The Club's Results
Fairbairn Cup 2023
BPBC 1st men's IV (Invitational IVs)
BPBC 1st men's IV | |||
in The Prince of Wales | |||
bow | Xander Povey | 2 | Thomas Frith |
3 | George Mears Mears | str | Csongor Beke |
Coxed by: Madeleine Carruthers
5th
Time: 12:34
Time: 12:34
We set off, and hit 36 at 1:39 splits. We then dropped to 32, upon which Maddie called ‘we’re going back to 34 boys, up 2’.
George shouted: “No we’re not!” To our credit, the rate never dropped below 30 (on corners) and was usually 32.
Xander blew up and died by Emma footbridge, and was reborn (‘like a phoenix’) by Green Dragon.
Csongi thought that the finish line was at the P&E, and had a questionable set of ten strokes there. Oops.
George’s inside arm became painful almost instantly.
The less said about my rowing, the better? I think I put down more power on the paddle home.
We had quite a wide line around Green Dragon corner (Chesterton). This was possibly due to all that rebirth going on in the bow seat (The boat is currently bow-rigged, which also meant that I was rowing on bowside for the first time in a while).
We had great fun, rowed very mediocrely, and didn’t get beaten by any W4+’s. What joy! It would have been nice to beat the lightweights, after drawing with them in fairbairns last year. They’ve rowed more recently than half our crew, and probably didn’t have to hear “back to sub-2 splits please” during their race!
Links
Full Mich Term 2023 BPBC 1st men's IV results
Fairbairn Cup BPBC 1st men's IV results archive
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