The DDM Absolute pair of Joe Paul and Paul Isaacs are predicted to go close to breaking their class record tomorrow while Sharon Collenette and Lois Rawlins-Duquemin and Steve Pipe and Liz Bellot defend their 2007 women’s and mixed pairs titles respectively. (0571501)

GUERNSEY crews look set to dominate tomorrow’s 42nd Sark to Jersey Rowing Race.
Regarded as the big race of the summer, there are 52 boats taking part in this year’s event.
And the organiser, Ian Blandin of the Jersey Rowing Club, believed that the Sarnians would have the upper hand.
‘It looks like it,’ admitted the Caesarean reluctantly.
The race is the longest in Channel Island waters.
It covers a distance of some 19 miles from Dixcart Bay in Sark with a dog-leg round the Paternosters and then along the north coast of Jersey ending at Bonne Nuit Bay.
It is considered rowing’s inter-insular.
‘It’s the big one,’ said Blandin.
‘Everyone wants the number one spot in their class. It’s a bit like the Siam Cup of rowing.’
Blandin reckoned that Joe Paul is on course to pick up his third class record.
Guernsey’s number-one rower has set two of them – in the men’s singles and in the men’s sliding fours which he did in 2005 with the Nova team in 1hr 49min. 56sec., which is the fastest time any boat has completed the race.
The rest of the crew was made up of Paul Isaacs, Paul Montague, Matt Harridine and cox Neil Brennan.