The Club's Results
Novice Fairbairn Cup 2025
4th men's novice VIII (2nd division)
| 4th men's novice VIII | |||
| in Richard Church | |||
| bow | Naı̈l Khelifa | 2 | Hemanth Medapati Gokul |
| 3 | James Rivlin | 4 | Benedict Randall Shaw |
| 5 | Lawrence Blackbourne | 6 | Hanno Kömpel |
| 7 | Carl Strauss | str | Andrei Lambert |
Coxed by: Lucy Price (Queens)
Fastest NM4
Time: 13:24
Time: 13:24
Only NM4 on the river, nothing to lose, no eyes on us, no pressure, here we go. Nonetheless, the crew is nervous before starting to row, we all know we can cause a major upset if we put in the race of our lives (Spoiler: we won't). Eagerly discussing race strategy (try not to crab immediately). Race starts, and we dash off with an amazing pace. After substantial struggle to find the rhythm (our Cox Lucy and Andrew on the bank we trying hard!!), we are locked in and flying. Somehow Wolfson NW1 is gaining on us. Crew starts to panic, we're being overtaken, and we realize that we only imagined only brutal pace. Around that point, 2's seat comes off, and he starts his heroic sacrifice by continuing to row nonetheless. We make it to the end, and still finish faster than Corpus NM1 at the bottom of the table. What a race!
So. Farewell then
NM4,
Widely regarded as the best
NM4 on the river
By a considerable margin.
You lost your seat,
But not the plot,
In a masterclass
For would-be ministers.
And despite this, and though
Your early division (which afforded you
Somewhat better weather than the afternoon)
Pitted you mostly against NM1s,
You still beat Corpus'—
No Mean Feat.
And now, alas, your too-short time
Has come to end—for novice term is over,
And with regret, you are
No More. (4)
(Huge thanks to Andrew, novice captains, and coaches for keeping us all afloat this term! And of course the rest of the crew—it really was terrific.)
Links
Full Mich Term 2025 4th men's novice VIII results
Novice Fairbairn Cup 4th men's novice VIII results archive
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