W8+ (Women’s eights)
GBR cox Henry Fieldman’s real focus this year is a revived British women’s eight, a couple of stalwarts of the squad doubling up to help strengthen a crew which is aiming firmly for Olympic qualification above all else. Fieldman’s experience and new head coach Andrew Randell’s interesting new ideas for training have reinvigorated the squad, and this was to be their first proper test, a much more serious entry than last year.
