Bow: Georgia Vann
Jenny Morris
Georgie Holmes
Lauren Downing
Anna te Water Naude
Lindsey Askin
Rachel Salter
Laura Dearman
Cox: Michael Hope
Race report by Georgie Holmes
Having existed as Queens’ W1 for the grand total of one week, the time had come for us to be thrown into our first race as a crew - with three ex-novices making up three-quarters of bow four, the mere thought of corners was enough to bring us out in a cold sweat, so the row up to the start of the course was a nervous one.
The race was 2x2k, and the first leg was far better than the second - after completing the first 2k in 7 minutes 52, the initial adrenaline/panic had gone but tiredness had begun to kick in, meaning we achieved a much slower time of 8:37 on the second leg (which seems ridiculously slow compared to later 2k times - see report on Bedford for details!!). Nevertheless, our efforts put us in 7th place amongst the Cambridge college W1 crews - or ‘technically 6th’, as we insisted, since Christ’s rowed twice (?!). The fact that Christ’s won the H2H obviously meant that we hated them with every fibre of our being, marking the start of a rivalry that would last all term.
Overall, it was a pretty good start to W1’s Lent racing, giving us plenty to build on for Bedford, WeHorr and of course Bumps.