The Club's Results

University IVs 2024

1st women's IV (1st division)

Coxed by: Alexander Watson
Coached by: Steve Harris

Raced 3 rounds: Beat St Catz by 2sec in the final
Quarter finals
Beat Pembroke W1 by 7sec
Time: 8:24
Fastest W1 in either of the 1st two rounds.
(Andrew Farquharson)
Tough race, Pembroke made many pushes but we stayed in a strong rhythm and crossed the line first. Good row from us. (Alexander Watson)
My first and most likely last Uni IVs. Normally, we struggle to find four rowers who are available
in the middle of the day. The few practice outings in the IV – I think two in the racing crew – had
been fun, but it I found it hard to say how well we would hold up to others. Zara our great captain
was very optimistic, so we had a pretty strict alcohol and “Don’t you dare to put a foot in the gym.”-
ban. It turns out she was correct. We were the quickest IV in the quarterfinals by a respectable
margin. Second quickest with 7 seconds were Pembroke, whom we chased. I think seeing us made
them quicker as they otherwise would have been. We managed to carry this onto the final, which we
won. Nonetheless, we felt like we could have gone quicker. In the final our technique collapsed on
the reach and it felt like we were scraping over the finish line.
But a win is a win, so there is that. (Anne Schreuder)
Semi finals
Beat St Edmunds W1 Easily
Time: 9:26
Gained quickly off of the start, were only two lengths away when they crashed on the outside of grassy- rudder strings snapped. Paddled past them and on toward the finish. (Alexander Watson)
Final
Beat St Catz by 2sec
Time: 8:27
Don't look at the footage. (Zara Bek)
We knew it would be the toughest race so far. Solid start, lots of watts going down. Gained on them and sped through first post, then started to suffer. The crew ahead made a massive push down the plough reach, we hung on, my coxing wasn't great so technique started to suffer. Ditton corner felt like it took an age as we battled round it, 2 or 3 different catches for most of it. I should have asked for more focus out of the bend, but alas, instead I asked for 10 big ones. The power increased at the cost of speed and my crew hung on for dear life to the finish, crossing the line just ahead of Catz. Huge effort from the rowers, very proud of them!
First Uni IV's win for the women's side since 2007!
(Alexander Watson)

1. W1 collect Uni Medals
2. W1 with their boat