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Peterborough Regatta 2010

Posted: Monday 07 June 2010, 12:00PM by Tasha Scott

Sidney Sussex W1 win the WIM38+ event

On Saturday 5th June, W1 raced in the Peterborough 1000 m Sprints regatta. Our first race was late on in the morning, and we rowed confidently up to the start along with our competitors, Sheffield City and Walbrook. As the ‘Go’ call was given, we found ourselves pulling away from Sheffield City right from the start, but unfortunately Walbrook had taken some ground off us. An early push for halfway caused us to move up on them, and coming through the 750m we were suddenly in with a real chance of winning our heat. Walbrook continued to tire, and in the last 200 m of our first race we managed to overtake them, winning by about half a length and securing our place in the final.

Watching the other heats showed our main competition to be Peterborough RC themselves, although our qualifying time was still very strong. In the final, six hours later, we ended up racing Walbrook again, along with Peterborough RC and Champs. A stronger start, winding up to rate 43, saw us pulling away from the start, and keeping the power on we were able to edge out our lead all the way through, keeping a close eye on the three other boats. Lots of aggressive coxing and very determined rowing meant that by the time we crossed the finish line, we’d won easily.

For many of the crew, this was their first win off-Cam – indeed it has been a very long time since a Sidney crew won an event such as this. Well done to all the crew; a great day out was had by all.