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Champs VIIIs Head - More wins for SSBC

Posted: Sunday 17 May 2009, 10:18PM by Lisa Meegan

A third consecutive weekend saw Sidney's crews in action on the Cam, as the top four men's boats and top three women's took part in a ridiculously windy Champs VIIIs Head on Sunday 17th May. M3 and W3 kicked things off in the first division, leaving the other five crews to battle for space on a congested hard in a busy third division.

The 1450m head race from the Plough to the P&E is one of the biggest pre-bumps races of the term, with the majority of the college VIIIs taking part, and is a good opportunity for some early Bumps predictions. Strong performances across the board saw SSBC's crews comparing well with those around them in Bumps, and also brought further wins with W1 and W2 both recording the fastest times in their Bumps divisions. M2 were unlucky not to bring a third win, missing out by just 5 seconds to a strong St Edmund's crew after rowing in the windier conditions of the later divisions, and M1, M3, M4 and W3 were all placed in the top halves of their divisions.

Special congratulations also go to Veronica Yan, cox of M3, awarded a coxing prize for an excellent line around Ditton Corner.

Full results can be viewed here, and SSBC's times were:

M1 - 05:14.9
6th in Men's 2nd Division VIIIs

M2 - 05:34.4
2nd in Men's 5th Division VIIIs

M3 - 05:41.6
4th in Men's 5th Division VIIIs

M4 - 06:20.4
4th in Men's 6th Division/Getting on Race VIIIs

W1 - 06:16.3
1st in Women's 2nd Division VIIIs

W2 - 06:44.7
1st in Women's 4th Division VIIIs

W3 - 07:03.0
3rd in Women's 5th Division/Getting on Race VIIIs

Well done to everyone!