Race Day in France: Inside the French National Rowing Championships

[@richardperkins2781]

Rower tension is the enemy of boat speed… getting all 8 in scratch crew to relax and apply the power in unison is a challenge. Congrats to you and Nantes crew. 🏅

[@darkblueyank]

Congratulations to you and your team mates for the medal and for the improvement through the regatta. The format of your commentary during the race as well as the summary after the race was a great presentation - I hope you can do more of that. I liked your discussion of rhythm, work, and boat speed: the way you discussed it through each race and explained what the crew was doing to try to improve the boat speed gave that aspect of rowing technique the attention it deserves. One's blade work might be beautiful and erg score great but in the end that bowball has to get to the finish line first! What a season your KZbinrs have had with you! Flat water single and double including Henley Royal Regatta, then world coastal sprints - Gold! - and now the four and eight in a national championship. I am so pleased that you will be racing at HOCR. Some of my club mates will be there and I'll tell them to give you a big Elliot Bridge shout.

[@CameronBuchan]

Glad you enjoyed the little bit of a difference! It’s been a fun summer this year! Looking forward to HOCR! I’ll probably be doing a meet up on Sunday too!

[@darkblueyank]

@@CameronBuchan Will you be bringing any Yam squad gear to sell, and can you tell us more about the meet up?

[@CameronBuchan]

I’ve been posting on my Instagram that I am setting up a pick up there but I don’t think a lot of people have seen it so plan is to bring some over depending on my luggage allowance! Yamsquad.shop should be set up to have pick up on the Sunday of HOCR!

[@garywhite6900]

Team work makes the dream work. Sounds like your group never locked into a good solid swing early on , but with all doing what you could, props for giving it what you had.

[@alancook9586]

Well done. I appreciate this style of racing commentary over the video. It feels like you are able give more analysis. Keep it up.

[@charlie9234]

Congratulations on the races! Great video too love the new racing commentary format

[@darrenhaywood9260]

Nice one Cam. A good result there from what I assume was a pretty scratch crew. 👍

[@JohnnyLukyoutube]

Really insightful and analytical breakdown of the regatta, really like this format!

[@andyjenbo]

Well done. Onwards and upwards.

[@Nomads_Rowing]

Cam, fully agree that it’s disappointing not achieving the goals you set out with but going as two scratch crews to national finals and coming away with the the results you and the guys from Nantes did, is a pretty dam good result. Great example of one of rowing’s quirks where sometimes less is more - a brave call to make but you could immediately see the rhythm coming together and the gains in length. As for the 8, too much to change when all the calls come from the cox. A green 8+, could that be a certain ex German crew’s boat - “one careful owner-never raced” 😆 Enjoy the Head of the Charles (definitely on the bucket list) Rappelez-vous "la nourriture est un carburant" (🥖 is⛽️) 😎

[@CameronBuchan]

All part of the journey! Yes same boat as last year. After the hailstone debacle they bought one of the German eights.

[@Rose-pq8cl]

Hey French here! Anyways great video (like always lol) I was wondering if you have any tips or experience in mental blocage when doing a 2k. Because I have the physical ability to score high (as I kinda do when training) but on the 2k I’m anxious and do to high scores… Sending love xo

[@paulgeoghegan7433]

It sound like for most of the regatta, you needed to row smarter, not harder. In the 4s final you slowed down (rate) to go faster (pace). Well done.

[@CameronBuchan]

Indeed!

[@niccolomassai2653]

let’s goooooo

[@BackupSte]

Cameron, what do you think about the level of French National Rowing Championships please than other country ?

[@CameronBuchan]

I think the amount of people racing is fantastic. The standard va other countries for their national champs is probably similar or better than most. For example, GB nationals don’t even happen any more!!!

[@BackupSte]

@@CameronBuchan The French club "Cercle Aviron de Nantes" is my first club when I was 12 years old :) it was already in the Top 3 In France for me it seems like Skibbereen Rowing Club :)

[@CameronBuchan]

@ it is a great club

[@Rick22056]

Hope to meet you in person at the HOCR. I row out of CRI in their Military/Veterans crew.

[@CameronBuchan]

Loved rowing past CRI in the mornings!

[@tomri405]

Why are you allowed to row in french nationals as a scottish?

[@CameronBuchan]

Why? You’d have to ask whoever wrote the rules

[@b127_1]

It could be that they opened it up to have more fun. Dutch championships were a while ago and they were mostly won by Oxford Brookes. In the men's eight, they even beat the dutch Paris 2024 eight by 0.25 . It made for such a fantastic race.

[@brianclarke5856]

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[@nathansmith7153]

No hailstones?

[@richardperkins2781]

No Yambulance either… 😮

[@CameronBuchan]

Fortunately not this time! And the ambulance is long gone unfortunately