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| 19th Jun '02 | May Bumps | by mcp |
| The results for all our crews can be found in full on the May Bumps results page. Our top crews performed well - the May VIII stayed level at 9th, whilst the 2nd, 3rd and 5th VIIIs all rose comfortably. The women's 1st VIII went up 1. Many of the lower crews suffered, but the club is proud of everyone's efforts - most notably those of the 4th VIII - who remained the highest 4th VIII on the river - and the 6th VIII who avoided spoons with a gutsy and exciting row on the final day. Well done to everyone involved. Watch this space for photos and other additions including the famous 2nd VIII song! (1 reply...) | ||
| 9th Jun '02 | Peterborough Summer | by jpd |
| 2nd VIII in MS4 8+
With John Earl and Joe Grundy subbing for Matt Byrne and Hugh Colvin/Martin Peck In our heat we had a strong row to come second to Emma I (the Head Crew) by only 1 second in a time of 3:09 (only 3 seconds off the MS4 8+ course record)! Heat winners went straight into the Final, second place to the repercharge. In the repercharge, we again had a good row, although not as aggressive as in the first race. We lost to Winchester School. Stern IV in MN 4+ In the largest event of the day with 20 entries Our heat was our first race of the day. We had a very good start and surged to a very smooth 38. After 300m we were 2 lengths up on our opposition, at which point the rate dropped and we held our lead to win our heat in 3:37. In the semi, with two crews going through to the final, and with Will and I trebling up, we had decided that if we were a comfortable second after 500m we would just aim to hold that. In the race, despite being second at 500m we pushed through our opposition to take the lead. At 750m, they had obviously taken the rate down to save themselves for the final. We followed their change to remain about a length in front. In the final, as in our heats, we lost ground off the start. At 500m Sam told us we were rowing through them, and despite two near-boatstopping incidents between then and the line we pushed all the way to take the win in 3:24 (the course record for MN 4+). MS4 4+ In the heat (from Cox): Sam Adams, Henry Clouting, Will Thorne, Maris Goldmanis, Dan Walker. Jon Davies for Henry Clouting in the repercharge. I didn't see the heat, but from what I could gather the crew had a technical row to claim second, and a place in the repercharge. The repercharge was not a great race - we had jumped straight from the VIII to the IV, with Will and I having done the MN 4+ just before that. The boat felt very heavy, and at 600m it was obvious we were out of contention, so we took the rate down to save ourselves. | ||
| 26th May '02 | Nines Regatta | by mcp |
| The 2nd men won yet more pots today!! Well done, guys. Our results in the the Cambridge 99s regatta may be found here - our thanks to John Earl for collating all the information from the day. | ||
| 14th May '02 | Successes at the weekend | by mcp |
| Congratulations to the third men's VIII who won pots (handsome glass bottomed pewter tankards) at the Cam sprints on Sunday. Success was also enjoyed by John and Neil in a pair, and Sarah and Sally who rowed with recent club leavers in a IV.
First and Third was also represented in the Head2Head (John Earl in his single scull!), and at Bedford on Saturday, where the women's 1st VIII and the men's 2nd VIII gained yet more race experience. (2 replies...) | ||
| 7th May '02 | Beginning of term racing | by mcp |
| The Head of the Cam and Nottingham City Regatta were both last weekend. Our men's 2nd VIII travelled to Nottingham and enjoyed some exciting side by side racing, and was also pleased to post better times than Downing II.
The men's lower boats squad fielded two crews for the Head of the Cam in Cambridge, and the women's squad, one. Our website has been updated with all the relevant results. | ||
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