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Peterborough Summer Sprint, Summer 2006

A 4-lane 500m sprint on the Peterborough Rowing Lake.
Sun 13th August

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Miscellaneous women's IVs, WS2 IV+

Heats
beat Auriol Kensington, Broxbourne and Newark to win by 2 seconds
Time: 2:01
After a few not entirely un-dubious practice starts on the way to the stake boat line, the crew got it together very well off the actual start. Next to us AK, in lane 2, were slightly ahead off the first few strokes, while the two other crews dropped behind right from the outset. The girls soon found their rhythm, however, and over a few pushes walked right through the AK crew to finish a comfortable half-length ahead.

It was quite clear from very early on in the race that we were the strongest of the four crews. As only the last-placed crew would be knocked out, the AK crew seemed reluctant to put up a proper fight and the expected push battle failed to materialise. This made it impossible to gauge the relative strength of the two crews entirely accurately. Nevertheless, it was with considerable and not unwarranted confidence that we settled in to our four-hour wait for the next and final round. (Magnus)
Final
finished in second place; lost to Reading by 5 seconds, beat Auriol Kensington and Broxbourne
Time: 1:55
We lined up on the start in suprisingly pleasant weather, with intermittent sunshine and a slightly less disconcerting cross-headwind than we had faced in the heat. We were confident that we could repeat our earlier performance and leave the two familiar crews behind. Reading, next to us in lane one, were the only wildcard. They proved formidable opponents, however, and flew off the start to drop us behind even as we were powering away from the already cowed AK and Broxbourne crews. Our row was a significant improvement on the heat, despite a short-lived wobble around the two-thirds mark. But it just wasn't enough - Reading took a length within the first 200 metres, and though we held them there for a while, they then extended their lead to almost a length and a half as we settled for second place coming in to the finish.

No pots for us, but there was no shame or disappointment in losing to the obviously superior Reading crew. We piled back into the car happy to have been given a good run for our money, and satisfied that our performance had been perfectly respectable for a two-outings crew. (Magnus)
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