Day 2: After a days rest W1 were determined to catch Emma II in the second race of bumps. A relaxed row up to the start line, we were fully prepared to chase down Emma. Another great start we started to reel them in getting to 1/2 length of bumping! Unfortunately we were being chased a far superior Hughes Hall/Lucy Cav crew who caught us by first post corner. Not dwelling on the result our row home was the best steady state piece we had produced all term.
Day 3: We knew we were in for a long race. Hughes Hall were going to catch Emma (which they did) leaving us with the prospect of a row over or potential overbump on Maggie. It proved to be an absolute monster of a race! Robinson tried hard to catch us but we held them at their distance before pulling away with a mammoth power 10 after Ditton corner! With Maggie in Grace’s sight we continued to power down the reach! With some huge pair pushes we started to gain on Maggie pretty quickly! The whistles came under the railway bridge. With all the mens crews screaming at us to get them we gave it everything we had and it went right down to the finish line! Amongst all the excitement we had no idea whether we had overbumped them or not, I was convinced we had. Unfortunately the umpire declared that is was not a bump. Regardless we were absolutely buzzing from the best rowing we had produced all term! We’re pumped for tomorrow! With a second chance at Emma and Robinson still behind us things are looking like we might finally get that bump!
