{italic} Rowed over {enditalic}
With the huge crowds cheering us on we made our way down to the lock for the final time. We knew the boats behind us would almost certainly all bump out, so had nothing to lose – the only trouble being that Jesus M5, who were two in front of us, were on for spoons, so we feared they might be caught before we could catch Fitz M3.
We pushed hard off the start, and gave it everything we had, but when we eventually managed to get a whistle Fitz pushed off us very well, and we ended up pretty much chasing them down the course on station with them. A most impressive performance from them, and from Jesus M5 who managed to row over in front of them – it was clear that Fitz had been very unlucky to get bumped on the first two days.
As for M3 – we finished the May Bumps up 2, which was the best a men\\’s boat had done for several years (the last time a boat did better was, I think, M3 in 2002 when they got blades). We certainly did ourselves proud over the course of the four days – M3, it was an absolute pleasure rowing with you guys this term.
Many thanks to the people who bank-partied us, especially our wonderful coach Nick Porter!
