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Getting on Race Results

Posted: Friday 06 June 2008, 10:44PM by Lisa Meegan

Congratulations to W3, who secured a place on the bumps chart after an excellent row in the Getting on Race today!

Unfortunately, M4 did not get on but still did extremely well considering half of the crew were novices this term. Hopefully they've still enjoyed this term's training and will continue to row for Sidney in the future.

Getting on Race - W3

Posted: Sunday 08 June 2008, 11:52AM by Lisa Meegan

Paddling to the start the girls were all nervous, but were looking very professional in their new zephyrs. On arrival at the lock, Rachel D pointed out that even if they didn’t get on, they were at least much fitter than the surrounding crews! Seeing the crews ahead getting ready to go off, late arrival Dan decided it was about time he got into the cox seat, only to discover that the cox box was capable of nothing more than a bit of noisy static. Amidst mass panic, Chris H managed to fix it, but Dan decided to move it around, switch it off and on and break it again…about 3 times. Dan’s suggestion that he could abandon the rudder and just hold the wire in position during the race didn’t go down too well as the girls seemed keen to actually make it around all of the corners, and in the end Chris managed to get the cox box working just in the nick of time.

We were soon underway, and things looked a little worrying at first when we seemed to be heading straight for the bank, but Dan soon pulled the boat straight again. The girls looked pretty speedy heading towards first post, but lost a bit of momentum around the corner. An immense push for ten lifted the boat speed massively, and further pushes out of Grassy and Ditton kept things moving nicely.

Coming into the reach, the girls looked exhausted, but with encouragement from their somewhat excessive bank party they produced another huge push into the last quarter of the race. As they approached the finish the girls put absolutely everything into it, and by the time they crossed the line they’d definitely proved just how much they wanted that place on the bumps chart.

Back at the boat house, somebody decided it would be prudent to throw Dan in the river, just in case they didn’t get another opportunity during bumps. Hard luck Dan – looks like you’ll be going in again on Saturday!

This Mays will be only the second time in well over a decade that Sidney has had a third women’s VIII on the bumps chart. Well done girls, and good luck!

Edited on Sun, 8th Jun 08 by Lisa Meegan