{italic}Report by Beth Parker
Bumped Pembroke II{enditalic}
After 2 days of quick bumps we knew we were in for a harder row today; Pembroke II were much quicker than the crews we had been chasing the previous two days and we knew they would be out to catch Robinson in front of them quickly. We had a solid start but from the bows I could hear whistles for the boat in front of us along first post reach. We managed to get our first whistle not long after which seemed to give us an extra push, which, combined with an excellent line around first post corner from our cox, helped us to gain on Pembroke. They, however, were still hot on the heels of Robinson and it took another sterling line around grassy from our cox and some strong pushes for ten to keep the pressure on Pembroke. Calls from our bank party of “You have to get them now girls, GO NOW!!” followed by a resilient ‘up-2’ call along plough reach made quite a difference to the state of affairs. The boat lifted and as two whistles were sounded the determination really kicked in with three whistles being heard shortly after. One final tight corner from our cox really finished off the race as we bumped not long after Ditton corner. This bump had been hard to come by but was definitely worth the pain!
