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Autumn Head

Posted: Monday 19 October 2009, 8:14AM by Lisa Meegan

Saturday 17th October brought the first race action of term for some of Sidney's senior rowers, with four VIIIs taking part in the 2600m Cambridge Autumn Head race.

The men and the women each put out two crews, and in both cases these were matched VIIIs composed of the sixteen rowers that will eventually make up the first and second boats. The squads have been training in these crews to help improve the general standard of rowing and to assist the coaches and Captains in first boat selection, and the race brought a first opportunity for them to compete directly against one another.

In the Men's Senior College VIIIs competition, Lightning beat Thunder by just three seconds, with the crews finishing 6th and 7th among the colleges. In the corresponding women's competition, Gin were 6 seconds faster than Tonic, with the boats 4th and 6th of the colleges competing. In both cases, the times compared well with a number of college first VIIIs, suggesting that we can expect good things from our crews when M1, M2, W1 and W2 are set for the term.

Also racing on Saturday were Sidney's university triallists. Tim Schotles stroked one of two matched CULRC VIIIs, and was unlucky to finish just two seconds behind the other crew in the day's second fastest time. Meanwhile, Lisa Meegan, Carys Rowlands, Nora Staack and cox Andrew Pilkington competed for CUWBC in numerous crews, racing up to three times each. All of the crews posted impressive times, with Lisa's lightweight IV and lightweight VIII completing the course in the fastest women's times of the day.

Full results can be viewed on the Rob Roy Boat Club web site.

Well done to everyone taking part!