{bold}Race 1 – Division 5{endbold}
{italic}Rowed over{enditalic}
Our aim in this race was to maintain our position at the head of the division, which would mean rowing over. Although we had added confidence derived from our success in bumping Christ\\’s III yesterday we still knew that we would have to row a solid race in order to hold them off for the whole course.
Some cox box problems at the start meant that our start was not as solid as it had been yesterday. Whereas we had gained on Christ\\’s III on the start yesterday we lost about half a length to them off the start. However the problem with the cox box soon resolved itself and were once more able to hear our cox clearly. We managed to get things back together and start to push off from Christ\\’s. Although they did sometimes get to about a length away from us and we rounded corners we were able to push away from them and maintained a good gap between the boats all the way to the finish line.
Although it was a a hard row over, it was also a good one. We rowed together well and maintained a steady and sustainable rating. Importantly we showed that we have the stamina to last a row over whilst being constantly chased by another boat. This did, once more, leave us in the position of being the sandwich boat and thus having to race again at the bottom of the fourth division.
{bold}Race 2 – Division 4{endbold}
{italic}Rowed over{enditalic}
In this second race of the day we aimed, once more, to catch Clare Hall I. We knew that it would be no easy feat, given that we had already rowed one hard race that afternoon. We pushed as hard as we could off of the start in the hope that we would be able to catch them. However we were not able to make up the requisite ground and Clare Hall I succeeded in bumping Churchill III. Given that there were no further boats in front who we could hope to bump we reduced the rating in order to conserve energy for tomorrow when we\\’ll be aiming to row over at the top of the fifth division once more and then attempt to bump Churchill III in the fourth.
{italic}Edited on Fri, 13th Jun 08 by Lisa Meegan{enditalic}
