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99's Regatta - W2

Posted: Tuesday 17 June 2008, 10:20AM by Sarah Parks

Torrential rain meant that we were not at our most enthusiastic as we set
off for the start. Thankfully as we lined up for our first race against
Robinson II the rain had eased off and we were quietly confident that we
could win the race. We pushed hard off the start and after 10 power strokes
were already a length head. We opend up the gap to 2 lengths and settled
there making sure we had some energy left for the next race.

After watching Peterhouse II row down to the start line we were quite
nervous about our next race and knew that we would have to work harder if
we wanted to win this time. We pushed off Peterhouse with a strong start
and after Rob called for some power strokes we were beginning to pull away.
This race was harder than the first but we managed to settle into a
reasonable rhythm and win by about 2 lengths.

We were stunned to find ourselves in the final and were anxious about
racing the Corpus first boat. We knew that this would be a challenging race
and that we would have to give everything we had if we wanted to win.
Worryingly, Corpus pulled away from us at the start but Rob soon had us
working hard and pushing back off them. There was some clashing of blades
as we began to pull away but we seemed to come off best and held them off
until the railway bridge. As we began to tire there were several technical
slips allowing Corpus to regain some distance. Shear determination along
with much encouragement and an 'up 2' call from Rob gave the boat a lift
and we managed to win the race by just over a length.

This was another excellent crew effort, well done W2!

Race report written by Beth Parker