We were a bit apprehensive going into the weekend as it’s
very unusual to race over 2000m at this point in the season. We’ve also been struggling with illness leading
into the event, it’s that time of year when coughs and colds are rife. We had a great race in the time trial coming
in 3rd with only a 1 second gap between each of the top 3
crews. This gave us a lot of confidence
going into the semi where we would race 2nd ranked Leander
Club. We had a shocking start and had to
make our way back into the mix. We pulled
our way back into second and back in contact with the Leander crew. We crossed the line in second and despite our
start we had a solid race. Again our confidence
grew with our performance and we were excited by what the final might bring.
We had a much better start in final and the Imperial College
crew took the early lead. This left us
battling with Leander and Molesey Boat Club for silver and bronze. We kept pushing away from Leander but they
are a strong crew and there was no way they were going to lay down and die. They came with us all the way and when we nudged
ahead they responded. Molesey started to
drop back but were still in contact with us and Leander. With 500m to go we picked up our pace and
with a burst for the finish pulled a length ahead of them we finished strong to
cross the line in second.
Gold Imperial
College Boat Club 7:05.65
Silver Nottingham Rowing
Club 7:09.33
Bronze Leander Club 7:12.92
Sunday bought more racing on some very tired legs this time in
the eight. We went out for a short a
pre-paddle being the first time we had been out as a crew. Our time trial was scrappy to say the least
with a lot of our crew having very little experience in eights racing
especially over 2000m. We had a slight change
in the order of our crew for the semi-final and raced to come in 3rd
qualifying for the A Final. We made a step on in each race we did and the
final was no different. We came home in
5th position in the final to end a good weekends racing.
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