Crew: Abi Wells (cox) Alistair Pryke (stroke) Peter Stevens George Moore Alex Bartram
Coaches: Chris Clark Rob Jeffrey Saturday 15th October
After a number of good training sessions, we were optimistic that we would be able to put in a good time at the first event of the season. The race started well with a strong pushes down the gut and plough reach we soon caught the four we were chasing. After fading slightly at the top of the reach we built the rate back up to a strong 30 which we were happy with for the beginning of the season. We were pleased with the end result of 10:52 being only 15-20 seconds away from some college M1 8s. With Peter and George only having learnt to scull recently, this was a good performance but we felt there was more to come as fitness increases throughout the term.
A Bartram