It may be sounding a little tiresome by now, but the simple fact is that today was the third example of another perfectly executed race. We found a great rhythm off the start and although blade-work suffered momentarily we didn't lose any speed or rhythm. We gained quickly and consistently on Christs from the very beginning, getting our first whistle at the end of First Post Reach, this was progressed to three as we mowed them down in The Plough.
Down plough reach, Christs obviously tried to push us away, as we oscillated from having overlap to at most 5 feet away. However, their pushes were just prolonging the inevitable. We stayed calm, relaxed and focused and waited for them to fail, and thats exactly what happened.
We bumped Christs just before Ditton. Job done. Ed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjC_DGavd0w
P.S. Special mention must go to Adam who made some great changes today!!
P.P.S. Big respect to Churchill for holding-off Peterhouse!
A more relaxed crew, who were quickly learning from the experiences of the past two days were more than ready to take on anything in front of them. Rumours were being circulated that Christ's had a fast start, but we knew that as long as we waited for the moment, we were the faster crew.
Off the start, we had a very clean set of strokes, but suffered a little with the dirty water under the motorway bridge. Settling into a very nice rhythm, we got our first whistle coming into first post, and our second during a really nice line on grassy. With a huge cheer of support from a fantastic Queens' contingent, we gained on them all the way down Plough reach. They made a last push, which got them some impression on Magdelene but by this time they were too tired. 3/4 of the way down Plough reach we heard the third whistle, and executed our final push exactly to plan, bumping them on the way into Ditton.
Carnage was narrowly avoided when clearing, as we had front row seats to a heated race between two evenly matched crews of Peterhouse chasing down Churchill who managed to hold them off to the end.
An exciting days racing, a perfectly executed race plan, and a buzz for what will come tomorrow, brilliantly rowed by all. N
