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Head of the Cam, May Term 2012
A timed headrace on the Cam for college and town crews
Sat 28th April
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1st women's VIII, College VIIIs
5th of 9 1st women's VIIIs
Time: 11:12
Time: 11:12
A solid row for a scratch crew. The balance was much better than I was expecting in the first half of the race. Some unsettled strokes caused us problems, and we found it difficult to recover, but Charlotte's driving force from the stroke seat carried us through. We held rate 32 for most of the course.
One of the marshals was kind enough to give us some encouragement near Ditton and we lifted onto the straight with much enthusiasm, even if not as much finesse as I would like. Yining turned this into a heartening call and we held the tempo reasonably over the reach.
At the railway bridge we had a big power focus and I felt the boat started to move well here, especially for such a late stage of the race. There was some confusion about the finish, and we peaked a bit too early, limping across the line.
There's still a lot to be gained from more fitness, more control and more cover, but a decent result early in term, giving us a benchmark for further improvement.
One of the marshals was kind enough to give us some encouragement near Ditton and we lifted onto the straight with much enthusiasm, even if not as much finesse as I would like. Yining turned this into a heartening call and we held the tempo reasonably over the reach.
At the railway bridge we had a big power focus and I felt the boat started to move well here, especially for such a late stage of the race. There was some confusion about the finish, and we peaked a bit too early, limping across the line.
There's still a lot to be gained from more fitness, more control and more cover, but a decent result early in term, giving us a benchmark for further improvement.
<h3><a name="selectedresults">Selected Results</a></h3><h4>Men's college VIIIs</h4><p><pre> <b>Pos Pos in cat Club Crew Time</b> 1 / 29 1 / 11 Caius M1 00:08:41 2 / 29 2 / 11 Downing M1 00:08:51 3 / 29 3 / 11 LMBC M1 00:08:52 4 / 29 4 / 11 Kings M1 00:09:04 5 / 29 5 / 11 Christ's M1 00:09:07 6 / 29 1 / 10 Selwyn M1 00:09:09 7 / 29 2 / 10 Girton M1 00:09:10 8 / 29 3 / 10 LMBC M2 00:09:10 9 / 29 6 / 11 Queens M1 00:09:16 10 / 29 7 / 11 Robinson M1 00:09:20 11 / 29 8 / 11 Pembroke M1 00:09:21 12 / 29 1 / 8 Queens M2 00:09:21 13 / 29 4 / 10 Downing M2 00:09:22 14 / 29 9 / 11 Pembroke M1 00:09:25 15 / 29 5 / 10 Caius M2 00:09:25 16 / 29 10 / 11 Churchill M1 00:09:32 17 / 29 11 / 11 Magdalene M1 00:09:40 18 / 29 6 / 10 Peterhouse M2 00:09:40 19 / 29 7 / 10 Pembroke M2 00:09:42 20 / 29 2 / 8 Hughes Hall M2 00:09:42 21 / 29 8 / 10 Christ's M2 00:09:43 22 / 29 3 / 8 Peterhouse M3 00:09:51 23 / 29 9 / 10 Pembroke M2 00:09:55 24 / 29 4 / 8 LMBC M3 00:09:56 25 / 29 10 / 10 Darwin M1 00:09:59 26 / 29 5 / 8 Queens M3 00:10:06 27 / 29 6 / 8 Girton M2 00:10:08 28 / 29 7 / 8 Kings M2 00:10:32 29 / 29 8 / 8 Churchill M2 00:10:44</pre></p><h4>Women's college VIIIs</h4><p><pre> <b>Pos Pos in cat Club Crew Time</b> 1 / 18 1 / 7 Caius W1 00:10:18 2 / 18 2 / 7 Downing W1 00:10:32 3 / 18 1 / 5 Kings W1 00:10:37 4 / 18 3 / 7 LMBC W1 00:10:59 5 / 18 2 / 5 LMBC W2 00:11:00 6 / 18 4 / 7 Selwyn W1 00:11:06 7 / 18 1 / 6 Peterhouse W3 00:11:08 <b> 8 / 18 5 / 7 FAT W1 00:11:12</b> 9 / 18 6 / 7 Christ's W1 00:11:12 10 / 18 2 / 6 Christ's W2 00:11:17 11 / 18 3 / 5 Peterhouse W2 00:11:20 12 / 18 7 / 7 Churchill W1 00:11:21 13 / 18 3 / 6 Caius W2 00:11:45 14 / 18 4 / 5 Pembroke W2 00:11:51 15 / 18 5 / 5 Darwin W1 00:11:52 16 / 18 4 / 6 Downing W2 00:11:55 17 / 18 5 / 6 Kings W2 00:12:04 18 / 18 6 / 6 LMBC W3 00:12:26</pre></p><div align="right"><font size="-1"><a href="#top">^ top</a></font></div><hr>
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