The Club's Results
Cambridge Head-2-Head, May Term 2012
A timed headrace in two parts. Normally 2x2000m, but shortened this year to between the railway bridge and the first bumps position.
Sat 5th May
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1st men's VIII, 1st Mays
2nd men's VIII, 2nd division
4th men's VIII, 3rd Mays
Time: 13:48
This was my first race, and second outing, ever with most members of this crew and so I was unsure what to expect.
The paddle up to the start was unremarkable, and somewhat messy. However, once we started winding up for the race I quickly found myself struggling to keep up and actually rather scared. This was partly because it was very rushed on the slide, but there was also a strong sense of fierceness and aggression during the drive, feeling rather more enthusiastic than last term's M2.
Throughout the downstream part of the race, ratio, length and timing never really came, and technique remained messy. However, the power stayed on, and every time a push was called there was a noticeable increase in boat speed.
For the upstream part of the race, I had suggested that we focus on ratio, and I feel there was a bit of improvement in this respect but not as much as might have been hoped for, and it was still difficult to get length. Commitment was still there throughout the race, but as we began to get tired our technique worsened and there were quite a few bad strokes where we lost a lot of speed.
Overall, I was pleased with this race, especially as a first outing. I felt that the level of power and aggression was very good, and we should keep that, but we need to really work on being calmer during the recovery, staying in time, and improving our technique. Our result was not too bad, though it could definitely have been better, and these points show that we have a lot of room for improvement.
The paddle up to the start was unremarkable, and somewhat messy. However, once we started winding up for the race I quickly found myself struggling to keep up and actually rather scared. This was partly because it was very rushed on the slide, but there was also a strong sense of fierceness and aggression during the drive, feeling rather more enthusiastic than last term's M2.
Throughout the downstream part of the race, ratio, length and timing never really came, and technique remained messy. However, the power stayed on, and every time a push was called there was a noticeable increase in boat speed.
For the upstream part of the race, I had suggested that we focus on ratio, and I feel there was a bit of improvement in this respect but not as much as might have been hoped for, and it was still difficult to get length. Commitment was still there throughout the race, but as we began to get tired our technique worsened and there were quite a few bad strokes where we lost a lot of speed.
Overall, I was pleased with this race, especially as a first outing. I felt that the level of power and aggression was very good, and we should keep that, but we need to really work on being calmer during the recovery, staying in time, and improving our technique. Our result was not too bad, though it could definitely have been better, and these points show that we have a lot of room for improvement.
First outing as a crew? Felt kind of interesting to begin on a race. We started and rowed for a bit, and then we overtook someone which was fun. Then we reached the motorway bridge and some unkind person told us to spin and row it all again. This was definitely not so enjoyable; despite almost managing another overtake on the reach, our time was significantly slower. Rowing hurts.
Selected Results
Men's college VIIIs
Pos Pos in cat Club Crew Leg 1 Leg 2 Total 1 / 24 1 / 6 Girton M1 05:25 06:04 11:29 2 / 24 1 / 8 Robinson M1 05:20 06:10 11:30 3 / 24 2 / 8 Queens' M1 05:30 06:06 11:36 4 / 24 3 / 8 First and Third M1 05:30 06:08 11:38 5 / 24 2 / 6 LMBC M2 05:28 06:12 11:40 6 / 24 4 / 8 Pembroke M1 05:31 06:11 11:42 7 / 24 3 / 6 Downing M2 05:30 06:20 11:50 8 / 24 1 / 10 Queens' M2 05:38 06:16 11:54 9 / 24 5 / 8 Churchill M1 05:35 06:23 11:58 10 / 24 6 / 8 Jesus M1 05:39 06:25 12:04 11 / 24 4 / 6 Pembroke M2 05:53 06:28 12:21 12 / 24 5 / 6 Corpus Christi M1 05:41 06:41 12:22 13 / 24 7 / 8 Clare M1 05:45 06:38 12:23 14 / 24 8 / 8 Magdalene M1 05:48 06:36 12:24 15 / 24 2 / 10 Emmanuel M2 05:47 06:48 12:35 16 / 24 6 / 6 First and Third M2 06:02 06:46 12:48 17 / 24 3 / 10 Catz M2 05:48 07:02 12:50 18 / 24 4 / 10 LMBC M3 06:01 06:50 12:51 19 / 24 5 / 10 Girton M2 05:51 07:06 12:57 20 / 24 6 / 10 Christ's M3 06:00 07:09 13:09 21 / 24 7 / 10 Clare M2 06:44 06:51 13:35 22 / 24 8 / 10 First and Third M4 06:15 07:33 13:48 23 / 24 9 / 10 Robinson M2 06:50 07:22 14:12 24 / 24 10 / 10 First and Third M5 06:38 08:34 15:12
Women's college VIIIs
Pos Pos in cat Club Crew Leg 1 Leg 2 Total 1 / 17 1 / 8 Clare W1 06:15 07:16 13:31 2 / 17 2 / 8 Christ's W1 06:17 07:20 13:37 3 / 17 3 / 8 Queens' W1 06:17 07:32 13:49 4 / 17 1 / 9 Murray Edwards W1 06:22 07:29 13:51 5 / 17 2 / 9 King's W1 06:23 07:39 14:02 6 / 17 4 / 8 Magdalene W1 06:23 07:41 14:04 7 / 17 5 / 8 Selwyn W1 06:37 07:41 14:18 8 / 17 3 / 9 Sidney W1 06:34 07:55 14:29 9 / 17 6 / 8 Newnham W1 06:42 07:48 14:30 10 / 17 4 / 9 Christ's W2 06:50 07:44 14:34 11 / 17 7 / 8 LMBC W1 06:44 07:53 14:37 12 / 17 5 / 9 Robinson W1 06:48 07:52 14:40 13 / 17 6 / 9 LMBC W2 06:51 07:50 14:41 14 / 17 8 / 8 SCCBC W1 06:47 08:02 14:49 15 / 17 7 / 9 Queens' W2 06:43 08:21 15:04 16 / 17 8 / 9 Hughes Hall W1 06:52 08:23 15:15 17 / 17 9 / 9 Newnham W2 07:03 08:24 15:27
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