Report by Zach Lande: The infamous Fairbairn cup is shrouded in myth and legend. The courageous rowers of Homer had heard the stories of this race recounted to them by their coaches Chad and Rob, seasoned veterans of this grueling […]
Report by Zach Lande: The 22nd November 2015 was a big day for team Homer aka “the Homies”. On this bright, calm, but absolutely freezing morning we woke up to the news that Marcelo’s wife was going into labour. We […]
Report by Philipp Hirsch: With the term halfway through and its grand finale, May Bumps, drawing closer, M1 today competed in its second race since training resumed – Champs’ Eight Heads. For our crew it was an opportunity to see […]
W1 took to the water this Sunday without having rowed as a full crew since Wednesday, and having lost their cox Elliot to an unstoppable nosebleed two hours before the race. Nevertheless, the generous step-in of W2’s cox Anna and […]
W1 started the morning in less-than-ideal conditions, having to decide at 10am whether to warm up before the race—but get drenched in the rain—or forego the warmup altogether. We chose the latter, and met at the boat house at 11am, […]
Report by James Moore. A term of upward momentum. Starting in a chilly January morning where it slowly became clear our crew had one more bowsider than was strictly necessary, and proceeding with a steady stream of subs and scratched […]
Report by Evie Butcher: W3 came together on 10th March at 14:45pm (well, half of W3 and five various subs – including a cox). We were a mismatched crew, a jumble of individuals that broke all boundaries between boats (with […]
Report by Anna Lawrence: W2 went into the last day of bumps with open minds; with one bump, a defeat and a row over under our belts the pressure was off and we joked that we should go for the […]
Report by Anna Lawrence: After an early bump from Queens on Day 1 and an impressively strong row over on Day 2, W2 met with excitement and anticipation in the beautiful sun on Day 3. Confident that we would not […]
W1 were a little jittery when they met at the boathouse today: we knew Fitz W1 would be our greatest challenge so far, as they had had similar race results throughout the term. We resolved to row as technically as […]