Casey’s first water race against Emma NM2 was hampered by a series of disasters: an encounter with the bank near the start, a detached seat and a cox-box so sodden it temporarily refused to function. However, for the parts of the course where all eight were rowing they were blisteringly fast, catching up with Emma although sadly not enough to win the race.
Their second race was much more controlled, but sadly they were matched against a particularly fast Selwyn crew and despite a strong power ten at the end they didn’t quite catch up with Selwyn, losing by half a boat length.
Casey’s team spirit in the face in the face of equipment failure and miserable weather was wonderful, good luck in Fairbairns boys!
Edited on Mon, 24th Nov 14 by Camille Lardy
