Winning is easy all you have to do is beat the opposition put in front of you at that particular race. To become the best however is somewhat different. To become the best you must beat the best and we have been provided with a great opportunity this weekend. On Saturday our squad will race at Fuller’s Fours Head of the River, and I will be racing in the Women’s Elite 4x. We will be set off first with the Leander A crew hunting us down.
This is a crew who are amongst the best of British rowers. Both Debbie Flood and Frances Houghton form part of the British Women’s 4x who won silver in Beijing 2008 and were gold medallists at the 2010 World Championships. Anna Watkins despite serious setbacks with injury this year retained her World Championship title in the Women’s 2x winning Gold in 2010 and 2011. Emily Taylor makes up the forth seat in this boat and is a strong part of the Women’s sweep team. She won Silver with the W8+ and the World cup in Munich and narrowly missed out on a seat at the world cup flying out as reserve for the team.
This is not the only boat with World class athletes with Annie Vernon and Ro Bradbury making an appearance in the Leander B crew. Imperial Collage will also see boat with GB internationals Mel Wilson and Laura Greenhalgh.
This race may be stacked out with international rowers but by no means is it one to shy away from. Come Saturday our crew will be sat on the start race faces at the ready. We are ready to go all out to beat the best as that is the only way to become the best.
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