St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped ARU I

After a day off, M2 were back today, and up against the first boat from Anglia Ruskin and the incessant rain. After a long wait at marshalling due to some carnage in the women's division (we're looking at you, W2!), we pushed off and had a solid if unspectacular row to the start. Watching ARU crab on their practice start definitely gave me a little bit of confidence.

After being pushed out slightly late due to some erratic counting, the start was a bit scrappy, but there was a much better attempt at a stride than in the previous two races. Emma were pushed off into the distance, and the whistles came thick and fast from ahead, one off the start, two into the corner, and we finally landed on their stern coming out of the corner. A job well done.

Tomorrow we face by far our sternest test of the week in Hughes Hall M1.

Video of the first minute of the race: