St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped Emmanuel II

Given what was at stake today, the rowing up to the start was as relaxed and calm as we had managed all week. Barring one slight mishap where our boat almost blew into the middle of the river at marshalling, we were perfectly prepared.

The division went off with no delay today. The start (once frantic reminders to square were shouted at the strokeman) was fairly good, and we were already at 3/4 of a length by the time we hit our stride. The stride was the best we had managed, long and powerful at 36. We pushed up to a canvas coming around First Post, and went for the kill once straight in the gut. Unfortunately, Jim's blade hit something and the boat sloshed from side to side in 20 of the worst strokes of our entire campaign, but the blading bump still followed on the entrance to Grassy.

A great performance from the crew, never once troubling the reach in a pretty flawless campaign. Many thanks to John Dent for coaching us throughout the term, and to Dave White for putting the final touches on things.

M2 catching Emma II for their blades (starts at 0:15):

2011 May Bumps day 4 M3 from Malcolm Scott on Vimeo.