The Club's Results

A terrible start, with boat stoppers on strokes 3 and 4, was followed by what was probably the worst rowing we've done. As one of our oppo had scratched we went through to the repechage anyway. (JPD)

With conditions still good, and with only the winner going through, there was nothing to lose. We had a good row, with a reasonably straight course, and won fairly comfortably. (JPD)

Conditions had started to deteriorate, and although the we rowed OK, we were never challenging the top two boats, whilst fourth was a long way back. My steering went off line, and Tom's blade got completed caught on the 90m buoy, and was dragged and attached to the 80m buoy, spinning us into the safety lane in the process. It took some time to become unattached, and we rowed over the line in 2:18.

We informed the umpire that the buoys were out of position, although he wasn't impressed as he thaught we were protesting. (JPD)

With an entry of five, three of four semi-finalists went through to join Reading in the final. We had a good row in an awkward, gusting cross-head wind. Steering was not easy, but we avoided too much overlap with the buoys. With 100m to go, the first two boats were out of our reach, but we were about level with Peterborough. With 3 strokes to go Tom reckoned we were just ahead, but over the line it must have been within a couple of inches. After a long delay, third place was given to Peterborough. The winners put up a time of 1:49 - 9 seconds slower than Cantabs' S2 time in good conditions earlier in the day. (JPD)