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Cambridge 99's Regatta, May Term 2014

1st women's VIII (1st division)

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Heats
Beat Selwyn W1 (3/4 length)
Considering the general cluster-badger that is racing around exams, we were pretty proud of ourselves for turning up to race with 8 girls and a cox. We didn't know much about Selwyn aside from some rumours on the messageboards about relative speeds and that they had the Blondie cox and stroke in the boat. We had some trouble getting lined up on the start and Nines decided to send us off a couple of seats down with little warning. As a result, our start was scrappy, and I didn't dare look over to see where we were in relation to Selwyn. We 'settled' to 38 and seemed to be holding them, albeit almost with their blades in our laps. Clearly the cox was keen to bring Boat Race steering to the Cam. Matt called a 'down 2' which I was apprehensive about, but turned out to be a very sensible call. We sat about a length up, but still with overlap and found it hard to find the motivation or legs to open up the gap any further. We were comfortable and the race seemed to be in hand. Apparently the Selwyn cox was 'displeased' with my comment about gutsy steering after the 3 cheers. My apologies if you took it as a dig, I did actually mean it as a compliment. It was good race strategy, especially considering Nines failed to provide us with an umpire, and credit to both coxes for avoiding a blade clash. (Julia A.)
Semi finals
Lost to LMBC W1 (2 lengths)
We had Neil on the bank, so much was made of trying to beat the 'red scum'. I find it hard to take up this particular buftie tradition of hating Maggie with any gusto, and so I went into this race seeking to improve on the technique and style of the last, quite scrappy, race. We didn't know what to expect, and so insisted on being lined up on the start this time. This took a while and shortened the course by about 20m. They inched up on us off the start and then began to walk away. We had calls to stay in touch with them, and for power 10s and big legs, but we were quite simply out-gunned. (Julia A.)

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