Some teams look like they got the easier draw than others and I would say Pool A is the easiest to predict, even though it initially looks stacked. If you look the winners will never meet on Saturday so there are clearly those teams that will win and they are racing teams that if they don;t win they deserve not to be in Comp. If I look at each Pool this is what I see:
Pool A - May look like it is top heavy but the second tier down looks weaker compared to the other pools so all the top teams should win both heats, the only real unknown is Dragon Warriors and DWW (Dragon Warriors beat DWW last year in San Fran are they bringing their A team or not), looks like Swordfish (depending on San Fran Dagron Warriers are) got the biggest break out of all the "top" teams,
Pool B - I think this Pool is tougher to pick winners cause the 1st and 2nd teams I think are pretty close, Roli, GD and PR should all make it through with 2 wins, the other ones could be interesting.
Pool C - the only for certains are FCRCC 2 and Pemberton, the other ones look close either in the first race or the second race.
My prediction is that there will be 12 teams that win both races and then a number that will win one and second/third in another. With that in mind there are 15 spots open for Comp semis.
Let the racing begin
