Rowing away from a very crowded boathouse, we warmed up quickly, and had a couple of good practice starts on the row up. Spirits were high and we were all hoping to do better than our previous race, having improved greatly throughout the week. Eager to show this in our race, we got our focus together for the standing start by the Plough, and braced ourselves for the wind on the Long Reach. As Georgie called for a mental restart just before the railway bridge, we were giving it all we had, as we knew there were only about 2 minutes to go. Our finish was strong, and although this wasn’t some of our finest rowing, our efforts were rewarded with some shiny new tankards as we won the Mays second division ! My first tankard to go with my new blazer… so excited about Bumps already !
Laura Desert, 2