The Club's Results
Cambridge 99's Regatta, May Term 2006
3rd Men's Eight for 99s Regatta (Men's lower division)
| 3rd men's VIII | |||
| in Richard Church | |||
| bow | Adam Blacklay | 2 | Matthew Sargeant |
| 3 | Sam Zhang | 4 | Richard King |
| 5 | Laurence Carr | 6 | Martin Yarr |
| 7 | Igor Ostrowski | str | Brian Richardson |
Coxed by: Albert Cheung
1st round
Beat Wolfson 2 by 1/4 length
Beat Wolfson 2 by 1/4 length
With four guys from the 3rd VIII, three guys from the 5th VIII, super sub Sam Zhang at bow, and yours truly steering an 8+ for the very first time, it really is an imaginative leap to describe this crew as The 3rd VIII.
Nevertheless, we somehow made it to the start without breaking Richard Church (which by the way steers absolutely fine). Our start was inspired, and we pulled in to a healthy 2/3 length lead down the outside of the Reach. But as the guys tired, the stroke length came down and the rhythm became pretty rushed. Wolfson started coming back around the outside of the railway bridge corner, but our guys hung in there and managed to limit their losses, crossing the line a few seats ahead.
A pretty impressive first performance from a crew that defines the word 'scratch'.
Nevertheless, we somehow made it to the start without breaking Richard Church (which by the way steers absolutely fine). Our start was inspired, and we pulled in to a healthy 2/3 length lead down the outside of the Reach. But as the guys tired, the stroke length came down and the rhythm became pretty rushed. Wolfson started coming back around the outside of the railway bridge corner, but our guys hung in there and managed to limit their losses, crossing the line a few seats ahead.
A pretty impressive first performance from a crew that defines the word 'scratch'.
2nd round
Scratched
Scratched
Unfortunately Lorry was feeling very poorly and began to eject the contents of his stomach while rowing to the start for the second round. We decided to take the prudent option and head for home, making sure to mess up the steering around Chesterton on the way back.
I do apologise for that, but giving it my all to stop Wolfson pipping us at the post didn't fare too well!
Would have liked to have tried the next round, but was certain I would have blacked out :S:S
Would have liked to have tried the next round, but was certain I would have blacked out :S:S
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Links
Full May Term 2006 Cambridge 99's Regatta results
3rd men's VIII Cambridge 99's Regatta results archive
