St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped by LMBC III

We knew we were in for a tough one today, given that they'd had 2 easy bumps and they were a boat full of schoolboys, quite a few of whom could have been in M1 had they trained. The fact they don't list their crew on their website was a bad sign.

Bumped by Clare II

This wasn't really a lot better than yesterday. We knew this was a crunch day - if we could row-over, we'd get a go at a weak FaT III crew on Friday. However, we knew that Clare had a very fast start and we'd have to hold them off.

Bumped by Pembroke II

After the Catz curse struck again, Lothar injuring his knee during Saturday's outing, we once again found ourselves in the position of having to row a bumps race with a sub, and hence a crew that had spent a total of 1 hour together on the water. Jon came into the boat at 3, so that Ivan moved to 2 and I sat at 4. However, the paddling and the practice start were very promising, and the crew started to gel well.

May Bumps starts on Wednesday and we're looking forward to strong performances across the board. For information on where to watch the bumps from see here.

Click on a crew name to see crew lists and past race reports.

3rd in 1st Mays - 4:36.9

M1's first race of the term provided a good opportunity to see how we compared with the crews we'd be facing in Bumps.  With several big names on the river, we looked forward to making our mark.  We didn't quite settle onto the racing rhythym we desired, but we still achieved a promising result.  The race highlighted our weaknesses, whilst increasing the anticipation for Mays.