So it’s been an eventful week for our novice crews! Not only Emma Sprints on Sunday but the first round of Clare Novices today as well.

Sunday saw our 80s W1 sprint to victory in their first two races but were pipped to the post in their third race to come 4th in their division. W2 had just as much fun in the drama that was their race which resulted in a broken rigger, a blade coming out of a gate and their bank party having a collision with a cyclist coming in the opposite way! But the fun did not end there, as Newnham kindly accepted the offer of racing 6s.

An eventful weekend was then backed up with a nail biting race today. Despite having all rowed only once before (i.e. this morning) our girls overcame the poor steering of the Magdalene cox (not once but twice), a restart and two crabs to finish several boat lengths ahead of their opposition!

Looking good girls and can’t wait to cheer you on on Saturday! If you’d like to come down and join us, our first race against Kings is happening at 11.20am. Till then…