The Club's Results
Head of the River IVs, Mich Term 2007
A processional head race over the University Boat Race Course for Fours and Quads
Sat 3rd November
The official results published by the organisers, HOR4s, can be found here. At the bottom of this page there is a summary of the results of college crews and a link to Cambridge weather. Club members, please go here to add (or correct) results, crews or race reports.
1st men's IV, S3+ (A)
173rd - 8th of 36 in S3(A)
Time: 21:18.9
Time: 21:18.9
We haven't raced this badly for a while, probably not since the Head to Head. I think we learnt a few things, otherwise it would have been a complete waste of time.
An opportunity wasted. The pennant was winnable, and Strawson's CUBC 5 was clearly beatable. The first half was pretty good, making steady progress on the boats behind and in front. In retrospect, that we were only striking 32 should have warned us that something was wrong.
We made a mistake with the gearing. By halfway my lats and arms were burning, and soon became useless. The big turning point was when we hit a women's 4- who were unable to tell left from right when trying to get out of our way. In contrast to the day before, we restarted so sluggishly that they came back at us. From there on the boat felt so heavy that some of us were wondering if Strawson had sacked his race to try and waterski off our stern.
If we'd come down on Friday for a paddle I think we could've been 30 seconds quicker, no trouble. On the bright side, oh -- nothing.
We made a mistake with the gearing. By halfway my lats and arms were burning, and soon became useless. The big turning point was when we hit a women's 4- who were unable to tell left from right when trying to get out of our way. In contrast to the day before, we restarted so sluggishly that they came back at us. From there on the boat felt so heavy that some of us were wondering if Strawson had sacked his race to try and waterski off our stern.
If we'd come down on Friday for a paddle I think we could've been 30 seconds quicker, no trouble. On the bright side, oh -- nothing.
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2nd men's IV, S3+ (A)
205th - 15th of 36 in S3(A)
Time: 21:35.94
Time: 21:35.94
Not all doom and gloom, just partial doom and gloom.
Although we rated on target and kept the pushes coming we never really got it together. Horrendous balance in the first few minutes of the race made it difficult to find the rhythm we were looking for. Still, we overtook four or five crews (one of which had crashed into a buoy, despite being a bowloaded four...) and were never overtaken ourselves. There were some nice patches when the backs came through together but overall it was a hard slog. As Bryn says above, i think we learned from the race and hopefully we can take what we gained back with us as we return to the comfort zone of on-Cam racing.
Although we rated on target and kept the pushes coming we never really got it together. Horrendous balance in the first few minutes of the race made it difficult to find the rhythm we were looking for. Still, we overtook four or five crews (one of which had crashed into a buoy, despite being a bowloaded four...) and were never overtaken ourselves. There were some nice patches when the backs came through together but overall it was a hard slog. As Bryn says above, i think we learned from the race and hopefully we can take what we gained back with us as we return to the comfort zone of on-Cam racing.
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<h3><a name="selectedresults">Selected Results</a></h3><h4>Pennant winners, Oxbridge crews and Sen3 4+ (A) crews</h4><p><pre><b>FINISH START IN EVENT CREW EVENT TIME PENNANT</b> 1 1 1 TIDEWAY SCULLERS I Elite 4x- 18:00.95 P 6 16 1 IMPERIAL COLL I Sen1 4x- 19:06.25 P 7 66 1 LEANDER VII Sen2 4x- 19:11.84 P 9 32 1 LEANDER IV Elite 4- 19:16.01 P 13 39 1 MOLESEY BC II Elite 4+ 19:25.03 P 23 28 2 CAMBRIDGE UNIV I Elite 4- 19:36.93 26 38 2 ISIS II Elite 4+ 19:41.66 30 40 4 ISIS III Elite 4+ 19:47.38 31 96 1 LEA RC I Sen1 4- 19:48.39 P 32 36 5 CAMBRIDGE UNIV II Elite 4+ 19:49.17 33 142 1 WALLINGFORD RC II Jun 4x- 19:49.82 P 35 161 1 MARLOW RC/THAMES RC W Elite 4x- 19:51.87 P 40 45 7 ISIS IV Elite 4+ 19:55.14 41 27 4 ISIS I Elite 4- 19:55.80 49 213 1 WESTMINSTER SCH III Sen2 4- 20:08.26 P 55 228 1 OXFORD BROOKES VI Sen2 4+ 20:11.13 P 69 115 1 ISIS V Sen1 4+ 20:22.56 P 72 382 1 HENLEY RC VII Sen3 4+ (C) 20:25.43 P T.O. 43 CAMBRIDGE UNIV III Three Subs 20:25.57 112 261 1 THAMES RC IX W E4- 20:48.23 P T.O. 114 CAMBRIDGE UNIV V Three Subs 20:49.07 121 332 1 OXFORD BROOKES X W Sen2 4x- 20:53.64 P 131 245 9 NEPHTHYS I Sen2 4+ 20:58.98 136 270 1 EDINBURGH UNIV BC I Sen3 4+ (A) 21:01.94 P 137 181 15 CLARE I Sen2 4- 21:02.06 142 283 2 IMPERIAL COLL V Sen3 4+ (A) 21:03.41 147 307 3 GRANTA III Sen3 4+ (A) 21:05.27 148 287 4 KINGSTON GS Sen3 4+ (A) 21:05.51 157 276 5 BRISTOL UNIV III Sen3 4+ (A) 21:08.81 168 269 6 ETON COLL II Sen3 4+ (A) 21:13.65 169 272 7 OXFORD BROOKES VII Sen3 4+ (A) 21:13.85 <b>173 273 8 1ST & 3RD TRINITY I Sen3 4+ (A) 21:18.90</b> 176 256 13 NEPHTHYS II Sen2 4+ 21:21.39 183 271 9 ROYAL SHREW SCH BC III Sen3 4+ (A) 21:25.88 185 286 10 KINGS SCH CHESTER III Sen3 4+ (A) 21:26.81 187 413 1 MAIDENHEAD RC II W Jun 4x- 21:27.02 P 194 294 11 PEMBROKE COLL OXF I Sen3 4+ (A) 21:31.23 197 308 12 IMPERIAL COLL VI Sen3 4+ (A) 21:33.31 201 288 13 LATYMER UPPER V Sen3 4+ (A) 21:35.59 203 279 14 EDINBURGH UNIV BC II Sen3 4+ (A) 21:35.62 <b>205 303 15 1ST & 3RD TRINITY II Sen3 4+ (A) 21:35.94</b> 206 334 6 OXFORD UNIV LWW I W Sen2 4x- 21:36.15 212 313 16 ROYAL SHREW SCH BC IV Sen3 4+ (A) 21:40.80 215 302 17 WARWICK UNIV I Sen3 4+ (A) 21:41.26 216 300 18 SOUTHAMPTON UNIV II Sen3 4+ (A) 21:44.22 218 277 19 CARDIFF UNIV WALES II Sen3 4+ (A) 21:45.51 220 296 20 RGS WORCESTER III Sen3 4+ (A) 21:46.05 221 310 21 MONMOUTH SCH RC III Sen3 4+ (A) 21:46.27 225 280 22 GRANTA II Sen3 4+ (A) 21:48.94 231 295 23 READING UNIV VI Sen3 4+ (A) 21:50.72 234 435 1 BARNES BRIDGE LADIES I W Sen2 4- 21:52.33 P 235 290 24 MAGDALEN COLL Sen3 4+ (A) 21:53.37 246 285 25 KINGS COLL SCH Sen3 4+ (A) 21:57.23 247 291 26 MONMOUTH SCH RC II Sen3 4+ (A) 21:58.45 248 314 27 SOUTHAMPTON UNIV III Sen3 4+ (A) 21:58.50 258 309 28 LIVERPOOL UNIV BC II Sen3 4+ (A) 22:01.95 272 315 29 WARWICK UNIV II Sen3 4+ (A) 22:09.90 274 459 1 FURNIVALL/AURIOL KENSINGTON W Sen2 4+ 22:10.06 P 276 452 2 OSIRIS I W Sen2 4+ 22:10.24 284 453 3 CAMBRIDGE UNI W II W Sen2 4+ 22:16.16 297 282 30 IMPERIAL COL MED BC Sen3 4+ (A) 22:22.08 299 471 1 OSIRIS II W Sen3 4+ (A) 22:22.82 P 305 289 31 LIVERPOOL UNIV BC I Sen3 4+ (A) 22:25.97 310 284 32 JESUS COLL CAM Sen3 4+ (A) 22:29.09 317 512 1 MORTLAKE AA VI W Sen3 4+ (C) 22:36.57 P 325 438 5 CAMBRIDGE UNI W I W Sen2 4- 22:42.56 327 278 33 CLARE II Sen3 4+ (A) 22:43.39 333 281 34 HERTFORD COLL Sen3 4+ (A) 22:45.98 341 298 35 SHEFFIELD UNIV II Sen3 4+ (A) 22:51.11 348 470 3 CAMBRIDGE UNI W III W Sen3 4+ (A) 22:57.48 352 299 36 SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT Sen3 4+ (A) 23:01.85 T.O. 489 OXFORD UNIV LWW III Four Subs 23:06.89 373 476 4 CAMBRIDGE UNI W IV W Sen3 4+ (A) 23:22.90 375 472 5 OSIRIS III W Sen3 4+ (A) 23:26.23 T.O. 483 OXFORD UNIV LWW II Three Subs 23:30.52 406 479 11 EMMANUEL W Sen3 4+ (A) 23:56.64 427 491 13 OXFORD UNIV LWW IV W Sen3 4+ (A) 24:33.52 452 186 43 GRANTA I Sen2 4- 47:37.93 DNF 95 16 CAMBRIDGE UNIV IV Sen1 4-</pre></p><div align="right"><font size="-1"><a href="#top">^ top</a></font></div><hr>
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