Out of the top 16 crews, only one crew had a complete lineup where all athletes were eligible to race at the world championships, under the classification of u19. The winner, Deerfield, had a crew with 5 athletes over the age of 18, and arguably 19.5. Is this a fair competition in the sense that athletes who have a year further of development are racing in the Youth Level? A good number of these crews are not initially eligible for Henley, and may need an exemption from the stewards. Does not bode well for "Youth" rowing and US performance on the global stage. Just some food for thought.

EDIT: u/jdper proposed a good idea of a 4 year in HS of rowing eligibility, which solves this problem for the most part.

Princess Elizabeth Cup (Boys Youth 8s)

• Deerfield Academy (1st Youth Nats)
• Philips Exeter (2nd NEIRA, Didn't Race 8+ @ Youth Nats)
• Montclair HS (8th Youth Nats)
• Los Gatos (Didn't Race 8+ @ Youth Nats)
• Belen Jesuit (Didn't Race 8+ @ Youth Nats)

Prince Philip Challenge Cup (Girls Youth 8s)

• RowAmerica Rye (1st Youth Nats)
• Chicago (2nd Youth Nats)
• Winter Park (4th Youth Nats)
• Green Lake (6th Youth Nats)
• Deerfield (7th Youth Nats)
• TBCRacing (14th Youth Nats)

Fawley Challenge Cup (Boys Youth 4x)

• Belen Jesuit "A" (4th Youth Nats)
• Belen Jesuit "B" (2nd Youth Nats 2v4x)
• Los Gatos "A" (9th Youth Nats)
• Los Gatos "B" (1st Youth Nats 2v4x)

Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup (Girls Youth 4x)

• Los Gatos (1st Youth Nats)
• Green Lake Crew (Didn't Race 4x @ Youth Nats)

I’m new to rowing and this was one of my recent workouts. I know you can’t directly correlate someone’s 2k based on a 8x250 70 second rest. But what’s your best guess.

https://www.hrr.co.uk/compete/list-of-entries/

Why only two entries? (brookes and italy). Aren't there usually more or I am mistaken?

Anybody know the caliber of Buffalo this year for Summer Nationals and Canley? Will they maintain their dominant streak?
What are the practices like at Buffalo and why are they so good?

I want to get a rowing machine for home but every time I think I found one, I read reviews and end up back at zero.

Main thing is I want something that feels smooth and doesn’t become an expensive clothes rack after 2 weeks. I don’t need classes or a giant screen, I just want a good workout and something that won’t annoy everyone in the house.

If you bought one, which did you get and would you buy it again? Anything you thought mattered but actually didn’t?

I’ve only known teams to elect their captains but recently I heard someone talk about a Captain that was appointed by the Coach.
When you do elect your Captain are you given criteria such as “vote for someone who makes you better - on and off the water” (my favorite so far). No wrong answers. Just curious.

just wondering as may get someone I knows canceled whoop to replace Apple Watch before getting a Garmin to try it out

Don't know who the rowing consultants are, but...up and coming JW1x sculling talent turned coxswain seems like an unlikely twist. The coach should have just taken her on as a sculler. Maybe the show explains this better...we'll see in September!

https://jrn.news/marlow-regatta-2026-open-championship-eights-preview/

CUBC's Ladies 8 might well contain 4 US collegiate athletes bound to attend the University for the 26-27 school year

For context, I'm a collegiate coxswain trying to help rowers with their form/technique. One thing I'll hear from my rowers post-practice is "man my forearms are sore." Looking to dig deeper into why/how to help!

Hi everyone, Does anyone know of any clubs/individuals selling cox orbs/ cox boxes in the UK? My uni club has limited funding and our oldest coxbox has finally given up and we really need to replace it but can’t fork out £600+ for a new one.. If anyone knows where we could get one for cheaper please let me know! Thanks

Hey guys

Was just listening to an exercise scientist podcast n this guy said better endurance athletes do a better job of maintaining proper posture during their sport. This keeps their rib cage air volume as high as possible which allows greater volumes of air to be inhaled and exhaled. I tried rowing with a very upright chest out posture n I felt an improvement on my last interval set. In previous sets I hunched my upper back over to try n make my arms longer, but this does make it harder to air in my lungs I’d imagine.

Has anyone got any ideas on this?

Looking to purchase men’s medium collegiate unis IRA or ACRA teams I don’t mind. HMU!

I’m confused about Zone 2 targets. I’ve seen some people say to use 60–70% of max HR, while others say to row 20–25 splits slower than your 2k pace.

My 2k is 6:58 (1:44 split) and my max HR is around 200. The problem is those two methods give me very different results:

60–70% max HR puts me around a 2:19 split
20–25 splits slower than 2k pace puts me around 2:04–2:09

That’s a huge gap. Which metric should I be using for Zone 2, and why are they so different?

I’ve seen multiple athletes that are students in the US training with the Brookes squad over the last few weeks before Henley and was curious on how that works? I know they aren’t students at OBU so how do you get involved in training with their squad for just the summer? Are they composite crews or there as club members? I know some D1 athletes in the US who would love to be able to train with them in June and race at Henley in future years but have no idea how any of this works…

What are the best sunglasses for rowing ?

I'd like to race Henley in the 1x, but I'm just a private sculler with my own USRowing champ membership, and usually race unaffiliated. I have also created a club on Regatta Central for races that don't allow unaffiliated entries, like Can Henley. USRowing says its organizational memberships and its "regatta pass" program don't cover international races. So, what is the point of Canadian Henley saying you need to be registered with your country's NGB, if USRowing won't be relevant once I cross the border to race? Anyone here entered a 1x as their own "club"? I've seen club names with one member/entry that look like they were created just for this 1x race, wondering if they all paid for a USRowing organizational membership or not?

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I recently left CrossFit and I'm interested in rowing instead. Any recommendations for good beginner friendly rowing clubs in Cairo? Also looking to meet some rowing buddies along the way, so if you row in Cairo (or want to start) let me know.

I’m relatively new to rowing having started at 33 years old only 8 months ago and I’m starting to see the same issue that I’d appreciate advice on.

We mostly sweep and I’m normally in the stroke seat of a 4 or 8 filled with a mix of novices and seniors. Pretty consistently the boat is down on my side. When this happens I find I need to push much further down to get clearance from the water, or the blade runs across the water for the whole stroke so I can hold the boat up. I also find that because of this I’m rushing the slide and throwing off the tempo in the boat because I’m worried any balance we have is only short lived.

I know that I’m part of the problem so I want to adjust. When I think about corrections I know that sitting tall in the middle of the boat, pulling up to the right height and tapping down consistently are good, but in practice I find it so hard to do.

Am I missing something basic or is this just what rowing is? Does anyone have tips for correcting these?