row over
stoat | July 22, 2010A somewhat disappointing day today: we rowed well, but only achieved a row-over. Nines 5, as expected, succumbed quickly to Leys behind us, perhaps depriving us of that vital spark of being chased. But while we closed to within a canvas of Cantabs 7 just before Grassy we didn't quite have the oomph to catch them. So here is a picture of us from yesterday, rowing up to the start.
Day 1 | Day 2
Pic courtesy of itinerant bow-bobble supplier Andy Nicol (well, when I say courtesy of, I mean I've ripped it off but provided you with a link to him. In fact Andy credits "Ivan Edwards" with the photos…
stoat | July 20, 2010It is the first night of the bumps (and see? I haven't bored you with the boaties for ages).
This isn't us - this is Cantabs II in M1 just about to catch what must be 99's III, I'd guess. Congratulations to all of them and in particular Petr Arnold at bow. He certainly looked very happy afterwards. Slightly bad news for our M1 who are now ahead of them tomorrow.
To explain my cryptic notation in the title: W2 went up; M3 went down; we (M2) rowed over; W1 and M1 rowed over.
Our race was quite interesting. St Ives (rather an unknown quantity behind us) gained a little on the start but fell…