St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped Girton

We got foliage!

After the disappointing result in Lents we have seen massive changes within the W1 squad with a new coach, Siggi Martinsson, bringing a fresh approach to both our water and land sessions. The whole women’s club enjoyed circuit sessions on Jesus green, whilst the W1 boat were introduced to 6 km, lock to lock pieces – certainly felt like we were being whipped into shape!

Though the last eight weeks have been tough it was just what we needed and today it paid off! After a strong start we pushed up onto Girton putting pressure on them from the cannon. With Tit Hall pushing up behind us in a sandwich situation we were able to dig deeper and caught Girton, taking the inside line, just before First Post corner.

It was great to have so much support on the bank today, from friends, family and alumni - thank you to everyone who came along! 

A fantastic first day of bumps – 5 boats on the river and 5 bumps!