a heat of the batania challenge cup the hoop of the Netherlands on the bar station on the top of your screen versus Royal Chester running club on the right of your screen and the book station now this is an interesting one with these Cox fours how’s steering going to be because in the copis you’re steering with a a shoe on a pivot with a attached to a r but here we’ve got the copes so hopefully a straight line and looks like they’re doing a pretty good job of it these are these are men’s club fours so they are not the international rowers these are the guys that all have jobs they’re fitting in their training around their actual full-time jobs and it’s hard and time consuming and this is the Pinnacle of their year and it looks like a great start for the hoop here they have really gone out and they are motoring away they are there at a skilled crew the B man he told us he’s got a huge Ergo sub 610 for a club rower is actually really Punchy by Ergo I talk about that’s the indoor rowing machine a lot of us do a lot of indoor rowing training and we can’t get out in the water or do a quick session we get measured on that number and the Olympic rowing distance is 2,000 M so a lot of us use that the yard stick for how fast we are so if you’ve got a good score you tell people about it you absolutely do and yeah like a club crew under 610 that is that is massive and and hey Royal Chester are sticking up sticking with the hoan that looks like they’ve made up some ground well I was shocked there Jack I thought D were moving away but Royal Chester are not letting them go anywhere look at them move I think they’re actually moving back on to hoop they’re taking an inch per stroke that looks fantastic and it actually looks like the hoop sort of their stroke R has come down is that a tactic or is that because they’re running out of juice because we’ve seen here Peter Dean is a Serial winner of parent Race Sports state is he going be a winner here in Henry V well he’s used to the pressure of that and I tell you what royal Chester come right back at to hoop this crew from Chester from the northwest of England they have powered back and their Cox maybe a little look across there little look across in the B man certainly Christopher Sim keep your head in that boat cuz you are Trucking but this is a very experienced Cox here we have in the Royal chest the boat Sarah Armstrong is racing at her 16th heny regata so that she knows how to do these races 16th oh my goodness she’s got a good badge collection but she’s been here and done it before and she’s going to tell her Cru it’s not over till it’s over and they’ve come up towards the enclosures they’re coming towards the steward enclosures and I think they are moving what have they got in the bank to hoop have you got any answers for the questions well if you’re going to answer those questions you need to do it now because it look look like roal Chester are shifting away that looks great they look cleaner as well they just looks to be a little less Splash coming from their blades they are holding their technique a little [Applause] better they are very tight very neat there from the crew don’t see much water getting moved around oh a little bit of a scuff of the water for to who they really got put under pressure and they couldn’t rise to the occasion and that’s just given Rochester the slip here in this last 200 M now that is fantastic isn’t it now I think that shows Ro Chester had sort of race their so well to come from behind overtake like that well in sport like we see it played out in wimon at the Euros right now and you’re seeing it right here at Henley roata The Royal Chester crew were behind and they stuck in this race and they put the de hoop crew from the Netherlands under so much pressure that it drew a mistake out of them and you can hear those screams look at what it means as it’s a win in the brania challenge cup Royal Chester Club over the hoop of the [Music] Netherlands here’s a heat of the Warg gra challenge cup up at 10s ring Club B on the top of your screen the bar station against Sydney rub Australia on the B station in that light blue here we go locals UPS R cup there Bo house about halfway up the course Sydney R cup absolutely not local and they are steering right across towards ter right now wow that is a big move from the sometimes I’m sure it probably wasn’t the Cox’s fault there the stream the wind a slight different pressure in the boat can cause that to happen in these huge boats yeah there’s just so much power going down isn’t there so much power from these athletes W they have powered away from Sydney that’s a great start so steving has not put off Sydney and they power out exactly as Jack was saying to a length down the island you can’t see the island it’s pretty much where the camera is now but you will see it as we pan back further down the race I’ll point it out the crews go alongside that so it’s fairly quiet and then it opens up into the rest of the river and right now they’ve taken a length lead which means their boat is another boat length ahead of the upper temps B crew yeah and that’s you know you can see that uper 10 speed Bo are still racing as hard as they can to be in this but look Sydney have their blades are going in so well together now Jess you raced in in the women’s eight there’s a great shot of the temple Island right there it’s got actually got a temple on it so that’s the island we keep talking to you about um and yes Jack I’ve roast in the eight a lot of times quite a few times here as well but what makes this so special we say it all week and forgive me but it’s a one-on-one race it’s so much more intense than the six Lane multi-lane race we used to in international level races definitely than that head-to-head aspect there’s much more nervous about it aren’t they and and when you sit there on the start line and umpire’s boat comes around it’s so Eerie it’s so scary actually and it kind of makes the my hair stand up on the back of my neck but this is a great job still by upper this is their second boat so they have another boat and actually upper women have loads of athletes here they’ve done a great job de we saw them racing in the town earli on today but Sydney it was worth the travel if you’re watching us from Sydney Australia this well this afternoon for you um welcome they put on a show and they had a Ste slight steering issue at the start but they’re too good and look at this they’re moving away see the B of Laura Cipher the 20-year-old swimming teacher in Newton College she’s doing the business here H crew look like they’ve got this race under control as they’re moving through into the enclosures and when that that last shot showed the two creu you could just see that the Sydney boats and this this shot here you can see the Sy blades are just going in slightly more synchronized and it looks like they’re just taking slightly longer Strokes than the upper crew who are still racing hard nice spoon movement there in and out so we talked about it all morning being clean you’re going to have a slight Splash and you put that into the water you want to V kind of splashed show the right kind of timing too much water and it’s slowing you down absolutely you don’t want to have any excess drag but just want to make sure you’re putting your blade in at exact the right spot so you’re taking the longest stroke you can but not missing anything and that this shot here is fantastic look at that little splash as the the Sydney run Club blades go in that is that’s a master class really isn’t it looks almost like a single skull the synchronization to able to do that with all eight rowers that’s what makes the eight so special he see as he pan back to up 10 be put in a really strong effort but their ores their white spoons going in and out the water a little bit more Scrappy than these light blue of Sydney and it’s that different over this distance that can make the fastest Crews win and the slower crew slower and as they coming towards the progress board it’s all Sydney it is all Sydney but you can still see the upper TS the women from upper TS have not given up they are really going to give it some all the way to the line and I love that love that in front of the enclosure you want to put on your best show it’s a nice display of eight rowing here drop it in you still see the bounce in the water it’s always bouncy here an open River we can’t close the river so there’s Crews from down the side of the river and they hear that beat knowing that means they’re going on to another day Ed Henley rata job done for the Sydney crew as they cross the line they wait UPS B to follow them at a win in the wargrave challenge CL for Sydney R from Australia over upper temps Ro Club B boys this is the heat of the 10 challenge cup Marlo Ro Club a on the top of your screen in the red against Vesta Ro Club a in the maroon at the bottom of your screen as they power off the start in this club men’s eight [Applause] event now these men’s ate are really powerful Crews aren’t they at well Tred athletes really really pumping some Watts underwater yeah this is a fairly local rival we would say compared to the globe so Marlo actually situated just beyond the lock here at Henley and Vester just 40 m down the road up in Putney in London and right now it’s neck and neck it really is and and maybe it looks like Marlo R Club are rating slightly lower Strokes per minute maybe run slightly longer strokes but really you can just see these boats surging between Strokes trading the trading the lead and this is the point you want to break the other crew you want to stay in this race and you want the other crew to go away but tell you what neither of them have taken a big decisive move if anyone is just calling it for Marlo right now in this red here in the bottom of your screen the 3/4 of a length up as we move further down the race and Marlo stretched out that lead to about a length but Vesta not letting them go you want to break that don’t you jack you absolutely do you want to you want to make the opposition in this head-to-head racing you want to make the opposition believe that they can’t do it anymore if they have overlap and if the cops can see you if the bow can see you they won’t give up they’re sticking with them and it’s not comfortable the stroke man of the Marlo Crew looking there Harrison green he he all he can see is Vester so he won’t know that they quite cleared them yet as they come past Remnant club they’re going to have a huge Roar here for Vester one of the remant club members and tell you what Vester responded yeah that looks like some really effective rowing and it doesn’t look like they started taking any more Strokes per minute so there must have been some call about pushing through the drive even harder than they already were because that was a pretty qu pretty silent and stealthy move it is and I tell you what Marlo need to answer that or absorb that push otherwise the momentum is going to be with Vester Ash hre Jeff Griffith if they got an answer there the Cox of Marlo can they do anything in these last closing stages to hold off Vester I’m not sure they can but this is what hel raser is all about a drag race through the Str en closer I love this this is fantastic everyone kept on the edge of their seats at home I expect to Maro absolutely going for it here bow seat there we can see the back of Jack Gaston his bows clear he’s sitting trickly up in that b seat but you’re going to have to make a move Marlo cuz Vester are coming absolutely are and while you’re watching this just understand these athletes have been going for it for the last 5 and 1/2 minutes this hurts yeah it’s easy for us to tell them to race to the line but they’ve been racing from the line since that flag went down so who has got it who has got that extra little bit of training through the winter who’s got that extra synchronization who’s going to answer the calls of their Cox wi the best we’re going to see this fold out in the next couple of hundred meters Marlo have got the slight lead into the enclosures but a lot of this comes to self-belief doesn’t it if you believe you can do it you can really put yourself in the right positions so you just have to stay positive and think I’m going to do this I’m going to get every stroke right looking the results of head of the river would say these a fairly even Crews and we’re seeing that now Marlo definitely responded they’ve responded Jack and they’ve moved out their lead to a length Vesta threw everything at it there going into those closing stages best really did and Marlo got asked the questions and looks like they shown a really fantastic answer to it because look at that they’re rowing long I think they have actually relaxed a little bit into that lead they have and Vestor we pushing them every inch of the way down there but Marlo have just broken them and they know they can almost paddling this last 100 m across that finish line as they wait almost for Vesta coming over there what a reaction look at what it means This morlo Crew they knew they were put under pressure as they take the win in the temps challenge cup over rest of Rowing Club today that’s brilliant reactions and Brilliant sportsmanship between the crews isn’t it fantastic how no matter what the result there’s that Applause and the sort of um acknowledgement between the crews yes painting some lovely pictures of theat this morning as the sun shining get that Artistry in while you can wonder if you could buy that in the shop Jack oh Jess I think you used to work in an art gallery didn’t you you know a thing or two about this stuff I did I’m um contemporary British art was not my thing um but um I’m sure I could take a stab at it I was more 18th Cent oh he finished pretty pretty quick that was quick it’s like an art attack or maybe here’s what we made earlier bit of we I think we’re in that we’re in the comm’s Box down there you can see us I should have actually stuck my hand out to give him a wave made me look a bit fatter I thought give me a flattering look join us for a heat of the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup shury School in the top of your screen there the yellow boat and the navy blue bar station racing against harbury College the Bucking station now I’ve seen both of these crews out paddling fight a lot while I’ve been training and both of them have looked really strong I actually didn’t realize they were in the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup I thought they were senior women well this event is absolutely stacked I think we’ve seen the introduction of this in the last 10 years and the impact it’s had on Junior women’s skull in the country and actually the world we see Crews coming across from around the world to race just for this Riata and both of these Crews have got good pedigree in this hartrey college a lot of these members are R out of Gloucester Rowing Club as well which have won this event many times over the years some very good rowers out of gler R Club Natasha paig now Town’s end I wrote with the many Olympics we lost Beth rodford world champion in the quadal schools from glester Ro Club as well so we have a lot of good scolars down there in the west countryes we call it absolutely do and in this harbury college crew there is some International pedigree if few have a couple of RAC to mun when I see that you are both straight and ready I will start you like this Sports coming out of harrey college not bad at throwing a rugby ball around either go get ready please Richard Phelps gire is asking to get ready come forwards about to start the race nervous watching don’t you those little Corrections just to make sure you’re straight down the course both both B women doing a great job of that you were Ladies as you were relax Richard has asked them to relax can see they’re not quite straight he’s waiting for them to get straight two seat far colge down Matilda she’s asking telling her crew that actually Richard brought his flag down and now he’s asking him to come forward again and sit ready attention go now I really like that that corness under pressure from the from the steers people about people to be making those adjustments because it’s a very intense feeling off the start line so that it’s impressive I like that and hopefully gives him a great course off to start now I was nervous there long hold of the start the Cru had to reset they had to keep their head in the game the first quick warning for heartb Phelps is asking him to move over back to their station look at that shot you staring down almost 2,000 M now who’s going to be Victorious and move on through the Diamond Jubilee challenge Cup today and there we go it looks like heartb returning to their station you can see that steering adjustment hopefully now they correct straight across AC cross the course but that’s a fantastic start half a length Advantage about coming through qu a mile lovely side shot here from the camera crew I love this shot you actually get to see the intensity almost at water level of what is happening in this race trosby at the top of your screen that yellow boat they came to the qualification we so there trosby have’ had a great week you can’t just rock up here and race Andy you have to actually qualify or he deemed fast enough if you’re one of the international Crews to come so for This Crew here to get through to the Thursday it’s been a great week for them at the moment heartbreak have taken a lent lead yes they have and that heartbreak crew you can just see they are taking it maybe one or two strokes per minute more than the crew from from Troy but they’ve not broken them have they they’ve got this sort of three course of a length Advantage but still very tight race the standard these Junior rowers these these athletes here were age between 15 fer who’s in the two seat of this boat 15 up to 18 these are these are very young women and the standard they’re Roar at and the physiology they’ve got it’s mind-blowing it’s it’s intense as well they train hard a lot of these athletes will be training sort of up to 12 times a week probably at school before and after school doing all their exams as well it’s pretty tough stuff if you’re a junior ear watching this or a parent or caregiver or an auntie or anyone watching this think about these children they’re going through GCS they’re going through aels and they’re balancing that with this intense training you often find very very high performers in our sport going off to the very best universities but managing this workload at the same time as we see a great shot there the shwb school ORS they’re doing a great job there they’re just being out class today I love that sort of concentrating face from Tara Lloyd in the three seat of the froy crew tongue out that’s a that’s one of those great sort of you see it from a lot of rowers is it how they distract themselves from the pain or or what is it yeah some sometimes you always don’t know what you’re doing with your first do you until someone shows you a video of Henley you don’t often get to see it and I think um you look back at it and go what’s my tongue doing stick out the side of my mouth maybe my coach always used to want us to have relaxed faces keep the energy in the muscles that need it and here we go they look looks like the rosbury crew is struggling a little bit here but now harbury are really putting some power down aren’t they but you can see there’s Gusty sort of there’s a lot of gust coming over the coming over the course it’s just picking up the blades and this a little shot here showed a little wobble but that’s nothing to do with what the crews are doing it’s to do with what the river’s doing what the weather’s doing it really is a difficult course to row on yeah and actually we’re looking at this hearty College crew we haven’t seen much of them as a unit this year because they’ve being split up into different Crews Chloe and Millie so thinking three in stroke actually won the champ double National schools this year ‘ got a course record I’ve actually won the champ doubles National schools so that means I don’t have the course record anymore but um you know they they’re seeing the pedigree of these two separate groups from the college coming together with a slightly younger bow and two seats whove been in mixture of Crews and the Hudson hulls in the two seat she was in the junior 16 court at National school so a real mix in this boat Jack there is and and what they’re doing so well is they’re getting a great grip at the start of at the start of the stroke once they put their blades in you don’t see them get to the finish of the stroke super quickly but they’re really getting hold of the river getting hold of that water and propelling their boat along I really really like that and you’re racing this year is it bumpy out there how does it feel how’s the water this year it’s probably the bumpiest I’ve known it actually probably partly because it’s the record entry we have the most Crews you’ve ever had so there are so many people out on the water warming up training or whatever and each boat makes a lot of wash you can see a bit coming off this boat here have a couple of hundred boats out of the time sometimes it’s like a washing machine out there but that’s what we like to see our sport is skillful it’s powerful and if you’ve got the skills to come here and roll in this bit of water you’re testing yourself you’re stretching yourself to the Limit and look at this synchronization in harrey that’s a great overhead shot shows you what it looks like in the middle of a rowing boat the legs are getting squeezed down there together there they’re not rushing they’re not going any faster than the speed of the boat yeah so for those of you that aren’t rowers and would like to sort of feel how this feels next time you’re at the gym get a 15 kilo dum each hand and do 220 s squat jumps in a row and that is what these guys are doing right now well that sounds painful I’m not sure I’m glad my days of this are over but that looks effortless but they’re really driving hard they’re still driving hard here they not taken how many strokes per minute they’ taken down an awful lot I think that call might come here as they pass into the final third of the race they’re going pass rum another 600 M to go can they start enjoying it here I think this is the time you have to start enjoying it like I think it’s the most important thing and I’ve raced it hening lots of times you never know when it’ll be your last race this could be their last race you never know if you’ll Race here again you have to enjoy these moments and there’s nothing quite like rowing through the steward’s enclosure when you’re ahead it’s wonderful it really is a special feeling and the sh rowers here form book was against them they went through qualifiers up against a very strong crew here but look at that overhead it shows you the standard there of these young athletes being able to get down this course being able to qualify nice and relaxed in the shoulders it looks loose and Powerful they’re doing a good job but can you guys in this crew in this school go back when that season starts in September and remember this feeling of losing at Henley can you train it a little bit harder can you lift that little bit extra in the gym can you help the crew mates out a little bit more remember this I’m sure we’re going to see these Crews again yeah and it looks like for the middle pair in this Rosey school they’re both 17 so hopefully will be back here again next year hopefully they’ll go back to training and have this watch this race and think never again yeah and they’re not doing much wrong jack I think it’s um it’s nice rowing and this crew is a mixture of some sweet rowers Annabelle starma who’s in the two seat roading the girls Cox for at national school so she was doing sweet rowing actually not skulling where you have two ORS in one hand so being able to be really you know flexible be able to switch between disciplines is hard in itself isn’t it it certainly is flexibilities do both is is a real skill and and as a skull I would always say that the skulling is much more Technical and much harder oh don’t if you’re listening don’t listen to that I’m I’m a sweet rower the skull is always bang on about how hard skulling is we used to jump in our single skulls and do it half the year the tricky stuff comes in the big boats but we’ll go into that further through the rata Jack but you know like like you that they they aren’t doing anything wrong they’re run fantastically as well just this heartre college crew is fantast is is brilliant look at that they are powerful they’re RAR so efficiently so long they’re going to be really pleased with that race yep and we haven’t seen much of this crew through the year are they going to be ones to watch as the grata progresses we saw wickliff College one of the absolute favorites earlier this morning I’m sure wickliff might be taking a look at this and seeing how dominant their partners are they’re literally in the same county in gler um they probably haven’t seen much of them or race against them I’d be a little bit afraid of hary college if I was them right now but they have shown their pedigree and they’ve come through to take the win this morning in the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup a little fist bump it’s a job job well done not arms in the air mourning for them charby School come across the line finish there regata a good Race by them that’s a win the diamond jubile challenge cup hary College over shury school this is a heat of the 4le challenge cup Junior men’s quads with greater Mara schw on the top of your screen B station versus last Gatos Ru Club of USA on the bck station so here we go the The Men’s equivalent of the competition we just saw and it looks like a great start here by Los Gatos that they blasted out on the blocks haven’t they yeah again we don’t know the pedigree because these are two Crews from across the Atlantic um greater Marlo School are literally down the river from where we are now our Chairman’s School Red gr fly went there against this Los Gatos crew who know very little about this is your boat class Jack it is my boat class and and this was my event I used to challenge in every year when I was a junior it’s a fantastic event in the poy challenge club and great Marlo score until this year had never won a around in it and then they won on on Tuesday and in a proper dingdong today with Los Gatos and they’re still together Los Gatos have taken a slight lead as their length here in this yellow boat power powerful isn’t it the C still punch you can hear that effort going through you can I really like the way that the Balman in the Los gasos boat Diego lasso the way he’s sort of swinging his hips open at the back I love it when roers do that in the quad I I think it’s a fantastic way to move the boat in the middle part of the stroke we progress further down the course we’re going live through here G Mar scho at the black there with the GMS in red on the back of the shirts they’ve not let them go but it’s blustery you at the wind blowing up the S how can you roll through this and get to that Finish Line first we’re going to find out it’s certainly uncomfortable but through the enclosures they are coming back they are coming right back up you can see they still have that sniff of Los Gatos and they are they are going to make them work for every inch they’ve definitely got a sniff Jack and they’re moving the crowds are going to be on their feet a little across from the middle of the boat there Salvador dun Ethan Hunt they’re going to shout to their crew members we’re right there this is a Sprint who has got that in their legs and is ball to Bow ball Los Gatos have slight lead there heads down keep your heads in your boat I want to see this shot on the side as they go hurling towards us I think Los Gatos are just about got it but greater maros school got anything left in the tank it’s going to be another photo finish for us wow wow right I’m not calling that that was on the Surge and it’s another photo finish we you guys are keep my heart rate up here in the commentary box neither crew knows what has happened they’re having a little look at the video and they’ll come back to us with this but the way the boats move even between Strokes the boat doesn’t just stay at a constant speed they speed up and slow down you see them surging wow look at this oh my goodness that is a bow ball let’s listen for the official coms on this we all got to see that our screens just [Music] there it was on The Surge I’m holding my breath if you’re wondering why I’m not speaking that was so close that was to the line both Crews believed they could win that race in those closing stages that’s what you’re here to see you’re here to see the tightness of the cruise it’s going to be heartbreak for one and absolute Jubilation for another yeah that was some real hard racing you could see Scrappy sort of frantic rowing from both Crews it’s that thing where you you get tunnel vision your eyes you’re starting to lose your proper everything and all the you’re thinking is move move move move well they’ve been shimmed away from our Finish Line it there’s a few shouts Los Gat we haven’t had the final say Los Gatos have been given it by one foot in the fly challenge cup of a great Marlo school what a race here it is we all saw it a second ago one foot means you’re through in the Foley one foot means Jo out in the forley for greator school well done Los Gatos a huge effort from great M school this is a heat of the branna challenge cup men’s club box SPS Sydney R Australia that light blue in the top of your screen on B Moy Bo the famous black in the right of your screen on the fcking station now I say this about all of the foreign cruises you wouldn’t come all the way to Henley if you weren’t really sure about your chances right but looks like mosy have taken a big big start here see some really strong crew from mosy at this rata great to see the variety of boat clubs just a little bit further away from us right now a little bit closer to London and just outside of London Southwest of it against Sydney who has certainly traveled many continents to get here and they’ve taken an early lead over Sydney what you can hear when you’re listening to these Crews you can hear the sound of the sort of water being released the power of that but also the the calls from within the boat the crews the coops and the crews encouraging each other on that’s a really really Punchy start as we come further down the course these races only 5 minutes apart today so sometimes we have to jump further down the course that’s what we’re doing right now well you’ve held on to that lead you see the ores being blown around both Crews by the wind though it’s hard to control those ores in this blusty conditions well yeah from our commentary position I can see wind going in every direction right now this is what we call a head cross tail wind isn’t it a head cross tail wind I think that’s Jack saying it’s it’s going everywhere so um it’s hard to row in it’s hard to predict these ores are super light the carbon fiber you don’t want to grip onto it too tightly otherwise your arms will kind of blow up from that pain and you have to be able to have a light grip to be to twist the O you see the twist of the O there look at that col as we call it that light lime green you twist it to put the all in and out of the water so that dexterity to be able to do that you want to do that and hold on to it during the wind but mzy laid down a marker here in the brick challenge cup a strong race having it just looks like they’re run that little bit further around the pin and the Sydney boat who are really attacking it but in more of a sort of shorten stabby stroke but I guess when you’re two lengths ahead you can afford that bit of relaxation as you slide forwards welcome if you’re watching from Sydney Australia gred and well through the middle of this race Nick way and Luke sham Nicholas Miro and James fredson Co by dkumar but today they didn’t have enough and Moy Bo Club are going through to the rest of the week as they take the win in the batania challenge cup over Sydney Roy Club Australia join us for heat of the island challenge C University of Bristol versus University of Virginia University of Bristol came through the qualifiers on the top of your screen versus one of the powerhouses of college rowing from Virginia USA here we go Virginia have taken out a very high stroke rate there haven’t they seen definitely seen them out training and really really shifting around some pretty intense sessions I’ve seen they got huge program Virginia I’ve r with many International rowers who’ve gone across there and come back and Rod in the national team with us um they churn out International athletes and we have one of our International copses Morgan benon Williams has gone out there to be a coach for these Crews now so they they know what they’re doing yeah and look at how they’re pushing through the middle of the street you can just see their legs go down with such power it’s like they’re trying to sort of Stamp Those foot plates and break them yeah they taking a length lead over the University of Bristol I think again you have that kind of JY position here one of these dominant College Crews from the American college system versus University of Bristol who’ve done a great job to get into this event they had to go through qualifiers last Friday the Jubilation in the boat tents when you do qualify and then it’s onto the real deal the regetta definitely that being at the qualifiers on Friday you see you see so many dreams get made people do dream of racing at this fata it is something so unique I tell it’s like a a row pilgrimage now to be at H roata and you had to actually qualify last week didn’t you absolutely did and it’s getting harder and harder to qualify with all of these you know record entries you know seeing lots of events where there’s sort of 50 entries coming down to five at the qualifying races but you know Bristol did it and they are still run fantastically well here really really smooth Strokes and Bristol won they yesterday they beat University College Dublin so you know they’ve come here they’ve won a race theyve put up a great show but University of Virginia those famous orange OES looking pretty dominant as we come through the middle section of this race Co coached by Kevin Sawyer he’s a famous roaring coach on the Collegiate system many AOA has gone on to have National representation from Virginia and and a lot of them a lot of the time really go back and they quote Kevin as being one of their huge influences on their Roy career so um huge program a juggernaut of Collegiate rowing and right now they’re showing that coming down the heny course this booki Hima station in the lead yeah I really like that aggression that’s going on in the University of Virginia 8 it really is solid under waterer isn’t it but you know the US University Ro is massive isn’t it it’s it’s it’s almost as big as their football especially in the women’s yeah um TP in alignment that the share of funds going to women’s sport had to be the same as men’s and it really benefited the women’s system probably didn’t benefit me cuz I had to race against lots of the American women’s AIDs that benefited from that but here I mean I’m sure means a lot of these Crews racing on Independence Day 4th of July welcome if you’re getting up early and watching this in Virginia you see see a great display University College rowing in This Crew got special lers there made just for the event that’s a pretty cool like for isn’t it they knew that we had these reverse shot cameras and could could show that one off that’s fantastic they came ready and they’re going to get to hopefully wear them for another day unless the University of Bristol have got something else up their sleeve now how’s that going to be feeling in the in the University of Bristol so you’ve been racing already for 1,500 M you have a couple of minutes left of racing it’s it’s aren’t they well it’s a big step for the different universities to actually come and race here especially when you’re looking at class Crews coming from around the world to race this event to qualify and get that that place and actually beat the crew yesterday i’ say is a pretty good job done by University of Bristol now they go back to the drawing board how do we get to the next day but Virginia looking strong yeah and that’s it when you come through the qualifying races you often pitched up against Crews that have already qualified or even been selected by the stewards so you’re kind of up against it from the start and you’ve had to do an extra race but there they come across the Finish Line University of Virginia LED from the start in the heat the island challenge cup and they definitely they definitely work there but it’s a win in the island change for University of Virginia of the University of Bristol We join us for the last race of the morning the Prince Philip challenge trophy Junior women’s a it’s headington school there in the light blue on the booking station racing Groen School USA Massachusetts on the top of your screen on the bar station now headington School are a sort of a giant of Junior Rowing in Great Britain they been coached by Ryan Dain for as long as I can remember and always been really good I’m excited to see this race yeah this headington crew are absolutely stacked they’ve got a junior World gold medalists in the middle of the boat Helena pis in the five seat she’s also got huge 5K Ergo so we’ve got we’ve got row and This Crew the real mix of the elite of Bri rowing compared to seven row Lucy pillar 15year old so so um it’s a it’s a real eclectic mix of rowers in This Crew but Ryan knows what he’s doing he’s obviously mixing up his very best rowers and trying to make sure he’s got generational rowers that are going to be here for the next couple of years at Henley and that’s really confident rowing isn’t it as you watch this you can just see that power going under water but then the time between Strokes that’s what we call that the sort of rhythm of how you the ratio of how you do that looks really really good and they’ve been back and forth heading turn have been fighting out between them and Hy shiplake have been up in the mix of this junior women’s eight all year the you know the the leaders changed down again they were the fastest crew women’s eight head of the river and then they were also the fastest crew school’s head and they came third national school so it’s tight it shows you how tight it is at the top of this junior women’s eights event and um I’m sorry to say Groen but you’re com against one of the very best Crews here in the competition you really have and they’re showing some class rowing right now I’m I kind of want this race to just keep on going this is this is great rowing to watch yeah we said in the junior women’s qus before but the introduction of these events in the past few years has really pushed up the level of Junior women’s sweep rowing and kind of isn’t an accident that the junior women’s eight won the gold medal of the world championship last year there’s Junior rowers now who know this event is possible and they can get into a good crew and win it and that’s exactly what these rers here at headington are looking to do this year look at that timing what’s interesting to know is that the the Groen school don’t Row in eights at home so they typically Row in fours and this entry is their top two fours put together in an eight so this isn’t their normal boat class and how different is [Music] that yeah we’ve seen that this morning haven’t we lots of Crews that switch from sweet RAR to skulling or maybe raring in a in a four are now doing a cord uh and the Groen School are R generally Roar in fours and jumping in an eight it’s much faster it’s much punchier there’s many more personalities to get on the same page I can tell you that as a sweet Row in and eight and to come up against one of these top Crews here is also great you want to race one of these Crews and then you want to hope they go to win the whole entire AATA you can say that for forever more knocked out by the winners but you are we looking at potential winner of this event here I think they look very strong today into this headwind we definitely could be because this this is I I keep saying it I can’t applaud This Crew anymore they they’ve been drilled very well they must have trained super hard through the winter and I’m sure coach Ryan de has been very very specific with his technical coaching of them as we look back in Groen School Massachusetts they’re probably used to popping over to Boston racing head of the Charles slightly Scrappy with the their or the blade work talk what blade work I’m looking at their ores those long sticks how well are they going in and out of the water that really is how you Propel your boat a bit like you’re about to go and do the pole bolt want to jam your pole bolt into the bucket and flip yourself over that bar exactly what they’re doing with the or here so you got to be in control of it and Gren did a good job they keeping the rat up keeping the pressure on and flag up there slightly warning hington to move over Bren getting banged around in that wind a little bit it’s super tough out there it’s it’s so hard to explain from from looking at it because you can’t see any massive waves but instead of one individual waves You’ just got a really sort of swirling and rolling River yeah the RO strok about been consistent you want to keep tapping along stroke after stroke after stroke and if you have win batt ing you it kind of stops that it stutters you a little bit so you got to be strong enough have that coherence to sure you’re doing that little look across there from hxy Alice Powell of headington in this bright blue just checking you don’t tell your crew to take the rate down or go slower if if suddenly a crew are right behind you can take the slip on you so she was d double check she did it again there just saying keep calm here we’ve got 300 M to go keep tapping in along keep your heads in the game head up chest up enjoy this yeah that’s it and when you’re in this position you’re thinking now about how can we put ourselves in the best shape for the next race it’s like the cool down starts now right the next race starts now it doesn’t you even though you’re going to be one of the fastest Crews and you’re you know you’ve got the pedigree you’ve got to go out there and still do it don’t you jack it doesn’t come they don’t trip up and do this by AC this was this was because of the miles they put in the winter this is because of the discipline these rowers have had around their school studies and actually their training this is how it pans out the hard work’s being done this is them turning up now and turning it on so that’s a win in the Prince Philip challenge trophy for headington school over the gron school [Applause] USA well let’s sum up this morning it has been some absolute nail biters I think I’ve used that word 17 times this morning when you see a onef footer and a a canvas as well that was so tight in in the town earlier today leand and Oxford University beating TS in the town and then we had Los gats beating great Marlo School in the 4le the junior men’s quads by 2 feet you can’t make it up you can’t write this stuff can you you can’t write it you can’t you can’t write it and what’s so difficult is is the finish line is where the finish line is 2,112 M from the start if it was 13 M or 11 you might be getting a different result and that is it just isn’t that it’s a very hard line and you know heartbreaking for the losers exhilarating for the winners well thank you for joining us for this morning of racing that is us for luncheon now we are back racing at 2: p.m. and I’ll pass you over to Ali Vance thank you thank you very much guys well yeah the wind is proving a bit of a trouble bit of a problem for the rowers out on the course but here I’ve come to the little Lion’s Meadow which is actually tucked in really nicely behind the stewards enclosure out of the wind and I’ve made my way to the night Timber bus Sophie joins me brand ambassador for for night Timber um Sophie FY tell me about the new Association you’ve got with Henley this year oh it’s so exciting so we’re really pleased to be here I think it’s a partnership that has made sense for a lot of people for a long time uh just quintessentially British um see English sparking wine U we’ve really been going since 1988 here and yeah it just makes sense to to partner with a perfectly British brand as well and people that aren’t familiar with nightm but where are you based and how many bottles annually do you produce of course so we’re based down in West Sussex West chiltington um and we actually have a few Vineyards around Kenton Hampshire as well at our heart we’re 100% estate owned so we don’t buy or sell any fruit at all uh which means our our yields essentially will vary year to year um but for us it’s always been about quality really uh and yeah just having that Forefront sort of only pting on Chalk or greens sand soils um going since 1988 as mentioned so that actually makes us pioneers of English sparking wine because we were the first people in England to plant up exclusively with chard pinoir and P and have gone on to become England’s leading producer ever since this event is quite synonymous with popping champagne so here we have got some glasses of your night Timber and I’m going to have a taste of that’s right but I mean what um what’s what’s the characters between with the English sparkling wine compared to the champagne so I think when we look at English sparkling wine we often talk about freshness which is really great we actually have quite a long growing season in England as as compared to Champagne so of course we’re still making it the same way same production process uh but having that extra time on Vine means that we really get all this complexity coming through and quite a complex wine uh yeah lots of really interesting flavors but still this amazing freshness it’s definitely really smooth well cheers thank you very much Sophie um and we will be back live I’m going to stick around here I think we’re going to be back live we’re going to take a break from our live coverage and we’ll be back just before 2:00 with this afternoon’s session thanks for watching the TS challenge Cup this is TS run Club B against the Germans nearest to the camera hear the power as they Scurry off the start pontoons and path Temple Island on their right and head down the 2,112 M course towards the town center and towards the bridge which you can just about make hours in a distance all the way down just over 2 km down and an early start on the Buck Station as well but this is a very tight start not much to call between the Germans and T’s Rowing Club B here and it’s once again these Crews wouldn’t have raced against each other at all because you have to got the Germans and obviously temps from on the UK so there’s always that nervous energy of not I’m not really knowing what your competition is going to do but just being really fixed on your race plan to a certain point and then where you know whatever marker that is then whatever it takes to win basically so you can see nearest the camera the Germans mention that very level at this stage the Cox Annabelle py 27y old golden the German champions league and third at German Sprint championships in 2023 Annabelle py knows that there’s work to be done because T run Club in the last few moments have made a move and got a length up and established that lead they want to hold on to on the bar station that was a good shift wasn’t it and the blink of an eye they got the boat really moving there yeah they just took control of the race there really quickly got in front and they’ve got the the advantage now just looking back seeing kind of M right behind them um in that element of confidence now knowing they’re moving him well they’re just inching out all the time and in complete control yeah they can dictate things from here laying down the LW the t r Club boat David Potter in the B seat Harrison Skinner Philip sterzinger Richard Hume Mayo Von Malay Henry pulley Stanley cannons and you can see in the stroke seat there George Nelson Richard H an ex professional boxer you point out Mark yeah I think that’s quite interesting I’d love to ask more about that you know how do you go from boxing to getting hit in the face to going out on the water and putting your body for absolute hell cuz that’s Richard Hume and then you’ve got the only cck me in the boat nickname Giza Harrison Skinner and let’s have a look at the German boat shall we and here we can see Munch up Sebastian rner in the six seat was at University of Washington which is a phenomenal program in the US dominated the IRAs this year bit of everything here police officer doctor engineer IT project manager and a consultant as well Annabelle P what in who knows I love Kaz yeah never seen that to a again is idilic that the way the sun’s just beaming on the co here those images looks absolutely stunning so what you saying about if you can take a picture or yeah paint a picture paint picture take a picture I can take a picture yeah I know I want artist to see it start on a blank canvas and see how you get on got a fre afternoon yeah it be messy yeah that’ be a mess after that unfortunately there Hamilton Valley wooded Valley in the distance just beyond Temple Island and now you start to see some of the enclosures the regat enclosure and the stewards enclosure where the crowds all built today and my goodness me the numbers that are predicted to be in tomorrow and on Saturday it’s unreal it’s going to be two big days yeah they are clearly the standout days aren’t they Sunday gr perspective in terms of the social side the Friday and Saturday part becoming big days right let’s watch the end of this race in because it’s the Bara station where The action’s Happening Here T’s Rowing Club have done a good job on the Germans M struggling to keep a pace not a particularly convincing lead it was a tight finish wasn’t it didn’t dominate as much as they promised to early on T’s R Club but of staying in touch all the way down AC a 3/4 of a length win in that 10’s challenge cup Heat this is the island challenge cup Nottingham University on the barkshire station both coxes with their hands raised Charlotte brand and Olivia Hill with their hands rais now they learn at hands and off they go ready to go Ox Brooks University a on the right of the screen and lots of encouragement down there on the start line thrashing away from the start pontoons umpires keeping a close eye on proceedings looks like Oxford Brooks University have had a good start noham University gave their race yesterday a huge amount a very tight race against Durham and managed to to get the win but you mentioned comes at a cost how much does that cost them yeah comes at a cost you can only dig so deep so many times and back to back days is really difficult to do and I can’t remember what time they raced yesterday but the recovery time afterwards is really challenging if you don’t have you know much in the afternoon or evening to following yeah turn around so here’s Oxford Brooks University perhaps taking advantage of that aam University finding the energy an issue today and here we are with the live pictures an Oxford Brooks in the burgundy Navy in Kem to the left of your picture they are leading and they’ve dropped the rate down haven’t they which shows uh that they feel they’ve perhaps done enough it’s early on in the race to do that but look at that lead yeah they’re moving efficiently and well and in complete control so you know as I said you can dictate you know what you do in that position and obviously being their kind of AO they would have expected to progress in the the event and this is a look like a stepping stone to where they want to be which is on Sunday yes that’s what it’s all about for these boats today Ox of Brooks won this students women’s 8 event last year it’s only been on the program since 2021 the island challenge cup but Ox of Brooks like in so many of the events with very good record in this and look at that lead this is a proper procession Oxford Brooks University are giving o University a convincing win just look how imaculate the grass is I love those stripes the light and dark green stripes on the lawn the Gardner top [Music] marks this is the Brooks boat Lindsay moriset in the bow seat going forward to the stroke seat Olivia Hill Sophia Burnal the Cox that’s where you want to be on Thursday yeah they’re not wasting any energy here they kind of I don’t to say paddling but they’re in complete control here so they’re just really enjoy I’d say Enjoy the experience cuz it’s not often you get to have that sort of race over Henley where you know part of way you’re in control and you can really kind of start to work on things you know the will I’m surely be trying to keep them on on guard with little things they’re trying to work on to implement and put in place for tomorrow obviously Saturday and their high hopes of trying to make it to Sunday and on the flip side you talked about nosim University having to expend so much energy to see off darham yesterday whoever’s up against oord Brooks in the next round if they’re watching this they’ll be a bit concerned won’t they cu clearly Oxford Brooks haven’t been pushed to the line well yeah and that that that’s the brutality of a you know when you have these head-to-head races isn’t it like you’re going to have some which are more comfortable than others some that are going to be racing to the line and it depends on the draw which side you are and who you get so the draw is so important I think that’s part of the excitement element of Jeopardy to make it exciting no exibility about it at all stream Oxford Brooks University on the back side of the water will’ll be enjoying this they’ll be relaxed and they’ll be able to support the other boats I’m sure there’s a a good tight team spirit across the cruise because o of Brooks have got so much depth seems every page of the program you got an OP of Brooks boat on the water and that’s what you want across a club or a university is that you want that depth across everything so you are one Club it’s not with men and women we’re one Club we’re competing here and we’re we’re successful at everything that we kind of Hit the water with so over the line they come Hawks of Brooks University a looking good to defend their irand challenge cup win of 2023 this time round another good win for them and they had dropped the rate off and the result of only just maybe a length and a half against NOS University doesn’t really reflect the dominance of that performance but well to no University they had their their glorious moment against Durham yesterday and givel some credit there so a local boat on the water here Maiden head Rowing Club from just down the way in the 4ly challenge Cup against harbury College go and away they go the 40 challenge cup in the sunshine my favorite event it’s how I started my Handley campaign as a kid so I love this event and this actually used to race twice in one day on a Saturday so it was quite brutal so they you know things are quite nice now they race once a day in this Modern Age tight as they come away from Temple Island you can see nearest the camera harrey College just up a win a met Riata for them for George coats in the bow seat you can see there Rowan Irving Elliot Donovan Davis and Daniel page in the stroke seat from har PRI and they’ve really moved well this will be a high quality race bit further down the core and heartre continue to control things they’re definitely taking the early advantage of moved out which is great and it’s just you know making sure they be careful their line you never know what the image is whether they’re close to the booms or they’ve got a bit of space but i’ definitely give myself a bit of breathing space and not be too close and down the course they are continuing to Eclipse maen head you’re having a good look at what’s going on in yeah I’m just look at the bodies like they’re not in sync this is the Heartbreak College boat you’re looking at they’re just leaning out on yeah just be interesting to know whether that’s something that you know they’re aware of but there’s definitely some body movement going on that I think it’s kind of unnecessary so George coach’s definitely in that bow seat tilting to the left a little bit as we look at it and that maybe due to the you know they’re more naturally dominant they do more sweet I don’t know but it’s just interesting to see but then further down the boat in the 3 SE Elliot Donovan Davis is hopping off to the right so it balances it out I see OT one the kind of national schores know singles title which is quite a really it’s a Prestige thing for kind of Junior AIC to win and setting a new course we so yeah when you’re 18 years old that’s a big deal and it’s also a big deal to get through the Thursday of of heny roata and that’s what this harbury college boat have done in the fley challenge Cup oh it’s getting very tight though look at that for a surge from Maiden head Rowing Club in the last few strokes this has been a good fight from them at the end they won’t have enough but they have reduced the lead to half a length that was a good shift they left it a bit late didn’t they Maiden head run Club really gutsy finish there just yeah it’s always that if we g a bit you never know the Diamond Jubilee challenge Cup this is headington school on the bar station against Whitecliff College B on the buck station and off they go from the start Pon Tunes couple of kilometers of water stretching out before them they had a a race on Tuesday headington School that went well this time they like they may be the second off Temple Island White Cliff College beat taking a early length lead yeah and the white the white Cliff College Programs you know was a bit dormant for a while and this year has really exploded onto the scene and you know got some great kind of you know Crews compete at the Riata this is a b crew kind of leading heliton as we see right now away they go it’s Whitecliff College B who lead in the race headington school with Franchesca Butters 17 years old two previous H orat already in the B seat that’s as a 17-year-old she’s already done hand me twice you know you’re on your third one and you’re only 17 that’s impressive quite rare yeah that’s see headington boat you can see nearest to the camera near Dar is green s to weld and alen a Yap in the stroke seat with their work cut out because look at that lead for White Cliff College B what a great shot is just overhead moving in sink shifting along a good that yeah just need to hold that together all the way to the Finish there is a long way still in this race here come headington school just probing away trying to keep in some sort of contact not easy though for them they won’t have much of a reference point will they as to how much Works required yeah you can you can see just as a crew gets this sort of margin you can just see the wash coming off the kind of stern the boat and it just starts to inhibit the kind of bside blades or if you’re looking at the screen now the blades on the right of the headington boat kind of gives them a bit of dirty water it makes it very challenging to kind of enter the water the wind clearly picking up I don’t know if you saw in the background there one of the parasoles taking off in the enclosure on the bank some gust of wind coming through yeah so that uh could cause a few problems with the balance in the boat well and also I guess it’s just those different pockets of the of the culs where you might need to be aware of those when you’re starting to think about your planning for your race strategy you know there may be an opening where the wind’s going to come through where there’s no trees or you might get an umbrella landing on your boat very unlucky well I’m sure the rain we had Jess might have had one in the boat so this is the lead boat White Cliff College beat Amelia flaxman Atasha Phillips Georgina joy and Lily Anderson you can see they’ve all got their kind of own stroke coaches on on the left hand side down the boat you can see got red blue blue the data just yeah so they can all see it themselves sometimes the crew just have one sometimes they have two sometimes they let all have [Music] oneing hingson girls who have had a tough race so far hoping that something un happens in the W College boat so they can get back in touchesa buts there the 17-year-old we mentioned in the bow seat [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good Micha deep yeah they did all their work early on so they able to enjoy it’s last part of the course and see their first race of regata so those nerves that have got out now and they can really start to focus in and start thinking about kind of tomorrow so the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup it’s a win for Whitecliff College B by quite a few lengths headington School unable to match them on this occasion the bar are station come over the finish line now and that’s their heny raw rata complete the island challenge cup next race number 12 on day three on the card here here the way they go student women’s eights oord Brooks the current holders of this but we’ll watch Oxford University on the buck station and Ed University on the Bark Station so these Crews will not have raced each other Oxford have not been uh racing competitively since the bow race um and there a mixure of their blueo and their second crew oaris and straight away crews are Level really good start to the race maybe Edinburgh slightly ahead so we’ll see what these crews are made of yeah so lots of out race experience in here as well and we can join the action live and Oxford University have taken the lead against EDB University to the right of your picture they managed to rad from canvas down to maybe half length up here against Edinburgh um still a long way to go but it’s recruit that hasn’t had any racing this summer that’s very composed their schedule their season is quite different than of what they have to do because of the boat rat it changes things compared to many of these other boats that we see on the water yeah it’s very interesting because they train everybody trains the University students train about as hard as each other but mentally it’s such a big thing for the students and and the way the timetable works at Oxford and Cambridge particularly sometimes they miss lectures to be able to train and that kind of thing which is probably not official you hear Endra coming back looks like doesn’t it well it looks like they’re quite close to the boom there as well I just having a look at Ox University they got the the to guide them and keep an eye on that butly close cly are but it’s good to see it because normally we don’t get many of the boat race athletes rowing in the summer and coming to Henley but both both universities have got a lot of Crews here racing so it’s really good to see the boat race programs bringing the athletes through the summer racing into the Henley quarter of a length maybe half a length lead for Oxford University but this has got the makings of a really terrific race I really do it’s just Oxford starting to slip a little bit and get a bit further ahead Ed really need to stay with them here and just make keep the battle going a bit longer just a little bit more Vigor and energy in the Oxford University boats in the first half of this race but it’s way too early to to cool this one and the way it works in the course is because the way the stream meanders through the course that there’s a slight advantage on the near station the bar sh at the beginning and the end and the Bucking station has a bit more less stream in the middle so the ox are taking advantage of the middle of the course to get their bit but as the course progresses Edinburgh will get gain the advantage again so be interesting how that pans out Ro seem to be making the use of their Lane and getting out to about half a length yeah Joe G in the seat for Oxford University that shows how tight this race is that’s the perfect image isn’t it of two eights going at it head tohe they really are they really are you can get a judgment of the speed they’re both going how far their blades are covering the last puddle and then compare them how what sort of stroke rate they’re doing to each other but both screws are pretty much pushing the boat the same distance between strokes and going the same speed same stroke rate very even match but at some point you just think one of these boats is going to need to be decisive and try and it is interesting Oxford stroke rate they’re taking less Strokes per minute than than edra at the moment sometimes you might think that’s not as efficient to take as many strokes but it’s quite we be inter to see maybe they just feel it’s a bit lighter and they can move a bit more quickly maybe they may have a change of gear ni will be Simmons in the seat for Ed University will be looking over the right shoulder just making sure they’re staying in touch with Ox University reporting back to the crew and letting them know what’s to be done coming into the general enclosure now really Ed need to start turn the screw back into this yeah not far off half a length for most of the way down the water so far but can they turn it round here Oxford University yeah Alan French um is a new addition to the coaching team here at Oxford and has done a really good job getting getting changing the culture of the club and making the the program really enjoyable for the athletes and I think the the girls are really enjoying the program running it you can see the crew here producing some good speed holding off EDB Catherine King you can see there in the Oxford University B seat and here’s edinb Isabelle Clemens in the B seat for them and they’re going to have to really go at it now because they’re in front of Stuart’s enclosure and there’s not too much of the race left it’s been a good race it’s been a tight race but Oxford University got their quarter of a length maybe half a length up early and just sat on that and a to se off Edinburgh University with that margin of lead all the way down it’s been a good tight race there both folks in contention way through just to as it turns out the boats base boat speed was the same and Oxford got half length they just maintained it all the way [Applause] through front of stewards it is a good tight finish to the race but Oxford University survived the Ireland challenge cut Pete it was a tough one against edur University a through go oord University to the next round of the island challenge cup another close race in the island we’ve seen a few of them in that particular event this is the Britannia challenge cup TS Runing Club on the Bara station and Riverside boat club from the USA on the Buck Station to the right of your picture keep an eye on those flags that are being buffeted around and now a stiff breeze away they go and looking at the Americans they’re getting close to the boys as well on the right hand side they Edge away from them now they’ve come out in a very sprightly Pace The Americans really trying to Dart away from the start Ponto to get an early Advantage but they are Level coming off Tempa Island yeah there’s nothing in between these two Cruise um Las is very aggressive style but sing into a really nice Rhythm here ter slightly more long and languid Rhythm to what they do um two of this me two of the crew here from this um temp’s cup crew were in the wolds in the final last year and we’ve got u m and the bower here the temp scw the very first Henry well this has got the marks of a very tight race Riverside boat club from USA up level with t r Club on the bar station further away from the camera t r club with a move now to try and Edge away yeah we just went past the quarter mile post that’s 400 m gone in ter have manag to get a half length advantage and actually they seem to have now moved into something that’s a little bit more efficient and starting to slowly slide away from hear a good view from the crew yeah a gamble away from Temple Island there but we’ve got further down the water temps taking more control of the race more the length lead now against the Americans August felso in the coxy for Riverside we’ll be keeping a careful eye on what ts are up to and here we can join the action further down the water and T still in a commanding position yeah they’ve done very well here to clear water looks like and they can also feel quite righteous cuz the crew went and voted this morning in the general election before they came down to the course so doing their Duty okay now doing their Duty for their Club attt here really well composed running really well John pil Jonathan Davis or jpd as he’s call coach’s done a very good job he’s been very busy looking after two Crews this week really has prepared This Crew well the wind ever shift we had a cross wind for a few minutes but now we think it’s a Tailwind which will assist them should sail them down the course with uh a bit less stress yeah the Cox 4 it’s heavy enough there’s four of you and you’re carrying the weight of the Cox you spreading out between four of you whereas the eight you sharing it between eight people so is it’s a heavier boat to row um but one of the great things about the Cox for you can’t get big changes in speed if people decide to Sprint um but just look looking at this I mean l TS R look very composing within themselves so wind assisted but also crucially from a steering point of view the crosswind is presumably the biggest fear is it from a steering point of VI it is difficult I mean one of the advantages they have is because the Cox is in the front of the boats and they can see where the boat’s going so they can see the salls and the things coming a lot more easily than the Cox in the stone that’s AUST Fela you see the Cox there shouting you see the back of Steven Spar as well the B SE this is the Riverside boat we’re looking at and tell us about the uh the and the weights because they don’t want to contribute too much weight to the 55 Kil is the weight to thex and here they’re coming down T’s making quite easy work this Riverside really still attacking as much as they can trying to get back on terms but they won’t because they’ve run out of water the race is up and well done to T’s Rowing Club over the line there you go getting Round of Applause from Stewart and Riverside boat club not far behind from the USA gave it a good go but it’s t r Club will go through in the Britannia challenge cup the town challenge cup next upper TS Rowing Club on the barkshire station and Oxford Brooks University on the Buck Station should be pretty even contest this on paper see if it translates into a good battle down the water bit of steering issue straight away from Oxford Brooks moving over towards the upper T crew yeah on the back station they’ve gone way across haven’t they and those blades really close to contacting the umpires BDI on the action seeing what’s happening there Oxford Brooks University correcting back on the buck side safely very level though as they come away from Temple Island yeah another ter half a length quite quickly maybe taking advantage of that steering Brooks but now Brooks still keeping the stroke rate high and really attacking to try and get back on terms they’re not going to let this go without a fight on the bar side of the water just a lead for upper TS maybe half a length at this stage in the upper temp’s crew in the sort of late 20s and the 30s are much more mature by age so good experience coached by Martin Banks up upper temps who used to be one of the British Ro coaches very successful cop as fors coach um in the British team we’re a good way into the race now and in the Oxford Brooks University boat in the bergundy Navy and cream on the left of your picture Beth Dutton Jasmine Bowers Gabrielle DeMarco and Allison Baker plenty of experience in there they’re going to need to call on all of those previous experiences of heny Morata in this one because we’re a long way into the race and there’s absolutely nothing between these two Brooks have really just pushed from half length down and they’ve just put us an effort in and move them to half length up within 30 or 40 seconds that does feel like it might be quite a decisive move there see what UPS can do to respond to that yeah they need to have a response quickly can’t dwell on that down to a length now upper temp rting Club can they respond they got anything to give looking a little bit labored in that boat need to find a spark from somewhere dude just it looks like Oxford Brooks whatever effort they did there was a decisive move they they stuck a little bit overlap but I think they’re going to keep run away now there’s so much more aggression and Power in that crew here as they come up to one of the Markus Oxford Brooks University hammering away down the course yeah they were they were in the quarterfinal of Henny women’s um two weeks ago lost to Leander who ended up being the event winners so they’re a Quick Crew they were the closest margin that Leandra had so in fact they were probably the second fastest crew even though they didn’t make the semi final this is Brooks’s see what’s going on in the boat Adrian you always I always enjoy listening to your analysis of what’s going on in the boat and the uh blade work yeah this crew is not the slickest I would say well they my mind but the amount of aggression and power they’re showing it just really is paying dividends because even though doesn’t look the most picturesque when they’re rowing the boat the way the boat is moving is really really good it’s continuously flowing so they really are being efficient with the way they’re moving the hull it just looks a bit Scrappy doesn’t it in part blade work and synchronicity of it all but the most important thing is that the blades are applying power and the boat’s moving in the right way the boat’s moving efficiently that’s all it really counts you can’t get obsessed with getting perfect blade work and you see Cruz with amazing blade work and no boat speed you’d rather have this you would as a coach the temptation to go in and make changes that would ultimately slow the boat down yeah you look you look a lot of international Crews and just unorthodox styles that we maybe not like the Kiwi pair which dominated for so long probably Mar and bond you probably wouldn’t these words from his coach you probably wouldn’t coach people to row the way they rode but you like to have a crew that goes as fast as they want yeah there’s a skill to it isn’t it just leaving them alone to do what they do there’s a difference between technique and skill you can try and Coach the best technique but if they’re not skillful and this Brooks crew are obviously skillful in the way they move their boat being shown the flag the Umpire there planning to get back onto their side of the water the Brooks boat they Judy done in front of stewards come back up of 10 have left it late but having a dart trying to get back level or in front of Oxford Brooks on the left hand side of your picture he’s going to be close half a length so uper temps really trying to make a charge to come back here digging deep upper temps with the last few Strokes they won’t catch Oxford Brooks University but they gave that a really good go they emptied the tank there in front of stewards and we’re not far down as they go over the Finish Line in the town challenge cup Ox of Brooks University beating uper T’s R Club but it was a tight finish be testing for these crews today go off the start of the Town challenge Club roow Canada mosy boat club clean start by both Crews it’s always the danger there a Blustery Day hold your heads keep that steering foot straight strong start from Canada yeah it’s great watching fours go off I mean just having one big or in your hand and really laying into it is awesome isn’t it both these boats really going for it good good even match off the start here close to the booms from mosy though isn’t it very close there tight just tapped a boy well that is really shaving the woodwork there um they have to bounce off that boy and then luckily just got it online to come pick up the course which is fantastic especially when you’re starting alongside an international crew like Canada they need to really keep their bow bow ball to Bow ball in these opening stages and they’ve recovered really well there mzy brilliant start they look at that quite close it’s so hard with that wind today they’ve done well to recover that bump off the boy straight back into their Lane good job that couldn’t have worked out any luckier cuz with those boys you could have easily scooped it up and got your blade WRA around it but just to give it a little kiss like that was a was a nice Escape there so they’ve done great and it’s not affected their Rhythm here they’ve been able to get out transition into Pace here and get a bit of a lead on this uh this this national team boat so a great recovery there from multi booat Club lovely start they just zipped out to about a length what I mean by length is they’re just breaking clear they Stern to their bow and we must say here they’ve got a bit of a superstar in the stroke seat H CLE from New Zealand was in their national team until very recently so she’s bringing that experience she’s bringing that that training that had been doing in in the team and we also have a plethora of Internationals behind us this crew isn’t messing about is it Adam yeah the M boat club crew you know representing one of our sort of uh you know UK based uh big clubs but yeah there’s a bit of international pedigree in there with a with a Dutch under 23 Champion um a GB under 23 and then a New Zealander as well so it’s a bit of an international feel to that boat up against this um this Canadian boat as we look at the Canadian boat there part of the Canadian under 23 team we’re going to see this year strong women’s sweep progo in Canada current Olympic champions in the women’s a so they’ll be heading Paris in a few weeks time but slight steering issues there from both crews that’s quite a quite a big correction there isn’t it I hope I hope they’re able to soften it off cuz at the moment that’s quite an aggressive line in towards the booms there again um so we’re just watching that that Canadian boat on the right hand side of the screen but looks like they’ve managed to just correct that oh that was tight for a second they look like they’re heading straight for those booms and luckily the experience of being International races meant they can see it very well and they’ve moved back onto course as we’re looking at that strong multic crew nice Rhythm what are you thinking here Adam yeah that was that was that was looking pretty peachy wasn’t it that was a really nice smooth Rhythm there they’re not having the same kind of steering challenges as the other boat was there and they look very comfortable there and actually it’s unfortunate because the mul boat club crew would have been able to really capitalize on all that correcting going on there I mean they were the Canadian boat was on course for being in the red grave bar there wasn’t it um but they they saved that that yeah they did save it come on guys stay in the race and they have stayed in this race and they’re not letting moldy go look at this the only length behind that’s not a totally comfortable position to be the Canadians can they claw this back through the middle yeah this is like this is almost like the worst distance in it cuz you’re kind of almost feeling a little bit more confident that you’re ahead and you can see your opponent but you really know that like they’re actually still well within Striking Distance here and yeah they could Mount quite a good attack here and the winner of this race will go on to race the uh uh roow in Canada Rao so um so yeah there’s going to be yeah there’s all to play for here they want to create Canadian Showdown they’ve got half the course to do it as Mulia eing out that lead the Rhythm the synchronization the calmness through the middle of this race is paying off for them as we see the crew in the top of your screen is that moldy crew in the lead the bottom of your cre of your screen is the crew from Canada yeah and it looks like that top the top the the multi boo Club crew just looks like it’s just upped it rating a little bit and I think that’s is quite nice this shot you can just see it’s it’s just edging out the distance between the two boats isn’t it so they’ve obviously just started to go a little bit earlier as they’re coming up towards Remnant club that kind of area of the course both Crews have slight steering problems through the start of this race the wind playing a slight part in that but we’re in outdoor sport these crews are used to coming out and taking on different conditions Adam totally I mean to embrace it you like we had the wind and rain all sorts yesterday even as we going over a shot there was gone from being quite cloudy to quite Sunny is um there’s so much Variety in the weather today but um people will be laughing that up and again great experience on board they’ve been rolling with that adapting how they Rod check correcting the steering all that kind of stuff and yeah this looks um looks like mosy are just stretching out to a slightly commanding lead here aren’t they yeah maybe the pedigree are shining through that Moy crew from just Southwest of of London they’ve got a cre full of Internationals world and 23 medalists actual senior rowers as well so it’s that that kind of shines through against this slightly younger less experienced Canadian boat who are probably using this as a stepping stone to the rest of their summer Adam yeah definitely this is just this is the start of their sort of campaign isn’t it really so um forming the boat here getting them out here racing hopefully having a great experience here at Henley and this part of the course I mean you are screaming in pain down this part of the course but it’s the it’s the fun bit you know you start to get into the enclosures you know you’re in the grand stands and hopefully not too far away to put your feet up having a cup of tea um but yeah they’re nearly there this is fantastic racing they they’ve done a great job here to um to give themselves a bit of clear water yeah this point is a knockout rata so the minute you get beaten you out to the regata these Crews here know they’re going on to a next race and and the real goal is to get to Sunday and that finals day we will be thinking about having to conserve some energy at this point in the race what your recovery is but they’re still in the race and we’ve seen heny many times Anything Can Happen they’ve got to keep that concentration and don’t start thinking about tomorrow just yet yeah it’s like keeping your foot on the pedal ready to shift it up a GE if you need to and actually that looked very did look very smooth and comfortable in The Moldy boat there naturally here in the Canadian boat we’re just still on the edge of the racing trying to mount a last attack joining from Canada crew a good fight in the start of this race really push themselves to the Limit there a little bit of Blade work starting to suffer the the fatigue setting in and they want to keep this Gap as small as possible they’ll be putting their heads up behind racing this to the Finish Line yeah and you can and you can see the little tiny flags that are down the course which um the timing team will be taking notes of that to sort of take weather observations all the way down the course but there’s been a bit of variety there in that last little teeny FL we saw on top of the oak posts or the the the booms was blowing around quite frantically so there is a fair bit of wind as you’re coming into this last um part of the course you see the contrast there in in Rhythm and technique the mosy boat club look quite still in control a little bit more ragged looking from the Canadians who of course pushing themselves to the Limit and so the crew in second but as they come down past the steward enclosure people out on the banks this morning in the sunshine clapping on these Crews Cel to just have to keep on their station but there moy boat club far enough ahead that they won’t need to be warned as they can paddle across that finish line and now they can start thinking about tomorrow it’s a win in the town challenge cup from multi boo Club of a Roan calender be crew here’s a heat of the wle challenge cup Marlo Rowing Club against Calgary Rowing Club Canada Marlo top of your screen Bar Calgary fcking station again another coxless four so This Crew has no to steer them they’ll be steered by one of the crew in the boat with a rder attached to their foot makes for harder steering especially in this wind Adam oh definitely does but both boats in this race very good off the marks there and you could hear some really direct calls coming out of the Calgary boat there so again we’ve got another Canadian and UK Showdown here um but a great start from the Canadian boat from Calgary on the near side of the shot here uh just eing out probably a little bit of a little bit of a lead here on the on the Marlo Club crew um both these boats are very well regarded in within their event um so you know it’s uh we’re we’re we’re treated to see them sort of go at each other so early on uh on on a Thursday still neck and neck here very close isn’t it I just saw Calgary yesterday rowing the one by quite a margin of a Herford which meant they had a little bit of an easier route through and I’ve been impressed them all week but here Marlo really pushing them as he Pann further down the course this is a tight one I think that was just a bit of a change over there with the lead wasn’t it just and that’s and that looks like it’s just swung around now so Marlo just got the edge on Calgary which is mentally quite quite a bit of a blow to take so early on in the court but there’s plenty of distance left for Calgary to draw this back on terms go live now pass the remnant these crews are sticking together but Marlo just got the edge a little bit tighter a little bit cleaner don’t they with their blade work there they do don’t they yeah that so that the 3/4 mile marker there just in the distance of the shot that one which is the bar side of the station and the two for the one being for Marlo just a half length lead so that’s pretty tight um and yes Calgary obviously looking like trying to switch into another gear to sort of get back on level terms it’s always tricky to know how fast crews are when they’re International so Marlo Club that’s actually not very far away from well standing right now in Henley against Calgary so these Crews have never raised each other you have that uncertainty but right now Marlo are in the driving seat so Matthew pincon there umpiring giving a slight warning move back to your station you can’t actually move in front of another crew until you’re actually not going to impede them so you’ll be telling to stay over there don’t want to be ahead and get disqualified it’s very tempting to want to isn’t it um but they are giving Matt a good arm workk out there um just to pick out so yeah within that Marlo boat there is um some some interesting characters in here so we’ve got um Matty bringham in the two seat and we’ll remember back from a two a couple of years ago in the 2019 Diamond he was the Giant Slayer that took down myart Mah drel so there’s obviously uh a lot of belief in that boat um so the expertise and experience that Matt has will all no doubt be shared Within the uh the his crew there and he’ll be willing them on there yeah good call there Adam that is um an absolute Henley classic not bring him in a single now he’s in a crew sweet rowing and he’s coming down the enclosures sitting a length up on this Calgary crew Mara looked to be doing the business as we come into these final stages Calgary getting a slight warning from s Matt pinent there get back to your lane don’t want to see a clash in this Clos 100 m a little glance around there Alfred Heath in the three seat from Marlo where is that Finish Line well there it is Marlo fantastic racing there still overlap by the end there what a great race wi the White Challenge cup for Marlo R Club of Calgary Ro Club Canada the heat of the island challenge cup Oxford Brooks University B against Cambridge University ATT the they go Cambridge University in the famous K Blue Ox Brooks and their distinctive burgundy maroon and blue colors this should be a good one Adam oh feeling the noise and the power going off the blocks there can’t beat this big showdown between the big universities and the women’s eight here and pretty NE con neck as you come to the end of the island the crews have race the first 200 M or so and they can hear each other they can pretty much smell each other next to each other you want to keep your hand in the fire and push on now don’t need to the barrier oh and you can hear the intensity in the Cox’s voices here can’t you they’re really driving everything out of their cruise and fighting for the edge to get the lead there looks like what Cambridge have just nudged a little bit ahead there you look experience in this Cambridge crew you got people have won the boat race this year we’ve got a mixture of boat race and Blondie who the spare boat for the boat race so these rowers have Rod together a lot they’re probably more used to run over 7 km or 6.8 at the boat race but right here they’re getting a chance to do some side by side racing it’s good to see these boat race Crews coming in racing we don’t always see them here at the Gata but they’re up against an absolute Goliath of our sport oh my gosh look at this this is really neck and neck stuff in eight isn’t it this is oh my God to be in this race would be incredible and and like you were saying yeah you know at Cambridge University you’re more familiar with your boat racing kind of style whereas this is your 2,212 M isn’t it and this is a a crew that Matilda horn who coxed at the Olympics in the women’s eight she’s sort of been given this group bringing them together to keep going beyond the boat race and race throughout the summer and she’s done a great job here and this is what oh my God this is amazing women’s at here neck and neck the island Adam today and actually it’s giving us some absolute caucus hasn’t it what an event the Rivalry between these universities and these women to be side by side each other most of the way down the course it is intense and I think C had just got what we call a canvas there that last little bit of the boat you can see the front bit of the boat call a canvas and when you’re up that much it doesn’t feel like much cuz the crews right alongside you but in but in an eight like that that must once you start to get a couple of seats you start to feel the moment don’t you I mean you’ll know better than anyone else in this right you you you think the the belief will start to swing now right well it’s kind of all right if you towards um the bows of the boat CU you can still see that crew next to you but if you’re in the stroke seat you’re further back you can’t actually see the crew if they start to move away from you so that’s when you’ve got to really back up your Stern for by telling them where there where there stick with them I mean Jess I mean you’ve done you’ve done you are you have the found you are the knowledge on women’s eight you’ve done so much women’s eight racing you got the Olympic silver medal and the women’s eight you know this is to watch this I mean you must be thinking gosh like probably quite tempting to get back out there and i’ never to get back to that I’m not sure I’m quite you enough to jump in the University into the island event but um yeah if anyone needs a sub of the rant but look at this this is what we’re here for look how tight this is in the island it’s Thursday it’s early on and these crews are pushing each other to the Limit say this get very tight isn’t it well they’re into the enclosures but camri have just given the just got a bit of a claw into this haven’t they and that’s uh great if they can hold that through the enclosures there but I tell you what if you want to tell me any University I put my money on of having that confidence to drive back through the enclosures it’s O Brooks what have they got now can we see a charge from Brooks they look like they’re moving they’re upping their stroke rate this is Ox Brook’s B remember this is The Crew That’s not the fastest in this event but they train and they on the same program as all those other rowers have they got that spark to push them through the enclosures now here they go yeah as you say they’re part of a program that is uh it it breeds kind of uh Champions and winners doesn’t it so what Henry B hat weing what Chris T been teaching these guys this is where it’s going to come into play now isn’t it these last few hundred meters and they’re charging Cambridge look quite neat there a little bit of steering correction they’re getting put under huge pressure from oxa Brooks are they going to hold on they’ve got 150 M to go yeah just looks like Brooks are just grabbing gripping up to the water a little bit better aren’t they and they are making a bit of a charge [Applause] down but look at that that class that boat race program that intense year these rowers have had looks to be paying off as they charge towards our Finish Line they keeping their heads up they’re keeping it neat and they are really absorbing all of this energy the oxa Brooks are throwing at them and they’re going to cross that line great race three quarters of a length I’d call it just to Brooks the do everything at it but Cambridge had answers and they will be pleased with that win the island challenge cup Cambridge University beat Ox Brooks University B oh my God you can really see how much that meant to the Brooks girls there they gave it everything there they have really pushed themselves hard but what a close race there and following on from that Wold race as well we have been treated this morning to some racing for a heat of the Four leag challenge cup Junior men’s quads Lee Rowing Club on the top of your screen barkshire against Hy sculling school on the right of your screen on bimshire yeah switching from the girls junior girls to the junior boys now this is great to see the fle challenge cup out in action again today those bright orange colors there from L roing Club up in Hackney against hi Hy in the blue from Oxford uh yeah great great early start there from Hy although slightly drifting a little bit across wonder if the Umpire is going to say anything about that but it looks like they’ve they’re not going any further over which is the main thing yeah this is a great demonstration of two clubs and it’s it’s fun to see in this event because sometimes we see it dominated by by schools and actually here the Lee and Hy are both two really amazing skulling setups and it’s great to see and look at this Adam they’re side by side view oh my god look ouch that is that is tough so you’re coming up the end of the island you’re trying to transition out of race mode into kind of race pace and your neck and neck I mean that just means you just got to keep your foot to the floor and wait for someone to Blink you know this is uh this is going to be tough what are you thinking as a rower there you’re side by side in the first few hundred meters what the how did you get ahead here I’m thinking go away please go away just just just go away um but yeah this is uh go wow look at this they stretching it all the way down towards the barrier this is going to be amazing I love you sitation they both are quite relaxed they’re going flat out don’t get us wrong as if you’re watching this now these two crews are at Full Tilt and they just got a one of’s going to eat their bball ahead and I think right now Hy have made that move in the blue foreground they’ve made that move and they’ pushed on theyve squeezed out to half a boat length they’re just beginning to peel the orange aren’t they um uh yeah you can see that this Hy kuso obviously in the final last year against Leander of this event have got a lot of good experience of this event on and they are there just just being able to Edge out on this uh fantastic little crew from lero club and the form bck is going to be with Hy they got Bronze in this event National schools look at them there they look so coordinated that movement together almost looks like they’re barely trying but they’re going flat out here yeah look at that you can can even hear the rush of the water off there that’s super isn’t it lovely skulling there really really this is uh this is they’re keeping it up on the right here and up at Full Tilt this is them really making sure they get away and as we look at the Lee crew behind us oh oh they caught a crab there they just lost their a that is disastrous a little bit of water caught the bottom of their spoon and it flips around that ore so quickly Adam you need to twist it to get it out but that is pretty much game over for the lead and they’ve snapped it he’s actually broken it Adam oh that’s devastating you could see they were just losing they were patting a little bit there and obviously just got caught and when when you’re going the speed that equipment here we get oh there wrest oh he so this is it this is kind of knocking the head on the race a little bit here isn’t it really it is and we don’t like to see it that’s a really hard position to be in the lead they were trying to move their or mad up Grundy in the B seat there that’s an absolute nightmare it’s so easy to catch a crowd we’ve all done it we’ve all been there I tell you what and then that moment trying to get your or out of the water in this stream in this wash has just caused it to Ping in half and the other three members of the crew going to have to paddle it in yeah here we go so just getting caught with the or and just just just just got taken out of his hand there which is it’s easy when the wind’s blowing around like this and the water’s a little bit bouncy as you say you just got stuck didn’t it and then trying to wrestle it out when you’ve got that much power in the boat still propelling it along it’s just going to yeah they’re absolutely shattered that is a heartbreaking moment down the heny course for them so they were really pushing it to the Limit weren’t they were trying to get back on terms and that’s where you just find the edge of what you can handle and that just yeah and hiny put on a great show there the Lee were putting them under pressure but a slight mishap it shows you the fine line between winning and losing and the crew are paddling it in the crowds are clapping them in they’re giving them a shout they might not have known what happened but you can all see this in the enclosures it all clearly broken a huge claps there I love this sportsmanship and this feeling the crowd is never going to let them pass without a clap are they they want to say Well done that’s it and they were really racing hard there against a very top crew and they were right in contention there and that’s that’s it when you’re just walking that fine line on the edge sometimes you know you just you just Lo just just lose control of something there and that’s a that’s gutting that that’s ended like that for them um but they should very proud of how they’re racing in in that in that event there great display of skulling from Hy not take it away from them because they were doing a great job in the start of that race as hxy take a win in the four early challenge cup of the the Lee Rowing Club in a dramatic race this is the start of the Town challenge cup women’s Cox as fors T Ro Club on the B station against Leander and Oxford University on the booking station in that pink and as they still have the start they’re close together both crews are getting warned immediately oh that was narrowly avoided there wasn’t it very tempting to do sometimes they’re like magnets aren’t they trying to pull together and get tangled up but that was uh well corrected by both boats there seen the dominance of TS R through some of the men’s events certainly in the women in the Warg gam but they’re going to be put under pressure here from this Leander Oxford University crew they’re going to be a crew that’s kind of been thrown together they’ve come from Annie sharp has been racing in the blue boat actually this year and she’s in the three seat there the tall rower previously of the University of London and they jumped into this crew and it’s sometimes quite hard to do that against a fairly well established 10 four great race here yeah this is very close isn’t it yeah as you say forming forming units late on and up against the might of what TS have been doing across their women’s program this is uh this is a good matchup and they’re doing very well here I think I got it wrong earlier so the winner of this uh this these two will go on to race the rowing Canada a crew um the the the mold boat club will go on to race the crew from Spain but look at this good match up here and and buckets in both boats obviously got the memo and kind of going with the rigging rigging theme um but yeah lovely shots here of these boats here matching each other pretty closely for rate aren’t they Stoke for stroke I love seeing see the top of your screen there it’s Leander Oxford University composite they’re all RAR with their or color so there you see Annie sharp in the three seat she’s actually got a dark blue or they’ve colored her or to make sure everyone knows who are her Club is surrounded by that pink of Leander definitely giving it some Welly through the middle of that stroke there and they’re going to need to be because ts are not going away they can’t shake them that’s it keeping them honest and you can see that you know their hair hair is being really caught by the wind there and that is a particularly windy part of the course there as you got that clear expanse of uh of flat land to the right hand side of the shot there uh trees opening out and that’s where we are getting a fair bit of the crosswind and you can see the flags sort of fluttering around on this on this part here uh so a few patches of squalls to go through as you can see on the TV shot there those patches of the water where is a little bit darker so that will be catching the boats here and I think that could have been a little bit part of why um we had that uh that uh in the earlier race but this is still a very tight race here but T are they going to wind it up and get Leander still in contact so could well happen here I think ts are coming back they’re putting a good pressure there through the rim can they have a little look around they know how close they are all it takes is a little bit of a change of gear have they got that change of gear we’re going to find out in the next 100 met that’s where they’ve got to make the decisive move or else they’ve lost this keep little look around yes you’re at the enclosures let’s move yeah that’s it isn’t you got to row the conditions of the course and and they I think they’ve got some momentum with them here this is really really good stuff rowing smoothly dealing with that wind well really chunking it along see bow Anna smart there she had a little look across before that they might be a warning here the oh yeah gwin baton in the umpiring seat there has told Leander and Oxford to move over get back to your station that’s what she’s showing with that flag and they’re going to have to make a move as they’re getting put under pressure and again yeah Gwynn is really reaching for that flag isn’t she she’s trying to send them back to their boia station and Rick Edington and Ross Hunter looking on eagerly to make sure they’re able to find their station [Applause] okay and also the temps coaches are appearing out of their side of the launch as well as they see their crew absolutely muring this is bow ball to Bow ball what a comeback have they got another gear they’ve got 100 met to move TS otherwise it looks like Leander and O are going to take this I want to see really Ming up aren’t they I want to see the eyes of the crew members down their boat who’s got these final dying stages have you got any Watts left to put down through the water as it comes right to an I couldn’t call it I can’t call it that that is so close isn’t it I mean that was really really well built up in that in that in that closing stages by TS who found that extra gear early on whether they just got there in the end we’ll see the gwinn’s wearing the white FL flag so that’s that’s a clear race but what was the Finish verdict that was both boats are flat out here aren’t they no verdict a little tap as um TS almost join us in our commentary box here everyone shattered aren’t they all got their feet feet out and laying back and trying to relax after what was have been a big push there all the way to the line so what happens now the Finish Line judge will do a replay to make sure we give the right call at this moment in time and they’re going to have a look at that on the finish line to see who actually crossed it it’s hard for us to call it by eye sometimes it’s easy for us to call it here I mean there’s there’s three of them up there who will be rewinding that tape and pressing play and having a good look as to which bow will cross that line first yeah we have a camera on that finish line to tell us who wins but they’re obviously taking another tighter look at that that’s got to be the closest race of the day um just had confirmation this is a win in the town challenge Cup by two feet for Leander and Oxford University over T’s Rowing Club well we applaud those eight rowers what a race they’ve given us and we very much look forward to seeing them the rest of the week which one is for a heat of the batania challenge cup the hoop of the Netherlands on the bar station on the top of your screen versus Royal Chester run Club on the right screen and B station now this is an interesting one with these Cox fours how’s steering going to be because in the cus you’re steering with a a shoe on a pivot with a attached to a Rudder but here we got the CES so hopefully a straight line and looks like they’re doing a pretty good job of it these are these are men’s club four so they are not the international rowers these are the guys that all have jobs they’re fitting in their training around their actual full-time jobs and it’s hard and time consuming and this is the Pinnacle of their year and it looks like a great star for the hoop here they have really gone out and they are motoring away they are there at skilled crew the B man he told us he’s got a huge Ergo sub six 10 for a club rower is actually really Punchy by Ergo I talk about that’s the indoor rowing machine a lot of us do a lot of indoor rowing training when we can’t get out in the water or can do a quick session we get measured on that number and the Olympic rowing distance is 2,000 M so a lot of us use that as a yard stick for how fast we are so if you’ve got a good score you tell people about it you absolutely do and yeah like a club crew under 610 that is that is massive and and hey Royal Chester are sticking up sticking with the hoop AR they that looks like they’ve made up some ground well I was shocked there Jack I thought the hoop were moving away but Royal Chester are not letting go anywhere look at them move I think they’re actually moving back onto hoop they’re taking an inch per stroke that looks fantastic and it actually looks like the Hoopa sort of their stroke rate has come down is that a tactic or is that because they’re running out of juice because we’ve seen here Peter Dean is a Serial winner of parent races at Sun Sports State it’s going to be a winner here at Henry V well he’s used to the pressure of that and I tell you what Ro Chester come right back at the hoop this crew from Chester from the northwest of England they have powered back and their Cox maybe a little look across there little look across from the B man certainly Christopher Sim keep your head in that boat cuz you are Trucking but this is a very experienced Cox here we have in the Royal Chester boat Sarah Armstrong is racing at her 16th hen regata so that she knows how to do these races 16 oh my goodness she’s got a good badge collection but she’s been here and done it before and she’s going to tell her Cru it’s not over till it’s over and they’ve come up towards the enclosures they’re coming towards the steward enclosures and I think they are moving what have they got in the bank to hoop have you got any answers for the questions well if you’re going to answer those questions you need to do it now because it looks like Royal Chester are shifting away that looks great they look cleaner as well it just looks to be a little less Splash coming from their blades they are holding their technique a little [Applause] better they are very tight very neat there from the crew don’t see much water getting moved around oh a little bit of a scuff of the water for D they really got put under pressure and they couldn’t rise to the occasion and that’s just given Royal Chester the slip here in this last 200 M that is fantastic isn’t it now I think that shows Royal Chester had sort of race their race so well to come from behind overtake like that well in sport like we see it played out in Wimbledon at the Euros right now and you’re seeing it right here at Henley roata The Royal Chester crew were behind and they stuck in this race and they put the de hoop crew from the Netherlands under so much pressure that it drew a mistake out of them and you can hear those screams look at what it means as it’s a win in the batania challenge cup Royal Chester run Club over the hoop of the Netherlands boys this is the hit of the 10th challenge cup Marlo R Club A on the top of your screen in the red against Vester Rowing Club a in the maroon at the bottom of your screen as they power off the start in this club men’s eight [Applause] event now these men’s eight are really powerful Crews aren’t they eight well trained athletes really really pumping some Watts underwater this is a fairly local rival we would say compared to the globe so Marlo actually situated just beyond the lock here at Henley and Vesta just 40 mil down the road up in Putney in London and right now it’s neck and neck it really is and and maybe it looks like Marlo R Club are rating slightly lower Strokes per minute maybe R slightly longer strokes but really you can just see these boats surging between Strokes trading the trading the lead and this is the point want to break the other crew you want to stay in this race and you want the other crew to go away but tell you what neither of them have taken a big decisive move if anyone is just calling it for Marlo right now in this red here in the bottom of your screen the 3/4 of a length up as we move further down the race and Marlo stretched out that lead to about a length but Vesta not letting them go you want to break that don’t you J you absolutely do you want to you want to make the opposition in this head-to-head racing you want to make the oppos believe that they can’t do it anymore if they have overlap and if the cops can see you if the bow can see you they won’t give up they’re sticking with them and it’s not comfortable the stroke man of the Marlo Crew looking there at Harrison green he he all he can see is Vester so he won’t know that they’re quite clear of them yet as they come past Remnant club they’re going to have a huge Roar here for Vester one of the REM club members and tell you what Vester responded yeah yeah that looks like some really effective rowing and it doesn’t look like they started take any more Strokes per minute so there must have been some call about pushing through the drive even harder than they already were because that was a pretty qu pretty silent and stealthy move it is and I can tell you what Marlo need to answer that or absorb that push otherwise momentum is going to be with Vester ashy hrey Jeff Griffith if they got an answer there the Cox of Marlo can they do anything in these last closing stages to hold off Vester I’m not sure they can but this is what hel regasa is all about a drag race through the Str en closer I love this this is fantastic everyone get on the edge of their seats at home I expect to Maro absolutely going for it here the bow seat there we can see the back of Jack Gaston his bows are clear he’s sitting trickly up in that bow seat but you’re going to have to make a move Marlo cuz V are coming they absolutely are and while you’re watching this just understand these have been going for it for the last 5 and a half minutes this hurts yeah it’s easy for us to tell them to race to the line but they’ve been racing from the line since that flag went down so who has got it who has got that extra little bit of training through the winter who’s got the extra synchronization who’s going to answer the calls of their Cox wi the best we’re going to see this fold out in the next couple of hundred meters Marlo have got the slight lead into the enclosures a lot of this comes to self believe doesn’t it if you believe you can do it you can really put yourself in the right positions so you just have to stay positive and think I’m going to do this I’m going to get every stroke right looking the results of head of the river would say these a fairly even Crews and we’re seeing that now Marlo definitely responded they’ve responded Jack and they’ve moved out their lead to a length Vesta thre everything at it there going into those closing stages B really did and Marlo got asked the questions and looks like they shown a really fantastic answer to it because look at that they’re rowing long I think they have actually relaxed a little bit into that lead they have investor we’re pushing them every inch of the way down there but Marlo have just broken them and they know they can almost paddle in this last 100 m across that finish line they wait almost for Vesta coming over there what a reaction look at what it means this Marlo crew they knew they were put under pressure as they take the win in the t’s challenge cup over rest of Rowing Club today this is the heat of the fley challenge cup Junior men’s quads with greater Mara scw on the top of your screen B station versus last Gat R Club of USA on the book station so here we go the The Men’s equivalent of the competition we just saw and it looks like a great start here by Los Gatos that they blasted out on the blocks haven’t they yeah again we don’t know the pedigree because these are two Crews from across the Atlantic um greater Marlo School are literally down the river from where we are now our Chairman’s School red bra fly went there against this lost Gatos crew who we know very little about but this is your boat class Jack it is my boat class and and this was my event I used to challenge in every year when I was a junior it so fantastic the poly challenge club and great Marlo score until this year had never won around in it and then they won on on Tuesday and in a proper ding-dong today with Los Gatos and they’re still together Los Gatos have taken a slight lead at their length here in this yellow boat powerful isn’t it the God so Punchy you can hear that effort going through you can I really like the way that the Balman in the Los Gatos boat Diego lasso the way he’s sort of swinging his hips open at the back I love it when rers do that in the quad I I think it’s a fantastic way to move the boat in the middle part of the stke we progress further down the course we’re going live to you here great Mar schol at the black there with the GMS in red on the back of the shirts they’ve not let them go but it’s blustery you at the wind blowing up the Sall how can you roll through this and get to that Finish Line first we’re going to find out it’s certainly uncomfortable but through the enclosure they are coming back they are coming right back you can see they still have that sniff of Los Gatos and they are they are going to make them work for every inch they’ve definitely got a sniff Jack and they’re moving the crowds going to be on their feet a little across from the middle of the boat there Salvador dun Ethan Hunt they’re going to shout to their crew members we right there this is a Sprint who has got that in their legs and is Babble to b ball Los Gatos a slight lead there heads down keep your heads in your boat I want to see this shot on the side as they come hurling towards us I think Los Gat have just about got it but a great Marlo school got anything left in the tank it’s going to be another photo finish for us wow wow right I’m not calling that that was on The Surge and it’s another photo finish we you guys are keep my heart rate up here in the commentary box neither cre knows what has happened they’re having a little look at the video and they’ll come back to us with this but the way the boats move even between Strokes the boat doesn’t just stay at a constant speed they speed up and slow down you see them surging wow look at this oh my goodness that is a bow ball let’s listen for the official coms on this we all got to see that on our screens just there it was on The Surge I’m holding my breath if you’re wondering why I’m not speaking that was so close that was to the line both Crews believed they could win that race in those closing stages that’s what you’re here to see you’re here to see the tightness of the cruise it’s going to be heartbreak for one and absolute Jubilation for another yeah that was some real hard racing you could see Scrappy sort of frantic rowing from both Crews it’s that thing where you you get tunnel vision your eyes you’re starting to lose your proper everything and all you’re thinking is move move move move well they’ve been shimmed away from our Finish Line it there’s a few shouts Los Gat we haven’t had the final say Los Gatos have been given it by one foot in the 4le challenge cup of a great Marlo school what a race here it is we all saw it a second ago one foot means you’re through in the Foley one foot means you’re out in the fley for great Maro school well done no Gatos they have huge effort from great mod School e spe for for I oh for [Music] you [Music] [Music] way e [Music] e for hello good afternoon wherever you are watching us around the world Welcome to our live coverage from day three here at the Henley Royal rata and it’s a windy one you can see by the flags and probably my hair we got a real crosswind but that’s just one of the intricacies the challenges that the Henley course course poses to these rowers because they are rowing Upstream for 2,112 M and the on the river is pretty strong at the minute they’ve also got the wash from many of The Spectator boats but today they’re really having to contend with this cross wind and it’s making life a little bit tricky for the coxes and those that are steering on board we had some cracking races this morning some really good tight head-to-heads and a few photo finishes in there and we’re hoping for more of the same this afternoon we’ve got 25 races taking you right through to 420 local time and to the tea interval and our commentators taking us through this afternoon session the Camila hadin horx and Tom Clark and interestingly guys 30 of the 40 races that were rode this morning were won by boats on the buck station so I don’t know what you make of that then very interesting indeed Ali and uh good afternoon or good morning or good evening wherever you’re tuning in from around the world my name is Camila hadland horx I’m joined here by Tom Clark and Tom that is a very interesting stat actually about the majority of races being won on the Bucking Shear station because usually I think there’s quite a little bit of conversation around which station is the best for for which crew yeah generally it’s a yeah it’s a big talking point at Henley we know there was uh there can be different preferences sometimes uh with the lane we don’t get to choose it obviously it’s it’s drawn for you um but yeah there it’s always a Hot Topic here talking about which station might be better where there might be better areas on each station um to attack or uh you know to have a small Advantage there and I I think you know we just had that it’s the buck him sh station which is the one on the right hand side of your picture uh as we’re coming looking at these shots here towards the finish and towards Henley town center and perhaps given it a cross wind uh which is where the wind blows across the course that might be something to do uh with the wind direction and you can see how strong these winds are I was a victim to this earlier today and oh no oh man I mean that just goes to show you dangerous winds out there here in Henley on TS uh that hat becoming a victim to the water yeah it’s the beauty of our sport really it’s done outside we always uh we always have to deal with conditions a lot of these Crews will be used to it but uh yeah well we’ll see how these Crews this afternoon tackle that win we’ve got 25 races between now and the tea break as you’ve heard from Ali and we’ll run all the way through to that 420 race in the island challenge cup to round off before Club a in this race I refer to you as will please acknowled so you can hear the introductions there from Richard Phelps to this first race on the course which will be for the fle challenge cup now it’s a very um apt race to have here today on the 4th of July because we’ve got White Marsh boat club a USA versus White Marsh boat club B USA and as we spin around you can see here it’s the a crew we’ve got on the left hand side of your picture on the bar station on the buck station on the right hand side that is the crew and we’ll come on to talking about sort of s Dynamics and how that’s going to work in just a few moments time once these crews are underway but um no sign of wind here in these kind of early opening 100 meters Tom I think it’s mostly off the end of the island yeah this is one of the tricky bits uh as you come in through here we’ve got all the wind Shadow from the island uh so they’re really calm in this little bit as you can see in the water here and the the bit to really look out for is they come come off the end of the island and that crosswind starts to buff the bo yes so here we go this is White Marsh boat club versus White Marsh boat club all the way from the United States of America from the hindes rowing Center and they’ve come across to race one another on the other side of the world and there’s a picture of the a crew loving that uh Fourth of July es hat we’ve got in the three seat brilliant from Michael rushman there the 18yearold uh who’s sat there backing up Ryan mlin in the stroke seat this is the barsh station that these guys are rowing they have got a slight Advantage um but they’ll also have the advantage to my guess of knowing their speed against their be crew who they’ll have trained against all year yeah they would have rode against each other um combinations could have changed throughout the year but they’ll have a good idea of of the boat speed um I think they they raced earlier in the year at the um the Mid-Atlantic regionals it was 8 seconds difference there um so there’s obviously there’s going to be a bit of a race here still um that was a while ago so we’ll see how it’s changed um yeah AC crew Psy iCal advantage of knowing that they’ve been put in that position but be crew always nothing to lose and everything to play for indeed they’ve got nothing to lose and given that they might have known those statistics about the buck station which they’re on uh it might filled them with a little bit of confidence that anything is possible here at hendy Bata oh we always know that’s one of the best things about this this event uh so many variables anything’s possible um it’s very different to to other River races obviously with the booms and everything else that’s going on Crows all the way down so it’s it’s never over till it’s over and you only need to leave for one stroke in a race and that’s the last one well as you’ll know Tom you are the the host of podcast called the last stroke counts uh I was talking with your co-host yesterday Pete about whether the first stroke counts just as much yeah I mean we were talk we were looking at so many close races earlier uh yesterday and uh just talking to people you know the standard here is so high there’s really no room for error anywhere um one Court crab scuffed with a blade a little steering can can be enough to to give the other crew the advantage so really really high standard of rowing here now we’ve got White Marsh a on your screen here we talked about Ry mlin Reichel rushman with the uh the lovely Star Spangled Banner hat in the three seat they’re backed up by ten and Flanigan in the two seat William Curtis in the B seat this is their first race here on the henle course they got a buy which is where if you’re one of the favorite Cruise the selected Cruise in the competition you get a free pass through to the next round of competition the be crew not so lucky um they’ve had to come through uh the come through the rounds to be able to race here against their a crew and the be crew yesterday um well they beat Sir William baz’s grammar school to to reach this next round but I think having a race under your belt especially if you’re an international crew Tom can sometimes be an advantage like you’ve said there’s so many things this course can throw at you whether that’s booms wind you know very different and unique things that the Henley course poses as a challenge what do you think do you think it’s actually worthwhile doing that first round race yeah generally you know you take the advantage you’ve got so if you’ve had that rest you get to sit back and say you know we’re resting our legs we’re going to have fresh legs tomorrow but if you’ve had that extra race you say look we’ve had an extra run down the course we’ve had to go at steering in these conditions we’re going to take the advantage from that these guys train all year they race in and out quite often in a training session they might do two or three 2K pieces so one a day it’s not going to be Beyond them they’re still going to be able to put a maximum performance in the next day and uh you can just see here this is now the be crew the the crew trailing and you can see the bump on the water there a little look round from the bowy Ian LaVine uh the 18-year-old who was in the first Junior cor at the midatlantic Regionals this year but now in this b quad in front of him Daniel Nery Aiden McDonald and Aussie Spiker the 16-year-old stroking this b quad that’s very impressive you know this event for under 18 so a couple of years still left to row out in his Junior crew but Tom you can see the bounce on the boat there was a wave that just crashed over the bow ball there this is really Bouncy Stuff yeah there’s a combination of this wind and also as we get towards the back end of the week more and more cruises going up and down so you can get really bouncy sections in this River it’s not consistent and that’s kind of the difficulty with dealing with conditions yeah it’s really kind of left and right and we can see this on our picture here they’re dealing with it really well still staying loose not seeing any sort of tightness in the uper shoulders this a crew kind of showing that they’re dealing with these conditions but you can see those blades just catching on the water as well now Tom I’ve never rod on the skookul which is where these guys train in Philadelphia but you have certainly raced a lot of times on this stretch of water in Henley on TS you member of Leander Club you have been up and down this stretch many I don’t think I’ve ever seen it this kind of ripply and wavy during July in regata week but uh who knows yeah it’s been it’s definitely been a few years since uh since we’ve seen these kind of conditions like you can see here again and you can see the hair and that Hat’s actually flying around I’m glad he’s got a little string there around his neck to keep that on that one’s not going to go flying butth you’re right these are these are more tricky conditions than we’ve seen um but I think these guys are dealing with it dealing with it well here they’ve got the confidence they know they’re on that against that V crew so it’s really about just staying in your place in your Zone and and really just having the confidence to put the performance in you know you can and one of the things you know if you look at the the blades the spoons they’re kind of the Big White bits on the end of the OES um essentially the the guys when they’re skulling do these things called squaring right so they’ll turn the blade square to enter the water there that’s exactly what they’re doing now essentially what you’re doing when you do that is you’re opening up a sail right and you’re pushing the boat backwards so how tricky is it when you’re in that boat to know you know sort of when to square that blade yeah this could be a a discussion they’ve had when conditions get worse there might be a time for the crew to discuss changing that as we can see here there’s maybe not necessarily well Tom I’m just going to stop you there cuz there’s something actually floating in the water I think that might be a hat maybe it’s that lady’s hat from the bridge earlier but we are going to have to watch because um they’re going to clip that with their blades it’s not a hard enough object I think to keep them uh to keep them sort of on their course and on their way you know it needs to be something way more solid um to really knock them off course but you know that can be a bit of a distraction and I guess one of the The Perils of having such windy conditions not only for the crews out there trying to master it but also for the spectators losing all sorts of stuff into the water yeah we’ve uh we’ve got the sun here though we ordered some sun so I think I think the weather’s great here but uh yeah hold on to your hats here at the moment because uh the wind is is not settling down anytime soon no and I think hopefully a different hat to the the one that that lady lost on the bridge that we saw earlier in our opening of our coverage but um back to the crew at hand and this is the a crew from White Marsh boat club USA um like we said they’ve come here all the way from Philadelphia so good morning to you if you’re tuning in in the USA about 9:00 in the morning I think Tom did you say is that yeah yeah they haven’t had to wait as long as us to get to see this one um but yeah fantastic R here now you see the water’s just calm down again a little bit as we have some more shelter and AC have done a really great job there of uh you know putting that putting that performance in um you know they should beat them but you’ve still got to go there and you’ve still got to do it down the track so White Marsh a will cross the line and on their journey to attempt to be the first ever American Crew to win the fle challenge cup that was was their aim when they left the United States of America and they will H be able to progress on on that Journey against their be crew who raced extremely well in those conditions but there is that result from the uh rap this round of the Four challenge cup the Wold challenge cup now on the roster and this is for Club coxless fours and a great match up we’ve got here on the left hand side of your screen all the way from Newcastle up on time we’ve got th amateur ring club and on the right hand side of your picture all the way from Melbourne Australia merant Rowing Club so uh they’re off the start and talking of tricky steering I was out on the launches this morning Tom I think personally this is the hardest Boat Type the as fours to master in these kind of conditions yeah it’s very Twitchy uh two ores on each side so it can only take like a little power imbalance on one side can twist it a lot um these are very very small the rudder that they’re using it’s very small it’s meant for tiny little adjustments so it really it can be difficult to get back on track as well if your boat has swung off off the line and how do you think Mery are doing here right because they they’ve got um they’re drifting with the wind out towards the center of the course um but they’ve also got on the other side if they over adjust they’ve got those booms and piles which are made of solid solid wood yeah I think Mery here on the Buck Station they’ve got maybe the slightly easier job as they come out of the island they get buffeted in into the middle uh I think Ty really got to watch out on the bar station because if you’re too close to that boom line and then the wind hits you you could get pushed into those booms wow this is a great contest you can see as it came past the quarter mile there practically level between Ty and mertile Ty over on the far side of screen just going for a little push there this crew coached by Alex Lee also coach of the Newcastle University women’s Squad who we’ll see later on this afternoon in the island challenge cup when he travels across the time uh to Ty amateur roing Club to coach the men’s Crews as well and the women’s Crews uh for the club over in uh in the city and um this crew here of William Shaw Cory Wilkinson Tommy Campbell and Andrew chuda have had a great season they won CA fours at not city rata um and they won open fours as well it’s uh been a great combination they were length up now on merant who have had a pretty disrupted season due to injuries um they’ve managed to pull things back together and I think Tom they’re still within sprinting distance I’d say here as we come towards upper temps yeah that’s another point to note about the conditions here it will make this race longer so if if you’ve got good Fitness if you think a longer longer race could suit you you’ve got a little bit more time to make up some distance it’s opened up a little bit here now but yeah tin I see looking looking really strong uh they had a good race yesterday against London and and there’s a good amount of Henley experience in that crew well the tin uh the tin crew looking to replicate what their crew did back in 2007 which was whenn this event in the Wold challenge cup what uh what a race that would be what a week it would be if time can uh get back to glory in this club cess for’s event and yeah I mean to go against International competition in these later stages little bit unknown you’re not really too sure what will be in store and none of these merant athletes have ever raced at hle before so you saying lots of henle experience in one crew but nothing in the L wmer andw Curry Charlie Clark and Hees nickel crew from Merle yeah like you said really useful with these conditions we’ve been talking about um there some there’s some pedigree in the mertile uh crew they’ve got some obvious Aussie national championships and Victoria state championship podiums and they’ve definitely proved their speed but uh time just proving a little bit too fast for them at the moment yeah Ty who have been building a great program up there on that tidal stretch of river that runs through Newcastle up on time they’ve got endless amounts uh of water it’s it’s quite akin to the tideway here in London but just up in the Northeast maybe a little chillier um having road at Durham University myself on the same stretch I know that it can get choppy I know it can get cold so actually tin will not be phased by these conditions but they are building from what was an amazing sort of start to this um pipeline of athletes they got from winning the Jackson trophy at the head of the river back in 2019 5 years later they’re getting through yet another round of the Wold challenge cup here at Henley Ro rata and it seems like with EAS yeah they’ve done a really good job here they’re probably just calming down here now this race is is there for them um I’ve always got the utmost respect for anyone who learns how to row on a river where you have to wait in so um with these guys if you can enjoy that then this bit’s going to be you know even more enjoyable so here come tytin amateur roaring Club looking to replicate that 20 7 Victory in the Y folds that crew back then Kieran Emer J mosy Will Fletcher and James Harris um who’s now coaching the GB women’s 8 in fact so has gone on to to great things so um Ty will win that race mertile unfortunately for them that’s their campaign in the Wold challenge cup done uh this time around but I’m sure we will see them back as we do many years uh from now as we often have them yeah I’m sure they’ll be back this uh this rata draws people back again and again we’re now at the top of the island with the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup at the start of that 2,112 M this is the junior women’s qu on the left hand side of your picture the E Crossley school all the way from Niagara in Canada from Ontario and on the right hand side of the picture ship PL College from no more than a few kilometers up River yeah almost home water the ship Lake College here but uh yeah they’ll have a little bit more use to to these kind of these kind of conditions they’ probably spent a bit more time on this water um but I I caught up with Dave Curry the head coach earlier uh today in the boat tents and uh this is a development crew they do have three girls j16 or year 12 so um a lot more to come from them but uh at the moment uh it looks like dealing with these conditions well yeah it look is tricky when you’re in a Cox this Cru and one of these athletes uh will be steering this boat in the ship plake boat and uh if you give me just a couple of seconds I’ll be able to tell you exactly who that is because one of the beauties of the program here at Henny Ro rata is that it tells you who within that boat is steering so for ship Lake College that’s the bow seat uh that is sopia McDavid and now on screen these uh girls here from the El crossy called Canada uh Juliet F Emma godart Sarah Stacy and mallerie Jones have come all the way across from near on Niagara Falls to Take On The World and I’ve heard Whispers Tom that these guys are uh furiously fast to put it bluntly yeah there’s some real pedigree in that crew a junior quad winner uh head of the Charles and also Junior quad winners at the Canadian School champ so definitely some pedigree in This Crew um I think it was all going to be a tall order for This shiplake Crew but um I think yeah we’re seeing here with the with the pictures here again still struggling with those conditions a little bit um it is just getting to that point where it’s it’s affecting how much you can row how well you can stay together um it gets a little bit of point at this point where maybe you’re struggling to put work down and just really really got to focus on staying together um ignoring those bad Strokes putting them behind you leaving them out of your mind and just moving on to the next one in these conditions you can’t have a great stroke every stroke You’ just got to focus on keep putting good ones in front of you so tricky you’re right Tom to to try and Mark Master these conditions and we are an outdoor sport there’s very few things that stop rowing races from happening but wind is certainly one of them now look at this that’s a huge beer uh from the e crossy School Canada and uh it is BR in the B seat juliia pra who’s got the steering cables for this one she’s not gone across enough to worry the Umpire just yet with this one they’ve stayed in their piece of water on the bar station but um you can just see how much they’re struggling to put the blades in the water the the thing that they’re doing Tom can you describe to me you know you can see usually would’ expect them to go right up and in and place the blades but sometimes the wind can just carry them upwards right yeah we can’t see the wind but these guys can feel it and quite often can catch that spoon like you said as it squares up them comes to the water so it can really affect the the synchronicity of the blades um that was a great uh correction there with the steering from from v u but that’s just it goes to show an example just one stroke maybe one side gets the blade in a bit better than the other because of the this wind and this and these this water and that can just kind of adjust and change things and some were saying the the previous race was fours so they had one blade on each side this is skulling this is quads so they’ve got a blade in each hand tell me why that’s a little bit easier in the wind yeah so for the stair person um they’ve got a blade on each side so even without having to move the rudder the foot that they’re using to steer they can just change the pressure on their right or left or and have a little effect on on the steering so they’ve got a little bit a little bit more buff it in terms of being able to to adjust where they’re going without having to jam that Rudder on and ship Lake just uh making a small Journey there across toward towards the regat enclosures but I’m sure we’ll see them adjust back uh so we’ve mentioned Sophia McDavid already the 18-year-old in the bow seat Elizabeth Fleer in the two seat Eva rud conre in the three seat and stroked by Florence Dallas yet another 16-year-old uh what a great sort of start and uh entry point into this great Sport and here at heny Ro regetta but um they’ve gotten through a round already ship Lake they uh they beat shaigan Lake yesterday so um great for them to get through a round as a development crew but they’ve been matched up against this great crew all the way from Ontario if you’re tuning in uh from near on Niagara Falls good morning again 10 10 I think in the morning for you guys over there um and your crew of Fara godart Stacy and Jones doing a wonderful job coming into the stewards enclosure you can see the colorful rainbow of jackets behind them what a backdrop to win this heat of the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup and it did take it out of them despite having a comfortable margin you can really see that the wind really depletes that energy ship plate will cross there but they will be uh out of this Diamond Jubilee challenge cup event yeah I think great great for that young crew to to come here and also a shout to their coach Sarah Kenyan who’s a full-time teacher at the school and uh she’s put so much time into rowing and we know all of us involved in rowing that the volunteers really run this uh run this for us the prince philli challenge trophy now one of the newest trophies here in the cabinets of Henley roata for junior women’s Aid row America Ry on the left hand side of your picture matching up against the lady Elena Hollis school on the right hand side of your picture and uh happy Fourth of July once again if you’re a ro America Ry fan happy fourth uh and your crew out and underway against Le yeah hopefully something for all Americans to celebrate here whether their crew win or loses um I’m going to point to note here Le H another uh Newcastle boat club alumni coach Ole Knight um so popping up all over the place these blue star guys uh he’s had long list of clubs he’s coached at Wimbledon Henley Silton Mosley so there’ll be some really experience coming down to this group from the coach and olle himself a henley winner Tom for Moy back in uh I want to say uh 2018 uh for for Moy so um a great person to be coaching this crew from leh although they are currently down by a canvas a boat canvas which is that bit of uh bit of the boat deck nearest to the right hand side of the screen the white bit before the the first athlete um that’s how much Roy America Ry have in hand yeah I think Roy America R have got some good pedigree as well really um some good results uh again one youth eight at head of the Charles and at us Nat Champs so I think actually are doing a really good job to to main contact with them here I would have expected that crew to to have some power and speed and get out fast yeah the um I was having a quick look at Ro America rise sort of philosophy earlier and they’re leading out this race here nearest to us um they really put a focus on competitiveness they put um in their bio that they’re in the pursuit of Excellence on their website and this is Excellence right here they’ve got some really strong and talented athletes here um despite being a club that was founded in 2013 which is actually really recent compared to a lot of the clubs that we’re racing here down this stretch yeah it’s there’s such history here and so many so many events but like you said If you’re looking for the top performance then this is the place you want to test yourself at wow Ro Amer R just thought Ro America R I’ve just thought younger than a lot of the trophies here younger than the Diamond Jubilee for junior women’s squads so that program not existing uh for that long but still not to stop them from putting in a phenomenal performance here at Henley roata Cox there we just saw uh Clementine Regal harped the 16-year-old who is in charge of making the calls and uh steering this boat down the course she was in the women’s 1 V ahead of the Charles this year and a champion in that event as well as coing the women’s youth national uh the women’s youth eight at the 2023 National Youth Nationals where she was a champion in that too so a great person at the helm stroked here by van frar the 17-year-old and this a have just got a huge list of accolades everything I look at you know at the data that we’ve got on Ro America y first in East Summer Nationals first at head of the Charles first in two Regional regrets the mer Sprints and the Saratoga invitation it’s just a whole list of gold medals so I think we could see these guys go far in the Prince Philip yeah you know that they’ve come over here with it with a purpose uh they’re going to be looking towards racing uh certainly towards the weekend um but uh it’s it’s a really good display we’re watching these blades here it’s it’s lovely and compared to some of the blade work we saw earlier is what I was going to say Tom you know they’re making it look pretty easy the winds not changed too much but you can just see I know they’re a bit bigger boat bit more stable but those blades are not flying around and being caught by the wind here yeah exactly what you said bigger boat a little bit more stable less effect if one rower misses or or Works a little bit harder you know based on those conditions um but the Cox uh you know it’s a fantastic here I think I think the coxes often don’t get enough appreciation they’ve not just got one job they’ve got three really they they’re going to be steering this boat they have to have the race plan they have to also change it Asam W’s needed so um really good work when a boat goes down the course like this then you can see that the cops done a good job well you can see their stroke rate so much lower than L most of the crews we’ve seen this morning cross the line it’ll be Sienna Knight in the bow seat who has the pleasure of Crossing that line first in this Prince philli challenge trophy the lady Elena Hollis school will be returning back to Sur having finished out this campaign in the pp the prince philli challenge Trophy and uh some very smart uh looking Americans who will be progressing on to the next round of competition we’ve now got an opening round of the diamond challenge skulls for Jacob cleal on the barsh station on the left hand side of your screen not an opening round for David younger of Germany on the right hand side of your picture he raced yesterday progressed through one round but now facing up some against some more stiff competition from the United States of America it’s almost like I feel like we’ had the USA flooding the entries it’s very reflective of the fact we’ve had a record year for international uh International competition yeah Americans come out in force this year at Henley and it’s amazing we we love to see it we’ love to see these far and crws come over and God they always bring some speed with them as well it’s uh you know it’s guaranteed for some good racing when it when it comes to these American Crews well we saw that David Young the 26y old on the barkshire station on the left hand side of his screen as they went through the 3/4 mile he’s behind he had a great start though he blasted out of the blocks I think he knew that he might need to because Tom cleal um one of the people that I’ve been sort of watching go through the international season this year he’s nabbed one of those last minute golden tickets to Paris um in just full week’s time he’ll be lining up at the start line uh for Team USA in the men’s single skulls at the Paris 2024 Olympic games but he’s only half length up here on David Jer he’ll be encouraged by this yeah David Jer looks like he’s coming back now he’s put his stroke rake up high he he might have gone earlier than he wanted to but he’s really wanted to put some pressure in here he looks like he’s going to be an upper Comer he’s silver medal under 23 World Championships in 29 also made an appearance in in the World Cup in sbia in in 2021 so he’s not going to lay down for this but you’re right there’s some real pedig here so Jacob PL over there on the box station on the left hand side of your picture uh he’s a graduate of nor Eastern University he was actually captain at nor Eastern back in 2016 uh representing crafts Rowing Club here he’s got half a length up now um and one of the best facts I think I have about J is he is 6’1 tall Tom that’s pretty tall eh wow I thought I was tall that that’s got to be up there as one of the tallest here although that’s is pretty common for our sport isn’t it but um yeah amazing to to see him here you know Olympics is in 3 weeks he obviously feels like he still wants a bit of more race experience um talking about high high intensity environments that lucern last qualification Place uh that’s an intense rata so here he’ll probably be happening wow we’ve only got one length separating CLE and young younger this is not as I was expecting it to R out I thought CLE would be much further uh opened out than this over the German but that goes to show you you can’t always predict the result here at Hena and in the small boats especially Tom I know you know we see it a lot on the international stages in pairs singles doubles because there’s it’s much lighter there’s fewer people to coordinate you can see some electric Sprints into the last stages so let’s see what David Jer can throw at this here yeah you’re right exactly the the boat lengths difference is much smaller than an eight it’s much easier to come back from you don’t have to coordinate an attack you just go by yourself so you can kind of put that surprise push in at times what a great little look there he just saw younger look to his right there he’s done it again I don’t know whether he just can feel that the water is moving just on his stroke side blade he knows that plel is well within his grasp the a gat en closure now in the background that means we’re into the last few hundred meters and it means that we’re into the last few Strokes here in this men’s singles event in the diamond challenge skulls this would be some knockout if these one of two the premier Scholars here Ole zidler Jacob PL the selected crews in this draw of the diamond challenge goals were to go out on day one and a small slip there from PL the American he just caught his blades it just goes to show you that someone heading to the Olympic Games in Paris can still make mistakes in the closing few Strokes they’re coming into the steward’s enclosure I think Young has probably run out of gas here and PLO will do just enough to stay in front but I’ve called it wrong before David Jer will do one last look around to his Str side blade to see that plel is just too close to the finish line and it will be the expected result here in this diamond challenge skulls event and it will be Jacob plel taking a victory here over David Jer from uh from Germany in this round of the diamonds fantastic to see you push him all the way though there like I think we need to keep an eye on him because uh that’s that’s going to be a name for the future I’m sure of it well it’s a really busy Thursday here at Henley raw regetta and we’ve had a little peak of sunshine and we know we keep talking about the wind and how cold it is but isn’t it great to see people in their hats and sunglasses for once Tom it’s amazing every day I’ve seen it feels like it’s been busier than it’s ever been before we said we’ve had more crews more races and and more people turning out here so it’s it it’s brilliant it’s brilliant to see and as a crew racing um there are not many places outside the Olympics where you get to hear crowds and cheering all the way down yeah all the way down that sort of 2,112 M this is just the final few this is the stewards enclosure this is the most exclusive ticketed part of the event uh where members and their guests can enjoy the finery the food the drinks um and you can see all the the adornment of the outfits as well but we’re now right back up at the start here for the island challenge cup yeah I saw with Sarah here that this was looking at one to watch from last night so the island challenge cup we’ve got the amsterd Shon royan new on the B station on the left side of your picture and Newcastle University on the buck him sh station on the right hand side of your screen and I promised you we would see Coach Alex Lee back again who coached that time crew we saw in the white folds a few races ago he is the coach of this Newcastle University crew leading out from the island yeah he’s having a busy day today I think lots of Crews to look after but it shows you he’s doing fantastic child up here and Newcastle has been going from strength to strength and he’s been a big part of that and it’s really really good to see them here taking the lead out on This nearas Crew that’s got some uh some really fast times they posted earlier this season yeah and Newcastle have just been sort of building like a snowball through the season they didn’t have the best performance I think in their own words at the British University championships which takes place in Nottingham in may they only came fifth in the championship student eight on that occasion but uh from each step they’ve taken towards this summer racing season peaking here in this island challenge cup they just seem to have grown um in speed grown in confidence and look at them here a length up on the challenges from Amsterdam yeah that’s really important though to say you know really great Crews will develop throughout the rata there are so many different variables that we’ve discussed already here and these things are learned the cops gets a little better line every time the rowers can perfect their race plan so if you want to make it to the Sunday you do have to develop and get a little bit faster every day they posted some great times uh Newcastle who raced yesterday near house as a as a selected crew haven’t raced yesterday so again maybe this race experience could be helping Newcastle here yeah one length they’ve uh they’ve gotten hopefully that will yeah as you say helped them um sort of test their speed as a non-selected crew in this event against others in the earlier pools before they come up against more selected crews in the draw later on if this result old um then this will be uh them going up against a selected crew in the next round of the draw now look at these blue stars on the blades here now do you know the origin story of the blue star of Newcastle University boat club Tom I don’t know the origin story I do know a few Newcastle rowers with blue star tattoos that’s how much they’re into it yeah they they are a really passionate club uh Angelo Savina the head coach of the club H is uh you know somebody that everyone looks up to uh through the years and generations of Newcastle University Ro that have rode there on the time now I can tell you what the blue star story is so once upon a time they were sponsored by a very famous uh Newcastle Brown Ale uh back when the student Club started if you do know the ale that I’m talking about their logo is the one that you can see right there on the spoons of the blades and then uh after that you know student clubs weren’t allowed to be sponsored by alcohol companies anymore they kept the blue star as their emblem and I think it makes them pretty iconic right cuz you don’t see many you know icons as club logos nowadays yeah absolutely everyone recognizes it now it’s it’s a well-known uh staple of British rowing and they put in some some fantastic athletes uh up into the under 23 and the senior team uh brilliant now just to watch this shot here and see This Crew two lengths of clear water they’ll be able to just really relax and enjoy this race and and that is another benefit of having a few more races in this event you get to get those nerves out the way you get to put the race down on the track and then as it gets closer and closer comeing to the weekend you have that you built that ability that crew to really working singing moving together well they’re opposition if they do continue to lead out this race uh of the island challenge cup will be in the quarterfinals as their next round Newcastle and I think if all um if all goes to plan uh we could see a Northeast Northeast matchup here because Durham University racing um in just a few moments time against ahir if you’re joining us here on the commentary we’ll be bring bringing that race to you live in about 40 minutes time maybe 30 minutes time but um newcast and Durham have got such a rivalry they’ve got boat houses on either side of a little Bridge uh up in on the ti but that’s the side of the draw that Newcastle on that they will go on to face and I think those sort of battles Tom you get them don’t you through your sort of rowing career those uh those Rivals that you developed yeah wouldn’t that be fun for us to see these guys might not enjoy as much as in this stage but certainly from a from a viewer’s perspective it’s absolutely brilliant and these rival you know it’s it’s predicated on on respect um but it’s really it really adds to the sport it really adds a little bit of extra reason to try and win to try and push sometimes rowing you know it gets really hard it really hurts and you grab hold of these things just to help push you along well Newcastle just making these conditions look just barmy and again I know I said that time can throw all sorts of stuff at you have been there I’ve done that I know that it can be absolutely miserable and this is a beautiful day in comparison to some of the worst days on the time but holud in the stroke seat um this is her fourth Henley Royal rata and I think that experience showing and you can see her there the the closest athlete to is looking towards us she’s setting a great long strong base Rhythm here yeah I couldn’t agree more there really making these conditions look a little bit easier than they are and that’s that’s fantastic that’s really what you see from high performance rowing um from the outside it looks like it must be easy but inside these guys have really worked so hard all year to make it look like that to make it look effort L even when they’re working really hard well word for the newos crew who are trailing by a few lengths now in this round of the island challenge cup they came over to race at Henley women’s rata uh which took place a couple of weeks ago now they unfortunately got knocked out in the first round uh of of their category they went out to American competition I think on that occasion but now facing up against one of the best that Britain have got to offer on the University team Sheet in Newcastle and uh new they’ve been very competitive at this particular rata Tom over on the student men’s eight side which has been in existence for a lot longer than the island challenge cup the temple new house are always one of the big names that we see contending here right yeah they love Henley they always come out in force easy to spot with their crazy Blazers uh if you don’t know they they cap the same blazer from the previous crew so some of these Blazers are 30 40 years old um you’ll definitely spot one if you see one you’ll know that’s near house but yeah they love Henley uh we love to have them quite often just producing really really fast Crews and in the island here like you said a young event but already a really really high standard F Vena in the bow seat there 21 years of age we just saw the back of and uh we’ll be being pelted by that wind that cross headwind that we’ve got here uh very tough for the bow people in these Crews because they get the brunt I think of a lot of the the sort of wind resistance don’t they Tom yeah they yeah they’ll take it and certainly um if the water starts coming up quite often the bow person will be the first one to start get wet um right here it’s looking a little bit calmer for them but uh again you know both these eights actually looking fantastic this is fantastic Ro to watch I’m absolutely loving this yeah Newcastle have come here to make a statement that they can forget all of the results they’ve had earlier on this season a few of them have been great results in fact but they want to show that they can go one better here and uh really take it to some of the other favored competition not only here in the UK but internationally and it will be a dispatch of one of those International entries that they managed to achieve here uh they will say goodbye to uh the students from New Amsterdam and a little tap there a little well done uh from I think that was the the the three seat the four seat of newcast University Annie Bates EA Chapman they are very pleased with quietly pleased with that result the first day of the Princess Grace challenge cup here on the Thursday at Henley Royal regata and on the left hand side of your picture Marlo Rowing Club and Queens University Belfast as a composite and another composite going head-to-head with them from laan Switzerland and shaigan Lake Canada and the Princess Grace Tom it’s an event for the sort of top level of women’s quadruple skulls yeah so quite often used as under 23 development crew um we see this Marlo and queens B pass crew that’s exactly what that is coached by Pete Shephard who was my coach when I rode in the under 23 team a few years ago now but uh really good to see this three of these athletes are based in America so they’ve come over and uh jumped in This Crew with Molly Curry who was in the under 23 um uh women’s quad last year uh that came second in the B final so these guys are really trying to get some race experience get working together before they go on to under 23 trials which will be next week yeah the under 23s which will be taking place funnily enough in Canada so we’re Carling Zan in this crew that we’ve got on screen is from and races for and we’ll go on to the pedigree in that leading crew in just a moment but yeah the under 23 is taking place in St Catherine’s Canada uh alongside the under 19s and non-olympic Senior World Championships uh that’s happening in September uh in a few months time now this crew we’ve got here out in front now this is one of my super Crews of the Retta it’s amazing to see them having come together you’ve got the lightweight Swiss double book ending this from four years ago Patricia MZ and frederi roll uh in the bow and stroke seat and sandwiched in the middle we’ve got two women’s single skulling Legends in a a world champion from 2017 in Sarasota for Switzerland Janine Gan and in the three seat Carling Zan of Canada who again a very strong name in the Canada women’s single skull over the last couple of Olympians yeah we’re being treated to some worldclass rowing here if you want to have a look at these shots this is fantastic we talk about synchronicity this couldn’t be any better um it’s a new combination but it’s uh experience is dripping off this boat fantastic to see these shots from overhead here yeah and they’ve only just come together they’ve not really rode together before in this combination because you know through the crew based in Switzerland uh Carling obviously coming all the way over from shaigan lake in Canada so they’ve put this crew together for um this event in particular for the Princess Grace challenge cup and um a really nice uh thing for Janine Gan to be returning back to Henley Royal because she won the Princess Royal challenge cup back in 2018 and uh yeah I think it’s really nice that she’s able to come back here to Henley yeah it’s so nice like we said before with s Cruise it’s an event that you just want to come back to it’s it’s difficult it’s testing but it’s it’s got that draw that addictive feel that there a row we we love to come back to I think we should also say a big welcome to to anyone in shaan Lake listening it’s 6:30 a.m. there so uh if you got up earlier than us to watch this uh yeah you’ve got a real display here that they’ll Trea you to So This Crew might not be uh punching their tickets to Paris later on this year on the left hand side of your screen but they’ve certainly been to enough World Championships and Olympics between them all uh to uh really demonstrate why they are SA in through the later stages of this course um and given that they’ve not rode together before Tom you wouldn’t be able to tell would you no exactly what we were saying before just uh the better you are the more the more effortless you can make it look but this is years and years of experience day in day out um they obviously have had a little bit of chance to paddle around earlier in the week um but they’ve they’ve absolutely made every session camp this is beautiful beautiful scell so let’s have a quick look back at this trailing crew the under 23 development crew who most likely will be racing in Canada this summer you can see the Moy boat club ler there in the B seat Leander the two athletes at uh two uh at two and stroke which is uh I think they’ve swapped this around a little bit actually because I Can See Molly curry in the two seat she’s in the three seat there for Queens University Bast know a queen’s like when I see one um she was in the under 23 quad last year she’s joined by uh Magdalena Mills she’s uh here from Duke in the United States of America the Princeton athlete Nicole Dunn and ail Walters the Yale athlet who was the three seat of the varsity 8 last year but all of this very strong Collegiate and British experience that will be heading over to St Catherine most likely based on the under 23 chars in a few weeks time no match for the season seniors from Switzerland and uh Canada who will fly through with ease in this Princess Grace challenge cup for open quadruple skulls one final little Sprint here into the line but still a few weeks to go still a few months to go until those under 23 championships for this crew to hone that race experience but there they are your Victors from lazan and shaigan Lake Canada uh in the Princess Grace challenge cup we’re now back at the start with the Prince Albert challenge Cup this is for student Cox fors on the left hand side of his screen Cornell University USA going head-to-head with Cambridge University on the right hand side of you picture in that light blue now we’ve had Cox’s fours we’ve now got Cox fors which is a different style Al together Tom yeah a little bit heavier obviously you got that Cox that extra weight uh you don’t have to worry about steering um but um it’s going to require a little bit more power you tend to see slightly like larger stronger athletes in the Cox for event um fantastic start here from from Cambridge well you say that we tend to see sort of stronger bigger athletes but I’ve had a bit of a look at the bios of both of these Crews and we’ve got a number of people that have been in the lightweight no less The Stroke of the leading crew at the moment from Cambridge University Cameron McKenzie who won the lightweight Bo boat race back in 2022 and then last year stepped up to that Goldie race the reserve race in the boat race that happens on the tideway yeah you’re completely right but this standard even the lightweights have got the power that’s required to move these boats and uh this is a a fantastic result from Cambridge they had to race yesterday although they made like work that one but uh uh here um Cornell have been seed so this will be the first race for them um potentially that race experience showing here as the as the Gap opens up yeah the Cambridge crew not an outfit that has come from the the sort of Blue Boat uh this is a combination of athletes who have been in sort of the goldie setup so that Reserve crew um and a number of athletes that have come through the program in the lightweight boat races like we’ve said and coached by Bill Lucas who a familiar name who’s been coaching at Cambridge after leaving the the GB team yeah Bill Lucas um assisted to robod Baker and I know having spoken to those guys at Cambridge have really made an effort to get here to Henley en Force they’ve entered a lot of Crews um I was speaking to se benri the president a few weeks ago he was saying that after the boat race they had a little break but then they really swapped into a different type of training it’s a very different length race so they really targeted Henley here they wanted to show that they they’re not just a university that does One race a year they’re here to be competitive and they’re looking to win events at Henley and uh that is exactly what they’re doing here Tom they are you know demonstrating that they’re not just a one trick pony or One race Pony I don’t know what you want to call it but the boat race is not everything uh they can step into the summer season as well and take victories it looks like at the moment ahead of Cornell University USA now let’s have a look at the the Cornell crew uh This Crew coxed by Aiden waly uh he’s been coxing for a number of years through his high school he’s competed at the youth Nationals you can see his face there peering out of the bounds of This Crew what do you think he’s saying to them right now Tom yeah the distance opened up but these guys have come a long way they’re not here to just uh stop racing halfway they will be trying to put their full race plan into into position uh he might obviously at this stage having have that Gap opened up be looking to change things they might be looking to call a bit of a push they might have to work harder they’re going to throw everything they can at it and yeah that’s that coxes that’s really that skill of knowing when to change the race plan when to stick to it that’s uh it’s something you have to do absolutely on the Fly you don’t have a coach telling you how to do it it’s a it’s a real skill that needs to be learned well this uh race looking like it’s kind of held that distance all through the center parts of this course now we’re going to have a quick look at Kate Crowley who is the cops of the Cambridge University crew 21 years of age Crowley and uh she won with the lightweights in 2024 she was the Blondie Cox back in 2023 and uh Tom I guess you know the coxing system is so competitive in the the the Blue Boat squads Oxford and Cambridge if you’re tuning in from around the world one of the few races that most people have heard of is the boat race right um talk us through like selecting coxes for those races must be a really intense experience yeah it also draws coxes not just rowers from all around the world so quite often coxes from very different systems come together work together in they through that short season um but yeah if we’re talking about Crews that have experience in tough conditions and one-on-one racing Cambridge is absolutely going to be one of them so these guys will be very used to this style of racing and uh they’ve really shown shown their uh the skill here yeah lots of prowess and uh transitioning from from eights through the winter season into these cot Falls smaller boats uh but mastering this beautifully here the Light blues from Cambridge Kate growley who’ve just talked about Cameron McKenzie Garrett overholser William watchop and Thomas hle in the B seat will be the Victorious crew in that Prince Albert challenge cup heat and Cornell well they’ll have to enjoy their last few Strokes in the sunshine here on this reach of water on the temps because they’ll be back to Cornell next week uh and today will be their final race here at the 2024 rata but a big thank you to Tom who’s been joining me here in the commentary box it’s been an absolute pleasure and big thank you for taking us through these races thanks so much K I’ve been absolute joy to uh to to be here with you so with Tom switching out uh I’m delighted to join be joined by Steward Jim harow race umpire Jim harow uh welcome to the commentary box thank you very much Camila I think we’ got an easier job of commentating here this afternoon that out there umpire this morning it’s quite tricky conditions here indeed well you’re in the in the safe and dry here out of the wind in the comment you brought us underneath the Press Box here at the finish line and we’re up with a great start here in the island challenge cup a race I personally have been looking forward to between Durham University on the left hand side of your screen on the barshar station and uh a here the Netherlands on the buium shear side on the right hand side side of your picture yeah I’m with you camia I watched ah here’s race yesterday against I think Dre it was they a commanding win of three and a quarter legs and we haven’t seen the Durham crew yet uh because they had a buy yesterday so this could be a really good race although it looks like Durham already starting to take a bit of Advantage you come to about the quarter mile signal yeah I mean we talk talk me through because you know the the stewards are sort of partially responsible for these selected Crews um how does that process work cuz darham as you say haven’t raced yet there kind of three tiers so when the Quine races on Friday some of the crews have to qualify just to get in here and then the next level of the better Crews pre-qualified and then the top level crews are seeded and that’s what we call selected so here we have Durham University a crew who are seeded the top level crew so Durham uh have are a crew that have been performing extremely well on the domestic season of the British University championships they came away with a medal at uh at that event um they were second they picked up a silver medal in the championship women’s eights This Crew have just been stepping on and on towards this island challenge cup event coached by Will fetcher who’s taken over the mantle at Durham University up there in the Northeast and uh I know that they are certainly looking forward to I think it will be them racing Newcastle if they win this race and that is certainly a big race to look forward to on Friday if this result remains as it is yeah the local Derby and we’re joining the cruise now we’re well down the course now approaching the mile signals we just gone past remant Club getting towards the enclosure part of the course and Durham seem to have they’ve done well in the um trickier conditions probably the roughest part of the qut where the winds coming swirling across lead about length they come into enclosure you both Crews getting loads of support as they come down Dar probably benefit a little bit more because they’re closest to the enclosures with a bit of local support and the home support as well right cuz we got a lot of British local people that swarm here to henle ons to cheer these Crews on and if they recognize the local crew versus the international I think they’re always going to back the British yeah but there’s so many crews that coming in from Europe and particularly from the Netherlands there’s so many universities and clubs here that they get loads and loads of sport too so in the B seat there you can see Izzy cers the 21y old who uh has raced in this island challenge cup for the last couple of years for Durham and will be completing this campaign here in 2024 as uh a multiple medalist at the British University championships a heny women’s winner from a couple of years ago in the lightweight women’s double skulls and in front of her Ella darington Daisy Jackson Megan Hatfield Anna Grace Mia Vickman Meredith Oaks and Izzy Kennedy in the stroke seat coxed by the 21-year-old Casper gray and uh they’ve just been holding this length Jim I don’t know whether they that’s on purpose that they’re just holding it at a length or the wind is sort of pushing them backwards they they seem a little more composed they’re taking one or two strikes less a minute than the other crew and I think that will show as it come to the Finish I think they’re just rowing a very controlled stroke they know they’re in command of this race they’re just enjoying the last maybe 10 15 Strokes as they come to the enclosur so a here there we’ve not talked about them too much uh but uh big shout out if you’re tuning in from the Netherlands and uh the coach uh Martin vavan he was the coach of the islands challenge cup crew back in 2022 as well so bringing a crew back here to compete a couple of years later they obviously loved their experience last time around unfortunately uh they will go out the mercy of Durham uh University here this time around he’ll progress on to those quarterfinals in the island challenge cup the temps challenge cup now this is Club eight Club men’s eights I should say on the far side of your picture tin amateur Rowing Club and on the KN side of your picture Hamburg and gmania of uh of Germany on the Bucking sh station it’s lovely just to look and listen to the sound of 28 exploding off the start down this quite quiet sheltered part of the course what a sight and it’s the skinny I think you know the noise almost Echo Chambers right because it’s the skinniest part of the course and you got trees all the way on the side of the island and just they reverberate around what a great start here for the challengers from Germany they’ve taken a few seats off the end of the island you weren’t with us in the comments you boxed earlier but we saw a wonderful Wold crew from th progress through and we were talking about the strength and depth and here they are again with another nine athletes racing here in the temps yeah the the camera shot slightly behind so actually the crews are closer than it looks there’s a bit of parallx error so they’re doing fantastically well and This Crew have done it the hard way cuz they had to qualify last Friday and for those of you might not familiar that many crews don’t even get the chance to race this Arata cuz last Friday 470 Crews raced for 133 places and This Crew got through to their race yes they beat Marlo B the close race they won by length and a half so uh the Hamberg and gmania Ruda Club is actually one of the oldest boat clubs in the world Jim you probably know more about this than I do but I was amazed when I was researching ready for commentating this week they’re in fact the oldest F Club outside of the UK I had no idea about that yeah fantastic founded in 1836 the only club that are older than them are Leander club which are at the very end of this course and uh brn’s College boat club and Jesus College boat club so they’re the fourth oldest in the world they’re three years older than orata then wow there you go there’s not many things older than henle rata and they’re competing in an event that has uh a great history itself first raced in 1868 the temp’s challenge cup and they are currently leading by a comfortable margin of clear water a little look back there from the C Hans ESP Pig um one of the uh few members of This Crew that’s got no experience racing at Henley rata and I think that’s challenging as a Cox right because I think one of the things that Cox is are sort of um their role to do is to help cool these Crews down the landmarks and to be able to navigate the stretch of water with the stream the wind whatever and if you’ve not done that before that’s quite tricky and the first thing I say is not just steering that’s only a tiny part of what they do but you’re right here it is tricky you think why they got straight course it’s booned but then you have the wash of boats coming past you’ve got the wind the wind isn’t straight down the course it’s gusting as we look at it from right to left uh so their job is really challenging really challenging but uh being done with ease here easy breezy uh like it is out on the course and uh we’re going to jump now we’ve just gone past the remm club uh which is sort of as we transitioned three quarters of the way down the course would you say Jim I know that you’re a frequenter of the rum Club quite a lot you you want know exactly where that is on the course I think you just dropped me in it there no so um yeah Hamburg and Gman just look at them now they’re kind of got this commanding had an easy race yesterday against Shanghai I think it was um and although time put up a really really good fight for the first half of the course you’re right coming 2/3 of the way down the course now they’re down at 30 Strokes a minute they can enjoy this now this nice long languid stroke they just sitting on the lead and they’ll take that Ripple of Applause as they start to come through the encl with 300 me or so to go yeah and they can sit back and the reason that they can rate that much lower than the crew from T is they’ve got so much talent on board in the six seat the 22-year-old Kenneth Caro uh who was fourth place at the German under 23 championships uh and North German champion in the 84 uh and coxless four back in 2023 we’ve also got um people who participated in the European Junior Championships in this boat so Hano Wan in the five seat also part of that national team at the European Junior Championships back in 2021 so plenty of international experience in this TS crew for Hamburg and gmania and a shout to to Ty once again Maisy swindells coxing This Crew um they’ve got a whole heap of Henley experiences behind them notably Harry Oliver in the seven seat this is his seven Henley roata at the uh rifle age of 26 Jim yeah and you’ve got to admire them they haven’t given up they’re only 200 me to go this would be really really Mega painful now but they’re up at 36 Strokes a minute they’re doing their absolute best to try and come back uh so you have to sort of really respect that effort they’re putting in and tyan again just one more shout to them because they’ve done so many of This Crew have actually come through universities in the Northeast whether that be Newcastle Durham and I think tin done a great job at keeping people in the system to race club rowing Beyond University yeah you said it’s much part of a bigger project it’s not just this one boat so uh they crew in the temps challenge cup won’t be able to replicate that performance we saw in their Wold Bo early for TS but it will be Hamburg and gmania that uh have a relatively sort of painfree uh progression through in this TS challenge cup to the next round of [Music] competition so Jim you were say saying that you would rather far rather be in here at the moment that you would be out there and I think you know talk to me a little bit about umpiring in the wind and the challenges that that faces it’s a challenges that that the crews face particularly the Cox L boats cuz it’s not a constant wind the wind is it’s gusting as you come down the course and also the there’s a real microclimate here in the Henley Bowl as it were and there are gaps the trees don’t line the entire length of course there sometimes you the gas sorry gusts come straight down and catch you it’s not always in the same place sometimes it comes down the Hamilton Valley down at the start the only two places you can guarantee it’s reasonably quieter at the start for the first maybe 200 M and also it’s quite shelter as you come up towards the big Grand stands at the Finish Well talking of big grandstands I never quite seen the uh the Royal Crest flag uh sort of flittering as much as it is on top of the lunch tent oh you can see it yes kind it’s on the left hand side of the view yeah the um the Henley standard there yes that is uh flickering far more than I’ve ever seen it before but just goes to show you what these athletes out here are um battling against and these are the Cal bits at the start don’t be fooled by these first opening Strokes where they’ve got the shelter of the island um we’ve got the Umpire Richard Phelps I think I can hear in my ear on that on that umpiring launch uh and he’s about to start off another round of the temps challenge cup we being treated back to back TS challenge cup he’s just done the rehearsal so next time you’ll hear his attention go and the red flag going and then they’ll be off so London far side and the hoop on the side so there we go as Jim just said London r b on the bar station on the left hand side of your screen and the Hope from the Netherlands on the right hand side of your picture and look at these crowds Jim I’m loving this for a Thursday yeah it’s fantastic well the sun’s brought everyone out haven’t they um the last couple days have been a bit gray but everyone’s cominging to watch today is fantastic and all the way down that 2,000 plus M 2001 112 M of course as people coming to watch London be who will hit the end of the island and there’s a real distinct point where the the the island runs out and you’ll start to see those poles on the water yeah this is the tricky bit CU it’s not just wind it’s also the as the current comes down I should explain the river is Flowing from right to left of that shot and that comes around the island be really challenging for the coxes yeah really tricky job it’s it is one of the most difficult despite it being straight one of the most difficult courses the steer or Cox in the world the Hope um I was about to say you know difficult for the international challenges coming over but what I will say is tons of Henley experience in this to Hope crew they reached um the latter stages of the temps challenge cup the final back in 2023 they got a few uh athletes back on board again here and uh Julia greld in the cxs and seat she’s been to Henley roata before so we’ll have twinked all of those bits of info that you need to get that crew off the end of the island yeah really important to remember they are last year’s losing finalists and uh this event over the last well probably eight years been dominated by T’s Ro club but uh they ran them close last year well they got pretty similar colors to TS Rowing Club haven’t they that red black and white so maybe maybe that’s the secret to doing well in the TS cup and it’s probably why London R Club don’t like them because it been kind of there’s a local ride between London and T anyway we’ve got London here on the left and they’ve done it the hard way so This Crew had to get to the qualifiers so they had to come here on Friday along with 470 other Crews to try and get those last 13 3 places and they they were successful and they also had a great day yesterday um against city of Cambridge they didn’t by four and a half lengths in quite a quick time for the day yeah brilliant for London’s be crew to get through a round of this very competitive event as you’ve already kind of listed Jim it’s not just even competing here at the rata getting to the rata um that is one of the more difficult parts so London nailed qualifying they nailed their first round and now they’ve come up against what I think is probably one of the strongest sort of favorite in the competition here in this TS challenge cup yeah there’s the TS the TS a crew loitering as well but I yes I totally agree about this crew there I was watching their race against I think it was non such yesterday uh which they went one of the quickest times of the day and the hope uh are a huge Club over in the Netherlands they’re the oldest uh boat club in the Netherlands uh took old clubs uh they’ve got over a, members which I think is humongous for a Rowing Club huge massive um so yeah they they sort of have formed and Amalgamated through many different clubs in the Netherlands through time and that’s created this uh this outfit from The Hope and This Crew produced a blisteringly quick time already the season that was somewhere I think in the 530s from if I remember from my commentary notes from yesterday um so I know that they can go very very quickly great Rhythm being set there by Peter dickin in the stroke seat the 28-year-old backed up by vessel hesselink in the seat and given the the Blustery conditions and if you’ve been joining us on the feed all day you know we’ve been talking with various commentators about all the challenges that poses to Blade work to to the drive to the catch and so on you you wouldn’t be able to tell looking at this Dutch crew that any of that was a problem G just caught as you said it wasn’t just but leading up to that there just this long powerful stroke 34 35 Strokes a minute and you can just see the composure of that crew and it is tricky it’s it’s com past 3/4 mile signal they’re well through halfway now it’s hard if you’re just looking at the television you can maybe just see that the water really bother challenging conditions today but they’re making it look quite easy and in the background you can see the really rough waterers coming their way there’s in about 10 Strokes time they’ll hit that um but there I guess we talk about three things that make a boat go quickly is it have that long stroke second thing powerful stroke they also have a rhythm and they’ve got this lovely chunky strong Rhythm which against the slightly bubbly water and a cross headwind serving them really well Jim you called that to Perfection we it was about 10 strokes and now look at that blade work and how it’s changed when they’ve hit that rough a patch of water and that’s the skill if you can manage these conditions see them coming the co calls it and then change how you cope with it so we uh have spent a bit of time talking about the hope but um let’s have a quick look at the London be crew who are over on that bar station and I suspect a lot of these Spectators on the bank will be uh sort of former members current members of London Rowing Club they’re always out here in Force at Henley Royal gym they’ve had two big areas of swort when they go past remen Club probably two-thirds the way down the course and now as they come past the enclosures they’ll have many supporters here trying to give them some support as they finish this race off and they’ve done very well too we shouldn’t we shouldn’t forget them kind of there’s some real tenacity in This Crew I think to try and keep up with this very very good competition they have today and London as a club and again if you’re a London supporter and you’ve been listening to uh our coverage through the week here and we’re on day three I I’ve been praising London all week because I think they’ve had a real Resurgence especially in the club men’s event um they had a really strong Wold crew that won last year and it’s been amazing to see the development of This Crew into this year as well yeah you’re right about the whole club you know TS own club aren’t having it their own way anymore kind of that PL embankment Is Res resurgent and uh yeah great it’s been a great response you know to that win in the Y folds London of spring AED to qualify two crews in this TS challenge cup event they’ve also got Club crews in the other events uh in the Brit in the wle and so on and so forth um so yeah a really strong contingent from London so we must say uh despite it looks like them not being able to overh hold a hope great for Daphne agropolis Jed Campbell Williams Wilford Barrow Harry dorren King Alex Woodhouse OE Stan hope in the four seats maxw Bry in the three seat Matthew Hudson and Tom stance who make up this t this London Rome Club be crew look at this The Hope crew how it that boat is just cutting through the slightly bobbly water that’s just beautiful stunning you can see there yeah the they cut through the water and I was going to say they’re body angles they get right around the pin you know you can almost it’s like peeling like a banana isn’t it that imper they sort of all Swing Out round their pins and around their IG to get the longest stroke possible and it’s beautifully synchronized it’s very rare you see a whole crew being able to do that in unity so I very strong contenders indeed here this uh Dutch boat The Hope from Amsterdam the Netherlands and looking to continue on their legacy is the oldest boat club in the Netherlands uh into becoming penly winners um as they tick off yet another day here and uh I think we’ll see them featuring this weekend in this event [Music] from Club men’s eights to the junior women’s eights the prince philli challenge trophy now between hany skulling school over on the B station and Kingston grammar school on the Bucking station it’s one of the listen to these Cruis explode off the start isn’t it you’ve got this quiet tension out PR before and then they’re off down into the race and both Crews going off really quickly really aggressively it’s great to see eights from both of these programs featuring here in the prince philli challenge cup because Jim this is one of the newer events we’ve got here at the regetta yeah it’s only the fourth year I think of the event um so yeah I to totally agree and it looks like h’ got off for a good start again there’s a little bit of Parallax error in the shot here but they’ve probably got about a third maybe half L yeah I think probably about half a length and growing with every stroke that margin for Hy Hy uh from Oxford share and uh another part of Oxford must remember P Henley’s in Oxfordshire as well isn’t it but it’s just on the border isn’t it just on the so uh they’re done very very well and again we must stress the all of these athletes will be under the age of 18 or 18 or under um and to deal with these conditions when you’re racing experienced pedigree maturity is maybe not quite as uh great as those in the senior categories it’s really really challenging isn’t it just so they just come in past this wonderful shot just approaching halfway and so they’ve got to the the part of the course just slightly more shelters the interesting bit is in about we can see there’s a gust coming through in about four or five Strokes the Hy crew see how these sort of younger Crews cope with it cuz it is hard conditions for them they’re running against the stream there’s quite a strong Gusty head wind but they look like they’re navigating very well so here they come H see they sort of drifted like I said into the middle of the river but they’re pushing back now towards their barshar station we’re featuring this bow pair here from hiny sculling School Frey Hall in the bow seats 18 years of age he’s been to Henley Ro rat once before but joined by a debutant at Henley 16-year-old Ella pel in the two seats and then coming forward Oley Campbell Reed Matilda McCartney Martha Shephard haret noise Josie white Emily Myers and Lena wood uh there that you can see with the back to us who is taking control of this crew and talking them through those different landmarks down this course they’ve done something quite clever there this is a slightly bobbly part of the course the water’s a little bit little rougher than other parts of the course they’ve just taken one or two less Strokes a minute they’ve just lengthened their the way they’re rowing out it just looks much smooth and more controll they kind of leaving that boat through slightly rougher water there a slowly moving away from Kingston grammar school but if you let’s not forget them there we are great they’re not having H Hy having the whole way they’re being really tenacious they’re trying to catch up giving them real fight so let’s look down the crew so from the furthest one away we’ve got Indie catford by LTE Wellman Cara einck Sophie Kelly Anon Amy Fraser Isabelle fard nor following Audrey CS the stroke season of course their biggest cheerleader you’ve got Nina chamaret guiding them down the course and she’s got a really challenging job today cuz it’s not easy out there for coxes well it sounds like we need to have her in the crew because she loves weightlifting the so uh she’s H she’s got a big one rep deadlift Max 115 kilos for a 17-year old girl in the Cox SC that’s amazing perfect cheerleader isn’t the gym you get they’ got to G and go beat it well I mean the Kingson gr school like you say not giving up they are looking very well in unison as we look back towards the start line here in this great shot but Hy a very smart move like you say we’ve got the Hy crew here on screen now you said that it was a very smart move Jim I I wonder that they are coached by Bodo schulenberg who was the coach of the junior women’s eight back at the junior World Championships last year that won a sensational gold medal in in Paris those under 19 World Champs and he’s the coach of this hiny skulling school crew as well just look at the way the of that boat are just carving their way through the water in this effortless way they’re not being checked at all and it’s challenge it’s really hard to do that with the gust moving the boat around moving all your bodies around too but that boat is calming it s it’s really really efficient and just yeah amazing to watch what do you need to do to be able to do that Jim what what is it that the crew are doing well do you think to caus that it’s synchronizing isn’t it kind of a lot a lot of rowing coaches talk about power and length they forget that third really important thing about being in being that rhythm and ratio and being in tune with the boat and making sure you’re not checking it they’re very in tune with the boat as it comes through the stewards enclosures which are very busy barely a patch of grass to stand on and uh that doesn’t Encompass all the people that are in the bars in the shops by the Bandstand you know this is just the People by the river so is heaving here out on the banks and they’re being treated to a beautiful performance in this Prince Philip challenge trophy by Hy sculling School Kingston Grammar School fans um will be pleased that their crew continued to drive all the way to the line and we’ll see them here a great performance from them and even to qualify in this Prince Philip challenge trophy which with every single year gets more and more entries um yeah fantastic to see the red and white of Kingston Grammar School the wargrave challenge cup now so we go to yet another very new event here at Henley Royal rata this is for Club women’s eight between counter brid and Rowing Club over on the B sh station on the bakum sh station we’ve got the crew from monster in Germany you’re right ker only the fourth year of we’ve had this event and monster I’m really Keen to look at this crew uh they’re a seeded crew in fact both of these Crews we haven’t seen they both had a Buy in the first rounds we haven’t seen these two Crews yet and wow look at that look at that shot monster got a a wait an amazing start I mean we’re in the first what 25 Strokes here if that of this uh opening round of the walgrave challenge cup and just talk to me J how each of the different boats I think um the margins it’s more difficult I think to get that kind of lead in an eight than it is in a single say perhaps of one boat length it’s just a much heavier boats it’s less reactive and there’s more people there’s more people whove got to be synchronized and coordinated to have that effect so I totally agree with you although look at them now it’s Lely long powerful stroke and they need to get into this Rhythm because the trickier part of the course is coming they’re going to get hit by quite a quite a strong head crosswind in about 10 15 Strokes as we look down the course you might be able to see the the wind effect as it come down just the far left hand side of the shot now you can see that there’s a gust coming maybe in 10 Strokes or whatever they look well set to manage that you can spot these wind Shadows you’ve got like a sixth C for a wind Shadow Jim the camera barely even panned around there and you’re like it’s coming and you called it spot on last time so let’s see how monster handled this it’s got to an out umpire in it all morning and you you can see them coming and it’s really interesting how different Crews handle it and different boat types obviously smaller boats have it harder and the Cox’s boats in particular I’m full of adir admiration for the people steering boats down here today well uh the person steering this boat down the course uh Emma Mana in the Cox and seat just 18 years old and I’ve just noticed how young everyone in this crew is they’re barely just out of Juniors a lot of them with International vests for team Germany at the under 19 level um so they’re very strong athletes and they’ve got a heap of of results as well on the domestic season yeah there’s Big Lot you go to all the way down the crew from bout bout stroke they’re all competing under 19 championships last year in the eight and the pair and they’ve yeah fantastic yeah number of This Crew raced at the uh under 19 World Championships both in 2022 and 2023 so B seat Nik Vasan is uh was a junior World rowing uh she was a silver medalist at the junior World Championships last year and uh in front of her Stella CFT was also fourth place in the cost under 19 women’s fours at those same championships well back in veraz a couple of years ago and all the way through this boat through to the the stroke seat Alina Krueger the 18-year-old who was also at those same Paris World Championships in the women’s eight with that silver medal where they raced Great Britain in fact um back last year for that gold medal the Germans came out with Silvera but a load of This Crew all part of that uh very strong German team under 19 setup and all now rowing for this monster club and speaking of strong of that there’s such a long strong stroke in this in this crew and they you can just see this is the part of the course it’s they slightly bubbly but they’re handling it so well I think cuz they got the slightly longer stroke even more powerful stroke and just being able to glide through that cut through it probably better word than the canab crew who we have we’ve been haven’t talked about much them which is you see them in the background here they’re doing their absolute best to try and keep on level terms yeah we can see there b Elena Williams and uh she’s getting round that riger as far as she can and it’s just so tough here when you’re we talked about the boun in one of our earlier races you’ve got your back into the wind you’ve got your sort of everything gets thrown at you when you’re the first person you get that privilege of crossing the line first but you got to work for it in the B seat don’t you don’t you just it’s lovely looking the way the ores all moving at the same time how they all moving together down the boat together just a slightly shorter stroke I think it’s probably the difference between the two Crews especially going to this slightly more challenging second half of the course the fact they’re slightly shorter and in compar you compare it now to the other much longer stronger just more able to deal with these conditions and I think Jim for me that’s about efficiency right if you are driving the boat further every stroke you got a lot longer to move forwards um and place that blade whereas if you’re not quite sending the boat as far every stroke um you have to get the blad back in and go again so I think that’s is a testament to the strength here of this uh monster Rowing Club Germany and uh the crew from Canter brid and now just coming in towards towards the enclosures This Crew were provincial uh pennant winners at the women’s ex head of the river so they were really strong crew from the UK they have bed up against all the best that both Britain and internationally had to offer that women’s eights head of the river over the winter but uh it’s just too strong a combination from monster that they faced here at Henley Ro rata some small boats now the double skulls challenge cup kicking off and uh over on the barire station we’ve got yelma Iman in the B seat alongside yo Vander slous from the Netherlands and they’re going up against an American crew of uh Ceda Cunningham and Casey Fuller here I was about to say closest to us but now on the right hand side of your picture and uh the Fourth of July has boded quite well for a lot of our American Crews this afternoon I don’t want to put the commentators curse here on Cunningham and Fuller but they have done extremely well through the session that we’ve been watching this afternoon and as you look at them now I think you might be right there they’re just coming off the top of the islands they’re probably 20 25 Strokes in it looks like they’ve got about a one length lead I just saw as they went off the start the wind started was looking like it was just blowing around the top of the island so this is a slightly tricky part of the course but they’re navigating it very well now Jim a lot of the vots we’ve been talking about this afternoon through the wind have’ all been bigger boats fours eight we did have a couple of singles but the double skulls talk to me about why it’s different facing these kind of conditions in these boats than it is in the boats that we’ve just seen this morning well the wind is going to take the boats around so and it’s not just a constant wind as we said earlier it’s gusting around so the boat’s going to be not only bobbling around in the water and there’s a little bit bobbly at the moment it’s also going to be swinging around in the wind but they doesn’t seem to be troubling them looking at that amazing photo from the Henley Royal drone no I mean this American Crew here out in front is stacked with Talent that’s just off the fringes of that us Olympic National Team so CED coning in the bow seat was third at the US Olympic TRS that were taking place back in Sarasota in Florida in April and he joined by Casey Fuller um both of these crew both of these um individuals have been racing within that sort of international team setup and uh yeah I think the next best thing to going to Paris probably coming here to Henny rata Jim and when you look at that shot you can see why you absolutely can and actually the water seems quite calm here through these Center stages you’re right it’s almost book ended isn’t it the the waves that you get off the end of the island and then as we come in towards the regasa enclosure so this is the bit that these Crews really need to relax and enjoy it it is yeah and because I think there’s another little bumpy bit and a windy bit coming up in 2025 Strokes where they’re going to as you just quite rightly said the smaller boats do get affected and also you get more pleasure craft around so the water bubbles around a bit get a bit of wake you see a few of those pleasure Cruisers there on the right they they use that channel there up on the right hand side and all of the crews that are paddling up towards the start you might see a few if you keep your your BD eyes open just to the right of where this crew is progressing down towards the Finish Line past rhum Club both all the pleasure Cruisers the Umpire launches and the crews going up towards the start use that little bit of water there on the right hand side yeah can get really really busy today’s not you can see actually as you pan up towards the finish what an amazing view that is so if you’re looking and you’re not familiar what you’re looking at so we’ve just gone through halfway through the course renim Club on the left and then up towards the Finish you can see hen the famous Henley Church the uh top just coming above the trees in the distance there encloses on the left so there are Cunningham and Fuller in the USA team L qu they’ve been able to take the rating right down feel like we’ve not said much about IMA and vanl of the Netherlands I mean I can see why perhaps uh DL was struggling a little bit in these conditions a lightweight um was racing lightweight last year which is yet another Factor I think despite being a small boat um being that little bit lighter the wind pushes you back that little bit further doesn’t it Jim yeah certainly not conditions that would favor a lightweight so they’ll paddle through the line and here they are um vesl and IMA IMA the 2024 under 23 Dutch champion in the under 23 men single skull and was also representing the Netherlands at the world rowing junior championships as well so uh you know a good development crew just 19 and 20 years of age we’ll see them back again in mum bandl but there are your winners Cunningham and Fuller of the USA in double skulls challenge cup the Diamond Jubilee challenge Cup this is the junior women’s quadruple skulls and we’ve got a cracking local Derby here between Marlo Rowing Club on the B station and cla’s cour school on the buck sh station you can hear the support for for for them all both of you as they all those cheers as they hurtle off the start down the isand neck and neck for the first 10 15 Strokes neck and neck and both of these clumps have had uh a lot of pedigree in the the junior women’s quads cla’s Court School a recent winner of the uh of the Diamond Jubilee two years ago wasn’t it they won in 22 uh the cla’s court school they had uh they rode really really well against trenum yest they had an easily verdict we haven’t seen them Marlo crew yet they had a buy yesterday was one of the seed Crews but they uh their experience is starting to show I think they’re starting to draw away from these pictures couple length lead they look a little bit more composed than the cla’s court school they’re taking a little couple less Strokes a minute it’s even more efficient way of rowing yes and uh they don’t row on this particular stretch of water but they are based just as well Downstream Upstream one way or the other uh from where down stream well well done Jim Downstream from where we are um and the reason they were selected I suspect is because they have their uh performances earlier on this year at the national schools rata um they got a silver medal in girls championships quad at the schools head of the river they were silver medalists at the national schools uh they were finalists in The B language trophy which is henle women’s Agata two weeks ago okay Camila you’re the expert in in quads look at that look at that overhead shot of a crew R really really well together amazingly synchronized what makes that boat go quickly you’re you’re turning the tables you’re asking me the questions now I think with cods you know the especially into the wind it’s all about being able to be nice and upright be able to sort of lever that boat through the wind together because it’s going to be heavy right and uh making it light is all part of the art and they’re placing those blades together they’re picking everything up together and they are punching those knees down and legs down into the boat in perfect synchronicity and that is exactly what you can see from that overhead shot is that perfect synchronicity that makes that boat go fast there you go words of wisdom and this is a slightly bobbly water as well we talked about earlier in this part of the course maybe two-thirds the way down they’ve taken one or two strokes less a minute just have that little bit more length and that’s really showing as they’re drawing away this quite commanding lead as we look at it here from the Drone yeah a commanding lead they have indeed a great start there for the uh silver medalist through the season in this this girls quad event but whether that be at National schools or at the school sort of winter races the head races uh this combination is Iona Haley and stean rra Katy Breeze and Mia Lawrence uh the stern pair here Katie and Mia have both rode Henley Royal rata before um and so bringing that experience back to this crew uh for Ane and Iona to follow and then uh the Claire’s Court School crew um lots of future Talent here in our B seat Lexi Hobbs just 15 years of age um competing here that must be pretty daunting right and you can see her there on the screen that’s her back you can see Hobbs um Jim I mean what must that feel like for a 15-year-old to have thousands and thousands of Spectators cheering you down the course most importantly I hope she enjoys it and and as you said they’ll be back and they’re doing really really well kind of they’re up against an absolute topnotch um Marlo Marlo crew here but they’re not giving up really tenacious taking 34 Strokes of and they’ve come through that slightly more challenging part of the course and they’re run really nicely together just watch How It’s very well synchronized if you look at the bows of the boat as it cuts through the water it’s not being checked so they’re really really efficient in their rowing but you can see the boat it’s It’s Tricky you can see how the boat’s bobbling around that’s not necessarily the steering that’s the wind effect yeah exactly and it’s difficult to master uh and they they do have despite you know having um a sort of young development Athlete on board which tricky as to say to to master all of that we’ve also got some someone very experienced on board jamaa Don in the three seat we were talking about the last time CL caught one the Diamond Jubilee she was in it she sat there in the three seat she’s stood a top those grand stands and held the Diamond Jubilee challenge Cup on the Sunday afternoon um but not to be drawn up against very strong competition this time around very much so and here we are we’re looking at Marlo crew now they can enjoy the Applause as they come past the grand stand you can hear them you can hear the the cheers you can hear the Applause here for Marlo the local Club longside CL go also very local uh based near maen head and that floating grandstand uh just ahead of the Finish Line will Mark the final few Strokes here for Marlo and uh just taking a look at what we can expect in the later rounds of the Diamond Jubilee Marlo racing here against cla’s Court it seems like they’ll face either Zurich or Tide waste oh no my apologies they’ll face the e crossy School Canada who we saw here this morning so that’s who they’ll go on to face they’ve already got through earlier on this morning cla’s called now across the line uh it won’t be the uh fairy tale story we had from a couple of years ago in 2022 well that’s all from me for today I’ll be back again tomorrow lunchtime a big thank you to both of my co- commentators Jim and Tom and I’ll be handing over to someone who will be very pleased with that Marlo result Kath Bishop hi and a really good afternoon to you we are up at the start I’m delighted to be joining you I’m Kath bishop and I’m here for this race of the Princess Grace challenge cup Open Women’s quadruple skulls with on the B station Leander B against a ger crew C it’s wonderful just to listen to The Silence the anticipation just before the start the umpire’s calling them to order umpire goes through a script demonstrating what the starts going to be like and then he’ll start the race should be in about 10 15 seconds time the Cruisers get themselves ready it’s that strange combination of Silence but inside ra heart pumping away ready my watching it on the first stroke me too so we have a seeded crew from Germany against Leander Club B Leander on the left of your screen and the German crew on the right of your screen explode off the start down the island you can see it’s some really nice conditions now the first 2 300 M of the course amazing to watch them go off and start like that really driving away really quick the energy the kind of dynamism the quad exploding to stuff yes and they get a bit of protection along the island uh some blustery gusts are waiting for them further down then you can see the poly water in the background there as we get an up close view with the crew from Germany yes they’re about to get into slightly bubbly water now this coming into an now it’s inter see how the two Crews C quite close together they both come into towards the middle of the uh the course hopefully they can stay apart so now we see immediately out from the island here comes the wind you can see it in the hair blustering and the athletes will feel it now it is gusting partly cross partly cross head and this is a real test of their technical skills their resilience you’re going to have some wobbly strokes and you’ve got to just make sure the next one’s right on it again uh at the moment we can see the German crew and it’s a under 23 crew development pathway crew and they are edging ahead yeah there’s the camera slightly behind there’s a bit of parallx but they have got a little bit of lead I think they just managed to cope that those maybe 10 or 15 Strokes at the top of the island where the wind hit them and also the stream hits them too cuz the stream peels around on other side of the island so it can be really challenging part uh of the course to navigate down it’s very unforgiving obviously you got booms all the way down s wooden booms so particularly on Cox this boat very hard to navigate although Leander crew have the advantage obviously it’s the home water so they’ve been practicing on here for a long time and what’s that mean to have that advantage to know that this is home water how’s that going to play out at the moment inside their heads in the way they’re rowing just I guess it gives you everything’s about confidence isn’t it kind of with your Technique you’re confident yourself and your crew but that excellent Edge is knowing the course knowing where you’re going to put your pushes in knowing where maybe the wind often hits exactly on the race plan they’ll know exactly where it’s coming up to them they’ll have a really clear here uh race panel have been executing over and over again and and it’s looking really resilient isn’t it there here we can see the blades from the crew from Hamburg and Luc uh you can see a little bit they’re getting blood they’re not quite as even because they will be lifted by the wind the wind can get underneath them it’s really hard to have them as uh synchronous as you would when it’s a a kind of still day I think I think this crew the Hamburg and Luc crew they’re taking a one or two strokes less a minute they got a longer stroke I think that at the moment is the better way to go about it just seems a little bit more composed be interesting to see when we get a close side byy cre where we are they look absolutely neck and neck so I think Leander be crew coached by Ross Hunter yeah they’ll know they’ve got to be pretty feisty they’ve got to be really attacking in order to stay with what is a crew of really promising young athletes with International under 19 and under 23 experience from Germany so this Leander crew are trying to use the home of Advantage stay really Punchy can they keep pressuring the Germans uh and then use that Home Advantage that’s exactly what they’re doing now so we’re coming up to that kind of middle of the course where again Leander will know where they are they’ll know if you’re with them that’s a great place to be and now we’re going to have a big push through Remnant and you can see in the shop the wind effect is starting to Ripple this is this really windy part of the course the next maybe 3040 Strokes so we’ll see who can manage that best I think we actually decide the actual outcome and of course it’s great experience these are young athletes in the German crew they are on the pathway to La there’s probably some athletes in that Leander Club who’d like to be on that pathway as well so this is where they get experience of racing in all conditions we’re always told you don’t know what’s what it’s going to be like on the day of the Olympic final you have to be able to cope with all of the conditions and these Leander athletes would have experienced these very conditions in Winter training along here and that is really helping them cuz their technique is holding up there we can see the pink Blades of Le what’s going on there well you you’re you absolutely nailed it tricky conditions today you can see the flags the red flags in the background there’re fluttering away and you’ve got the pledge craft going up and down to the wash and that last 20 Strokes that experience I think if you look at this photo there’s a bit of parallx eror but I think they’ve got a little bit of a lead here as we come down it’s still still very very close and we’re only just through halfway I think they have it feels to me that they’re getting punchier and punchier now and they’re getting the feedback for it and the Leander crew got Sophie gray at Bal Anna cow at two Francis Hunt Davis at three fling green at stroke and they are saying this is our home water and their their punches their Strokes their pushes are working and of course then the momentum swings over to you and suddenly there’s some more tension creeping in to the German crew Lena zakota Lisa baren xandr BOS and Lena GZA they have a lot of experience internationally but there’s nothing quite like racing at Henley you can see that Leander crew this side by side shots brilliant see the Leander cre just slightly more aggressive slightly more Punchy and they’ve got a little seem to have a little bit more fight don’t they but the contrast with the Hamburg and luck crew that slightly longer stroke we’ll see which is the more effective as we come through uh we got there probably the second part of the course is again more exposed before we gets enclosure so we’ll see who navigates that best so just slightly drifted out into the center and so very small adjustment there from the German crew they are both steered by their bow person uh which is Lena zika cot for the germs and Sophie gray in the previous race it was The Strokes who were steering but here we’ve got B the B girls and that’s a challenge in these conditions where you can just get pushed across with a wave you can just catch it unevenly if your balance goes again sometimes that will just nudge you off going straight down the course and in this shot you can see that actually the Leander crew is coming straight and there’s a little bit more sideways movement happening for the Germans and that means that all of the effort isn’t just going into going uh you know straight down the course it’s kind of pushing you sideways a bit so a closer look here of Leander and that last shot with the wind was coming across from left to right the blade work in crud is a little bit more synchronized they seem to be less affected by the wind than the bobbly bobbly water and still slightly more aggressive an extra one or two stroke looking at the ratings extra one or two strokes a minute and I think then then slowly drawing head to a lead although it’s hard to say at the moment yeah I mean they’ve also had to steer out away from the booms it is so tricky to manage the wind the booms the steering and and all of the kind of unpredictability that comes in these conditions but they are looking just confident because what they’re doing is working their pushes have worked and so then if you’re ahead and you have a wobbly stroke it doesn’t put you off as much whereas when you’re down and you have a wobbly stroke suddenly you know more tension comes in so they are asking big questions of the Germans and it is now time how can they respond they’ve got to and also the that particular part of the course looking at now is the quiet part of the course there’s no uh tents there’s no Mares there’s no clubs there and Leander will know this is the bit that often uh Crews AR used to the course and just just Lo just lose a little bit of an edge and you’ll see the local Crews attacking down this bit and then they’re into the enclosures and then they’ll have all that local support ear spur them on as they come down to last 200 M so they are attacking in that Meander crew they’re getting more and more with each stroke they tails are up they can feel it they can sense it their race plan has worked for them and it feels that they are cre ahead so now the questions for the Germans are you know we want to be in La we want to be in Los Angeles in 2028 we’ve got to do some tough stuff to get there can we do something today at henu rata that will help us on our Olympic pathway can we find something can we pull something together but it’s a dominant crew from Leander coming up past the progress board confidence is the word used earlier and you’ve absolutely nailed it this is a strong country confident crew so R Hunter will be very very pleased as Leander Club B approach the line and cross winning this heat of the Princess Grace challenge cup and eating Hamburg and gmania rud CL and and a huge huge thank you to Jim harow it’s been brilliant having you with us and we are now going to be joined by cam niichel a university of London rowa uh a British World Championship medalist in the men’s 8 in 2010 and 2011 part of iPic team in 2012 who is now a practicing GP in egum it’s great to have you with us this afternoon thanks so much wow look at that beautiful shots of that spit fire overhead I think it’s a huracane I heard someone say how incredible is that one of the really special aspects of this rata and everybody looks up and everybody looks away from the river to see my goodness what a sight that is and you feel it as it goes past you hear it you smell it you see it you feel it uh for a moment we’re distracted uh we’re looking up in the sky but up at the start the next crews are ready for the island challenge cup and we have the University of London a crew next to the bank in the bsh station against Boston University and they are Unleashed by the Umpire and it is going to be fast and furious in this heat of the irland challenge cup how are those starts looking to you to me you you got the better start quite clearly very aggressive and they’ve already taken what looks to be a quarter length lead just building off the start nice and aggressive with a good leg driven stroke be you there on the right hand side of your picture just a little bit less aggressive and good morning to all of those in Boston about halfast 10 in the morning welcome to Henley what a race yeah great to have you with us viewers in Boston and happy independence day as well uh and to all the UL viewers happy election day or something if we can say that but this is ‘s top eight they had to withdraw from heny women’s rata because of a clash with exams uh and they are here and they mean business my goodness that was a Punchy start and they’ve got some great speed so I think the women’s head of the River Race this is the fourth fastest crew in the country so they’ve got great speed in this a and look at that already very dominant crew here got a lot of experience uh these are athletes who have raced students who’ve raced at bucks they’ve raced internationally under 23s uh they’ve raced in for their colleges they’ve raced abroad uh some of them raced in America uh some back here so actually a lot of experience they’ve been at Henley uh they’re stroked by Jessica Martin and she won the prince philli for headington school in the inaugural year of that event and she won a bronze medal in the under 23 European championships in 2022 so huge experience there and she is really guiding her crew and to me this just shows the strength and depth that UL have it’s lovely to see these British universities stepping up their games we can see that with Oxford Brooks with Edinburgh with Newcastle University it’s lovely to see universities like UL having good strength and depth and numbers at Henley to high levels of rowing and look at this already managing their Riata they’ve done the business early doors they’ve dropped the rate now they’re going to be going through race calls towards the end of the race ready for the next rounds they have they’ve been able to bring their rate right down but on the other side we have Boston and they are known as the Terriers and there’s a reason for that because because they do not give up because they’re here to fight they’ve crossed the pond because they wanted to come and test themselves against the best the the universities and uh that we have over here so we have Ingrid esos there at B we have Susan Cook at two Olivia B at three Anna Dean riter at four Mariana F forand at five Lydia Pelton at six Hannah look at seven ad Geraldo at stroke and they are Coxs by Alexander AR avidas and it’s lovely to see be over here and see the Terriers I think they brought two boats across the one sadly didn’t qualify but it’s fantastic to see this eight doing the business and this is what we love to see at Henley isn’t it which is that you want to put in the best performance of your life from A to B as fast as you possibly can and they are not giving up they may be down but they’re going all the way to the line my goodness you all have put on a show they’re putting down their marker for this event Tom giler coach will be delighted and that is beautiful I mean technique and power and so the University of London a crew cross the line first in the island challenge cup and in and in the process of winning it is the end of the rata for Boston [Applause] University here we are back up at the start for the Queen Mother challenge cup and we have Team espia on the bar station nearest the bank and they are against Leander Club on the island station The Buck Station what a start from both Crews so neat and tidy when you look at quad skulling at this caliber top caliber in the Open men’s quads events lovely to watch that off the start and both of them got a really nice aggressive start out of there and look at this already we can see some really high Pace rowing neither one is going to be settling they want to keep that pace as high as they possibly can for as long as they possibly can and just settle into what looks like a really nice edgy Rhythm from both Crews so we are in one of our open events the Open men’s Cod skulls these are international standard these are experienced rowers uh the Spanish team missed out on the qualify qualification rata for the Paris Olympics but they have come here to show all the training all the effort they’ve done and the years leading up to this they want to be racing they want to still take on the best that there is at henle w regata and we can see that they’ve had a pretty Punchy start but they are already coming under some pressure from Leander and Leander have such pedigree in this event so both in the the men’s quad skulls in the intermediate event the Prince of Wales as well as the Queen Mother in this open top quad event I think in the last 13 years Leander have been around the winners in some sort of form either the full crew or a composite crew for 11 of those 13 wins in this event so they have huge pedigree with that comes huge expectation and so boys on the left hand side of your create screen they will be wanting to make no mistake and win this race they have phenomenal record here particularly in the skulling events at leanda and we are looking at some I think it’s fair to say some some future Olympians This Crew they’re part of the project La group so whilst we’re all thinking about Paris in 3 weeks time British rowing the high performance team the performance director Luis Kingsley they’re also making sure that the next crop of athletes are coming up and as we look at them here we have uh Rory Harris in the bow seat Tobi a shredder at two Steven Hughes at three and stroke uh is Liam Smith and incredible athletes there they are about to yes look at that bring the rate down because they are fully in control and they’ve got International experience already so they’ve been to World Cup 3 this year they’ve raced those top crews in multi-lane racing they know what it takes to win at this level they will now be focused on once again managing the race and trying to put themselves through almost a rehearsal of the subsequent rounds cuz awaits them in in the Saturday in the next round will be the American Crew who narrowly missed out on Olympic qualification so they will absolutely have done the business but be thinking about the next rounds from now very impressive crew uh some names to watch I think for future teams and here we see a fighting Valiant Spanish team who are giving it their all really punching keeping that rate up they need to make sure this is the fastest they can possibly go down the course because there’s no referes today they have to give it everything and you can see that high rating and Punchy but without a little bit of the technical finesse of the Leander crew and there we see Leander cross a convincing race winning the Queen Mother challenge cup Heat against team espania here we have coming up a heat of the fle challenge cup with Marlo Rowing Club on the Barsha Stadium uh the Barsha side station with North witch on the bux and they are off as always kind of fast and furious these quads are really Punchy and if you just watch the subtle difference in the race that we’ve just watched which are the the best in the world quads and then these young thriving upand cominging young boy schols there’s just a little subtlety in the difference just a little bit not quite as neat but what I love to see is the aggression that they’ve still taken off that start and they’ve really got those boats up to speed so they both mean business absolutely they are racist that’s what they loveely this is the junior men’s quadruple skulls and they are here to race they don’t hold anything back they go for it out of the start and they have to do that and North witch know that they’re coming up against the seeded crew they have to go for it it and Marlo are being tested on the other side they a seeded crew can they come through this today and we didn’t see it come in to play too much in our Open men’s race with the quad scull but I’m seeing it coming into play here which is the wind we’ve talked a little bit about it which is that head wind that cross headwind I can just see some of the north witch blades just going up into the air getting caught you’ve got to have real good discipline with the handles and getting those hands up to put those blades in the water particularly in those Gusty winds exactly and one of the balances you have to make on the way forward so in between The Strokes which is where you can cause such disruption or simply allow the boat to race you have to have enough of a grip that the wind can’t whip it out your hands but not too much of a grip that you’re tense and that is tricky that’s what the years and years and all the winter training and hundreds thousands of Strokes enable you to do and there is a bit more relaxation in this Marlo crew Monty Sanders Sam Cook Jerry Anderson and Alex fulman doing a great job as they come past the crew there they’re part of the mara Junior squad has grown to over 150 athletes over the last four years as they have real Ambitions it’s the biggest ever Marlo entry at heny warata with eight Crews selected two qualified so they’re really excited about how far they can go into the fley event we have a great shot there of them coached by Pete Chambers and Pete Chambers a former International lightweight himself I I used to rad with him and his brother back in the day so doing a fantastic job of of coaching Marlo here but also hats off to North which so you know a store of the north but founded in 1875 and northw have had some really famous alumni as well so in my day will and George laon in and around the Great Britain setup as well as Olympic champion uh Matt Langridge former North witch scholar so they have pedigree in the past and it’s great to see these boys putting on the performance of their lives on the Henley Royal rata Thursday yeah there’s some real talent there Matthew hunt at Bal in Howard at two Freddy cushion at three max finny at stroke we have Finn Howard in the two SE has a GB and a Welsh trialist this year these are young men with all sorts of Ambitions again they’ve been at the J Junior skulling uh Riata earli in the year they’ve been fighting and racing at the Junior Rowing championships uh the British Junior Rowing championships these again they’re hungry for experience they’re hungry to improve under the coaching of JN baxer at northwich there’s a lovely shot here of both quads and one of the things that we saw in the earlier races is that things can still happen I think one of the the quads sadly earlier today snapped an A in the middle of the race and that was their race over so although this race is looks as though Marlo have done the business Anything Can Happen we’re venturing to the last third of the race as they come through the enclosures and they’ll want to be soaking this up and making no mistakes oh it’s never over till it’s over is it and we have the steersman at B in both of these Crews and they’ll be staying alert to the challenges of that crosswind and the gusts that come making sure they stay on track but there we can see a lovely shot from behind that that’s often one of the best shots it’s hard to get in training so I know lots of coaches love coming back and pouring in slow motion over this the footage we get on YouTube of these races to see actually how well they move off the back of the stroke so when the ORS come out that’s a really crucial point for either letting the boat run on or stopping it and they’re doing a great job here aren’t they of releasing at the end of the stroke and letting that bow run straight on I love watching the hall so this white Philipe boat with a pointy bit with the round thing at the end you can just see it sitting proudly out of the water water with Katarina KES Na’s name there just a beautiful shot of keeping those bows out of the water hats off as well to Max finny looks as though he’s come prepared with the headwind and he’s got his headband on to keep his glasses on yeah I think yeah beautiful to see them rowing that boat tribute Katarina K who made such a contribution to Junior R herself an incredible Olympian and here we see them Majestic as Marlo Rowing Club wanting to rewrite the story uh of what’s possible in Junior Rowing and they cross the line winning that heat of the four Le challenge cup uh against North witch who have given their all as you can see as they cross the line this time we have the diamond challenge skull so this is Open men’s single skulls and we have esil BG from uh Sweden on the bar station on the left of your screen he’s racing out the start against Lucas Kaiser from Holland and Lucas has taken this race on it looks as though his steering’s a little bit off he’s going to the middle of the stream but it looks as though he’s really tried to take bull by the Hornes and put the Swedish scull Under Pressure early already the race umpire is warning him get back to that station lovely stuff very high rate wasn’t it uh out of the start either a lot of adrenaline or part of his plan and then of course you know in those first powerful Strokes you can create a certain amount of lactic acid some of that can go but some of that you have to carry for the race and the question is has he paced that right has he got enough Advantage from the extra Strokes he put in there he’s may be nudging ahead but it’s looking pretty tight coming out the island isn’t it and he’s used energy to create that he’s had then had to course correct so he’s used a little bit more energy than probably uh the Swedish a has has done and what we can see is actually there’s quite level and in the headwind with these smaller boats it just makes things a little bit trickier particularly with all the Popple on the water from those boats and those pleasure Cruisers but this is going to be a long race yes so we can see the Dutch scholar here edging ahead Lucas Kaiser 21 years old he won the Holland Becka uh he and uh yes he’s been in the final the pi Deluco you know again he’s one of these athletes who is still an under 23 uh and of course the Dutch team the Dutch Olympic team my goodness they’re in fantastic shape this year and he’s going to be eyeing up wanting to break into that in future years but I mean he had he’s still uh within touching distance of esil Borg but I think he’s got it under control and and I think what what Lucas is doing really well actually after that initial course correction he’s steering a really nice line we know he’s coached by Peter whm so Peter was a Cox in I think Beijing London and Rio so he’s been down this course countless times he knows the line to steer he knows what that kind of pacing will be the markers to look for and I’m sure he shared that with his skull here it can be a real Advantage having a Cox as a coach because they’ve seen things on course close up you know purely thinking about the the race plan purely thinking about the course you take so it can be a real advantage in situations like this huge Advantage I think almost every time I’ve been down that this course has either been in battle paddling or the heat of battle in the race so having that cool calm head know exactly where to make pushes you know exactly what markers are there he’ll be sharing that information with his scholar who’s obviously doing a fantastic job here three length lead so he was a silver medalist in the under 23s in the quod last year uh he is an upand coming scholar for sure and we in those we can see there are squirrs there’s there’s wind coming across all the way down and arguably this is the hardest boat class to manage that because you’ve got least boat speed uh and it’s a lighter boat so you know it can be really challenging although you’ve only got yourself to manage so what what are the challenges of being in a single in in these conditions well as as a single scholar Alan Campbell used to say it’s me and all my friends in the boat um and so what that means is that you got absolutely no one else to blame other than yourself but equally you have all the spoils of the prizes and yes you mention the smaller boat class what that breeds is opportunity because the base Pace the race pace of the single compared to the maximum pace is actually quite different look at the Grimace you can see that work that’s gone in already the lungs are burning the legs are burning I can just feel what that feels like my goodness that’s a shot of a man who is pushing himself into a painful place who has come here who is digging digging digging deep he’s actually a world Co Coastal rowing champion last year uh or or he was uh one of silver in the world Coastal rowing championships so therefore he should be finding this quite calm relative to what you get in the coastal Ro uh could be quite useful skills for him but uh he wasn’t able to qualify for Paris uh but again like so many athletes we’ve seen they don’t want their season to be over they want to continue racing but he is really being asked questions by this impressive young scholar from Holland Beau little more beautiful shot of both of those Scholars there and you can just start to feel the bars of Henley as we on looking on the banks you can just start to feel the cresendo of noise that’s happening as people come through the enclosures particularly in these later afternoon es and what I loved about eskil Borg there is that yes the result is one thing but what you want to make sure is that you leave no regrets when you come off that water and you put the race of your life into going from the start to the Finish A to B as fast as you can so hats off to him he’s digging in you can see quite different styles there a lighter style it feels like uh Lucas Kaiser is is sort of somehow going over the top not getting as bogged down where it’s it’s just a power grind out coming from escale Borg who’s done all of his winter training and he’s working it along but there’s a little bit more skill that’s enabling Lucas Kaiser to get the same boat speed for maybe slightly less effort he’s got the superior boat speed but I’d also offer that he has the superior psychology being ahead in the race so once you’re ahead you’ve got Clear Water mentally that just gives you a little bit of a sense of calm you can focus on the good rowing and you can increase that bow speed conversely with es skill ball when you’re down you can’t you feel the pole go and then all of a sudden you feel the puddles go that’s when it becomes so much more difficult so because we’re a backwards facing sport psychology being ahead is so important and then when you’re on the own the Gremlins in your head all lowed you haven’t got anyone else giving you a positive call you haven’t got the kind of urging you on come on give what you’ve got you can see there that Lucas kards are totally in control he’s dropped the rate he’s coming down past the enclosures now really impressive skull technically really on top of the weather all the way down and he is yeah one to watch I think a future Olympian for the Dutch team potentially you might be seeing him in in Los Angeles and so as we come up to the line it is a win for Lucas Kaiser in the diamond challenge skulls and he crosses the line ahead of esil Borg the Swedish scholar who’s Crossing now who has gritty rode down this course today but we’ll be going home this evening oh everyone’s invited everyone’s allowed dogs as well are welcome pleasing to see safety first as well hats off to you all yes beautiful shots of an Ever busier crowd coming each day at builds we can see the different Blazers coming out we can see everyone checking their programs meeting up and there such a buzz on the bank here we are down at the start for the war grve challenge cup and we have Avon R Club from New Zealand a seated crew against London Rowing Club B Avon are on the far side London Rowing Club B on nearest the camera and they are off in this heat of the Warg grve challenge cup Club women’s eights what’ you make of those starts yeah so nothing particularly comment on either positively or negatively looked like really nice solid starts to me interestingly one of the things that just caught my eye was that the bucket rig on the far crew on aan in the I think it’s the four and five seat so all of these eights are just trying to optimize their crew order to get the best chance of the top boat speed looks as though that Avon have just taken that little bit in interest a few um canvases of a lead but I think to me both Crews look like they maintain that really nice high pace which is great to see so we are are looking up close here at the New Zealand crew from Avon Rowing Club and we have Claudia Kinder at B Holly Lil at two manah Butler at three Hannah matahari at four Katy Bell at five AR Aria Sullivan at six BB CER at seven Gemma burrow stroking them and they’re cocked by Isabella hope Murray and they have dominated all the national races in New Zealand they’ve won the New Zealand uh national champs the South Island Club Champs they’re a very well- drilled crew crew and they wanted to find more competition and they’ve come over to Henry Vata to compete in the wargrove challenge cup and match themselves up against the best club women’s eights over here they looked good to me it looked like a real nice sense of long sweep I actually get that same sense of impression from the London Rowing Club B crew as well good length the only thing I would say is that a look as they’re a little bit more on it at the front what I mean by that is the ORS are going right in the water just the point of the catching the stroke just a little bit of a slight slip from the white Blades of London yeah do you know what can really see in in that New Zealand crew is they’re actually getting the blades in before they push and there’s just a little bit of lifting the shoulders and the London crew because that effectively shortens your stroke in the water it increases the tension in your shoulders which you don’t want on a windy day but I mean they’re racing you know they’re racing they’re trying to hang on uh to this New Zealand crew and here we see the blades very well drilled impressive catches and you can see that bucket rig on bows side so what we mean by that is you’ve got an A and then a bigger Gap and then two of them in the middle and then a bigger Gap and then the other one at the front so a lovely shot there of that synchronicity of the OES and the way you get that is by complete synchronicity of the hands the bodies and that beautiful Pro reception of those Elite athletes really good shot there I really like how they’re dropping it in without tension you don’t want to work it into the water the work comes once the blades in the water and that gives you extra efficiency it gives you that sense of yeah what you’re doing is moving the boat rather than just working hard you know up and down the sea but London R Club B are tenacious they going to put in some pushes now to try and hang on and not let Aon move away too easily and if I’m juliia Norton in the London crew coxing I’m saying right the race plan needs to change we are a length down we need to change things otherwise this is our Handley over so we’re going to bring everything forward we need to get back in touch it may be a technical call it may be a work call or even a combination of both but something needs to change to get back in touch in this race and she’ll be urging ruena price at B Maria plaque at two Elizabeth Ry at three Caroline Y at four Sarah Helen at 5 J M harbottle at 6 Katherine B barn hill at 7 Katherine Jane coup in the stroke seat Coxs by Julia Norton and they are part of three London Rowing Club crews in this event as the London Rowing Club women’s program steadily grows in strength each year they’ve always had an entry in this event since it first began in 2021 the the London Rowing Club Captain is the woman at the moment Elizabeth Cal and I know having three women’s a is a sign of how they’re building that program building the strengths but you know they’re lacking a little bit in power that perhaps their a crew has uh for what we can see coming down from aan Rowing Club this is a great shot just to show that sense of sweep so we obviously we have rowing rowing one or skulling two ORS but often rowing is referred to as sweep rowing and that’s what I get from looking at these lovely pictures is just that incredible sense of a long swept leg driven stroke we also say I think when you see the best in the world do it it looks so simple and that it really is rowing at its purest is a simple sport but it’s so difficult to master and that’s the beauty of it so although haven’t some have roded more recently than New Zealand some have started rowing more recently some have been rowing all the way through school uh but all sorts of different backgrounds coming into this crew uh you know we can see Phoebe C at 7 started rowing while boarding at the wangui Collegiate School and she said you know she’s raced with uh in in the coxless fors Jackie Galla Carrie Galla I mean Olympians uh you know she’s come across she’s W the under 21 women’s coxless quad so again we’ve got future Olympians you know really talented juniors in This Crew they’re to aged between 19 and 23 uh in the Avon crew these are athletes of the future my goodness really impressive technical level and that’s super smart I think it’s what I think as a as a nation Great Britain does very well I know the Australians and the the new zealanders do very well is mixing these youngsters with the best in the world the best the country has to offer early why well because that we know we want to get better and learn from the best and it looks to me like that Olympian mixing has absolutely paid off and there’s a beautiful Rhythm being sent down and look at that panot of what it’s doing that’s a good three four length in an eight which is a distance what you can see is the space in between each set of Puddles so the cover is greater so for each stroke they take the boat travels further in between and you know that’s what you want you it’s not just how hard you pull it’s how much you can really harness that in you know to get maximum boat speed whilst you’re traveling up to take the next stroke I mean it’s worth saying the London run Club crew I mean they’re all got jobs at the same time uh they’ve all got you know their their sort of different ages uh from I think sort of 23 to 45 uh we got a full-time doctor in the stroke and Katherine Jan coup and I mean they train incredibly hard whilst also working and you know for the love of the sports come and race here against all sorts of talent so great job they’re attacking all the way down but at the moment really dominant that crew from New Zealand and this will be the last two and a half maybe three minutes of their race that they want to try and get done and put to make sure that they can be really proud of the performance that they put down here on Henley Thursday and look at those faces that’s what we love to see effort going in it’s almost like a swan isn’t it where you can just see this beautiful boat from the outside and then you zoom in and you see those fierce legs pumping away putting in that effort well done ladies Julia Norton is making sure her crew go the fastest they’ve ever gone today that’s their challenge you can see the wind blustering on those flags along the side there it is tough conditions it’s tough to relax which you need to do in between applying the power and of course you can see some of those blades flying up a little bit in between The Strokes it’s particularly blustery in this part of the course at a point when you’re wanting to take it up what does that feel like yeah it’s really challenging I think that the race largely here in this one is is done in the sense that we have one crew significantly leading but in some of those tighter races it will just be one or two strokes that may change the entire course of the result and so those tipping points when the wind is swirling round those flags that you just commented on c those were Flags going in a Tailwind Direction so this this wind is definitely moving around from a head to a cross head to a Tailwind it’s going all over the place so we need to be aware of this as athletes when we’re coming down the business end of the course they’ve been taking on senior eights in New Zealand and here they are taking on senior women in the war grve challenge cup and it is an impressive victory for Avon Rowing Club from New Zealand in the war grve challenge Cup who have finished and beaten London Rowing Club B who fought all the way down the course [Applause] we are here for the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup between Ruda Club Zurich uh on the Barsha station on the left of your screen against Hideway scholar skore on the right of the screen and skolars training on that famous tideway of the temps over in London so they’ll be used to this kind of pople these swirly these windy conditions let’s see what’s in store for the skolar school and this Swiss crew yeah this is a talented quad here packed with young Talent tidway scholar sco anony viers B aala Delan at two Georgia Allan at three straight Kate Coan I mean they’re already looking very impressive they have all week looks impressive tiway scolin are actually the holders of this event so they’re trying to defend their title and Amala deavan was in that crew the two girl last year so she knows what it’s like to get all the way to Sunday and come out with a little red box and a beautiful Henley medal and that’s helpful she’s going to have that experience to share with Ansley Georgia and Kate and it looks to me as though skulls have just kep a bit of a livelier rhythm it just looked a bit more exciting a bit more lively a bit more racy dare I say whereas the the crew from Zurich and Switzerland they just a little settled a little bit earlier into a bit of a a longer ploty Rhythm and we can see that has made the difference in this race they’ve got several lengths of lead already by The tideway Scholar School Incredible Crew we have Georgia Allen with a incredible rowing pedigree her mother raced for Australia and won the Olympics in Sydney so there is so much talent stacked in this crew and they’re coached by Rona McCallum who is a brilliant British rowing under 23 development uh Talent Development coach and she was coach of the year for uh in that space uh having been the junior women’s Coach at tidway scholar school and that is just great to see because we all know the sport needs more female coaches and talented coaches she’s somebody who has a real philos about it’s not just about a system can’t just be a system it has to be tailored to the athletes who are in your care so a really Progressive coach motivated by getting the best out of her athletes she talks about being inspired by the athletes she coaches uh and look who wouldn’t be inspired by these young women here just aged 16 17 and 18 so the stroke cake colon is just 16 years of age and Rowing so impressively I love I love that philosophy having the the care of your athletes what a lovely way to think about things and actually that shows that it’s paying off here because what beautiful skulling we’re seeing on our screens from the tideway skull School lovely symmetry synchronicity and nice timing of that entry and exit into and out of the water we can just see Ansley vickas there in the bows wearing that Muno Lyra with the red and yellow stripes characteristic of that tiway skulls school and actually if you get a nice dead on shot you can almost imagine imagine there’s a single skull there look at that just beautiful one stroke one movement together and that’s what you want to see in skulling and Rowing that is an impressive shot that is a classy crew and they actually went down into smaller boats at Nat chance raced a single and a double before they came back into the court so their skill levels are really high now on the other side in in Ric Club Zurich here we can see uh TOA Ros at B Liv egley at two Esme Humphrey at three and Olivia solder at stroke coached by Sam Glenn and giving their all down this blustery course and they’re doing a great job one of the things to look at is just look at the subtle difference in in synchronicity and line up of the arms of the torsos you can just make out that there’s a few more figures than than one person in there and that’s room for improvement so next year next regata how can they get faster that’s one of many ways so well done you can see just a tiny little wobble just for the ORS go in and that that kind of cost you a little bit of precision but they have been at the top of the skulling scene in Switzerland and it’s just brilliant to have them come over here and join this event and test themselves and they’ve come up against a really Incredible Crew here they race in the eight as well as the quad back in Zurich through the winter so they’ve been mixing around perhaps a little less closely drilled than than uh the ti race schulls crew but uh yeah they they have given their all but we are watching an impressive crew from tiway scholar school and what an experience 16 17 years of age getting to go down the Henley tra track In the Heat of battle fantastic experience and hopefully they can embrace it into their future endeavors so it is a win for the tiway scholar School in this heat of the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup and they finish ahead of This Crew coming up to the line now from Ruda Club Zur Crossing now we are up at the start for the Prince Philip challenge trophy with Marin on the left of your screen on the bar station and serton high school on the buck station and they are Unleashed by the Umpire for this heat of the prince challenge Trophy and big contrast in Styles already on the right hand side of your screen Ser just got a little bit of time to get going whereas Marin took that boat out of the blocks and they are up and charging straight way business for this crew on the left hand side of your picture so Marin is a crew they are seeded in this event coming over from sunny California wishing you a happy Independence Day if we have anyone watching from over there you’re very welcome we hope you’re enjoying our coverage we’re delighted to have so many crews from the US with us at Hen Vata this year and what’s got the biggest entry ever the biggest overseas entry and part of that is this Maring crew with Isabelle KN at B Julia Areno at 2 Eva Brooks at 3 chlo fresh sck at 4 bit’s Knight at 5 Maisy Ballentine at 6 charlot jet at 7 Amelia King at stroke Cox by Jackson Tupper who raced in the princess Elizabeth last year with Marin and is going to T rying Club next year so he is a somebody who is Keen on racing at Hen Roa absolutely a very good morning to The Californians watching I hope this is a nice morning present for you cuz cuz your ladies are doing the business here Marin look fantastic as they’re laying down this real long swep rhythm nice entry really aggressive start and look as though they’ve settled into something quite inviting quite fluid really nice to see so we have a battling crew from seron with Phoebe Williams at B Holly Sinclair at two Gracie Bates at three Amy O’Brien at four Emily Shaw five Sasha Khan six Paloma Crutchfield at seven Andre isap at stroke and Hannah Jacobs is coxing them to see what she can get out of her crew and they’re coached by Peter Robinson and Peter Robertson extremely experienced in Henley himself multiple time racer here for Moy boat club a real stor wart of uh British rowing he really knows this course and so he will be trying to implore that wealth of wisdom into his seron high school crew he will have gone through this race plan they’ll talk through it in fine detail and they’ll try to be executing to the best of their abilities the ser and crew were in the be F and that score Vata and I think if it disappointed with that and have really been battling there’s some some uh even shots we’ve seen on social media on their social media the early morning sessions the high rate starts they’ve been doing to try and pick up some extra Speed Ahead of henle rata because they knew they were going to be asking questions my goodness Marin rowing Association are asking questions of the seron high school crew today yeah and and lovely to see both cruising 17 18 years of age a hat tip to what you’re talking about earlier cath which is really trying to build for that project for La 2028 it may well be the case you’ve got 21 22 year in Los Angeles that could be representing either the US uh Great Britain or or other Nation teams at those Olympic Games and what great way to test that at this stage I love the the draw that Henley Royal brata brings multiple entries 27 Nations all sorts of different events and it’s great to see these Crews here yeah Charlotte jet is a talent in the seventh seat of the Marin crew she was in the fourth seat of the American Junior women’s eight last summer uh again Maisy Valentine at six was in the junior world as well in that eight so there is all sorts of experience and aspirations that are being brought out today where they’re testing themselves on this course we can see here at five Emily Shaw one of the power athletes in the seron crew who’s part of the GB under 19 Squad uh a real Punchy rower who’s trying to bring that to her crew but at the moment they haven’t quite got enough power to punch back on Marin yeah and and some good experience that Emily already has there two Henley appearance this will be I think a third so just drawing on that experience to try and get get a call down to the crew let’s get a technical call let’s get a work call let’s try and change the trajectory of this boat lovely shot of that Felipe eight you can see it cutting through the water it’s a little bit of bubbling around a little bit of movement as they come to the catch just slowing the boat down unnecessarily just not quite a stable platform is it in between The Strokes contrast that yeah beautiful I mean that’s a lovely shot of that eight just complete chalk and Che and just gliding isn’t it c yeah really impressive there that even when the wind is blowing you create a stable platform that’s the challenge you know no matter what’s happening in the water can you make it feel as if your boat is Rock Solid and all you have to do is relax on the way forward and lay down another stroke they’ve brought the rate down uh a really impressive Row for Marin interesting BDI has spotted that Jack in top of the I think he’s got a GoPro on his head there so he’ll be whether that’s for promotional reasons for social media or for technical analysis later interesting to see this development of technology to just breed that level of higher performance so I wonder whether they’ll be analyzing the footage tonight after today’s race I’m sure they will maybe it’s both social media and technique at the same time and so we see Marin rowing Association win the Heat of the Prince Phillip challenge trophy there’s Jackson Tupper the cops of his GoPro and they beat seron High School who will be going ahead after absolutely giving their all down this course to today good we are at the start for the temps challenge cup Club men’s eight we’ve got Twickenham on the far side of the screen and they are going against the mighty Leander Club on the home territory nearest the camera and if I’m twickingham who by their own admission they were great to have qualified for the they had a fantastic race yesterday they got through Leander are a strong crew so if I’m tweaking I’m I’m thinking let’s take it to them let’s go off the but already I can see that they’ve actually gone on to the stroke side boys on the far side it looks they’ve caught a little crab on the twickingham side and Leander already had the three quarters a length of lead in the first 20 Strokes oh Leander will be ruthless about spotting a weakness and a mistake on the other side as well so that is tough I mean it shows the pressure that Twickenham were under they knew they had go absolutely flat out to hang with them they have front ended their race plan and sometimes in doing that you can just make a little mistake as well but that is going to cost them and now they are really under the C they’ve they’ve gambled and tried to roll a six and sadly hasn’t paid off we just see on the stroke side blades on the far side they just catch a bit too deep and then the eight moves across to the other side of the course and they become entangled in those white Boys on that Far Side they just become so difficult to apply power and then the course correction comes which further costs boat speed and Bram Phillips has got to let that moment go she’s the Cox the tooken him crew and all the coxes out there watching will be feeling for her and with her because these things happen but now they have to just zero into themselves how fast can they make this boat go with Charlie vanderberg on bound Matthew Robinson on two David Dixon at three Steve Parker on four Thomas Bal five Cav bety on six James Boyd at seven and Gavin Craig at stroke who are giving their all in the twicken and crew but this is a dominant performance from the Leander crew and it was really nice to see actually that hmane hill in that Cox a seat it so tempting to think well race is done but actually ruthless they’ve just stamped on twickingham they’ve got the lead they’ve got the business end of the race done and now is the time to wind down so they’ve dropped the rate down to a kind of a nice long and languid paddle they will still be going through thead race cuz they have subsequent rounds to do like we talked about in other races that race and tournament management just trying to make sure that they’re getting really sharp knowing what they’re going to be calling when they’re going through the enclosures mentally rehearsing that race plan but also saving the energy clearing the lactic acid out and physiologically preparing themselves for future rounds the pressure is off Leander but they have an opportunity they have to make sure that yes they’re tightening the technique all the time they’re getting maximum boat speed for the rate that they’re doing so they’ll be pushing on to Grange at B Isaac hilips at two Jack Cullen at three Nick briyan at four Nathaniel Garden at five Matthew Fielding at six Maro dep petza at seven oan James stroke and Herman Hill is the Cox and this is an event that Leander have not been dominating over recent years so you know they’re typically really been dominant in the skulling events and they want to go further don’t they in an event like this and I think coach Alistar Brown has said that we’ve got lots of different crews in the regata here we want to see m multiple wins I think Alistar had he wants to have three wins in the last three years so this week going for the Queen Mother the Prince of Wales and also trying to get the T as well so they won the B final at Marlo rata and I think probably weren’t very happy to be in the B final but they won it in a time that would actually have put them pretty you know pretty good into the middle of the a final so again they’re a they’re a fast improving crew uh with with aspirations to take uh Leander Leander rowing further into H Vata and as a favorite Jurgen Gro saying goes the loser trains hardest so they will be coming back from that defeat and they will be wanted to be trained harder and they’re putting that on the line here and we see Leander Club win this heat of the 10s challenge cup uh against a valiant crew Twickenham they fought through the qualifiers they fought through the rounds but today is their last day and so we are up at the start for the last race before the tea interval and it is a heat of the island challenge cup student women’s eights and we have a Dutch crew on the left of your screens and Edinburgh University B on the right of your screens and they are off fighting their way ready to try and see who can pop out of the island first and Patrick Moody coing the Edinburgh 8 has got this absolutely spot on straight as a die off the start love to see that great steering from the Edinburgh crew and pretty Punchy coming out of the the island here as well so Edinburgh University know they have to really put it in early on to challenge the alaman at Amsterdam Stenton RF enan skull from the Netherlands uh part of a big Dutch entry here and we’re delighted to have them as part of this and welcome to all of those viewers who are watching us in am Dam and Beyond delighted to have you here my goodness this is a race look at this this is what you want to see if you’re a b crew and you’ve got to put a statement out to try and win the race this is how you go about it it’s time to take the race to your opposition they got off the start really nicely with that line and they’ve kept that high pace which I love to see they’ve got a little bit of a higher rate of striking so let’s see if they can keep that but this Dutch crew is not going to let them get away and they’ve got beautiful distance for stroke as they’re trying to row back through them so they’ll be feeling each other everyone knows they’re in a race everyone knows they’re side by side and then the challenge is to Zone into your the moves you’ve got and at the moment you can see the Edinburgh moves they’ll be feeling it’s working it’s working their will know it’s working she’ll know to push for just a little bit more on the technique that’s helping them she’ll be keeping them really motivated and Luna beats in the Dutch crew is going to be urging on Eris nson Dy F ustam Tanisha Franco de Sophie gold schmeding sitsa meril deor and else herto they have come over here they are a strong crew I’ve heard rers they have some big Ergo pillers in that crew some sub sevens and you know again some are in the Dutch development programs uh they wanted to come and race and my goodness they’re in a race and now what can they do can they use that Ergo power can they make their boat go faster and it looks like they just made a push I think Luna beats has called something the boat on your left hand side of the screen a school from the NE land they’ve just increased that pace they’ve kept their length but the rate has gone up and it looks as though that Hull is moving to my eyes this is going to be a race those Dutch women are not part of the national teams this year but they have a lot of talent a lot of strength and aspirations because they’re so excited to be here I feel they’re a perfect fit for this event but they are going to have to change something and it is not necessarily just putting the rate up is it they’ve somehow got to get more distance per stroke BR and they’re doing a great job of that so on the right hand side of your picture with the Dutch crew you can see they’re really clean and tidy what’s catching my eye on the left hand side with the Edinburgh crew it’s just a little bit of Blade work just become a bit more untidy in the last 10 15 strokes and I do think that the wind and the water may play a factor as we come to the business end of this race so we have a lovely shot of Edinburgh University be crew from behind coached by John higgon and Patrick Moody the Cox is coxing for a Houston at stroke Ary mcum at seven Charlie fake at six Olivia Burns at five Katy Robertson at four Sophie Morgan at three Lucy mlan at two and Charlotte glasby in the bow and they are giving it their all what a position to put yourselves in Edinburgh you’ve done the work you’ve got this far it’s time to execute in the final third and those will be the calls that Patrick is trying to relay to his crew they’re coming into the middle of the waters it looks like umpires warning them back onto their stations we do have to be aware of the potential Clash it’s Sarah winas there giving the commands she’ll be absolutely a razor I got her Razer eyes on this making sure that they don’t get into trouble but this is a rougher part of the course so there’s naturally some bounce so this is challenging for Patrick Moody and Edinburgh be and Luna beats in skull uh to make sure that they don’t start drifting sideways that they don’t have to put too much rud on that the balance doesn’t tip and that they can stay efficient lovely shot there of the Dutch crew from Skull um you can see the boat shifting around a little bit you can see the how rough the water is from where they’ve just come and that makes it uncomfortable when you’re behind and you’re being asked for more and at this point they have to try and find something again and if I’m in the Dutch grw is now or never you’ve got the last 20 30 Strokes of the race kitchen sing time got to bring up the rate bring up the power as much as you can to try and hurdle that whole forward otherwise it’s race over for you Patrick Moody is going to be so confident about what they’ve done to this position to be with clear water over their opponents a really impressive gutsy row that is going to see Edinburgh University B win this heat of the island challenge cup the arms go up they are delighted to beat the very feisty strong but ultimately not quite fast enough crew from skull in the Netherlands what a race the Delight you can see there and Eden rabi who’s going to continue their racing at Hen rata 2024 just absolute Joy so cam what’s what’s been the highlights for you this afternoon oh so many highlights I loved watching the contrast between the Open men’s quad skulling and then straight into the junior men’s quad skulling seeing the next generation of rowers at this rata lovely to see the contrast fantastic close racing what more could you want it has been such a a great great race we’ve seen some gutsy Rose out there we’re seeing some future La Olympians who are learning their trade here on The Waters at Henley warata cheered on by crowds that are growing every minute this afternoon coming to see these Crews uh you know fight it out now to get through to the quarterfinals tomorrow thank you very much guys yes we’re going to be back with the commentary team at around about 5:30 local time but tricky conditions out on the course with that crosswind and quite a strong flow to the river but navigating it perfectly well done to Marin come all the way from San Francisco beating ceton High School in the prince philli challenge cup I’m going to have a quick check to Cox Jackson um well done enjoying your first Henley experience uh I was here last year so so but it’s really it’s it’s an honor to be here I’m I’m so happy to be here and I don’t like I don’t even know what to say like it’s probably the best experience on Earth I’ve got to say so your second handly experience so you knew what you were in for but these girls this is their first time congratulations beating servan are you enjoying um the whole thing that everything that Henley has to offer yeah I mean it’s not like a race I’ve ever been to before it’s really fun and exciting and you know competing eating is like Jackson said an honor so yeah how did you feel out on the water in those conditions it was pretty windy which but we’re kind of used to that back home so um you know we handled it well I think so what is new though is that head-to-head racing how did you find the you know that gladiatorial style format here uh yeah it’s definitely really different especially with the whole crowd back in America we’re definitely more used to eight lane racing especially at youth Nationals this year not a big crowd a lot of Lanes ratio did you feel quite comfortable throughout there uh I was definitely really nervous at the start line I had never really been spectated at the start line especially from our coach but it was definitely exciting um I definitely feels good to have a race under our belts Jackson you probably could feed off a bit of that atmosphere and that crowd coming down the course um yeah it was it was it was so fun to hear I mean especially on Fourth of July just hearing USA chants and it was it was really it was just fun and I heard a mariner too just really happy to hear so some celebration tonight give that it is 4th of July hopefully you’ve got lots of friends and family watching this back home was what breakfast time in San Francisco so why don’t you give them a good us cheer to them [Music] us brilliant well done to Mar and then who were victorious in that Prince Philip challenge cup Clash against ceton High School right time to take a little tea break here and we’ll be back live just before 5:30 and I’m going to leave you in the meantime with some highlights from our afternoon session we’ve now got an opening round of the diamond challenge skulls for Jacob cleal on the bar sh station on the left hand side of your screen not an opening round for David younger of Germany on the right hand side of your picture he raced yesterday progressed through one round but now facing up some against some more stiff competition from the United States of America it’s almost like I feel like we’ve had the USA flooding the entries it’s very reflective of the fact we’ve had a record year for international uh International competition yeah America’s come out in force this year at Henley and it’s amazing we we love to see it we love to see these fan Crews come over and God they always bring some speed with them as well it’s uh you know it’s guaranteed for some good racing when it when it comes to these American Crews well we saw there David younger the 26y old on the parkshire station on the left hand side of his screen as they went through the 3/4 fo mile he’s behind he had a great start though he blasted out of the blocks I think he knew that he might need to because Tom cleal um one of the people that I’ve been sort of watching go through the international season this year he’s nabbed one of those last minute golden tickets to Paris um in just four weeks time he’ll be lining up at the start line uh for Team USA in the men’s single skulls at the Paris 2024 Olympic games but he’s only half a length up here on DAV Jer he’ll be encouraged by this yeah David Jer looks like he’s coming back now he’s put his stroke rake up high he he might have gone earlier than he wanted to but he’s really wanted put some pressure in here he looks like he’s going to be an upper Comer he’s silver medal under 23 World Championship in 29 also made an appearance in the World Cup in sbia in in 2021 so he’s not going to lay down for this but you’re right there’s some real pedigree here so jakc PL over there on the barkshire station on the left hand side of your picture uh he’s a graduate of Northeastern un he was actually captain at North Eastern back in 2016 uh representing crafts bre Rowing Club here he’s got half a length up now um and one of the best facts I think I have about J is he is 6’1 tall Tom that’s pretty tall eh wow I thought I was tall that that’s going to be up there as one of the tallest here although that’s it’s pretty common for our sport isn’t it but um yeah amazing to to see him here you know Olympics is in 3 weeks he obviously feels like he still wants a bit of more race experience um talking about High high intensity environments that Luc last qualification Place uh that’s an intense rata so here he’ll probably be happy wow we’ve only got one length separating Cel and young younger this is not as I was expecting it to R out I thought Cel would be much further opened out than this over the German but that goes to show you you can’t always predict the result here at Henny roata and in the small boats especially Tom I know you know we see it a lot on the international stages in pairs singles doubles because there it’s much lighter there’s fewer people to coordinate you can see some electric Sprints into the last stes so let’s see what David Jer can throw at this here yeah you’re right exactly the the boat length difference is much smaller than an eight it’s much easier to come back from you don’t have to coordinate an attack you just go by yourself so you can kind of put that surprise push in at times what a great little look there he just saw younger look to his right there he’s done it again I don’t know whether he just can feel that the water is moving just on his stroke side blade he knows that plel is well within his grasp there are gathering closure now in the background that means we’re into the last few hundred meters and it means that we’re into the last few Strokes here in this men’s singles event in the diamond challenge skulls this would be some knockout if the one of two the premier schulls here OE zider Jacob play the selected crews in this draw of the diamond challenge goals were to go out on day one and a small slip there from the American he just caught his blades it just goes to show you that someone heading to the Olympic Games in Paris can still make mistakes in the closing few Strokes they’re coming into the steward’s enclosure I think Young has probably run out of gas here and pl will do just enough to stay in front but I’ve called it wrong before David Jer will do one last look around to his stroke side blade to see that plel is just too close to the finish line and it will be the expected result here in this diamond challenge skulls event and it will be Jacob PLO taking a victory here over David Jer from uh from Germany in this round of the diamonds fantastic to see young push him all the way though there like I think we need to keep an eye on him because uh that’s that’s going to be a name for the future I’m sure of it indeed well you’re in the in the safe and dry here out of the wind in the com you brought underneath the Press Box here at the finish line and we’re up with a great start here in the island challenge cup of race I personally have been looking forward to between Durham University on the left hand side of your screen on the barshar station and uh a here the Netherlands on the bucki Shar side on the right hand side of your picture yeah I’m with you camia I watched ah here’s race yesterday against I think Dre it was they a commanding win of three and the quarter lengths and we haven’t seen the Durham crew yet uh because they had a buy yesterday so this could be a really good race although it looks like Durham already starting to take a bit of Advantage you come to about the quarter mile signal yeah I mean we talk talk me through cuz you know the the stewards are sort of part responsible for these selected Crews um how does that process work cuz darham as you say haven’t raced yet there’s kind of three tiers so when the Corine races on Friday some of the crews have to qualify just to get in here and then the next level of the better crews are pre-qualified and then the top level crews are seeded and that’s what we call selected so here we have Durham University a crew who are seeded as top level crew so Durham uh have are a crew that have been performing extremely well on the domestic season of the British University championships they came away with a medal at uh at that event um they were second they picked up a silver medal in the championship women’s eights This Crew have just been stepping on and on towards this island challenge cup event coached by Will fetcher who’s taken over the mantle at Durham University up there in the Northeast and uh I know that they are certainly looking forward to I think it will be them racing Newcastle if they win this race and that is so certainly a big race to look forward to on Friday if this result remains as it is yeah the local Derby and we’re joining the cruise now we’re well down the course now approaching the mile signals just gone past remant Club getting towards the enclosure part of the course and Durham seem to have they’ve done well in the um trickier conditions probably the roughest part of the Court where the winds coming swirling across lead about a length they come into en closes and you both Crews getting loads of support as they come down darh probably benefit a little bit more cuz they’re closer to the enclosures with a bit of local support and the home support as well right cuz we a lot of British local people that swarm here to henle ons to cheer these Crews on and if they recognize the local crew versus the international crew I think they’re always going to back the British yeah but there’s so many crews that coming in from uh Europe and particularly from the Netherlands there’s so many universities and clubs here that they get loads and loads of sport too so in the B seat there you can see Izzy cers the 21y old who uh has raced in this island challenge cup for the last couple of years for Durham and will be completing this campaign here in 201 24 as a multiple medalist at the British University championships a heny women’s winner from a couple of years ago in the lightweight women’s double skulls and in front of her Ella darington Daisy Jackson Megan Hatfield Anna Grace Mia Vickman Meredith Oaks and Izzy Kennedy in the stroke seat coxed by the 21-year old Casper gray and uh they’ve just been holding this length Jim I don’t know whether they that’s on purpose that they’re just holding it at a length or the wind is sort of pushing them backwards they see they seem a little more composed they’re taking one or two strokes less a minute than the other crew I think that will show as it com to the Finish I think they’re just rowing a very controlled stroke they know they’re in command of this race they’re just enjoying the last maybe 10 15 Strokes as they come to the enclosures so a here there we’ve not talked about them too much uh but uh big shout out if you’re tuning in from the Netherlands and uh the coach uh Martin vavan he was the coach of the islands challenge cup crew back in 2022 as well so bringing a crew back here to compete a couple of years later they obviously loved their experience last time around unfortunately uh they will go at the mercy of Durham uh University here this time around he’ll progress on to those quarterfinals in the island challenge cup the temps challenge cup now this is Club eights Club men’s eights I should say on the far side of his picture tin D to roow club and on the knee side of your picture Hamburg and gmania of uh of Germany on the Bucking sh station it’s lovely just to look and listen to the sound of two8 exploding off the start down this quite quiet sheltered part of the course what a sight and it’s the skinni I think you know the noise almost Echo Chambers right because it’s the skinniest part of the course and you got trees all the way on the side of the island just they reverberate around what a great start here for the Challengers from Germany they’ve taken a few seats off the end of the island Jim you weren’t with us in the comments you box earlier but we saw a wonderful Wold crew from time progress through and we were talking about the strength and depth and here they are again with another nine athletes racing here in the temps yeah the the camera shots slightly behind so actually the crews are closer than it looks there’s a bit of Parallax error so they’re doing fantastically well and This Crew have done it the hard way CU they had to qualify last Friday and for those of you might not familiar that many crews don’t even get the chance to race this Arata cuz last Friday 470 Crews race for 133 places and This Crew got through that to their race yes they beat Marlo B the close race they won by length and a half so uh the Hamburg and gmania Ruda Club is that actually one of the oldest boat clubs in the world Jim you probably know more about this than I do but I was amazed when I was researching ready for commentating this week they’re in fact the oldest Bo Club outside of the UK I had no idea about that yeah so fantastic founded in 1836 the only clubs that are older than them are Leander club which are at the very end of this course and uh brn’s College boat club and Jesus College boat club so they’re the fourth oldest in the world they’re three years older than orata then wow there you go there’s not many things older than henle rata and they’re competing in an event that has a great history itself first raced in 1868 the 10’s challenge cut and they are currently leading by a comfortable margin of clear water a little look back there from the cots H espig um one of the uh few members of This Crew that’s got no experience racing at Henley rata and I think that’s challenging as a Cox right because I think one of the things that Cox is are sort of um their role to do is to help call these Crews down the landmarks and to be able to navigate the stretch of water with the stream the wind whatever and if you’ve not done that before that’s quite tricky and the first thing I say it’s not just steering that’s only a tiny part of what they do but you’re right here it is tricky you think while they got straight course it’s bomed but then you have the wash of boats coming past you’ve got the wind the wind isn’t straight down the course it’s gusting as we look at it from right to left uh so their job is really challenging really challenging but uh being done with ease here easy breezy uh like it is out on the course and we’re going to jump now we’ve just gone past the remm club uh which is sort of as we transition three quers of the way down the course would you say Jim I know that you’re a frequenter of the rnum club quite a lot you you will know exactly where that is on the course I think you just dropped me in it there no so um yeah Hamburg command just look at them now they kind of got this commanding had an easy race yesterday against Shanghai I think it was um and although time put have a really really good fight for the first half of the course you’re right coming 2/3 of the way down the course now they’re down at 30 Strokes a minute they can enjoy this now this nice long languid stroke they just sitting on the lead and they’ll take that Ripple of Applause as they start to come through the encloses with 300 me or so to go yeah and they can sit back and the reason that they can rate that much lower than the crew from TI is they’ve got so much talent on board in the six seat the 22-year-old Kenneth Caro uh who was fourth place at the German under 23 championships uh and North German champion in the 84 uh and coxless four back in 2023 we’ve also got um who participated in the European Junior Championships in this boat so Hano Wan in the five seat also part of that national team at the European Junior Championships back in 2021 so plenty of international experience in this TS crew for Hamburg and gmania and a shout to to Ty once again Maisy swindells coping This Crew um they’ve got a whole heap of Henley experiences behind them notably Harry Oliver in the seven seat this is his seventh Henley Ro reget the uh rifled AG of 26 Jim yeah and you’ve got to admire them they haven’t given up they’re only 200 me to go this would be really really Mega painful now but they’re up to 36 Strokes a minute they’re doing their absolute best to try and come back uh so you have to sort of really respect that effort they’re putting in and tyan again just one more shout to them because they’ve done so many of This Crew have actually come through universities in the Northeast whether that be Newcastle Durham and I think tin done a great job at keeping people in the system to race club rowing Beyond University yeah you said it’s much part of a bigger project it’s not just this one boat so uh the crew in the temps challenge cup won’t be able to replicate that performance we saw in their Wold Bo early for TS but it will be Hamburg and gmania that have a relatively sort of painfree uh progression through in this TS challenge cup to the next round of [Music] competition so there we go and Jim just said London Rona be on the bar station on the left hand side of your screen and the Hope from the Netherlands on the right hand side of your picture and look at these crowds Jim I’m loving this for a Thursday yeah it’s fantastic well the sun’s brought everyone out haven’t they um the last couple days have been a bit gray but everyone’s coming to watch today fantastic and all the way down that 2,000 plus mile 2,112 M of course there people coming to watch London B who will hit the end of the island and there’s a real distinct point where the the the island runs out and you’ll start to see those pootles on the water yeah this is the tricky bit cuz it’s not just wind it’s also the as the current comes down I should explain the river is Flowing from right to left of that shot and that comes around the island going be really challenging for the coxes yeah really tricky job it’s it is one of the most diff despite it being straight one of the most difficult courses to steer or Cox in the world the Hope um I was about to say you know difficult for the international is coming over but what I will say is tons of Henley experience in this to Hope crew they reached um the latter stages of the temps challenge cup the final back in 2023 they got a few uh athletes back on board again here and uh Julia greld in the Cox and seat she’s been to Henley ra rata before so we’ll have twied all of those bits of info that you need to get that crew off the end of the island yeah really important to remember they are last year’s losing finalist and uh this event over the last well probably eight years been dominated by T’s Ro Club but they ran them close last year well they got pretty similar colors to temps roow Club haven’t they that red black and white so maybe maybe that’s the secret to doing well in the tempas cup and it’s probably why London R Club don’t like them because there b kind of there’s a local rideal between London and T anyway we got London here on the left and they’ve done it the hard way so This Crew had to get to the qualifiers so they had to come here on Friday along with 470 other Crews to try and get those last 133 places and they they were successful and they also had a great day yesterday um against city of Cambridge they beat by four and a half length in quite a quick time for the day yeah brilliant for London’s be crew to get through a round of this very competitive event as you’ve already kind of listed Jim it’s not just even competing here at the rata it’s getting to the rata um that is one of the more difficult parts so London have nailed qualifying they nailed their first round and now they’ve come up against what I think is probably one of the strongest uh sort of favorites in the competition here in this TS challenge cup okay that there’s the TS the 10s eight through loitering as well but I yes I totally agree about this crew there I was watching their race against I think was non such yesterday uh which they one one of the quickest times of the day and the hope uh are a huge Club over in the Netherlands they the oldest uh boat club in the Netherlands uh took old clubs uh they’ve got over a thousand members which I think is humongous for a Rowing Club huge massive um so yeah they they sort of formed and Amalgamated through many different in the Netherlands through time and that’s created this uh this outfit from The Hope and This Crew produced a blisteringly quick time already this season that was somewhere I think in the 530s from if I remember from my commentary names from yesterday um so I know that they can go very very quickly great Rhythm being set there by Peter dickin in the stroke seat the 28-year-old backed up by vessel hesselink in the seven seat and given the the Blustery conditions and if you’ve been joining us on the feed all day you know we’ve been talking with various commentators about all the challenges that poses to Blade work to to the drive to the catch and so on you you wouldn’t be able to tell looking at this Dutch crew that any of that was a problem GS just CAU as you said wasn’t that just but leading up to that there just this long powerful stroke 34 35 Strokes a minute and you can just see the composure of that crew and it is tricky they P 3/4 M signal they well through halfway now it’s hard if you’re just looking at the television you can maybe just see that the water really Bob it’s challenging conditions today but they’re making it look quite easy and in the background you can see the really Rough Waters coming their way there’s in about 10 Strokes time they’ll hit that um but there I guess we talk about three things that make a boat go quickly is it have that long stroke second thing powerful stroke they also have a rhythm and they’ve got this lovely chunky strong Rhythm which against slightly bubbly water and a cross headwind serving them really well Jim you called that to Perfection CU we it was about 10 strokes and now look at that blade work and how it’s changed when they’ve hit that rougher patch of water and that’s the skill if you can manage these conditions see them coming the co calls it and then change how you cope with it so we uh have spent a bit of time talking about the hope but um let’s have a quick look at the London B crew who are over on that barsh station and I suspect a lot of these Spectators on the bank will be uh sort of former members current members of London Rowing Club they’re always out here in Force at Henry Royal gy they’ve had two big areas of sport when they go past Rim Club probably two3 the way down the course and now as they come past the enclosures they’ll have many supporters here trying to give them some support as they finish this race off and they’ve done very well too we shouldn’t we shouldn’t forget them kind of there’s some real tenacity in This Crew I think to try and keep up with this very very good competition they have today and London as a club and again if you’re a London supporter and you’ve been listening to uh our coverage through the week here and we’re on day three I’ve been praising London all week because I think they’ve had a real Resurgence especially in the club men’s event um they had a really strong Wold crew that won last year and it’s been amazing to see the development of This Crew into this year as well yeah you’re right about the whole club you know T own club aren’t having it their own way anymore kind of that PL embankments res resurgent and uh yeah great it’s been a great response you know to that win in the Y folds London have springboarded to qualify two crews in this T’s challenge cup event they’ve also got Club crews in the other events uh in the Brit in the white so on and so forth and so yeah a really strong contingent from London so we must say despite it looks like them not being able to overhaul The Hope great for Daphne agropolis Jed Campbell Williams Wilford Barrow Harry dorren King Alex woodh house OE Stan hope in the four seats Maxwell Bry in the three seat Matthew Hudson and Tom stance who make up this T this London roow Club be crew look at this The Hope crew how that boat is just cutting through the slightly bobbly water that’s just beautiful watch stunning you can see there yeah the the cut through the water and I was going to say they body angles they get right around the pin you know you can almost it’s like peeling like a banana isn’t it that imper they sort of all Swing Out round their pins and around their IG to get the longest stroke possible it’s beautifully synchronized it’s very rare you see a whole crew being able to do that in unity so I think very strong contenders indeed here this uh Dutch boat The Hope from Amsterdam the Netherlands and looking to continue on their legacy is the oldest boat club in the Netherlands uh into becoming penly winners um as they tick off yet another day here and uh I think we’ll see them featuring this weekend in this event they explode off the start down the island you can see it’s some really nice conditions now the first 2 300 M of the course this amazing to watch them go off and start like that really driving away really quick the energy the kind of dynamism of the Quad exploding to stuff yes and they get a bit of protection along the island uh some blustery gusts are waiting for them further down and you can see the poly water in the background there as we get an up close close view with the crew from Germany yes they’re about to get into slightly bubbly water now this coming into an now as we to see how the two Crews C they’re quite close together they both come into the towards the middle of the uh the course hope they can stay apart so now we see immediately out from the island here comes the wind you can see it in the hair blustering and the athletes will feel it now it is gusting partly cross partly cross head and this is a real test of their technical skills their resilience you’re going to have some more strokes and you’ve got to just make sure the next one’s right on it again at the moment we can see the German crew and it’s a under 23 crew development pathway crew and they are edging ahead yeah there’s the camera slightly behind there’s a bit of parallx but they have got a little bit of a lead I think they just managed to cope that those maybe 10 or 15 Strokes at the top of the island where the wind hit them and also the stream hits them too cuz the stream peels around on others side of the island so it can be really challenging part uh of the course to navigate down it’s very unforg obiously you got booms all the way down sign wooden booms so particularly on Cox’s boats very hard to navigate although Leander crew have the advantage obviously it’s their home water so they’ve been practicing on here for a long time and what’s that mean to have that advantage to know that this is home water how’s that kind of play out at the moment inside their heads in the way they’re rowing just I guess it gives you everything’s about confidence isn’t it kind of with your Technique you’re confident yourself and your crew but that excellent Edge is knowing the course knowing where you going to put your pushes in knowing where maybe the the wind often hits exactly on the race plan they’ll know exactly where it’s coming up to them they’ll have a really clear uh race plan they’ll have been executing over and over again and and it’s looking really resilient isn’t it there here we can see the blades from the crew from Hamburg and LC uh you can see a little bit they’re getting blood they’re not quite as even because they will be lifted by the wind the wind can get underneath them it’s really hard to have them as uh synchronous as you would when it’s a a kind of still day I think I think this crew the Hamburg and Luc crew they’re taking a one or two strokes less a minut it they got a longer stroke I think that at the moment is the better way to go about it just seems a little bit more composed interesting to see when we get a close side by side crew where we are they look absolutely neck and neck so I think Leander be crew coached by Ross Hunter yeah they’ll know they’ve got to be pretty feisty they’ve got to be really attacking in order to stay with or is a crew of really promising young athletes with International under 19 and under 23 experience from Germany so this Leander crew are trying to use the Home Advantage stay really Punchy can they keep pressuring the Germans uh and then use that Home Advantage that’s exactly what they’re doing now so we’re coming up to that kind of middle of the course where again Leander will know where they are they’ll know if you’re with them that’s a great place to be and now we’re going to have a big push through Remnant and you can see in the shop the window effect is starting to Ripple this is this really windy part of the course of the next maybe 30 40 Strokes so we’ll see who can manage that best I think we actually decide the actual outcome and of course it’s great experience these are young athletes in the German crew they are on the pathway to La there’s probably some athletes in that Leander Club who’d like to be on that pathway as well so this is where they get experience of racing in all conditions we’re always told you don’t know what Squad it’s going to be like on the day of the Olympic final you have to be able to cope with all the conditions and these Leander athletes would have experienced these very conditions in Winter training along here and that is really helping them their technique is holding up there we can see the pink Blades of Leander what’s going on there well you you’re you absolutely nailed it tricky conditions today you can see the flags the red flags in the background there fluttering away and you’ve got the pledge craft going up and down to the wash and that last 20 Strokes that experience I think if you look at this photo there’s a bit of parallx area but I think they’ve got a little bit of a lead here as we come down it’s still still very very close and we’re only just through halfway I think they have it feels to me that they’re getting punchier and punchier now and they’re getting the feedback for it and the Leander crew got Sophie gray at B Anna cow at two Francis Hunt Davis at three fling green at stroke and they are saying this is our home water and their their punches their Strokes their pushes are working and of course then the momentum swings over to you and suddenly there’s some more tension creeping in to the German crew Lena zotta Lisa barens xandr BOS and Lena GZA they have a lot of experience internationally but there’s nothing quite like racing at Henley you can see that Leander crew this side by side shots brilliant to see the Leander crew just slightly more aggressive slightly more Punchy and they’ve got a little seem to have a little bit more fight don’t they but the contrast with the Hamburg and Luc crew that slightly longer stroke we’ll see which is the more effective as we come through uh we got there probably the second part of the course is again more exposed before we get the enclosure so we’ll see who navigates that b best so just slightly drifted down into the center and so very small adjustment there from the German crew they are both steered by their bow person uh which is Lena zika cot for the GS and Sophie gray in the previous race it was The Strokes who were steering but here we’ve got B the bow girls and that’s a challenge in these conditions where you can just get pushed across with a wave you can just catch it unevenly if your balance goes again sometimes that will just nudge you off going straight down the course and in this shot you can see that actually the Leander is coming straight and there’s a little bit more sideways movement happening for the Germans and that means that all of the effort isn’t just going into going uh you know straight down the course it’s kind of pushing you sideways a bit so a closer look here of Leander and that laugh shot with the window was coming across from left to right the blade work in theand crud is a little bit more synchronized they seem to be less affected by the wind and the bobbly bobbly water and still slightly more aggressive an extra one or two stroke looking at the ratings an extra one or two strokes a minute I think then then slowly drawing head to a lead although it’s hard to say at the moment yeah I mean they’ve also had to steer out away from the booms it is so tricky to manage the wind the booms the steering and and all of the kind of unpredictability that comes in these conditions but they are looking just confident because what they’re doing is working their pushes have worked and so then if you’re ahead and you have a wobbly stroke it doesn’t put you off as much whereas when you’re down and you have a wobbly stroke suddenly you know more tension comes in so they are asking big questions of the and it is now time how can they respond they’ve got to and also the that particular part of the course looking at now is the quiet part of the course there’s no uh tents there’s no mares there’s no clubs there and Leander will know this is the bit that often uh Crews AR used to the course and just just Lo just lose a little bit of an edge and you’ll see the local Crews attacking down this bit and then they’re into the enclosures and then they’ll have all that local support that ear spur them on as they come down to last 200 M so they are attacking leand crew they’re getting more and more with each stroke their tails are up they can feel it they can sense it their race plan has worked for them and it feels that they’re creeping ahead so now the questions for the Germans are you know we want to be in La we want to be in Los Angeles in 2028 we’ve got to do some tough stuff to get there can we do something today at henu r rata that will help us on our Olympic pathway can we find something can we pull something together but it’s a dominant crew from Leander coming up past the pro best confidence is the word used earlier and you’ve absolutely nailed it this is a strong tchy confident crew so R Hunter will be very very pleased as Leander Club B approach the line and cross winning this heat of the Princess Grace challenge cup and eating the hamburger and gmania rud club and here we are down at the start for the war grave challenge cup and we have Avon Rowing Club from New Zealand a seated crew against London Rowing Club B Avon are on the far side London Ro Club B on nearest the camera and they are off in this heat of the Warg grve challenge cup Club women’s eights what’ you make of those starts yeah so nothing particularly to comment on either positively or negatively look like really nice solid starts to me interestingly one of the things that just caught my eye was that the bucket rig on the far crew on aan in this I think it’s the four and five seat so all of these eights are just trying to optimize their crew order to get the best chance of the top boat speed looks as though that Avon have just taken that little bit in interest a few um canvases of a lead but I think to me both Crews look like they maintain that really nice high pace which is great to see so we are looking up close here at the New Zealand crew from Avon Rowing Club and we have Claudia Kinder at B Holly Lil at two manah Butler at three Hannah matahari at four Katy Bell at five Aria Sullivan at 6 BB CER at s Gemma burrow stroking them and they’re cocked by Isabella hope Murray and they have dominated all the national races in New Zealand they’ve won the New Zealand uh national champs the South Island Club Champs they’re a very well drilled crew crew and they wanted to find some more competition and they’ve come over to Henry Vata to compete in the wargrove challenge cup and match them held up against the best club women’s eights over here they look good to me it looked like a real nice sense of long sweep I actually get that same sense of impression from the London Rowing Club B crew as well good length the only thing I would say is that even look as they’re a little bit more on it at the front what I mean by that is the ORS are going right in the water just the point of the catching the stroke just a little bit of a slight slip from the white Blades of London yeah do you know what I can really see in in that New Zealand crew is they’re actually getting the blades in before they push and there’s just a little bit of lifting the shoulders and because that effectively shortens your stroke in the water it increases the tension in your shoulders which you don’t want on a windy day but I mean they’re racing you know they’re racing they’re trying to hang on uh to this New Zealand crew and here we see the blades very well drilled impressive catches and you can see that bucket rig on bows side so what we mean by that is you’ve got an A and then a bigger Gap and then two of them in the middle and then a bigger Gap and then the other one at the front so a lovely shot there of that synchronicity of the ORS and the way you get that is by complete synchronicity of the hands the bodies and that beautiful Pro reception of those Elite athletes really good shot there I really like how they’re dropping it in without tension you don’t want to work it into the water the work comes once the blades in the water and that gives you extra efficiency it gives you that sense of yeah what you’re doing is moving the boat rather than just working hard you know up and down the seat but London R Club B are tenacious they’re going to put in some pushes now to try and hang on and not let Avon move away too easily and if I’m Julian Norton in the London crew coxing I’m saying right the race plan needs to change we are a length down we need to change things otherwise this is our Henley over so we’re going to bring everything forward we need to get back in touch it may be a technical call it may be a work call or even a combination of both but something needs to change to get back in touch in this race and she’ll be urging on ruena price at B Maria plaque at 2 Elizabeth Ry at 3 Caroline Y at four SAR Halen at 5 Jam M harbottle at 6 Katherine bam barill at s Katherine Jane coup in the stroke seat by Julia Norton and they are part of three London Rowing Club crews in this event as the London Rowing Club women’s program steadily grows in strength each year they’ve always had an entry in this event since it first began in 2021 the the London Rowing Club Captain is woman at the moment Elizabeth cultural and I know having three women’s eights is a sign of how they’re building that program building the strengths but you know they’re lacking a little bit in power that perhaps their a crew has uh for what we can see coming down from aan Rowing Club this is a great shot just to show that sense of sweep so we obviously we have rowing rowing one or skulling two ORS but often rowing is referred to as sweep rowing and that’s what I get from looking at these lovely pictures is just that incredible sense of a long swept leg driven stroke we also say I think when you see the best in the world do it it looks so simple and that it really is rowing at its purest is a simple sport but it’s so difficult to master and that’s the beauty of it so although haven’t some have roded more recently than New Zealand some have started run more recently some have been run all the way through school uh all sorts of different backgrounds coming into this crew uh you know we can see Phoebe k at 7 started rowing while boarding at the wangoi Collegiate School and she said you know she’s raced with uh in in the Cox school with Jackie Galla K Galla I mean Olympians uh you know she’s come across she’s W the under 21 women’s cess s so again we’ve got future Olympians you know really talented juniors in This Crew they’re aged between 19 and 23 uh in the Avon crew these are athletes of the future my goodness really impressive technical level and that’s super smart I think it’s what I think as a as a nation Great Britain does very well I know the Australians and the the new zealanders do very well is mixing these youngsters with the best in the world the best the country has to offer early why well because that we know we want to get better and learn from the best and looks to me like that Olympian mixing has absolutely paid off and there’s a beautiful Rhythm being sent down and look at that pan shot of what it’s doing that’s a good three four length in an eight which is a distance what you can see is the space in between each set of Puddles so the cover is greater so for each stroke they take the boat travels further in between and you know that’s what you want you it’s not just how hard you pull it’s how much you can really harness that in you know to get maximum boat speed while you’re traveling up to take the next stroke I mean it’s worth saying the London run Club crew I mean they’re all got jobs at the same time uh they’ve all got you know they’re they’re sort of different ages uh from I think sort of 23 to 45 uh we got a full-time doctor in the stroke and Katherine Jane coup and I mean they train incredibly hard whilst also working and you know for the love of the sport to come and race here against all sorts of talent so great job they are attacking all the way down but at the moment really dominant that crew from New Zealand and this will be the last 2 and a half maybe 3 minutes of their race that they want to try and get done and put to make sure that they can be really proud of the performance that they put down here on Henley Thursday and look at those faces that’s what we love to see effort going in it’s almost like a swan isn’t it where you can just see this beautiful boat from the outside and then you zoom in and you see those Fierce legs pumping away putting in that effort well done ladies Julia Norton is making sure her crew go the fastest they’ve ever gone to today that’s their challenge you can see the wind blustering on those flags along the side there it is tough conditions it’s tough to relax which you need to do in between applying the power and of course you can see some of those blades flying up a little bit in between The Strokes it’s particularly Bluster in this part of the course at a point when you’re wanting to take it up what does that feel like yeah it’s really challenging I think that the race largely here in this one is is done in the sense that we have one crew significantly leading but in some of those tighter races it would just be one or two strokes that may change the entire course of the result and so those tipping points when the wind is swirling round those flags that you just commented on cap those were Flags going in a Tailwind Direction so this this wind is definitely moving around from a head to a cross head to a Tailwind it’s going all over the place so we need to be aware of this as athletes when we’re coming down the business end of the course they’ve been taking on senior eights in New Zealand and here they are taking on senior women in the Warg grve challenge cup and it is an impress Ive victory for Avon Rowing Club from New Zealand in the wargrove challenge Cup who have finished and beaten London Rowing Club B who fought all the way down the [Applause] course we are up at the start for the Prince Philip challenge trophy with Marin on the left of your screen on the bar station and seron high school on the buck station and they are Unleashed by the Umpire for this heat of the prince challenge Trophy and big contrasting Styles already on the right hand side of your screen seran just got a little bit of time to get going whereas Marin took that boat out of the blocks and they are up and charging straight away business for this crew on the left hand side of your picture so Marin is a crew they are seated in this event coming over from sunny California wishing you a happy independent St if we have anyone watching from over there you’re very welcome we hope you’re enjoying our coverage we’re delighted to have so many crews from the US with us at Henata this year and what’s got the biggest entry ever the biggest overseas entry and part of that is this Marin crew with Isabelle not at B Julia Areno at two Eva Brooks at three Chloe frck at four bitch’s Knight at 5 Maisy Ballentine at 6 Charlotte jet at seven Amelia King at Stroke coxed by Jackson Tupper who raced in the princess Elizabeth last year with Marin and is going to t drawing Club next year so he is uh somebody who is Keen on racing at Hen roab absolutely a very good morning to The Californians watching I hope this is a nice morning present for you cuz cuz your ladies are doing the business here Marin look fantastic as they’re laying down this real long swep Rhythm nice entry really aggressive start and look as though they’ve settled into something quite inviting quite fluid really nice to see so we have a battle in crew from seron with Phoebe Williams at B Holly Sinclair at two Gracie Bates at three Amy O’Brien at four Emily Shaw at five Sasha Khan at six Paloma Crutchfield at seven Andrea isap at stroke and Hannah Jacobs is coxing them to see what she can get out of her crew and they’re coached by Peter Robinson and Peter Robinson extremely experienced in Henley himself multiple time racer here for mosy boat club a real stalwart of uh British rowing he really knows there course and so he will be trying to implore that wealth of wisdom into his seron high school crew he will have gone through this race plan they’ll talk through it in fine detail and they’ll try to be executing to the best of their abilities Serv and cre were in the be F in that score regat and I think a bit disappointed with that and have really been battling there’s some some uh shots we’ve seen on social media on their social media the early morning sessions the high rate starts they’ve been doing to try and pick up some extra Speed Ahead of Henry warata because they knew they were going to be asking questions my goodness Marin rowing Association are asking questions of the seron high school crew today yeah and and lovely to see both cruising 17 18 years of age a hat tip to what you’re talking about earlier Kath which is really trying to build for that project for La 2028 it may well be the case you’ve got 21 22 year olds in Los Angeles that could be representing either the US uh Great Britain or or other Nation teams at those Olympic Games and what great way to test that at this stage I love the the draw that Henley Royal brata brings multiple entries 27 Nations all sorts of different events and it’s great to see this Cruise here yeah Charlotte jet is a talent in the seventh seat of the Marin crew she was in the fourth seat of the American Junior women’s eight last summer uh again Maisy Ballentine at 6 was in the junior worlds uh as well in that eight so there is all sorts of experience and aspirations that are being brought out today where they’re testing themselves on this course we can see here at 5 Emily Shaw one of the power athletes in the serveron crew who’s part of the GB under 19 Squad a real Punchy rower who’s trying to bring that to her crew but at the moment they haven’t quite got enough power to punch back on Marin yeah and and some good experience that Emily already has there two Henley appearances this will be I think her third so just drawing on that experience to try and get get a call down to the crew let’s get a technical call let’s get a work call let’s try and change the trajectory of this boat lovely shot of that Felipe a you can see it cutting through the water it’s a little bit of bubbling around a little bit of movement as they come to the catch just slowing the boat down unnecessarily just not quite a stable platform is it in between The Strokes contrast that yeah beautiful I mean that’s a lovely shot of that eight just complete chalk and cheese and just gliding isn’t it K yeah really impressive there that even when the wind is blowing you create a stable platform that’s the challenge you know no matter what’s happening in the water can you make it feel as if your boat is Rock Solid and all you have to do is relax on the way forward and lay down another stroke they’ve brought the rate down a really impressive Row for Marin interesting BDI has spotted that Jackson tupp of the Cox I think he’s got a GoPro on his head there so he’ll be whether that’s for promotional reasons for social media or for technical analysis later interesting to see this development of technology to just breed that level of higher performance so I wonder whether they’ll be analyzing the footage tonight after today’s race I’m sure they will maybe it’s both social media and technique at the same time and so we see Marin rowing Association win the Heat of the Prince Philip challenge trophy there’s Jackson Tupper the cops of his GoPro and they beat serton High School who will be going ahead after absolutely giving their all down this cause today and so we are up at the start for the last race before the tea in and it is a heat of the island challenge cup student women’s eights and we have a Dutch crew on the left of your screens and Edinburgh University B on the right of your screens and they are off fighting their way ready to try and see who can pop out of the island first and Patrick Moody coing the Edinburgh eight has got this absolutely spot on straight as a die off the start love to see that great steering from the Edinburgh crew and pretty Punchy coming out of the the island here as well so Edinburgh University know they have to really put it in early on to challenge the alaman amsterdan Stenton R enan skull from the Netherlands uh part of a big Dutch entry here and we’re delighted to have them as part of this and welcome to all of those viewers who are watching us in Amsterdam and Beyond delighted to have you here my goodness this is a race look at this this is what you want to see if you’re a b crew and you’ve got to put a statement out to try and win the race this is how you go about it it’s time to take the race to your opposition they got off the start really nicely with that line and they’ve kept that high pace which I love to see they’ve got a little bit of a higher rate of striking so let’s see if they can keep that but this Dutch crew is not going to let them get away and they’ve got beautiful distance for stroke as they’re trying to row back through them so they’ll be feeling each other everyone knows they’re in a race everyone knows they’re side by side and then the challenge is to Zone into your the move you’ve got and at the moment you can see the Edinburgh moves they’ll be feeling it’s working it’s working their will know it’s working she’ll know to push for just a little bit more on the technique that’s helping them she’ll be keeping them really motivated and Luna beats in the Dutch crew is going to be urging on Eris naton Dy F ustr Tanisha Franco Linda Dean Sophie gold schmedding sitma meril deor and El’s herto uh they have come over here they are a strong crew I’ve heard rumors they have some big Ergo pullers in that crew some sub sevens and you know again some are in the Dutch development programs uh they wanted to come and race and my goodness they’re in a race and now what can they do can they use that Ergo power can they make their boat go faster and it looks like they just made a push I think Luna beats has called something the boat on your left hand side of the screen a school from the Netherlands they’ve just increased that pace they’ve kept their length but the rate has gone up and it looks as though that Hull is moving to my eyes this is going to be face those Dutch women are not part of the national teams this year but they have a lot of talent a lot of strength and aspirations because they’re so excited to be here I feel they’re a perfect fit for this event but they are going to have to change something and it is not necessarily just putting the rate up is it they’ve somehow got to get more distance per stroke and they’re doing a great job of that so on the right hand side of your picture with the Dutch crew you can see they’re really clean and tidy what’s catching my eye on the left hand side with the Edinburgh crew is just a little bit of blade work just become a bit more untidy in the last 10 15 strokes and I do think that the wind and the water may play a factor as we come to the business end of this race so we have a lovely shot of Edinburgh University B crew from behind coached by John hickon and Patrick Moody the Cox is coxing for a Houston at stroke AR mcum at seven Charlie fate at six Olivia Burns at five Katy Robertson at four Sophie Morgan at three Lucy mlan at two and Charlotte glasby in the bow and they are giving it their all what a position to put yourselves in Edinburgh you’ve done the work you’ve got this far it’s time to execute in the final third and those will be the calls that Patrick is trying to relay to his crew they’re coming into the middle of the waters it looks like umpires warning them back onto their stations we do have to be aware of the potential clash it’s Sarah winas there giving the commands she’ll be absolutely uh razor got her razor eyes on this making sure that they don’t get into trouble but this is a rougher part of the course so there’s naturally some bounce so this is challenging for Patrick Moody and Edinburgh be and Luna beats in skull uh to make sure that they don’t start drifting sideways that they don’t have to put too much r on that the balance doesn’t tip and that they can stay efficient lovely shot there of the Dutch crew from Skull um you can see the boat shifting around a little bit you can see the how rough the water is from where they’ve just come and that makes it uncomfortable when you’re behind and you’re being asked for more and at this point they have to try and find something again and if I’m in the Dutch scws Now or Never you’ve got the last 20 30 Strokes of the race kitchen sing time got to bring up the rate bring up the power as much as you can to try and hurdle that hole forward otherwise it’s race over for you Patrick Moody is going to be so confident about what they’ve done to this position to be with clear water over their opponents a really impressive gutsy row that he’s going to see Edinburgh University B when this feet of the island challenge cup the arms go up they are delighted to beat the very feisty strong but ultimately not quite fast enough crew from skull in the Netherlands what a race the Delight you can see there in Eden rabie who’s going to continue their racing at Henny rata 2024 just absolute Joy [Music] e [Music] e e [Music] St for for for for for well welcome back to our live coverage from Henley Royal regat and look at that picture perfect Henley provided plenty of inspiration for artists over the years and Charlie here is perfecting his Masterpiece Charlie when did you start this uh lunchtime about 1:00 it’s pretty impressive and what’s the plan for the for the rest of the painting you’re going to include some more some rowing boats and a bit of rat action absolutely so um one of the rowing boats boats just about to set off here um and then uh I think it’s one of the um smaller boats uh going up and down and um there a hi of activity isn’t it here so uh so I’ll try and get lots of lots and lots of boats in there and lots of action and a couple more people um but uh yeah know it’s just been a great day and had great weather bit windy but um I really enjoyed it well good luck with the rest of the painting I’m looking forward to seeing the pro progress and thank you very much Charlie he did mention the wind yes it is still windy in fact it feels like it’s picked up a little bit more over the tea interval uh the commentators will be uh no doubt analyzing it in detail because we’ got another 21 races in this evening session taking us right through to 7:30 and our commentators Kath bishop and Fergus mainland a warm welcome back to the commentary box on day three of Henry W rata 2024 my name is Kath bishop and I’m delighted to be joined by Fergus Mainland who you’ll probably know is the host of the end of the island podcast great to have you here great to be here cat thrilled to be sharing the airwaves with you for the next block of racing and as you said it’s the end of the island podcast well it’s come home for us here at Henley rata brilliant and we are very excited about what’s lining up for us we’ve seen uh already some great racing today and here we have the program coming up for the late afternoon and into the evening as we will have students Club rowers Juniors we’ll have single Scholars we’ll have eights there is every type of boat class who will be fighting fiercely to try and make the quarterfinals tomorrow any particular races you’re looking forward to I always love the student racing and we’ve got some of those coming up in the Prince Albert challenge cup I think the Prince Albert the temple challenge Cup and the Island are always some of the most competitive events here at the rata and I’ve still got a vested interest in my my old University as well who have been competing hard over the past couple of days oh brilliant yeah we’ve yeah I’m I’m I’m wearing my Mone club uh Blazer but we are neutral we were supporting everyone out there and the first race after tea is already up on the start at a heat of the diamond challenge skulls we have Alex Twist from America who is on the barkshire station that is opposite you’re on the far side as the camera looks currently and nearest to the camera is the Chinese scholar Lee U so these are nervous moments for these Scholars they know they’ve got quite a blustery test coming down it’s perhaps the hardest boat class to manage some of these difficult uh conditions out there and they are Unleashed it is a heat of the diamond challenge skulls between Alex Twist of America on the left hand side of your screen against Yu of China on the right hand side of your screen how are those starts looking to you well I think two contrasting Sky Styles there off the blocks Alex twist much sharper much more quick getting as many strokes in as possible out of the blocks compare and contrast that to Leu the Chinese scholar just a little bit longer rating slightly lower much more powerful Strokes there but Alex twist there on the screen just trying to get as many in as possible in the opening stages and it looks to be pretty much level in the opening stages as they come out to the end of the island yes perhaps typical of someone with a background as a lightweight rower that that rate is really high but we can see that the slightly lower rate of striking from the Chinese crew it’s it’s pretty Punchy there pretty powerful isn’t it and we can see a great shot there of Yu who has rowed for China in the men’s eight but is out here now on his own trying to see how fast he can make his single skull go that’s a big change going from the quickest boat out there on the water to the single skull just him he’s lost his crew mates and his it’s just him fighting up against Alex twist but he’s doing well he’s managing to eek his bows out into the lead at the moment up to about 2/3 half a length Advantage so far in the early stages which is a handy lead to have he was very dogged yesterday he was down in fact yesterday in the race so he’ll be perhaps feeling slightly happy about his position but he was plugging away and I think he’s already set in his rhythm we can see here the American Alex twist who has a slightly higher strike of rating a livelier uh sort of style um that higher rate you know is that going to help him in the wind is that going to make it trickier when he gets to that point I think particularly as a lightweight scholar you’re always going to struggle a little bit more compared to your heavyweights in the headwind conditions they favor the bigger athletes the stronger athletes so as a lightweight you’ve got a couple less Tools in Your Arsenal to help you in this kind of situation but one of those is your rate your a slightly lighter build so you can afford just to be a little bit quicker up and down the slide you’ve got to be a bit more Dynamic through the water and that’s why we can see twist at the moment is still getting a few more Strokes in rating a little bit higher than his Chinese opponent at the moment he’s hanging on really well isn’t he to Lee Leu and he has a lot of experience Alex twist he’s 38 uh and he was winning world championship medals 2015 uh so you know he’s got a lot of experience he’s in the lightweight men’s eight for America so he also experienced all sorts of different boat classes and trying to bring all of that wisdom and all of that skill now can he put that all together to put down an awesome Diamond challenge skulls race today against Yu who you can see now in the camera a a lower rate but a power rate isn’t it a power style yeah we’ve seen that and that’s why we’ve seen them racing in the in the men’s e for chaina particularly in the two and SE two and three seat in recent years right there in the engine room of the men’s eight we seeing all that power on screen at the moment we can see him just wrestling a little bit with these conditions at the moment as we’ve said and as we’ve seen throughout the afternoon the wind’s just been building up the waters just been getting a little bit bouncier but at the moment it is Leu the Chinese scholar out in front just trying to break clear at the moment of Alex Twist from Riverside bat club so y youu looking pretty dominant it’s the first entry from China in the diamond skulls event since 2009 so looking to create a little bit of history there and and uh we’ve seen really strong entries from Chinese at this rata it’s been brilliant hasn’t it and the last few henle ra ratas have been incredible having you know all those links of Steve regro being over there uh then uh British Ro coach Paul Thompson and and Tom Kay who’s still out there passing on all that knowledge and so he will have had quite a bit of expertise I think that he’ll have picked up along the way from some British coaches that he’ll be trying to use he’ll have perhaps ask for some tips about henle W regata and how can he Pace himself down this course and we’ve had a huge M of international entries at Henley Royal this year we’re thrilled to have two of those on the screen at the moment fighting out in the diamond challenge skulls and Alex twist Racing for Riverside book club again they’ve brought a large contingent of Riverside athletes racing across the rata so hello to everyone who is watching over on the east coast of America on Independence Day your scholar Alex twisty’s got work to do but he’s hanging on in there against the U of China absolutely yeah and we hope we’ve got some Chinese viewers as well who’ll be cheering on them man Yu who at the moment is leading but I think that Alex twist will still feel he’s got a sense of where the Chinese scholar is and this is a long course so we’ll see if he’s got the race plan he actually had a little look across there to his left Alex twist what is the distance what’s the Gap how am I going to create a race plan that’s going to give me a way of eating that back you know has has the Chinese scholar got enough to maintain that lead it’s not a comfortable lead is it because I think he’s going to still think I can have a go and he’s got that terrior light lightweight style that means you know he’s going to have something up his sleeve well he does and I think I think if you’re in the position of Alex twist at the moment you’re probably going to feel quite confident that you haven’t let your opponent get away from you at this stage in the race you can still come back into the mix but on contrast to that the Chinese scholar he’s underrated his opponent all the way through so he’ll know that he’s got a few more gears to go he can rate US a little bit higher as we come into the final stages he’s still to unleash his Sprint on Alex twice so perhaps both of these Scholars will still feel confident coming in into the closing stages that shot there shows the power look how quickly soon as the blades in he builds the power is like he’s got his Ergo on quite heavy gearing cuz he is getting that power on so quickly that’s enabling him to shove the boat along each stroke and get further even though he’s taking less Strokes uh than that sort of lighter Terrier style that we see there but he’s still fighting really hard Alex twist he keeps looking to his left he’s going to have another go he’s going to try and nibble into that lead he’s going to be thinking himself what what can I do because he hasn’t got rate to go he needs to get a little bit sharper push those legs down a little bit harder see if he can really create some pressure on the Chinese who’s looking pretty comfortable out at the front now well so we’re heading down towards the enclosures it’ll be the rata enclosure and then the stewards enclosure and I think at this point in the race Le’s got the advantage that of course he raced yesterday he won yesterday and came from behind but for Alex twist this is his first race at the rata he got a SE through the first he’s got a buy through the first round but not a seed so for him this is his first opportunity to get some side by side racing so perhaps this is paying dividends a little bit for Leu that he’s actually been in this position he knows how to win already on the Henley course this week and every day you race you gain a bit more experience you understand where some of the twists and turns in the the wash that comes across when boats go past what that feels like and to have a plan to stay stable and he’s done a good job there it feels it looks as if he’s just kind of riding along you know really chuing down the Watts isn’t he Stroke by stroke a kind of classic power sty and and at the moment Alex TST can’t answer that no he can’t but I think it’s no surprise Le’s had a huge amount of success already this season particularly of the Asian Games Champion uh this year in the men’s eight it’s one or of 11 medals that China won of the Asian game this year 11 out of a possible 14 so that China team over at the Asian games so dominant the second largest multisport event in the world and we’re seeing some of that dominance some of that strength from China here on display at henle rata that’s right and perhaps with an eye on the 2025 World Champs that’ll be in Shanghai I’m sure there’ll be some thinking about how can we make sure that on that home territory we are really dominant the year after the Olympics everyone’s eyes are on Paris they’ll be planning also thinking about how can we make sure we’ve got Crews ready to put on a show uh in 2025 and at the moment ye you is making a good bid to be part of that Chinese team he certainly is and he’s been able to underrate his opponent for the duration of this race but even now as we start to come through Steward’s enclosure even he’s able to bring his rate down perhaps a little bit but even as I say that now he’s just picking it back up again as he’s not quite able to to finish off Alex twist who is still yapping away there as you’ve been seeing he’s yeah that terrior mentality of a of a former lightweight Roar he’s still going at it exactly you look at that it has been solid all the way down power stroke after power stroke as he comes past the progress board now he’ll be clapped by the crowds on the bank who will be seeing that brilliant Display of Power and Alex twist he has fought he has been really aggressive in that race but he just hasn’t had an answer to the power of the Chinese scholar so y Liu crosses the line in this heat of the diamond challenge skulls and he will go through to tomorrow to the quarterfinals having eaten a very Valiant fighting Spirit of Alex Twist from the USA so we’re up at the start for the Prince Albert challenge cup that’s student men’s Cox fours we have University of London a on the side nearest the bank and we have ASR Nero from Netherlands nearest the island now coming on the right of your screen this is one that I’ve been looking forward to all afternoon particularly to see how this University of London crew does and they are just motoring out of the blocks at the moment as are their Dutch opponents near University of London performed incredibly well throughout the domestic season here in the UK but that we’re going up against some International opposition and it’s a rarity and it’s a rarity that we get to have at Henley roata that you don’t get racing up and in the UK it is brilliant to have such a strong International entry we’ got more International entries than ever at this Henata and part of that is a very strong entry from the Netherlands and here we have the Amer Stenton Ro for enig NY and they are putting a lot of power down as they come out of the island it’s pretty neck and neck with the University of London AC crew yeah this is the University of London’s top boat in this rata the temple challenge cupit has already gone out so all their eggs are in this Prince Albert basket they are behind Oxford Brooks the best that Britain have to offer in this field and their opponents from near I they’re prioritizing their two temple eight that they’ve got so it’s one of their lower rank votes but for n i at the moment are giving an absolute race and a half in the opening stages to UL they absolutely are yeah all eyes on this UL crew they won in again the one at the Met and they were the closest to Brooks at Marlo Agata we know that Ox of Brooks so dominant such incredible record over recent years and they won this event in 2022 and in 2023 and the question is you know will will they be able to get that three Pat and clearly the University of London a are putting down a message here sending a signal saying we’re in this event we’ve trained for this this is really what we’re going after absolutely and that margin of Advantage they have at the moment is just tremendous from University of London trading over in chisik on the tidra one of the largest clubs on the tiway and that presence really being felt here at Henley roata and that overhead shot at the moment just tremendous showing just the smoothness actually throughout the duration of that stroke from University of London it’s a power Style again quite upright not a lot of body lean uh coming over at the front very direct really picking up quickly we’ve got George Lan at Bal Ferdinand Robson at two Joseph Middleton at three stroked by Joshua Burke and Cox by constanza jvini De jasol the co coach is Anthony Smith with so much experience huge amount of experience Smith has been going from some PS he’s done a bit with L elen Hollis of course hugely successful here at Henley roata with leh and now he’s working with the University of London program they were fourth in Championship eights at bux regata behind a couple of Brooks Crews and Durham University didn’t race in the championship Cox 4 event but in the champ coxless 4 they were Fifth and that was one that Ferdinand Robson was racing in so this is their priority B that they really stepped on after buck rata into the summer racing and that’s really paying dividends so a very very dominant confident crew huge boat run in between each stroke huge power with each stroke and as they come pass inclosures they are really showing their prowess Technical and physiological and they have dominated this race and so we see University of London a win this heat of the Prince Albert challenge cup and they have beaten the ASR neros crew so we’re up at start for the 4le challenge cup and we have a great race ahead of us between Ruda Club Alania Hamburg and ship Lake College and the Umpire has dropped his flag for this heat of Junior men’s quadruple skulls on the left of our screens we have rud Club Alania from second Hamburg going up against the locals ship Lake College and ship Lake College there we can just starting to Veer into the center of the course ever SL they’re just correcting now the Rudders just come on drifting back over to the right hand side but even that adjustment that tiny adjustment to get them back on course we have slowed them down but the crews are level as we come out the end of the island this looks set to be an absolute Thriller c yeah I think I think the Germans if anything are creeping yeah ship Lake College are close to being on home water so they need to make that count but it is so difficult getting that straight line down across the island and yeah both are at high rate here coming out the start trying to think about just relaxing maybe dropping a pip or two into that Rhythm but they’ll be feeling that side by side they won’t want to give anything away at this point of the race they’re going to see if they can just get their noses in front and that is what’s happening for the ship Lake College this is fantastic from ship Lake College you know they’ve been racing in their second aid for the vast majority of the season and then burst onto the skulling scene at Marlo rata but in that second dat they were dominant they were second and second eight at the national schools R ship Lake College of course have just got so much depth across their junior sweeping field and that transition to skulling it’s a difficult one it’s a challenging one but shiplake at the moment we can see on screen are making it look incredibly easy there’s that sense they’re getting faster each day because they’ve come into the skulling this into this quad re reasonably late into the season but then sometimes you can really create that momentum of you know our learning curve is steeper than others around us and it’s working each day we get stronger each day we learn something and you can see the length that they have got you know again that really nicely coming up to full slide dropping those ORS in so they’ve got a really long stroke and that is helping them to get more momentum I think the Hamburg crew look a little a little stodger and they’re struggling in what are quite challenging conditions yeah the coach of ship Lake College Jasper earlier to alongside Dave Curry when you see their Crews racing at the schools head of the river and at National schools their technique is second to none there’s some of the finest crews out there on the water and they we’re seeing that now with the transition over to the skulling the bows at the moment the shot on the bows of the Hamburg crew from from Germany and of course they’re no slouchers themselves they’ve got experience on board who have o yeah they’re struggling with the conditions aren’t they you just got that shot there you could see the all suddenly lose the synchronicity I think possibly just got them caught or maybe a wave knocked it out someone’s hands but they are finding these conditions tough going and and they are they’re Squall there’s a crosswind coming across uh you know it’s hard because it’s also partly cross but partly headwind as well and we get a little bit of a closeup there if you just watch at the moment the ODS are in unison and then you just see them going out there uh that struggle that I think it was The Bowman had with his bside blade and that just knocks all the speed off the crew and you got to get yourself back in it usually gives you adrenaline uh Rush at that point to get yourself back in the race but that’s not good when you’re behind it’s really tough no certainly not but there’s a huge amount of experience on board and that that German crew raced at Munich International rata some of them so they’ll be disappointed with this performance but hats off to ship plake College this again their second men’s boat at the rata obviously their their PE crew will be the priority but this second dat combination are fantastic no very impressive Row from chip Lake College who win this heat of the four Le challenge Cup against some really promising young talented rowers who have struggled in these conditions they’re struggling all the way up to the up to the line as well so again that Bowman has struggled I think they’ve had some challenges there uh they will not be happy with that but they gave their all and they’ll be learning for next time [Music] we’re up at the start it is heat of the Princess Grace challenge cup for Open Women’s quadruple skulls and we have Reading university on the Bark Station against Aryan and crafty green racing from America on the right hand side so welcome all those watching from Northeast uh America happy 4th of July uh let’s see uh looks like that Independence Day surge has already coming to the start of that American Crew as you’ve seen with a couple of the American Crews racing Ste but this one for the the composite from Aran and from cbury have blasted out of the blocks already up to a l and looking to break clear of ring University one of the strongest student programs one of the strongest student club that we can feeli here in the United Kingdom but the Americans in the early stages are making light work of reading they are very impressive crew they’re a seeded crew the area crossby green racing and and they are full of athletes who are baled in itself the advanced rowing initiative of the Northeast Aran is a project uh in saratogo that is about helping athletes who are Olympic aspiration who have Olympic aspirations who are looking to go to Olympics in the future to help people get through that transition from school from college uh to make it so they are all about looking after nurturing and bringing on talent and and we can see that in the shot there yeah absolutely they’re a brand new combination that come together for Henley roata for this campaign specifically and we can see the sideon shot there there are an incredibly powerful crew there who just continue just to inch away from Reading university stroke after stroke and whil we saw the Hamburg crew in the previous struggling a little bit with the conditions this is how you master the Waters of Henley Royal they just seem to be Gliding Over and despite the headwind that they’re they’re facing at the moment that that blade work is uh is very impressive they’re flying over the top aren’t they you can actually see sometimes the bow person catches the wind catches a little more which is what happens when you’ve got sort of cross wind coming from from behind you uh but they’re really getting the blades down and in uh so as soon as they’re ready they Square them up and they’re covered really quickly so the power comes on quick and this is impressive great boat speed flying along in between The Strokes coached by Steve bowler who is a brilliant technical coach who has huge experience having being involved uh both on this side of the pond and here with Team USA Women’s Cordon double at the Pan-American games last year and you know really enjoying working with these talented young athletes who have got huge aspirations and some of these athletes as you said they some of the brightest stars coming through the US rowing system Sophia calaby there in the stroke seat has won a national championship in three seat sorry has won a national championship title with the University of Texas one of the the leading lights in women drawing in in the University field she won the title won it in the varsity eight as well and went on to compete at the under 23 World Championships finishing sixth in the women’s cord so the amount of talent the amount of experience they on board being nurtured up there in the northeast of the United States of America is only going to look good for their home Olympics in 2028 absolutely beautiful technique that overhead shot shows the timing of how the blades are covered and then how they are released together and I think even if you put that on slow motion it would be looking pretty perfect and it is getting them so much run that pretty Precision they have in the technique that gets you boat speed as they we have that beautiful shot down the Henley course uh with the Henley Church in the background and here we see Reading university with Leah ainson at B Shanahan at two Isabelle Lancaster at three and stroke Zara poovi absolutely giving their best but they’ve come across a classy crew they’re part of a really strong program as you said at Reading university who work with both novices and GB trialists it’s a brilliant strong thriving University Club they coach by Will Rand who himself has huge experience uh he won uh Henry rata I think back in 2001 the W folds you know this is his home territory he’s a a Henly born and bred coach uh uh rower first and and you know he’ll have given them all the wisdom he can for this race that they’re coming up against some athletes SAR Sarah in B mine F in two sfia calabra in three and Savannah briia at stroke who have got their eyes on La 2028 the absolutely do and to compare that to the Reading university crew three teenagers on board so still in their early phases of their University rowing but we know there Zara in the crew she ranked fourth at Great Britain trials at the beginning of this year is he Lancaster race for Great Britain the world Beach sprins Championship so already despite a bit of Youth on board there there is so much more to come from these Reading university Scholars oh it’s great experience isn’t it they’re learning all the way they’re now really making sure they execute that race they’re in their own race trying to see how fast they can make that boat go can they actually have their best race of the Season here uh you know what can they put down technically how can they set themselves up for their rowing to come next year and and thereafter so really a slightly different stage of development but U you know absolutely brilliant crew and here the shock from behind gives us again uh different Insight on the technical Brilliance that we can see in this area in csy green racing crew that shot of Sarah up B you can see the synchronicity as we look down the blades there very dominant minent and so we see a win for Aran and crossby green racing from the USA who have won this heat of the Princess Grace challenge cup and they have done that in the process of beating this very Valiant crew from Reading university crossing the line now so we’re up at the start for heat of the wargrave challenge cup and it is 10’s Rowing Club B versus 10 Rowing Club C this is going to be up close and personal for girls who Row in the same Squad through the winter through the summer and now they’re taking each other on in this heat of the Warg grve challenge cup Club women’s eight it’s the scenario no one wants but if you’re wanting to win the entire wargrave challenge cup you’ve got to beat the field and on this case we’ve got temps against Temps but not for the first time we’re going to have it again as well there one of two all Tam’s quarterfinals in the war grave challenge cup we saw it last year two all Tams races that just tells you everything you need to know about the strength of the Putney base program it is so strong isn’t it and this is their bread and butter they go up alongside each other day in day out it’s side by side training side by side racing and the girls and the Sea crew will be wanting to put their case to be in the B crew next year and the girls in the B crew are going to be wanting to put their case for being in the a crew next time round so you know again it’s so competitive such a strong program there T’s driv Club B crew Matilda Don klin kium HTI Palmer Megan Barry Izzy laak Charlotte oral Seline ve Valentina Fenton and Co by Emily insan who used to C who started cing at Cambridge I think uh C the Cambridge lightweights um was actually cot in my crew in the veterans vote race uh earlier this year um but she’s now doing some serious work for T RAR Club B coming down the course so across the entire crew they’re all working professionals they’ve all got jobs except from The Stroke Of The B crew Valentina Fenton currently at some Paul’s girls school and hopefully if all the exams go well she’ll be heading off to Stanford on the west coast of America for her next stage of her rowing career but at the moment it is the be crew out in front at the moment in the L Packer on the left hand side of the screen now the form crew coming into this they won the Copus cup Club eight at Hen women’s rata and that form at the moment is just paying dividends as they moving out to about a length or so clear of their Club mates it is isn’t it and yes Valentina Fenton is a name to look out for in the future and here we can see T’s drawing Club C you can see the technique is strong in both Crews it’s small margins little bit of precision little bit of power but it’s still Punchy and we can see Eve Caro in the bows Brook Preston Hannah Roberts Millie Hopkins Fran liow Tara Grimsley Moore Phoebe Hayden CA schaer cocked by Lucy Thomas giving their all Clinging On they’ll know this feeling they they’ll have raced together they’ have been up they’ll have been down that have been side by side and all the seat racing and triing they’ve done inside the squad so they know what to do to dig in so I was chatting with Jimmy L the coach of the 10 SEO just before they were they were heading out and he was saying that despite different coaches they’ve got you and Dickerson for the B crew Jimmy low for the C crew you know it’s the entire coaching team at TS all chip in for the success of this program and this B crew and the C crew the AR Go and the scores and the Telemetry everything has been incredibly close throughout the season it’s been a lot of chopping and changing between Crews and that helps that competition that you’ve got all the way through the a crew the B crew the C crew and the D crew that Tim are got Wasing in the in the wargrave challenge cup it pays dividends and it’s why ts are probably favorites for the entire event as we come the weekend yes and it it’s pretty close isn’t it uh you know they’re really doing a good job of feisty hanging in there in that sea crew and I think it’s the beis are rowing in the empaca that’s named after absolute Legend Pauline Raina who is somebody I remember meeting sort of as a as a student coming down to TS roaring club and meeting his absolutely Fierce and Fabulous woman who’d raced for Great Britain in 1960 at the European women’s rowing chants uh and who was just yeah given so marked to think 40 years a member she was the first female Captain overall at uh for H ring Club in the 1990s awarded the British showing Medal of Honor and still are very much a part of the legacy of a fearsome and fabulous women’s Crews that come out of there you can see that Po’s name just there on the bows of the boat and actually it’s a theme that’s reflected throughout the entire women’s Squad at TS all of their eights all of their boats are named after incredible women who have helped support the development of T’s roing Club there other V that t siin named after b mord a real Champion a women’s sport Women’s Health and uh and real education about women’s health particularly in in sports so two great names on two fantastic boats at the moment that’s right T Ryan club uh yeah have have bred a lot of women rowers who’ve really made a difference on and off the water and everything they do we can see here as we come past the progress board though a very dominant Punchy powerful Row from T’s Rowing Club B who have all the way there powering down each stroke they’re they’re powerful women and uh really impressive road to see tby win this heat of the VRA challenge cup beating 10’s Rowing Club [Music] [Applause] C and it has been my absolute pleasure to spend some of this afternoon with you U we have a beautiful shop there of one of these at the Huracan Spitfire coming past and it’s my delight to hand over to Martin cross who will take you through the next set of racing thanks thanks Casper thanks C for that spell racing and it’s great to see the Haw of hurricane fly over the skies at Henley I’m Martin cross and as you’ve heard I’m with Fergus Mainland and we are going to take you through these races in the early part of the evening and if you’re fed up of hearing the name TS this isn’t the race for you because it’s the TS challenge cup and we’ve we’ve seen TS be in C in the wargrave we’re going to see TS D and TS a in another quarterfinal of the wargrave but this is for men this race isn’t it Fergus it is and we’ve got two Stella Crews on display at the moment Darby Rowing Club against Aon Rowing Club Avon from all the way over from New Zealand and you know when a crew is going to travel halfway around the world they’re going to be quick and want to make a run in the in the event yeah a ro Club are the crew closest to us they’re run with the red blades and Derby Rowing Club on the far side of the river they beat Cambridge 99 yesterday in their race Avon also performed well yesterday um and they look a very very impressive crew but Derby in the white boat Avon in the yellow emper and clean start I love that patience just on that first couple of Strokes there from Avon Derby just a little bit more frantic Keen to get their rate of striking up in the early stages of this race but Avon just that patience on Strokes one two and three but now they’re up now they’ve got their engine firing and Avon roaring Club I here to re I tell you they look good for youngsters don’t they because you know looking down the age of This Crew they’re all pretty much 19 years of age the stroke Fred Vasser whose whose uh hope is to row for New Zealand not just in the world championships but in the Olympics I guess he’s inspired by new Ze winning that gold in the Olympic eights in 2021 but they look so mature for youngsters they do well I think four on board of This Crew all raced at the under 19 World Championships in the New Zealand H they’ve already got that that jelling time together in a in a very incredible International crew and they’re bringing that onto the club scene here are already out to nearly a lent advantage over over Derby R tell you what I find interesting is you know Hamilton boys came over to the princess Elizabeth a lot of noise about them winning the miy Cup being such a strong crew and I I I think their performance was was slightly underwhelming and yet this crew okay they’re not school boys they’re 19 seem to be car in on all cylinders I think they’ve flown in under the radar perhaps a little bit because of that noise that Hamilton have generated you know in the princess Elizabeth you always want to have the fastest crews in Australia the US New Zealand coming and that always draws the crowd so perhaps this Avon crew just flowing in under the radar a little bit doing their business and here they are now just breaking clear of Derby uh in the opening stages of the of this round of the temp challenge cup M blaze of aen great shot that that synchronicity that you heard us talking about and the coach here is Will satch who’s been out to New Zealand but their primary coach is of course Logan keys of aan Rowing Club and I’m not sure if Logan is out here but uh I guess he is out here thank you Fergus I haven’t seen him out here so it’s great to see Logan working together with the British Olympic champion will sat so let’s have a look at the Derby blades on the B side how’d you WR that clus you know I think in these tough conditions we’ve got out in the water I think that blade work from Derby is superb you know all in time all catching together and we see particularly the Finish no one’s popping out particularly early ahead of anyone else it’s a it’s a Well drilled d a well drilled crew this Derby unit so there’s the Avon crew going through Sam Wilson B Oscar clatworthy Henry Kirk in the three seats just going down to Ted M Josh sign Fergus Johnson the 18y old in the six se s Woodgate and then stroke Fred Vasser he’s a 20-y old he’s the 12y old in the boat Cox Ashley ton and they have got this race completely under control I must admit Derby got closer to them at the barrier than I thought because I looked at the times yesterday and a the 154 to the barrier and derby with 203 and I thought you know they’re going to have about four or five length by the barrier but it wasn’t like that was it no I think I think if you’re in Darby’s position you’re going up against this unknown quantity a crew you know very little about other than they’ve won Club Championship a and they were one two three in club Cox list fours at New Zealand so they’re going to be quick whatever whatever they are so I think you’ve got to blast out of the blocks have a crack see if you can break Avon Under Pressure but they haven’t quite been able to do that and we can just see now Avon just starting to relax it a bit more I think the the tension that was perhaps in the shoulders in the early stages from Avon is just starting to disappear but of course you can do that when you’re sitting couple of length of clear water up on your opposition yeah I mean you know you’re going to look good but to be fair they look good off the start I I I kind of think they’re still trucking um I don’t know what the coaching team would have said to them about how far down the course you go but I guess whether it’s Fred uh Ville in the coach seat or Ashley tackled in the coxy seat I would say one of you guys make a decision now you don’t need to be at that kind of pace you know it might feel good but okay so you’re going to go um you’re going to go into tomorrow’s race against Leander Club big big race you don’t know have too much in your legs at this stage so you know why doesn’t he take it down just ease off CU they beaten D quite often I think you see with some of the international cruises perhaps they don’t quite understand the nature of a henley Royal r Umble knowing that you’ve got to go through five rounds of racing to get to it and you you’ll see them race just a little bit longer than you would with your Brooks or your Leander who know when they’ve got the race and the job done and dusted and they can afford to to take the foot off the gas pedal a little bit I think they brought the right down ever so slightly but again as you’re saying they can afford just to enjoy this last little row through through the various imposes I wonder if it’s a bit of Youth a bit of inexperience I don’t know what the coaches would have said to be fair you know they may be under orders to have a workout and that’s the best preparation they could have for racing leand and we wait for the Derby crew to come up Derby Rowing Club is a fantastic Rowing Club founded as a lot of rowing clubs were in a pub in the 19th century but uh it’s one Awards it punches well above its weight and uh Athletes Training for GV trials and the like and Derby roow club last year I think won one of British rows prestigious W for being sort of one of the up and cominging club or Club of the year or something so uh it must feel great to row at Derby Rowing Club and they row there on the river Derwin yeah one of the top clubs I think the top 10 result at pe’s head for a couple of years in a row now mix that in with fourth fastest Club eights at met rata and at the the Jackson trophy that’s the provincial clubs at the the head of the Rover fifth in that so one of the real stalls of provision provincial rowing in the UK but when you come up against the champions from New Zealand we can see there now the rate’s coming down now they can enjoy this R just that shot there of the bman Sam Wilson just a we look over just checking the margin but they’ll know Victory is all all guaranteed at this stage yeah they they’re in a nice rthm now aren’t they they’re really taking that time around the back that’s the finish of the stroke just as their blades come to off their bodies just that little moment of uh quiet and calm and Stillness in the body before it rocks over to move up to the catch and uh you can see Ashley t on there Cox just goinging down we can look out of our commentary box and see AA Ryan Club come up to the Finish Line to win this heat of the 10 challenge C comfortably from their opposition from Derby sell it comfortably cuz when you just easy with the blad sa like that it’s just a tell isn’t it Derby Ryan Club come up to the Finish Line well done guys great Henley campaign for you I fancy that race tomorrow between a and the and who’s your money on I think I go with Avon I like I like the chances I had a chat with with Logan earlier on in the week I think that is going to be a corker okay we’re up at the start for the wargrave challenge cup the holders TS Rowing Club you believe but there are no T Rowing Club crews in this race on the Bary station That’s The Far Side the very distinctive colors of Riverside boat club in the USA from Boston and if you’re joining us from whatever Coast you’re in in the states welcome to Henley regata and this race Riverside crew are up against the women from London Ryan Club a really impressed with them they beat tiway Scholars comfortably yesterday and their time of 208 was the quickest time of all the warres ate to the barrier riversides are selected by the stewards uh but it doesn’t look like that decision is is is worth its weight at the moment what’s London are doing then yeah London have really kicked on coming out the end of the island up to about a length or so and I think Riverside will have got that seat they been they’ve been performing well domestically in the United States the likes all head of the Charles Ras they were first first in club age there so one of the best Crews that the United States has to offer but at the moment Club rowing in the UK is probably the best in the world I don’t think you’ll find anywhere that is just stronger from from top to bottom and London is one of those clubs and their women’s program has just been on the rise in recent years and I think that’s Testament by the fact London have got three crews in this wargrave event TS have got four so that means what third of this entire wargrave event is coming from those two clubs on the p bment so I think for London roaring Club three in and their top boat outperforming a seed like Riverside it’s it’s outstanding from them yeah I do like to watch this London crew row I mean they were like this against taiway sculls I kind of thought yesterday’s race would be closer and I kind of thought this race would be closer I thought London Ryan club might just Edge it but they are just disappearing into the distance you can see those blades locking they’re really good at the catch there’s just that time and they lock at length don’t they there’s no slip discernable slip from those women at the front end no I think Stuart heap’s worked wonders at London since he’s taken over that program and you see on the men’s side winning the W fors last year I think their attempt C is in an outstanding position to potentially win on Sunday and I think there’s Whispers at the moment that actually this London Rowing Club crew I think there’s a there’s a few of the big clubs are I think a little bit weary of them and what they can do particularly when you go out and Blast away from Riverside boat club who have coming over particularly on a day like uh like July the 4th Independence Day stroke media pairing she won at Henley women’s rata this year in the club four for London Ro Club stroke Blondie the Cambridge Reserve boat back in 2018 she’s closest she’s the rower closest to you and uh the Cox from London Rowing Club is Chase lley the 24 year old Amelia just talking about his 28 years of age great shots of the London run Club crew and you know I remember the sort of fallow years for R Club at Henley where where TS was basically winning anything everything their competitor Club TS and uh it must be so exciting to see London R Club back on and competing head-to-head with a club like temps I think what I love about it is that they’ve got their almost sort of little bit of dual racing that they have particularly in the winter season that goes on between London T and some of the other FN clubs Vesta Rowing Club and for year after year TS would just fight wash everyone but now we’ve got London coming back into the mix on the men’s side and on the women’s side we’re seeing it here and I think that just helps Club rowing in the UK so much it just brings another Force into the mix and it means that we haven’t got one Club dominating everything which is of course great for that one Club but to have another Challenger rising to the surface now I think is tremendous for the for the r scene fantastic you can see London have just taken there racing Down The Strokes per minute easing off the blades of Riverside sorry we haven’t spoken too much about the Riverside crew uh plenty to talk about in The Stroke seat of Riverside the 23y old Katherine mleta did a rowing at pen from 2019 to 23 she was team captain at Penn actually that’s the back of Sarah Rogers the 26y old we’re looking at in the bells and I was quite struck uh by the seven woman in the Boston crew the Riverside crew Kathleen love and she’s got International experience she stroke the 2022 USA under 23 women’s lightweight quad so International experience in this Riverside crew which I guess just tells you how strong London are yeah London are enjoying these final stages of their race as they come past the progress board past’s [Music] enclosure enjoying this evening rle in the Sun that is beating down here at Hen Ro we’ve got to enjoy it whilst we’ve got it and London certainly are in the Warg grve challenge cup so coming up to the Finish Line in this heat of the Warg grve challenge Cup London Rowing Club will win this race and go on to race either Belo or upper temps we wait to see the result of that race it was a comfortable victory in the end wasn’t it I mean you could see for yourself the women from Riverside boat club it was their first race at the rata and it will be their final race in the 2024 edition of Henley and they will wait for the cheers at the end and we will have confirmation that London beat Riverside In the Heat of the war challenge [Applause] cup so it’s going to be a great race Leander Club can’t miss them with the Ser pink blades they’re in the yellow boat on this side Leander Club love to own those yellow on Packers but in the white boat on the far side are shaan School of Canada and this is a pretty tasty quad in the sense of international experience it’s a real dust up between these two boats there’s International experience in both of these Cruise Fergus yeah there is particularly the shaigan late crew I think they’re I think coming into this event I had them probably one of the picks of the rata one of the picks of the of the Princess Grace challenge cup one that really could go all the way three of his crew missed out on a chance to go to the Olympics at the final olymp qualification or so that’s a real punch in the gut but what Henley does it offers an opportunity for them to bounce back have a make something of this season they’ve worked so hard back in in Canada so they can come back to Henley perhaps win something and uh and perhaps save their season a little bit Yeah well this sad at the final Olympic qualification regard GA the Canadian crew that are racing here as shaigan Lake they had Carling Zan in the 3C who’s an absolute Powerhouse but they haven’t got her in this quad but we’ve got Grace Brock who’s com to the three seat shaan now are just moving ahead of Leander the race isn’t done a dusted first round I think to shaan this Canadian crew they lost qualification by I guess just about a second the USA quad one Ukraine I think was 629 or 628 and the Canadians were 629 so it wasn’t much really otherwise three of these women plus Carling Zan and if you’re watching Carling we hope you’re really well and enjoying the pictures from Henry regata and that hello goes out to everybody in Canada Leander Club what can they do it’s their water yeah Leander they’ve they’ve been behind before they raised a henley women’s in in champ courts and I think they’ have had their eyes on a bit of silverware at Henley women’s regards they lost in the final though by a quarter of a length to our phenomenal British development boat project La boat that they’ve been putting together so they have been behind in a race before of course the Henley Royal course a little bit longer than that at henryy Women’s rata so they’ve got work to do coming into the final stages of this race if they’re going to overhaul shaigan Lake they just seem to be pushing off the finish a bit more the Leander crew coached by of course Ross Hunter Mark Hunter’s brother the British Olympic lightweight gold medalist and they’re the Canadians it’s very easy out there’s not much coming off the back end it’s just an easy release isn’t it there’s nothing complicated they come out and they row a good length Leander have got much more I think towards the finish of the stroke and maybe that’s better in the headwind and maybe that tactic might pay for them as we come towards the Finish it’s very hard I mean you know you look at it and you say oh maybe you can just throw in a 10 or a 20 stroke burst but that’s not how top rowers race these days they they go on the red line as hard as you can go and they tend to stay on that and you know in the days when I used to race you you throw in a power 20 or something you put your rate up to 40 and come back down to 36 but these guys don’t grce like that do they no they don’t and they can’t really afford to I think I think if you put 10 Strokes in then at that point your opposition will be able to look over check you know that you’re making a bit of a move and then once you wound up after 10 15 Strokes well then they can push on again I tell you what we were talking about perhaps missing out on a bit of experience but they’ve brought in Grace vanderbrook as as you said I tell you what if you’re going to bring someone into a court for a bit of Henley roata experience and Grace is a fantastic addition to the crew I think racing previously in on the international stage in the 2023 World Championships and she won the Under 23 silver medal I think so she’s a huge addition to this crewp yeah well your pick was great I think Fergus and the Canadians will go onward in this Queen Mother the Princess Grace challenge cup the winners will rce tking Trenton or Iowa we’ll see them later Leander Club come in at the end so confirmation shaan Lake of Canada beat theander Club in The Princess Grace challenge cup so we are flying with our boom camera over upper temps Rowing Club a very strong crew saw them yesterday thought they were dead impressive and on the far side that’s the B station Belvoir rud Club of Zurich and uh they have been doing great things over in Switzerland we’ll talk about them as as we go down but uh two well-matched crews are i’ be disappointed if this isn’t a close race at least to halfway Fergus I think so particularly at this stage of the wargrave challenge cup when we’re seeing some of these seeded Crews come into the mix we’re seeing it now actually off the island pretty much dead level between upper temps and and the Swiss crew belar that have they have come over I think this has the makings of a real Kenley classic yeah that’s such a strong upper 10 CR it’s interesting I you know when I looked I didn’t know they were coached by Banky Mark Banks who has coached you know British Olympic medal Cruise he coached me actually in the uh 93 worlds that’s a giveaway um but um he is such a canny old Fox and you know doing simple things with these women upper 10s with those blades they’ve still got to get the upper 10s raw cuz the upper boat house is on this stretch isn’t it Fergus yeah it is it’s what it’s about just over halfway down the course just right next to remenham Club so there’ll be two Roars that you’d expect halfway down this Henley course the first from upper ter that these girls will be experiencing and the next one will be the remenham club Roar for any of the member clubs of remenham Club there we see they’re just starting to to approach that we can see there just in the top left hand corner of the screen the big Marquee there that’s just after after the ATT so they’re starting to hear it they’re starting to gain that Euphoria from the crowd at the moment and they’re just etching out not quite clear though they can’t quite break clear of of Switzerland but you’d imagine you’d expect them to do that as they gain all that energy from that crowd yeah I guess we’re watching from my drone and I love those shots I hope you do too you can just see the rowers a lot of people who watch Row for the first time when they see a drone shot they’re kind of surprised that rowers use their legs as much and and people in the street you know when you say rowing they kind of move their arms and you go no no it’s a leg based Sport and that’s the perfect illustration those big muscles been used I think upper 10s are quicker on the front end um not quite as sweet as the London Rowing Club crew that we saw earlier I would say but maybe a little bit more power I’d love to see those two Crews race each other but I think this race is done I can’t see Bel coming back from that Fergus no I think particularly as they’ve passed their own clubhous past their Club mates teammates people as there have trained alongside we can see they the crowds on the bank just next to the the Pontoon there it just shows they can get so close to them they were able to hear pick out voices of friends and family that sort of thing and that advantage that they that was about a length or so they weren’t quite able to get clear water a real gap between the two crews that’s now expanded that’s grown and up a tering club are now starting to move out perhaps length and a half two length up on on the Swiss crew how good is that drone sh just fin in front of the crew you get a notion of the speed through the water there’s the stroke of the upper temps crew Matilda Marin she’s a rowing coach that’s Edward school where I guess she works with uh Johnny singfield she’s worked there for five years this will be the last time she’s r with them because she’s off to work in London that’s the PowerHouse of the middle of the bow Cleo pry Lauren Harrington hope Kana and Emily Paul in the six seat see Emily just coming into the picture there there’s the stroke that we were talking about Matilda with those yellow sunglass who’s a 24 year old I think it’s interesting you look down some of the experience from where these girls have rolled for previously and Oxford Brooks is a name that’s that’s standing out so all of that success they had at student level is now just starting to trickle out into some of the club scenes particular here at upper temps couple of these girls there at at Oxford Brooks Emily Paul in particular in the six seed yeah and this crewp from Bel let’s talk about them the stroke Elena V mu was rowing for blondie that’s the reserve crew of Cambridge she’s in the F she’s the furthest rower the boat just in front of the cors Rach van SL and then Julia langstein well she’s in the seven seat you can see her there just one behind the stroke she is a Swiss champion this year in the straight four the coxless four and uh sahana bench in the six se again a Swiss Champion but you know they’re coming up to the line and uh they just weren’t good enough for upper temps who crossed the line couple of lents in front they sit there to soak it all up and confirmation of that result the upper 10 TR Club a crew beat belver Ruda Club Zurich in the wargrave challenge [Applause] cup so it’s the diamond challenge skulls and it’s Australia versus Australia p M Harding on the far side of the course but this man closest to us Jackson 3 well he comes from a hugely impressive rowing Heritage he’s going to need it it’s his second race of the day he was in the double skulls earlier and this is his chance in the diamond skulls which I guess is his priority well what’s quite interesting that double that he was doing he was doubling up with Cam buckin and both Jackson and cam both doing Diamond sculls Cam’s unfortunately gone out already they’re double lost earlier today so this is his final ticket left in the rata and he’s got to he’s got to punch if he’s going to punch his ticket he’s got to beat his countryman heish Harding but as you said Martin he’s got a huge amount of experience does Jackson fre well he he has I mean just we would have said in commentary yesterday um when I think he had to deal with lots of washes and swrs and I think the commentary team had lots of kind of uh metaphors or or you know humorous remarks about coming from uh his Club the Surfers Paradise Rowing Club up there on the Gold Coast cuz that’s what he was doing on the water yesterday no such surfing today but the free Family well his uncle Duncan has won this event back in 2001 and of course Duncan free also as Olympic champion in the peirs which he won in Tokyo with Drew ging but um he’s also coached uh Jackson by his dad Marcus so how good is that to have that growing knowledge but at the moment I guess his legs are just screaming and heish Hardy I mean he he looks nice he looks I don’t think he’s 100% flat out haish Hardy he’s a former lightweight uh which Jackson uh three isn’t so I guess it’s the race they’ve had in the double skulls that made the difference you can see look at the difference in the Cadence between those Scholars Fergus yeah it’s remarkable isn’t it I think I think particularly when you’ve got a long race in your legs in your doubles into a headwind not that long ago I seem to remember it was just before the lunch break I think it was they raced in the double skull so again it’s not been a huge amount of time to recover it’s not like it was One race first thing in the in the morning then last thing in the day so to take on two events it’s ambitious but perhaps in this case they might have been better focusing on on theing single or on the double and they might have seen them progress a little bit further through but heish Harding at the moment as you said former lightweight is now concentrating on a career as a as a heavyweight skolar and he’s a real Prospect in Australia at the moment he won the lightweight single skull at the the Australian Ro Championship so he’s coming over as a national championship and he’s done a bit of development work as well with uh with the Australian Ro team and perhaps another one we’re talking quite a lot at the moment at the shata about athletes who are looking ahead to La 2028 particularly with a lot of the international Crews preparing for Paris this year so we’re getting a lot of these development athletes here racing and trying to luck at a henley win yeah and hello to anyone in Australia who is up it must be early morning time there but you’re watching your man HH Harding you heard Fergus talk about his International experience I actually ra saw him race this year in the Veri World Cup he was in the uh Australia two double with Harrison Glen they came fourth in the final behind some Crews that were going to the Olympics like the lunit brothers from Croatia actually uh it be said so you know he’s got International representation look at that I I want one of those alling ones that says surface Paradise that would be so cool wouldn’t it yeah I think they’re one of the best ones out there at the moment I think they’re the nice and Jazzy one that stands out I love the orange I think it’s it’s phenomenal yeah he is Trucking isn’t he Jackson Free he is still going for it and you kind of feel for the guy because maybe if he hadn’t done the double skulls he might have been a little bit more up but I I guess that heish has just got that bit more now that bit more International experience just you know this year in the doubles going for Olympic selection in the Australian team and uh well Jackson perhaps not quite at that standard heish has been pretty consistent all the way he’s got very interesting thing with the body com comes up to the front and then his body comes back you you kind of like him to hold his body a bit more I don’t I don’t know I don’t profess to be an expert on scanning but it’s a very interesting way to take the catch technique little tighten the shoulders as well yeah it’s a little bit out of the normal convention you’d see the skull think as you said just delay the body swing a little bit and then in the second half of the stroke you’d expect a real swing with the with the back and arms combining a little bit you say just engaging the back just before he starts with the legs but it’s working for him great style if it works for you and heish Harding progresses in the diamond skulls he beats Jackson Free from the surfers paradise and um he and it’s been great heish uh Fergus it’s been fantastic to have you with us this afternoon your knowledge has been amazing catch the end of the island podcast if you haven’t already and I am going to welcome ail Abdullah Henley Stewart Athens Olympian winner of the diamond skulls and uh lots more on his palmares ail lovely to have you with us this afternoon through to the closer play it’s great to be back with you Martin uh it’s always fun to to sit here and talk about a sport that we both love so much and so I’m really excited looking out on the uh stewards enclosure there I always love to see all of the jackets there all the people finally festooned for for this wonderful Riata and um it really is like one of the high points of the Year for me well here we go a heat of the silver goblets and Nichols challenge cup the pairs I love this event I lost it by foot in the finals of the austrians and I really wish I had it in my trophy cabinet but I don’t these two guys will hope that they do have it it’s jerkovich and jerkovic the Montenegro and Road from muda R rudine in Germany in L Saxony they are on the far side you see them with their sort of white t-shirts and on the right hand side it is the Oxford University pair of Tas Von Muller and Tom rck yeah it’ll be interesting to see they have a lot of experience rowing together uh at uh at Oxford and uh how that works out between them and these two brothers here looks like they’re hot off the pace here you know I wonder if the the this the specialty of being Brothers is going to help them uh sort of call on uh you know some more power in the boat yeah well this Oxford P I don’t think they would have done a lot of run together I kind of really like Tas for Muer who sat in the bow of this boat he was the Oxford president last year very very calm guy really solid I thought he rode really well in seven seats obviously um from Germany himself he looks across there and they got the youngster in the stroke seat Tom Ry that’s 21 years of age yeah and I believe he raced in the uh in the goblets last year and uh made it through to Friday and he lost to uh the a Dutch crew that made it through through the semi yeah well the winners of this have been a race to the Dutch the Dutch favorites uh Nikki van sprang and Guam crom Hawk so that’ll be interesting but I’ll tell you what I didn’t expect the Germans to be this competitive this sort of deep into the race we we’re still not at the barrier so we’ve been run for about let’s say minute and a half and it is a great race yeah I really like how they’ve stuck in there uh it looks like the uh Oxford crew is is is starting to move out a little bit on them uh maybe taking a move there and it’ll be see It’ll be I’m wondering if the jokovic jovic Brothers uh can hang in there as they go through this move yeah I think we’ve answered it now cuz Oxford if Oxford keep this move up I I I think the the two the crew from Mund Rowing Club yeah I really like the way the oord crew is rowing it’s really light they’re really accelerating uh from the catch when you say light what do you mean by that so when you’re when you’re in the boat when you’re putting that ore in the water it can feel like the boat just settles down that’s when it’s heavy but when you get that pickup when you get that connection you can look at at the connection in the lats of that of the of the bouty of Mueller and you can see he’s getting a really powerful connection you can look at the boat as it moves through the water and these are a little choppy conditions uh but it doesn’t really settle down into the water very much yeah I think the the wind’s settling down a bit today I I kind of been asking the coaches you know what have you told your Crews about the wind and it’s kind of you know just make sure you don’t cut your finishes and uh don’t catch any crabs but basically runs an outdoor sport get on with it Henley’s windy you normally get Crosswinds like this get used to it so yeah I mean the cruise that can really stay long you know that means getting out at that catch that’s when you’re up in that position like you’re taking a squat uh and and really power that stroke through the water they’re ones that’ll be able to to Really deal with the with the rough conditions so we see the uh Munda rudine crew here just uh a small club uh mon R BR just about 230 members of the club as we said in the star in Lis Saxony which is on the east side of Germany these two guys are montenegrin and that’s why they’re called oich that’s why the names are oich uh obviously Montenegro part of the former uh country that was called Yugoslavia but it doesn’t have a rowing Federation and one of the reasons that these guys entered Henley was was basically to publicize rowing in Montenegro which is pretty decent they’re here on uh you know the the third day of penley and racing against uh two gentlemen from Oxford uh Mueller and Ry who have a lot of experience um and uh you know to be here on this stage I think is something special absolutely so Oxford’s still trucking of course the coach by by Brendan Glidden who was Shawn bowden’s assistant coach sha Bowen the legendary Oxford coach who Oxford let go this year in search of uh trying to get a boat boat race win which Oxford haven’t had many of in the last few years and uh we’ve got Mark fangen Hall waiting in the wings the Eaton head of rowy to come over and take the job at Oxford Oxford got a lot of great recruits next year they’ve got uh Team back the New Zealand scholar who Oxford are so chuff they they’ve nicked him from Cambridge cuz I think Cambridge thought he was coming there they got Nicholas Cole who’s the stroke of the Italian four that’s uh going for a medal in the Olympics so really strong squads for Oxford University next year yeah that’s going to be a tough position to step into a lot of pressure uh to come into uh that position with the expectations that uh there’s going to be a turnaround so um but right now these two young men Ry and Mueller uh rowing pretty well looks like they’re comfortably in the lead here and uh settling down there’s a great shot you can see right down the course I love the shots where you can see the the the church in the background and you know it’s just uh yeah quintessential Henley it’s iconic iconic that’s the word I was looking for it’s an iconic shot it’s an iconic course an iconic part of the world and that is the money shot and now I’m hungry for some fish and chips as you can see that on the screen there um but yeah I really like you know it looked at the beginning there like the jeckovich uh brothers were uh hanging in there but uh it looks like the the little bit of the experience you know um from Mueller and rley sort of help them pull through here I think you spot on you you you talked about ry’s experience in this event going through to the Friday last year and that’s worth loads you know particularly in these conditions bit of headwind and things like that and Tason Muer very cool calm head I mean that’s why I took on the responsibility of being the Oxford president in in 2023 and you put that combination together and you know you you get a decent pair yeah now how is the Oxford president elected is that from the team is that yeah that’s a great shout because Tom Macintosh the New Zealand scholar the Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo in the eight in 2021 he is the new president he’s never been to Oxford Ox we got a new new coach who’s never been there they’ve got a new president who’s never been there but to answer your question I think that the president is elected by the RS and the squads so I don’t know whether you know it was said look we’ve got this OIC gold middlest and you know potential midlist in the single SCS of Paris coming to you uh we need his experience it would be foolish not to have him president U maybe the message went out but uh t- Max great guy and he’ll be really up to that Jo yeah there’s definitely something in the in the leadership uh from someone that has that type of focus and has that that sort of Bon of fetus so I can look out of the window in this fantastic commentary position at heny Ro rata and just to the left of the course on the buck station it is the Oxford pair who have eased off now Tas fromon Mueller looking around as is Tom Ry for the Finish Line it’s nearly there Lads you just got a couple of Strokes to go that’s not going to hurt you they’re still looking around you think they might know where it is the buzzer goes and Bob Mueller and Ry from Oxford University beat uh jakovic and jakovic from Munda rudine in a heat of the silver goblets congratulations there from b m to Ry confirmation on the screen of that result in the heat of the silver goblets and Nicholls so very different event there you can see on the far side that’s Freddy Foxwell the 19y old with his hand up uh you can’t have the Cox’s hand up but that is the crew from Edinburgh University a what a fantastic rata Edinburgh University have had but they are up against o Oxford Brooks a Oxford Brooks are the holders in this event and as we know from watching Oxford Brooks Cru if you see anything with Brooks a you think we’re up against it but Edinburgh won’t be overall certainly not in the first part of this race yeah Oxford Brooks is out to a strong start but Edinburgh a is still right there in it um I like the fact that they’re hanging there they look a like they’re a little bit lower than this Oxford book Brooks crew but you can look look at the raw power in each of these boats uh as they’re just moving through that first part of the race that that’s that Punchy Brook style very Snappy on the front end really like to bang in you know I think it’s born out of a lot of competition that these guys do out of the Brooks Boat House on that stretch of the temps up by Wallingford they they you know and when they go to wimble Bourne Lake they have this you know head-to-head competition and I think it kind of breeds that technique where they’re very Snappy on the front end and they’ve got those big F smoothie blades and everyone in the club rows the same way so you can make loads of different combinations they all Row the same it’s extremely successful Henry bash where obviously the the chief coach Richard spratley The Mastermind behind Brooks and uh yeah we can see them there yeah and one thing that that does it it I I like to call those types of uh you know environments crucibles right because you really do get your metal tested every day and I think that when that happens you do you really can establish a powerful crew and as you said you can see it in their stroke you can see it in the way that as they’re moving through the middle part of the race they’re still swinging together nicely they’re getting the ores in and uh you know it’s it’s interesting with the conditions the way they are you know whether they have decided it looks like they shortened up a little bit if they continue to if they’ll relax a little bit and start to lengthen out Freddy Foxwell there we’re looking at him the stroke of the Edinburgh University a crew former Andrews boat club won two goals in the coupe which was kind of the uh second level junior team for Great Britain and B Murr bone is also from aine schools rowing Association that we’ve seen race here and has been a GV trialist but this Oxford Brooks crew well they’ve got uh loads of talent in the bow well we’re looking at Sam D Silva there and uh he’s done an undergraduate degree in business and Cox for four years Brooks there’s the Balman Charlie chick Temple challenge cut semi-final last year Shay Bradley I thought he was really interesting the guy at two there because he was from 8 to 18 he was a national champion in swimming and he’s changed to rowing a lot of swimmers you seen it with o idler haven’t we changed from swimming he was like a a sort of European champion level um probably wasn’t going to go further so that’s Shay Bradley uh Kai shelman in the three seat of that boat uh very strong row and uh then in the stroke Richard Hors who learned to row well in in Ro Club in Su which actually was the same Rowing Club that Morgan bondy the uh man going for gold in the British eight in the Olympics also L to R strong Runing Club but Oxford Brooks a coming up to the Finish Line in this heat of the Prince Albert challenge cup and it’s been a strong race they will be going up against against University of London a or nous the winners of that race edbury University gave the RO but how many times have we said Oxford Brooks at Wana Henley quite a few so on the far side of the course we have the women from amster student near house and that’s the Amsterdam crew this is the Princess Grace challenge cup it’s the open event for women’s quadruple skulls and we have four women from multibot Club in Su just down the reach from Walton that we were talking about a little bit earlier at the finish of the previous race and uh mosy going really strong here they their Championship women’s 4 W today well in the town cup uh which is fantastic for the club I think they’ve got 20 athletes here in Championship events 20 women here in Championship events and they’re going up against this Dutch crew that are really really powerful yeah I like what multi is doing here they’re getting those ores uh slight flip there but they’re getting those ores in the water you know there is a choppy conditions uh a little bit of wind but they’ve seem to eek out a little bit of an advantage over this nurious crew so if you’re watching Benta well that’s your sister you would know but maybe the audience wouldn’t FEMA palis the 24y old stroke of the nerous crew the palis sisters all Ro foras the club in Amsterdam and of course ilsa palis has that Olympic gold medal from the lightweight double skulls and Benta is stroking the Netherlands women’s quad just lost out in a gold medal to Britain at the worlds last year but going for gold in Paris and we know you’re at your training camp at the halata lake in Austria hope it’s going well for you and uh well we’d like the Netherlands crew to just move up a little bit but uh that’s your little sister racing yeah and and this is uh F’s first Henley rata so there’s the multi quad and in the stroke is Kate Lush from New Zealand she’s been part of the New Zealand under 23 setup she’s joined mosy earlier this season and at three Lily Abbott from Kingston grammar school she was at Duke University in North Carolina she’s tring also for the under 23s really impressive Squad M have got together Heloise worington henle women’s finalist GB trialist as well and uh hope cesford she is in the baling you can see her back there she has rode with hard the crimsons um her favorite song for walking out is Steal My Girl by One Direction tells you a lot about her probably but she also works in the city with Mo Sai who’s your colleague as a steward and of course Britain’s Olympic gold medalist so I I think is that with JP Morgan I oh mo yeah yeah yeah J Moran yeah can I just say a big up to Sam tuck who’s the coach of the mosy crew I was talking with Ben Lewis that legendary coach Henley Coach and he’s now working with moldy and he’s just got nothing but praise for that young coach Sam tuck who’s done such a great job with the women okay there are the Dutch crew how do they look to you yeah well it looks as though uh you know I was looking at them from the beginning and it looks like uh at the catch there there’s a little bit of hesitation um and so if they could manage to really get those ores in as they’re as they come up to that cat uh and change directions maybe they can get a little bit more speed out of the boat might be something to look at um and it’s just you know I think that the the mosy crew the the execution of the stroke just looks a little bit cleaner yeah I’d agree with you there look at the blades blades not going too deep on the front end but it’s really sharp and there’s a great pick up there and this women’s quad I guess they train or have had the opportunity to train with the mosy women’s for in the championship event at 10 cup the Dutch haven’t stopped mosy you know they they’re keeping mosy honest that Dutch qu from near us yeah and you you got to be careful because if you’re ahead and you get a little complacent that could just be the sort of uh opportunity that the crew from behind is looking for so multi come up to the Finish Line Sonia hospas Iris CL Jesse verir and F cap palis we’ talked about them you can see them in the shot behind the crew from near house not to be for them in the Princess Grace challenge cup the winners will race the selected scardi crew from the Netherlands and mosy are the crew that will do that near House couldn’t quite find what it took to compete with mosy very strong mosy crew in the middle of the course confirmation mosy beat near house in The Princess Grace challenge cup another quad skull this time it’s boys quadruple skull can’t miss him tomato ketchup and mustard blades red and yellow for the tiway scholars they are on the bux side of the course the right hand side and you’ve got this powerful Leander club with the S blades they are on the left hand side of the course the barshar station decent match up up this race ail yeah one of the things I really like about the shot that we had was that you can see how the wind just picks up as they come out of that uh you know come past the island there and uh these two crews are out looks like the tideway skullers have a little bit of an advantage here but you know as you said that Leander crew is powerful skull’s got loads of Crews here really impressive Club really impressive Henley performance and their coach Richard Hawkins will have told schulls go out out early get an advantage and then just use your length use your power to see if you can just sit on that Leander club and Leander have got the three man uh Byron Richards he’s the only Survivor in in this Leander crew from the Leander crew that won the fley last year he sat in the three seat and he was a single scholar in France in V suon at the Juniors last year so he sculled on the Olympic course and you know I don’t think this race is done dusted skull’s put a lot in early on theander are going to get a lot of shouts aren’t they as they come down there’s still an overlap it’s still anyone’s right kill yeah the the taiway skulls are up a little bit higher on the rating than that Leander crew uh Leander choosing to use a little bit more power maybe to and uh rowing within themselves uh it’ll be interesting to see if they can make any moves and continue to main contact as the tiway skolars try to inch by inch move away a little bit more yeah yeah it’s interesting these tiway Scholars there’s Leander coming back on Scholars I was just about to talk about the four Scholars by but you can see the race unfolding Leander are moving every single stroke now what can Indie Regan the 18yearold in the stroke seat of schulls who went goes to Richmond Park Academy state school and B Thomas Patrick and Zig Martis they both of them in the top five under 19 Scholars at GB chars they’ve got class they’ve got form but they’re really being put under the K here yeah it looks like the Leander crew is sticking to their plan they had their strategy coming out you know as you said TI weight scholar got out fast they were trying to establish that lead and hold on to it but now it looks like the power of the Leander crew is really starting to take it take an in fact an impact this race as they make this move to try to get up uh even with that oh you can see that look over from the bow of the uh of the Leander boat uh will eat yeah and there’s a three man looking over the experience of Bon Richard the 18yearold just making sure I think Leander are coming through if I look out to the box I would say Leander are in front of tiway skullers maybe not on that shot skullers hanging on this is a long course isn’t it and if you’re a skulls supporter you will be desperate on the edge of your seat because Henley takes a long long time it’s not 2,000 M it’s oh disaster they are going to lose the race because of that crap Leander will come through I can wow I can’t believe that they were sitting there and right now you can see Leander coming through and they are going to move through oh no it looks like the skolar are moving back they’ve found a way to to put a big move on can they do it oh this will be a sensational finish they’re going to prove me absolutely wrong where did they find that Sprint it’s schulls on the left it’s Leander on the right it’s neck and neck it’s level we’re coming out to the Finish Line oh my goodness I can’t split them we’ll have to wait for the photo finish what did you think ail I was utterly impressed by Leander moving through uh you know as we got closer to the end of the race and then when the skulls caught that crab and came back from it I I was out of my mind I couldn’t believe that they were coming back well here let’s have a look at the crab the boat tips in that water and look the blades just go deep we are still waiting for an official result we do not know we are stood here we can see the cruise beside us the boys don’t know in that heat of the 40 quads and somehow skolar got it back together I said they weren’t going to win aille and um maybe I was wrong yeah this is one of those really tense moments they’re waiting for the results you know having had such drama throughout the race now they have to wait a little bit longer they’ve got a video camera on the Finish they’ve got like three finish judges I mean I’ve lost the race by a foot here the final of the goblets and you know it you can’t tell obviously these boys Leander don’t know the results scholar don’t know yeah I mean you know when you’re sitting there you’ve just given your all you’ve had you’ve been up you’ve been down and now you just have to wait yeah I mean we’re not on the finish so we can’t tell so I would have thought marginally schols but really you look at it and you say I can’t call that we still don’t have a result ladies and gentlemen watching this wasn’t that the most exciting race the drama of the water the crabs the wind the waves the swell threws flat out sorry ail no no I say that’s the excitement that that you you love to see you know uh you don’t here we go call it now you call it oh I think Leander may have gotten it I think Leander may have gotten it yeah I think the beat came from Leander but they’ll go back on the um video camera we still have no result but can you believe the way that t that tied way got the got themselves together found composure and made a move so we now have a result which we are going to give you Leander win by one foot oh my goodness that crab cost schulls the race so sorry for the guys from the chisik based Club it was so close what a contest toil there’s the losers and he’s holding his head in his hands IG Mattis Vaga he did everything right I don’t know if he’s blaming himself for a crab it seemed the whole bow tip down to the bellside that’s the right hand riggers as you’re looking at it yeah I think it’s m you know I think he’s holding his he’s holding it I think he’s holding his head down right now but I think his mates are going to be like we were in this together so we are off up to the start here it is the other quarterfinal we’ve been waiting on the edge of our seats for T’s Rowing Club D on the far side isn’t it credible to have four crews in the same event and T’s Rowing Club a in the yellow imper on the Buck Station they’re on the right of your picture it would see a deal that’s done and dusted TS Ro Club D can’t hope to compete with TS Ro Club a just talk us through the psychology of of you know these women racing their AC crew the yeah you know in practice there is definitely a pecking order you have your a crew you have your B crew you have your C crew and here you have your D crew so coming into this race there’s already this idea that you know they F they’re faster than us they’ve won seat races and now they’re out there but you know what I like to say on race day you show up to the line and anything can happen yeah and you got to have that mindset and uh we can see there the 10r club a crew to be quite honest I I they’re being kind to the D crew they are down up pace they look really strong they look really sharp probably the best of the women’s eights I’ve seen today in the wargrave you know they’re nice and long out the front nice grip at the at the at the front ends easy release at the finish and uh coached by Tom map they they’re doing pretty well aren’t they yeah I mean they’re looking good they’re looking nice and relaxed as you said I like the length that they’re getting you can see that druit really uh putting it out there putting in the effort going a little bit harder but here you go look at that length and they’re pushing those puddles away so when you talk about pushing the puddles away you can see as they before they take their neck stroke they’re really letting the boat run out and letting the boat do the work okay so they’re down now in steady paddling but this is some of the best rowing that I think I’ve seen all day it looks beautiful off the back end little TOS with the body little hands coming away bodies there rocking over in perfect synchronicity you can really see them moving that shell as one as they said boys in the boat great movie if you haven’t seen it George Clooney directed it raced on this stretch of river here but they are moving as one aren they they they certainly are now I’ve got a question for you so you know there are I see more and more boats sort of pausing at the Finish there’s this little gathering that boats are doing now more so than when I was rowing and I was told to keep the ores moving around the Finish yeah we’re going to get into that I just want to say a big build up to the stroke uh Mia giovan from TS D 23y old you can just see her there there she is um she was at Churchill College Cambridge where she studied architecture she’s now a full-time architect and uh she fits her training around the architecture but the thing around the finish I mean they definitely haven’t got a PS at the finish so from what I understand if you come together at the finish and there are people here like Ian R is you know coaches Switzerland he coach Australian coach the New Zealand under 23 o to two goals it’s basically to come together at a point and to feel the bow in your muscles and then just move away all together and they all do it when they’re paddling they don’t do it when they’re racing but it it does look strange but it does give you cohesion off the back end and you know you can see it there it does look sweet it does look really nice and T’s D are coming right up this is going to be like a one length FDI it it’s a nicely judged right yeah you know to your point I really like how they’re getting the ores they’re pushing the you don’t see a lot of Border falling off of the the ores as they as they uh pull the ores out of the water at the Finish oh so you saw T’s a they are biging it up to their clubmates as you would expect T’s D are absolutely destroyed and uh the two Club Crews giving respect TS a be TS D in The walg grve Challenge cup well we still haven’t gotten over what happened in that previous race between skulls and Leander so uh why don’t we take another look at it look I mean there’s skulls in the leader kill yeah and we can see I’m I’m not quite sure what happened you saw B uh you saw tusi just give a quick look over and so here we go here’s the shot and it looks like the It looks like they just caught a barble it looks like they caught a wave yeah and then I thought they might have won but you heard the beat of Leander there’s that crab again yeah it’s almost two of them here we go across the Finish oh man and that’s a surge right there you that’s less than a foot if that if Finish Line had been yeah like I don’t know 5 m the other way Scholars would have won you know we talk about sometimes you win on The Surge and that just happens to be where you are in the stroke during that time and to me that felt like if it had been foot later who knows when I see that you exciting that we were able to bring you this action at Henley late into the day still thousands of Spectators here thousands of you watching online great to have your company and if you’re watching in Iowa in the USA or wherever you are around the world welcome closest to us on this right hand side it is the four women from the University of Iowa saw their eight race yesterday unfortunately they went out but these four women will try their utmost to reverse that verdict against the PowerHouse women of tkh and Ry club and Trenton boat club the event is the Princess Grace challenge cup it’s for Open Women’s krupal skulls you know that by now CU you’ve seen them come down before the holders of Great Britain the Olympic sort of crew designate world champions last year that’s the standard and the quality of this event and there’s tokam and Trenton yeah now for those who don’t know TW Twickenham and Trent that’s a composite boat right that means it’s made up of two clubs yeah and uh and and twickingham so the two girl wary of pupo she is she learned to row at Twickenham they have the St world class star potential scheme there and Twickenham is the base and a lot of women and and some men really took their first strokes and they’ve been identified as talent for the British Squad and boeri has been in that uh situation she great this year in the posan World Cup 3 she’s also raced in um I think in Amsterdam the Holland Becker uh just uh just before going to cosnet really strong crew really powerful and should go deep into this competition yeah and you know this this uh this crew here is has some experience as well the stroke Emma mask has actually won in the uh Jubilee and so she’s raced before she uh knows these Waters and so it’ll be interesting right now they’re at a bit of a disadvantage um definitely the raw power of that Twickenham uh trenum boat is is is is overpowering right now there’s the women from Iowa MMS closest to us the Jubilee of course is the junior event at three Haley mccy who’s an international under 23 she says hi to Mom and Dad basil and Tanya Mercury who have come all the way from Canada to watch this race and she is just one behind the strun girl and then in the two seat we’ve got Emma Raina and Annabelle Raina in the bow seat and uh Annabel Raina originally was from Marlo Rowing Club yeah a little shot at that blade work there you can see they’re really getting those ores in and now together and you can see the water as well you can see the swells which caused that tiway skulls boys crew I I must say I did think the water would be flatter at this time of the evening but maybe it’s not I know I was wrong about that yes it does tend to uh get a little bit better a little bit calmer in the evening as the Sun starts to move uh but right now we have some still have some choppy Waters but you can see this uh composite boat here of Twickenham and uh trenam uh really they’ve settled down here and they’re starting to just lengthen out a little bit and maybe reserve a little bit of their power yeah it’ be great to see these athletes going for under 23s poy Baker up in the bows of the uh British British quad or yeah um poppy Baker she won the best of Scholar’s head category third at the Holland Becker second in under 23s seventh in under 23 trial you get the impression that these women are really strong me Knight in the B Diamond Jubilee in um 2021 and 2022 and then raced in The Princess Grace this event in 23 and uh We’ve obviously talked about uh vori so experience all the way through this quad yeah there’s a lovely shot down the course uh looking at those booms I always find the Booms to be a bit intimidating you know don’t don’t I don’t you did all right though yeah I I I made it I made it but you know it’s what did you think did you think I’m going to hit them I’m going to hit them or did you just forget about them you know once I was in the race I was I I forgot about them but when you’re looking at the course or when you’re out there and uh if the if the Umpire tells you to go one way or the other you think I’ve got to correct but not so much that I wind up in the booms yeah because the boom always wins and the thing about that Twickenham and Trenton composite crew you heard us talk about conf off the start that they’re kind of towards the middle of the course they’re well away from the booms and they can do that because the women from the University of Iowa uh little way behind and so it allows these four women to take the center and yeah yeah otherwise uh the the Umpire might call them for interference uh for impeding the progress of the other crew yeah so it’s going to be really interesting it’s a beautiful shot I love that shot of uh these women sort of rowing down the course I think these are racing the winners was it Canada that beat theander it was wasn’t it and so they are racing the Canadians which would be a really good match out that Canadian Club that just failed to qualify for the Olympics if they win but we have seen you can’t forget you know in the Foley race catching crabs hitting booms you know stuff happens at Henley and these women are cruising serenely on and you hope for their sake that you know Carries On To The Finish yeah rowing quite well together you can look at the the the stern or the bow of the boat and you can see it right along the water line it’s not dropping down too far into the water so if you just tuned in from Iowa City and you’re watching your four women in this Princess Grace challenge cup the championship standard event for women’s quadruple skulls well they rote on the Iowa River there in Iowa City at the Bingham boat house and this is what they row on at Henley that beautiful stretch River you saw Henley Church there in the background and uh this isn’t the home water for these women uh Meg fi Poppy and Jade row elsewhere but they will know this water very well cuz they’ve raced here at Henley women’s which which happened just a couple of weeks ago and they’re now racing here they’ve raced at and you R before you know what what just occurred to me here in this Iowa boat there we have a great shot of Emma mask uh as we said who won the the junior event of the Quad uh in the Jubilee um but we’ve seen this is at least our second set of siblings uh you know we saw it in the Goblet yeah and uh we’re seeing again here um so and I would like to say Iowa has a fantastic women’s program um you know that they had a great eight they recruit really well we’ve got a Brit Annabel Raina up in the BS recruited from Marlo they’ve got a great coaching team it’s Megan Fitzpatrick who’s the associate coach at the University of b r drawing team and uh they didn’t quite make the NCAA this year finished well they’re eight anyway finished eighth in the Big 10 conference but that’s going to be a hell of a league isn’t it when Washington and Cal come into that uh Midwest Comforts it it really speaks to the level of depth that of talent really that is uh in you know uh American universities um when you have a program with such you know depth as you know Emma Mass look at that shot k I love it I’ve been I’ve been I’ve been trying to figure out how I get into one of these uh houses one day and can just wave too so that I can you know I think dick cas so I’ve heard uh so coming up to the finish twickingham and Trenton progress onto the next round where I think they will Race Canada easy blades always a giveaway as we’ve said they will wait for the women from the University of Iowa who are crossing the Finish Line just now as you can see and uh that was a decent little workout and there’s three cheers so confirmation tocking him and Trenton beat Iowa in The Princess Grace challenge cup so we’re up at the start a German crew in the Queen Mother challenge cup and this is a special matchup between Germany and the yellow boo on the left and the Netherlands on the right now this Dutch crew I was talking to them earlier and I said boys you were only a second down on the Germans at the posam World Cup you know do you reckon you can have them and they said yeah yeah we we’re going to get revenge so they were out for it and uh the uh hollandia Road Club crew on the right of the pitcher steering nicely off the island but this German crew really strong aill they beat would you believe the selected German quad okay fair enough the strokeman had had an illness he was back in the boat but they finished back in fifth place this German quad we’re looking at on the far side finished in third place they got a world cut bronze mle they’re great under 23 rowers this should be a fantastic matchup yeah I like to that’s always it’s always fun we were talking about in the a booat versus the dbo uh you know in the eights and here we have a a German boat that was able to to knock off that that top German boat well I I saw it at pnan and I thought these guys should be going to the Olympics because they had won twice they beat the Germans twice in posan but that wasn’t how it was hollandia coming back into it now fascinating so it’s only a second in POS and the Dutch well they have that fantastic ability to just find speed at the Finish don’t they ail they really do and you know the interesting thing about this course is that it’s longer than 2,000 M you know it’s longer than we normally race in our sprint races so and look at that move right there they’re moving through with a little bit of power and a little bit of Grace right here I’m wondering if Germany can find a way to respond to that move you know this is where the boxing match sort of uh analogy metaphor comes in Mone is on the Germans haven’t seen them race in posam but this is anyone’s race I’m pleased for Mike mantel the three men in the hollandia crew he got a silver medal in the Dutch eight in the 22 World Championships didn’t make the team in 23 when the Dutch got another silver medal hasn’t made the Olympic team so he’s back in this development team with Jon salod Ste wiing and weot rustenberg and they have made a fantastic move it almost looked on the Drone that it got in front but the Germans did something didn’t they yeah they they were f they found a way to hold their move and you know I think that if they can continue to to hold him here the question is whether or not the Dutch have anything else if they can fire another Salvo to try to to continue this move it looks like they may have picked up another seat uh the Dutch but looks like Germany’s responding quite well now this is going to be a great race to the finish I’m looking down the course and I still qu can’t really see them there’s a lot of racing in this contest to go the PowerHouse is in the middle of that German Alex finger and Felix Hinrich two and three under 23 world champions and uh they are coming up past the enclosures now and we are watching this just after it’s happened so this is VT so the crews have just passed us but the Germans are out in front the Dutch don’t have the Finish sorry for that we’re watching the crews live I couldn’t see them and the reason we were off BT so here the Germans coming through to the fin Finish Line and they’re pretty much out in front of K yeah yeah you can see the duts trying to muster something here but uh the Germans are just responded quite well a little bit taking it up a little bit over the Finish there so that’s the race to the Germans by just over a length perhaps a little bit more than it was in posan and berhoff finger Hinrich and krugger progress onto the next round so so this is the event for girls eights Junior eights the prince philli challenge trophy two Local Schools shiplake College on this side of the course coached by Dan Safari who’s coached shiplake to a henley win in the juvilee quart in 2021 and Henley Rowing Club packed with Talent on that left hand side of the course with the dark blue blades coached by lean Redmond this is a really really strong matchup Henley R Club are selected it’s their first race in the contest yesterday ship plake had an easy run out against gulin and ler and you couldn’t put a cigarette paper I think they say between them yeah this shiplake crew looked pretty strong yesterday uh and you know it’ll be interesting to see having raced yesterday whether or not that’s going to impact them Hy having uh having this be their first race whether they’re feeling fresh and uh ready to go picking up the race a little further down the course and Henley just have the advantage such a brave decision by the ship Lake coaching team of Dave Curry and Dan Zari to move out of the Jubilee the women’s quadruple and find eight women who could put together an eight for the Prince Phillip it just States the intention of the school they’re still really in contact but what a great middle of the race from the women from Henley Ro K yeah I mean you know it’s right here you can see these two boats are battling hard uh there was a quick look over by the coxing of the shiplake crew to to see what was going on and you know she’s really calling her her girls on right now to see if they can pull through this Henley crew this race is going to be one of the closest we’ve seen today and we saw a one foot verdict I’d say ship bler coming back into it what a beautiful stroke in by KY Provera first year at ship PL the kill they are moving and Henley is unable to respond right now oh my goodness shiplake have just taken a twoot lead over their Rivals from Henley I look down the course and there’s still a long way to go in this race what can Henley do to respond we’ve got Emily Simmons and Abby Smith there who rode together in the Juniors who got medals in the coupe and they are the powerhouses in this Henly boat and they need to really deliver now yeah it looks it looks as though the shipl crew is just a bit lighter has a little bit more spring a little bit more energy and it looks like Henley’s having a hard time powering those ores through the water and getting that Boat Moving yeah we’ve got that ship like uh crew with Ellie Dowling in the six seat really putting the pair down she’s been run for six years she was at Munich rata this year which is where the likely British juniors go to compete so she could well be in the junior team this year for the world championships in St Katherine’s Canada and Sophie for just behind her in the four seat she’s off to Iowa who we saw just racing now Henley coming back into it it looks like they may have found a little T and they stuck right now it looks like they’re they’re making a move and trying to hold on to and then and then maybe eek back inch by inch on this shipl cre looking down the course these women have got around about 400 m to row and I think ship Lake have check that move and what a brave decision to put all your eggs in the eight basket and you know if if they can get through this race they won one yesterday then obviously they’re going to progress onto the Friday of the r that’s going to be fantastic for shiplake R yeah it looks like maybe racing yesterday gave them a little bit of experience a little bit of confidence that they needed to know that they could go out there and race this qualified crew yeah and if they do win shiplake will go on to race Marin I think from San Francisco who I saw Ro earlier today thought thought they looked great and that’ll be a super contest but it’s not done yet yet there’s the Boman granny Hunter the 17-year-old of Henley Rowing Club nice and smooth keeping it all together still got good technique as long as you got good technique ail you got a chance yeah you know and especially in these conditions where uh a puff of wind can cause a bobble you know we saw it before in the FY race uh so right now they’re really holding on and there’s still a chance as long as they can hold on to that technique but it looks like the ship Lake crew has decided to turn the screws just a little bit more make it a little bit harder a little bit more pressure impressive stuff from shiplake that’s Anna Meritt lra Vala Amelia Parker Sophie Foreman Emelia wroo Emil darling Emily Oliver Katy dragover Cox Oliver Joiner and uh those women with their Cox Oliver are coming up to the finish with a one length margin over their Rivals from hen it was a tight race wasn’t it tight from early on but shiplake made a decisive move yeah and I mean there was definitely that change in the beginning I thought that Henley was going to actually be able to keep moving so Henley Henley come over the line but it’s one length behind ship Lake obviously we wait for the official verdict but there’s confirmation of the result released in the Prince Philip challenge trophy chip Lake col to beat Henley Rowing Club really looking for Ward to this race and we have got Oxford Brooks again but it is their B crew we saw the a crew be really dominant against Edinburgh University earlier well they are up against lightweights from Harvard on that far side of the corsak kill the Crimson with the distinctive red and white blades can the heavy weights Prevail over the lightweights uh we’ll see I mean the conditions might favor them a little bit uh but that that Harbor crew is very very tough very seasoned it looks like the heavyweights are here getting out Oxford Brooks is getting out to a little bit of a lead and uh they’re getting out stroked a bit by that Harbor crew and we’ll see if they can hold on to that but right now Oxford seems to be establishing themselves uh in a great position uh to move through yeah the Oxford Brooks crew Ryan with that same Punchy style Punchy technique blades I’d say they’re a little far off at the front end ail what you yeah a little bit there um but they’re also rowing with this bucket here so that means they have two rowers behind each other rowing on the same side and a lot of times that’s for balance and sometimes it’s just to the crew just happens to move better that way so Brooks come up I guess we’re about halfway into the race now and uh the stroke Lorenzo privatti he was the foran in the St Edward’s crew that won the princess elizabth isabeth last year famously won the princess Elizabeth beating some Pauls going well this year Elliot ell well he’s the three man just behind the stroke he did his learning to row at Plymouth amateur Rowing Club down in the west country and the Twan James Brown I love his description I mean he says kiwi so he’s obviously from New Zealand but he calls himself a poet so if you’re watching this James just send in on social media one of your poems and we’d love to read it out on there so there you go I of course you said James Brown and I was thinking of music so yeah yeah yeah fun yeah yeah so we’ll see favorite of yours he is I actually got to play with him one time you are joking me I kid you not you mean play in a sense like guitar or saxophone that is crazy Akil Abdullah not only not only has he won Henley and the Diamonds not only is a USA Olympian but he has played saxophone with the great the one and only king of old James Brown one of the highlights of my life Wicked apart from this commentary here of course true indeed indeed yeah you know these this Harvard crew is rowing well I just think that the uh the Oxford Brooks crew has a has a lot more power and when you’re rowing in conditions that are uh that are like that are headwind that means the wind’s at your back uh it can be a little bit harder for lighter Crews so if you’re watching from Harvard um these guys did so well they beat pen in the Ira’s light White velocity 2v by 4 seconds Harvard have had a fantastic year they picked up a silver medal in the Ira’s 1 V openweight 1 V but Ben Weatherwax David Pickard Mike Farley Zack meca and the Cox you can see well that’s the Brooks Cox I was going to say the the Harvard Cox Jillian Medina from Princeton New Jersey but that is the Brooks Cox and it’s jayen Thompson the 20-year-old who represented South Africa now I didn’t know that in the junior World Roar championship these South Africans get everywhere yeah and there there’s a their program is is is kicking up some steam yeah so uh Brooks are now able to ease down got Edwards L I wonder if that’s Edwards C’s got onoky or if that’s just the blue c but so Edwards do have that blue color so it might be something you know reminiscent of his school days of last year a little a little moment Mento to keep them motivated yeah Oxford Brooks b progressed to add to the presence of O Brooks the a crew progressed earlier but in the Prince Albert challenge cup they now have their A and B crew and the Harvard lightweights great race from them they rode well they can be proud of what they’ve done but Brooks go onwards and upwards so this is a heat of the silver goblets and Nichols challenge Cup Championship Cox list Pairs and we have Smith and blight from the USA the huskys from Washington and kayak and Jordans from the Netherlands Amsterdam P Juden Roos the Amsterdam club and they are on the right of a pitcher I fancy the Americans to win this ail but their steering is a bit off yeah they have to be careful because right now they’re over in those buoys uh and if they don’t move out of that they will soon find themselves in the boom yeah I think they’ve had to correct the steering that would have cost them I think that margin but the Dutch are out in front of the moment near house have got so many great Crews haven’t they and uh this is just one of the Dutch boats here of course we’ve got Nicki van sprang and gam cromen Haw who were the Dutch pair destined to go to Paris but they just lost out by the narrowest of margins in the final qualification rata to Germany and Lithuania so they’re here instead um they’re the favorite to take the goblets but you know maybe this Dutch pair will progress and give them a bit of trouble yeah you know it’s it this is shaping up to be a great race right here right now looks like uh maybe that that udub that udub crew is uh moving just a little bit um and they’ve got some Talent there uh R both Ryan Smith uh in Germany and uh Ethan blight from the Netherlands were Pack 12 Champions uh in the 2v the second varsity yeah and I saw Washington win the 2v in fact I saw like it looked like thousands of Washington winners at the IRA they were all on the medal stage and they were all singing the Washington song that I you might know I I’ve forgotten it but it sounded quite daunting so it’s the Washington pair um they have been coached by that uh legendary coach Michael Khan I can’t believe he’s down as their coach here but I guess it’s going to be Sergio Espinosa or Nate Goodman or Conor Bullis one of the coaching team that’s here cuz Mike Callahan has already coached the USA 8 to a qualification slot for the Olympics as well as a win over the British world champions on the Friday at lucern in in that sort of preliminary race so you know he’s everywhere saw him back at the IRA after they qualified at lucern they they do look like eight rowers in a pair by what I mean they’re rowing the pair like an eight they’re very Punchy yeah it’s not the longest stroke out front but you know they’re trying to keep Lively and keep up of it the Netherlands to me they’re more like pairs rowing but they just don’t quite have the same Punch Yeah you can look over and see you know it looks like these the udub crew is uh is is trying to get out a little eek out a little bit more and get into a comfortable position while that Dutch crew is rowing very nicely very in controlled and I think that if they can continue to do that they may find themselves with the opportunity to to to eat into that lead yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if the Netherlands are going to come through here I really wouldn’t they kind of look cool and calm they’re doing a little sort of kind of push now to my money their bells are moving up the Washington boat and I don’t know what the huskys have got to Sprint yeah they’re just it looks like the boat’s gotten a little bit heavier uh you mentioned how they are eight eight rowers looking you know rowing a pair um but you know they do have the power and the question is can that power uh hold off this move by the Dutch yeah I don’t think Washington are going to hold the Dutch off I mean the Dutch are moving they’re rowing long uh they’re kind of pushing as well they’re still down on the huskys so there’s still hope if you’re watching on the west coast of the USA and uh you’re hoping that the huskys win well we know what fight the huskys showed at the IRA the national college championships in America that’s what these men have in them that’s what Mike Callahan the head coach has bred into the huskys and they are fighting to hold off the Dutch yeah the Dutch look good right now they brought the raid up and it looks as though they are moving moving but you know I wouldn’t as you mentioned I wouldn’t count the huskys out you couldn’t get a closer race than this I’m looking out and there is still a little bit to go and the Dutch if anything maybe have a meter Advantage yeah it looks like the momentum went to the Dutch and they are Mo through right now yeah I think the Dutch really did so well what a great race from ISAC beout and yasper Jordan’s 25 23y old yasper in the stroke seat Isaak in the bow seat they won the Dutch national championships in the pairs this year of course the uh Olympic team weren’t there but that’s pretty good palarz to have on your record and they were very measured they kept their length they rode the pair really well and they come up to take this heat of the silver goblets from Smith and blight from Washington who basically left it all out there they did they they really did so there’s the Dutch pair just winding down but we go back up to this we’re back up at the start for the Diamond Jubilee challenge cup I think it’s the last race of the day my producer will tell me if it is but we have the women from mosy boat club it is their top Junior crew they row with black and white singlet and black blades they’re called the black death if you want to know the colloquial term for mosy in the rowing world and the women from Maiden head Rowing Club they are on the right of your picture and uh Maiden head Rowing Club coached by Steven Hughes M boat club coached by their Chief Junior coach Helen Taylor now in her second stin at the club after having coached at Hampton School and well this is M’s top crew what do you Reon to the way they’re sculling there right now they look very in control they’re sitting up tall you know really extending getting nice length and pushing through uh they want to make sure that they get those ores in um and not you know Sky up a little bit yeah um I I see what you mean I was talking to Helen Taylor and she said they’re not the prettiest crew on on the water and you that’s probably what you mean by that you like those blades to be a bit closer I’d say that Maiden head was skulling a little better than mosy but but mosy you’ve got the beans there’s Maya Bentley and uh This Crew finished third at National schools rata and she’s also been at the under 19 Coupe which is kind of the sort of stage before you get to race at the Juniors Maiden head is still in there mosy have got that lead off the start I think we’ve got a race in our hands I really do I as we were talking about how they’re rowing these young ladies are getting their ores right in the water stay collects it and it’s reminding me a little bit of that peirs race where you had that raw power of the udub crew getting out uh and then that Dutch crew sort of moving through I think the thing about you know we were talking about the thing about sisters in the same boat well this boat has twins in stroke and B we’ve got uh ARA and Rose loal daily both in year 12 at holyo College here we see the bow and strokes so they’re twins and funnily enough do you know what they do on Saturday mornings no I do not they both teach French lessons oh oh my and I saw one did and then I looked on the other’s bio and she teach French and I just thought twins do everything together and they are sned in doing everything together now and you can see the look can’t you from AR Los of daily just looking round you’re doing all right there ARA I know you’re up against it from the mosy crew but you’re hanging in there yeah a little bit of uh little bit of direction from the Umpire uh having them to correct their course so that they don’t impede the way of the maiden head crew and you can see that look over from the bow seat there Ava daily uh to say you know I wonder if she’s going to make a call now we’re still in this girls we can still do it yeah they’re coming up against mosy and the power of mosy has carried them to well a 3/4 length Advantage halfway down the course but the water’s flattening out now the course is you know getting shorter you can see mosy it’s hurting on them isn’t it yeah you know you can looking down there uh in the beginning of the race you had the uh the the stroke uh Maya Bentley she was head up looking right in front of her she seems to have her head up again she’s nice and calm she’s still nice and calm but you can see a little bit more uh tension uh in the boat right now yeah so as I think of Maiden head Rowing Club you think of the keves and uh you know I think it’s Valentina K who’s sared from us now but uh Victor clv uh her son GB International and and a great star here at at Henley roly and the club we’ve done a little bit of coaching of This Crew along with Steven Hughes uh ni NE candle and yah parcel Ori are the two other women in the maiden head crew but mosy still maintain that lead yeah this comes down you can you know I love how Abba keeps looking over you know and when you do that you can tell your team we’re still in this we can still make a move they’re still away from them for them to move through yeah well we saw what happened to the tiway schulls quad in the Foley and and and you know God forbid that won’t happen to any of the crews in here but to my mind the main head quot are skulling really well really beautifully but I don’t think they have a change of pace again from what they’re doing I just can’t see them coming out of that pace yeah you would have seen a change of gear a move to to indicate that they have a little something but the question is is that mosy crew getting tired is the is it going to be the case that they start to feel light and efficient like right now they’re starting to move through they’re starting to give it a little bit more they’re hearing the cheer of the crowd and I think that that’s going to help push them through they are listening to you and maybe mosy are tiing up the only thing that will happen in this is mosy Will Tire by that I mean their muscles they’ve been working so hard they’re a little bit in the shoulders they’ll probably not be to much in their legs the strong muscles and maybe they will just tie up which will allow Maiden head through yeah and then you can see mosy starting to respond there they decided to take the rating up I don’t think they’re going to tie up up too much uh they’re definitely responding to this move but you can see AA she just keeps looking over and I can only imagine her saying we’ve got this we’re in it we can do it she’s looked over again there so you know this part of the course if you’ve been watching there’s the general enclosure not so many there now but we know thousands of you are watching online and maybe some of you in Maiden head cheering for those women if you’re watching in mosy there’s Maya Bentley the stroke she’s so tough so hard she’s gritting her teeth you can see them this is everything mosy laying on the line everything and will it be enough to stay ahead of Maiden head you can see maidenhead on the left of your picture and they’ve taken it out it looks like mosy is responding that toughness that you were talking about from Maya Bley it looks like she’s just willing that boat for this is a crazy crazy race and Maiden heads still have the overlap the upset is still on but they need to do something special now that rhythm is not going to carry them through mosing you answer it so what do they need to do it’s like you spoke about they need to find that fifth gear right now if they only have four gears they need to create another gear where they just give the boat a little bit more power and are able to move it a little bit better because right now that power from that Mosley crew is holding them off and if they can continue to do that they’re going to run out of one Runway so coach Helen Taylor’s heart will have been in her mouth the mosy coach this is their top Junior crew the boys quad went out on the first day in the fle to a very strong crew thought they might go through the regetta these women look oh that was a shout wasn’t it yeah that was she she’s willing as I said Maya Bley is willing this boat down the course right now she is making sure that they come through and the question is can Maiden head find another gear they’ll need to find another gear I guess there’s about 25 30 Strokes left I’m looking at them out of my commentary position and I can see mosy out in front that powerful Rhythm that strong Rhythm has never led up the skulling style of main head is still there and they’ve still got an overlap what a great race we’ve been served up for this contest to K yeah I love it and here we come into this last little bit Maiden head is still trying it looks like they found a little way to find a little bit more power a little bit more pressure but I don’t think it’s going to be enough because that mosy crew is really powering that boat through the water mosy V Club from Sor come up they have taken everything that Maiden they had to throw at them and that powerful style has seen them through they cross the finish line just well it’s under 34 of a length in front of the maiden head crew and you can see how exhausted mosy are they’re absolutely shattered the winners will go on to race tiway Scholars it has been an amazing days racing you know what I really loved about that Maiden head crew as they rode really well and it was really gutsy that mosy crew just the raw power they just didn’t let up well it’s appropriate that we ended with such a thriller isn’t it we had three photo finishes today and uh if you remember Leander against Oxford University and look at that in the town which is the openland women’s Ford and here’s Los Gatos versus great Marlo school and Los Gatos just oh look at that finish I didn’t see that finish on earlier today but it’s crazy Los Gatos just taking it and then well yeah that’s the closest of the lot Leander beating tiwi skulls in the four it’s been a day of photo finishes aill it’s been a beautiful day and look at that hug right there youd love to see it yeah you love to see it Embrace from the tideway scholars athletes it’s incredible day and we’ve got more tomorrow let’s hand back to Ali and sum it up har yes thank you very much guys thank you to all of our commentators today and you can hear the national anthem ringing out that signifies the end of racing what a tough day it’s been for those athletes out on the water with the conditions a really strong cross wind uh but some cracking finishes it’s been a really it’s been a pleasure to watch all of those tight races today and as the guys said we’ve got another busy Daye tomorrow 85 races scheduled for tomorrow in those three sessions before that though do tune in to YouTube a bit later we’re going to have today’s highlights and then for our UK viewers highlights tomorrow will also be on TNT Sport we’re going to be back live at a little bit earlier tomorrow morning live at 8:15 and as I said it’s going to be a jam-pack day conditions look much the same we might even have some rain to throw in the mix so we will see you bright and early in the morning thanks for watching [Music] he [Music] n [Music] [Music] [Music]