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Event: Magdalene Silver Pairs 2009 - Women's 2-
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Racing the other crew who had also been upgraded from Foster-Fairbairn pairs to Magdalene Silver Pairs due to a lack of entries we were still rather scared at the start. We managed to keep our start calm and settled into race rhythm. Thanks to some excellent bank steering from Tom we got through the corners uneventfully. Once we were on the reach the second whistle for the previous race (the other semi-final) only just finishing was heard. There were a surprising number of steering calls to keep us in a straight line along the reach but as we crossed the finish it was clear we wer the victors as the other pair had only just come round the bend in the reach.

Event: Magdalene Silver Pairs 2009 - Women's 2-
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Event: Queens' Ergs Senior Invitational 2010 -
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Failure to realise we could enter trialists meant we didn't put ourselves in the best position off the start. We all enjoyed reliving novice days and Gonzalo and Matt had their own separate rate competition at the end which Matt won with a rate of 62. We finished a respectable 4th 0.04s behind third with all our crew pulling times within 20s of each other.
We are AWESOME!!!

Event: Queens Ergs 2010 - W1
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A solid finish in 26th place :-)

Event: Cambridge Winter Head 2010 - Student Senior VIIIs
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Harry's first race! Some good steering from him and good commitment from the crew but again it wasn't together and lacked rhythm but hopefully we can improve Harry's calls to help us find that rhythm.

Event: Cambridge Winter Head 2010 - Student Senior VIIIs
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It was a shame we couldn't transfer everything from the previous outing that had gone so well into this race. However, there were some good bits and we know there are improvements we can make.

Event: Fairbairn Cup 2010 - Senior VIIIs
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Certainly felt like people attacked the finish just need to attack the start in the same way.

Event: Fairbairn Cup - IVs 2010 - College IVs
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Scrappy round the edges but committed.

Event: Fairbairn Junior Sculls 2011 - women's
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Having not been in Cambridge, to practice for the past week I wasn't expecting it to go well. I arrived to find the regatta running very late and that my opposition hadn't rowed this year except in the past week. When we eventually got started, I didn't have a great start and kept a very low rate as I hadn't really practiced high rates. Somehow, thanks to Pete's help, I avoided the banks, and I made it down the course keeping some reasonable technique. Don't remember ever doing a piece that long and pushing that hard in a single before but pleased it paid off.

Event: Champion of the Thames Eights Head 2011 - Women's 1st Div. Mays
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The start was relatively un-panicked given how little practice we had had. This meant we were rowing reasonably by the time we hit the headwind on the reach and despite the potential for it to fall apart totally in the strong headwind, we kept working together with some solid pushes to the finish. We're improving but there's still more to come.

Event: Trophee des Rois 2011 - 1st division
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We turned up not really knowing what to expect and we certainly didn't expect a wooden Empacher. Having been unsure that the rules permitted practice starts, we decided it was best not to risk it and instead lined up to race. Given how poorly the boat was set up for us, I'm pleased the race wasn't any longer.

Event: Trophee des Rois 2011 - 1st division
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Event: Régates en Seine 2011 - 1st division
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We were disadvantaged off the start having to accelerate a heavy wooden boat while our opposition flew off the start in the light composite boat. We remained close throughout but the race wasn't long enough for us to take the lead. However, if the race included spinning and clearing the finish, I think we would have won.
Despite the disappointing result, we all really enjoyed rowing by the Eiffel Tower.

Event: Lent Bumps 2012 - Friday
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Yay! Excellent result girls!