St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped Trinity Hall M1

The start of M1's campaign was more than usually nervy, with almost no data to back up the (still remarkably confident) predictions, Trinity Hall ahead having entered no races. The chasing crew, Kings, were known to be fast though, and it was going to have to be a good performance to hold them off. 

Planning for a 3 minute race rather than the usual full course, we started strongly and got our first whistle almost immediately. Hitting choppier water we dropped back down to station, but were surprised to see Kings making very little impression on the gap behind. Although they did eventually close this to inside a length, they never looked a serious threat. Trinity Hall more importantly held us on station until a massive push out of first post took us back to the first whistle, and then they crumbled quickly to the bump just after grassy.

With the "Catz-Kings buffer" now firmly back in place, and the ghosts of last lents campaign laid to rest, we look to be set up for a solid week, chasing Clare M1 tomorrow.