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For the final it was time for Bobbly to let his boys off the leash…and boy, did they deliver. But they were up against something really special. Another eagerly-awaited match-up was the final of the Temple — the University of Washington v Oxford Brookes. The change to the eligibility rules in the Temple meant that the US Varsity rowers were now able to race in this event.

The Huskies had brought a mixed crew made up of athletes from the 1st 2nd and 3rd Varsity boats. For Oxford Brookes the Temple crew was essentially their 3rd 8 the top 2 crews would contest the Ladies Plate final. Today was a chance for revenge even if they were two completely different line-ups. But, the Huskies were just too strong and produced an outstanding row to set new marks at the Barrier, Fawley and the Finish their times to the Barrier and Fawley equalled the previous records for the Grand.

Their full course time of was another outstanding performance and a time that will probably last for a long time. The Ladies Plate turned into a celebration of the strength in depth of the Oxford Brookes programme with two Brookes crews reaching the final albeit the 2nd crew was a composite with one athlete from Edinburgh University.

Brookes 1st 8 are the fastest British eight outside of the national squad when they recorded a time of Two of the oldest records in the books are the Barrier and Fawley marks for the Queen Mother Challenge Cup, which have stood since That extra metres had made all the difference. Manson is much faster than Borch, and the Diamonds win was that of an expert in match racing at a highly unusual regatta. With world cup 3 in Lucerne confirming that Manson can outrow Drysdale with ease, I doubt the Olympic champion will be booking flights to Bulgaria.

And probably for a seventh Diamonds too…. The Swiss sculler cemented her reputation as the indisputable champion in this era not by beating Aussie Madeleine Edmunds, which she did comfortably, but by slashing the course record, missing becoming the first woman sculler to go sub-8 minutes on the m course by only two seconds.

Edmunds was an exceptional loss in an Australian national team which set out to raid the Henley coffers and largely succeeded. A cool-headed tactical approach to the Royal Regatta led the tourists to put their two top fours into their eights, yielding the Grand Challenge Cup and Remenham Challenge Cup with irritating to their opponents ease. Spectators were treated to the unusual spectacle of the losers Romania setting a new record to Fawley while in what looked like a very strong position, before the Australians started carving inexorable pieces off them.

Meanwhile the Aussie women had also played the temporary four-into-eight trick, and took on the British squad crew who had just reshuffled their top four in, but with a more permanent aim of the Europeans and worlds speed.

Unfortunately the antipodean scratch crew came together better than the Brits, who found themselves floundering nearly a length behind as the Aussies equalled the Barrier mark. A push-back began at Remenham, but instead of working, merely inspired Australia to go inside the course record. There was a loss for Australians Cameron Watts and Angus Widdicombe, who found themselves up against proud pairs rowers Valent and Martin Sinkovic in the Goblets final.

Watts and Widdicombe did the obvious and threw the kitchen sink at the start, but it only took until Fawley for the Sinkovics to catch up with them, and then the inevitable row-through occurred. What made the race special was that Valent and Martin crossed the line in , taking full advantage of the superb conditions to steal four seconds off the course record, which had since been owned by Messrs Redgrave and Pinsent.

Ah, records. It was a stonking year for them, with 25 equalled and another 36 broken. Of those 14 were course records, 11 of which went to new champions on Sunday after the wind blew up in late morning. The oldest full-course mark to be broken was the Britannia, which had stood since long before the coxed fours split into club and academic.

Thames, facing the Molesey crew they had shoved out of the medals by 0. A Remenham Roar spurred on both crews, and Molesey briefly levelled the race at the Milepost. Undaunted, Thames counter-attacked and seized back control, going on to win by half a length, a generous margin for so tight a race. We set out to try and break the record so we went off really really fast.

By the time I got to the enclosures I think was flagging a bit, I could feel myself going lower and lower into the boat. When you race at Henley with the crowds it makes you nervous because if someone messes up it can give the other crew a chance to get back into it. We didn't go into the race expecting to win, because if you do that you can let the opposition step up and beat you.

Immediately afterwards in the Visitors' Leander Club beat University of London by two lengths in a time of 6. Ross Jarvis, 23, in the Visitors' Challenge Cup crew, two seat said: "When you're racing at Henley it's basically a drag race, so you get in front and you stay in front. We tried hard to go off fast in the first half, and just kept it going from there.

When you are racing here with the crowd it mights rowing a bit more like other sports where you have other people cheering you on. Rowing can be a bit quiet. For Jarvis the successful finish of this regatta campaign is somewhat poignant - he is retiring from rowing after this race. He said: "I'm really happy to be finishing on such a high in this fantastic way.

I'm now going to London to get a job and take up triathlons! We got the start we wanted, had a really good row and job done. We love racing in the boat together. We always try and go faster and faster and we did that today. I feel like everything we practiced came together, to be honest it was near to be a near perfect row. Next we have the European championships on four weeks time in Scotland. My best result ever at European championships is third, and I want to improve on that.

Spectators are enjoying luncheon now, and the first Leander race back following the break will be at 2. The crew won by two and a half lengths in a time of 6. Their time at the barrier was 1. We had a good start but I think at the end of the Island they were a tiny bit up on us. But once we got ourselves into our pace it appeared we were slightly quicker than them.