{italic}Bumped Pembroke III
Report by Tasha Scott{enditalic}
After an unexciting row over on Tuesday, W2 gathered at the boathouse ready to give their all. We were to be chasing Pembroke III, who had been bumped quite convincingly by Christs II the previous day. After warming up we marshalled and watched a triumphant M2 row past, making us more determined to achieve an up one.
After being mistaken for W3 and told to marshal in the wrong place, we managed to row up in vaguely the right order, although unfortunately not hot on Emma III’s tail (the crew who were to be chasing us) and spun to park. A longer than usual wait enabled everyone to be ready for the start, with many reminders from Mhairi to de-kit and sort footplates early, even though Robyn was no longer with us.
The cannons sounded and we took a steady start, Emma III managing to hold on to us. However, we soon pulled away from them in anticipation of a bump on Pembroke. Hearing whistles from the bank spurred us on, as well as numerous powers for ten called for by Mhairi. We pursed Pembroke III down first post reach, eagerly listening for more whistles, and on constant whistles found a final few ‘kill’ strokes to complete our task.
A few clearing issues had us mounting the bank, with an interesting effect on poor Roger Andrew, captured nicely by the Jet Photographic man. We were all extremely happy though, and even screams of ‘Shit, there’s a hole in the boat’ could not dampen our spirits. Collecting greenery, we proceeded to row home very solidly, hoping Tim would not be too angry. All in all, a good day for W2, with revenge on Pembroke for denying us any real first day bumping opportunity. Let’s hope we can make an imprint on Clare Hall I tomorrow!!!
