The Club's Results
Cambridge Autumn Head, Mich Term 2023
1st men's VIII (M8+ 1st Coll)
| 1st men's VIII | |||
| in Black Prince | |||
| bow | Iwo Pilecki-Silva | 2 | Máté Fehér |
| 3 | Angus Callan-Smith | 4 | Ronald Doboš |
| 5 | Thomas Frith | 6 | Csongor Beke |
| 7 | Andrey Karailiev | str | Krisztian Hunter |
Coxed by: Isabella Fiske Harrison
2nd to Downing
Time: 10:08
After we’d gotten back into the boat, Csongi and I played some chess.
Time: 10:08
The paddle down was pleasant despite the Cam overflowing a tad onto the hard, and the plan was clear: stay around 1:40 splits, and learn what an appropriate level of pushing would be.
We got to marshalling before the race precisely on time. Naturally, this meant that we were the first crew there and that we had rather a long time to wait.
Lots of huddling was done, and photos of this may exist in some location.
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nxe5 Nxe5 “Oh, you said c6.”
4. d4 Qh4 “Is that a legal move- can I do this?”
5. dxe5 Qxe4
6. Qe2 Qxe2
7. Bxe2 1/2-1/2.
Black proposed indefinite postponement due to his anticipation of imminent coxing commands, and it was accepted.
The race was fairly good, actually, despite the vast difference between our anticipated splits, and our actual splits (see: stream was heavy). Never before have I been so happy to hear 1:48 shouted with encouragement from the coxbox. We overtook an IV on the Long Reach, and had a massive push from the end of the towpath to top finish - not that I think I contributed very much to it by that point, as I was but hanging on for dear life by then, having overcooked it slightly earlier on.
0.3 seconds slower than last year hides a much more oppressive stream, and it really felt like we came together as a crew early on in the race.
Some nice 36 to begin settled down to 32, and Bella’s commands kept people sane during the pushes.
Links
Full Mich Term 2023 Cambridge Autumn Head results
1st men's VIII Cambridge Autumn Head results archive
Compare this time with all Cambridge Autumn Head times in the archive
