St Catharine's College Boat Club

Technical Row-over

For the majority of the crew this was their first bumping experience, and it was pretty much over before they knew it had begun. After a solid row down and arriving as one of the first boats in our division we knew it was game on. We were being chased by Darwin W2 (who after an abysmal spinning performance were looking weak) and chasing Queens’ W2.

We had a calm and collected push off, setting us up with a good line for the start. The cannon blasted and we smoothly powered into our draw, wind and lengthen sequence and then straight into a strong power 10. We were already pushing onto Queens’, and Darwin were a speck in the distance…surely whistles were only seconds away?

But then…disaster struck in the form of incompetence. In a bump several places ahead of us the crews had failed to pull into the side meaning that the rest of the division were held up and awarded technical row overs. Frustrating result, but we will use the saved energy to smash into Queens’ tomorrow!