The Club's Results
Metropolitan Regatta, May Term 2009
Two day, 2000m multilane regatta held at Dorney Lake. Each day is self contained.
Sun 31st May
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1st men's VIII, IM3 VIIIs
1st round
2nd of 5, lost to Maidstone Invicta
2nd of 5, lost to Maidstone Invicta
This line up didn't have an outing before race day. Some crews would have tried to counter this disadvantage by having at least 6k of warm up, but we chose to enjoy the sunshine and boat so late that we were very close to being disqualified. Power and length were traded for rate off the start, but by 500m we'd settled into something reasonable, got into second place by a length at halfway, and thus avoided serious exertion.
Final
3rd of 6, lost to Maidstone Invicta and Oxford Brookes
3rd of 6, lost to Maidstone Invicta and Oxford Brookes
The Maidstone crew, in spite of geographical logic, was stacked with some decent juniors from Evesham and well ahead of the field. With a full strength first eight we might have beaten Brookes, and it wasn't a terrible row by any means.
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1. On the finish line
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1st men's IV, IM3 4+
Semi finals
Won
Won
Our start sequence was fairly solid, but didn't really get us in front. I can only assume that the other crews had a one minute race plan, because at that point they started going backwards very quickly and allowed us to warm down without turning.
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1. Heading for victory
2. More catch timing 3. 4+ [more...] |
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2nd men's IV, IM2 4+
1st round
2nd to Nottingham
2nd to Nottingham
My first 2k race :).
Got a bit caught out by the start, leading to generally poor rowing, which led to us being almost a length down on Nottingham and Downing.
Proceeded to row through Downing with a strong call at 700m, gradually moving further away to about 3/4 length at the finish.
Got a bit caught out by the start, leading to generally poor rowing, which led to us being almost a length down on Nottingham and Downing.
Proceeded to row through Downing with a strong call at 700m, gradually moving further away to about 3/4 length at the finish.
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1. Last 50m
2. Catches 3. Wondering who's chee... [more...] |
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