The Club's Results
Novice Fairbairn Cup 2009
2nd men's novice VIII (1st division)
2nd men's novice VIII | |||
in Titan | |||
bow | Ben Weisz | 2 | Yimin Ge |
3 | Ludwig Straub | 4 | D.R.R. Roberts |
5 | James Smith | 6 | Arthur Stril |
7 | Vladimir V Konstantinov | str | Mark McKelvie |
Coxed by: Katie Lam
28th, 8th NM2
Time: 10:50.5
Time: 10:50.5
A good, hard row. Great rhythm in the first section with good ratio and length.
An excellent line round Chesterton set us up well for the middle section only for us to lose the the timing and balance as we tired just outside the P&E which led to me catching a crab followed by a near-ejector crab between the P&E and railway bridge and a couple of mini crabs further up the boat.
A great wind-up for the finish off the railway bridge gave us what I feel was our fastest piece of rowing throughout the race. And not a bad result at all.
An excellent line round Chesterton set us up well for the middle section only for us to lose the the timing and balance as we tired just outside the P&E which led to me catching a crab followed by a near-ejector crab between the P&E and railway bridge and a couple of mini crabs further up the boat.
A great wind-up for the finish off the railway bridge gave us what I feel was our fastest piece of rowing throughout the race. And not a bad result at all.
First section was good, the plan was to really start moving from the combined boathouses, and back the stream to ensure that we didn't blow up. Boat speed was good, rhythm was well maintained, and it looked committed until the P&E. There my perhaps over optimistic plan came unstuck, and we caught some crabs, and boat speed took until the railway bridge to really recover. However, the last section of the race felt fast and powerful, so all in all a good row. The guys can be proud of a high performance as a second VII, particularly considering how unfortunate we've been with getting outings out/yellow flags etc.
Links
Full Mich Term 2009 Novice Fairbairn Cup results
2nd men's novice VIII Novice Fairbairn Cup results archive
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