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As it stands SECBC is prepping four crews for the Mays with M2 & W2 subject to the getting-on-race....fingers crossed! The womens/AFAB side has been busy getting races in in preparation for the looming May bumps, with the mens/open side going into Mays incognito! It's all rather exciting as we have four CUBC returners so we have high hopes for an excellent campaign! Watch this space! W1 Winning champs head Collecting 1st prize at Radegund "Mile"
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Eddie’s W1 made it off Cam and on to the Tideway for Hammersmith head! The day started slightly-less-than-smoothly with a panic at 6.30, with a ‘leave without me’ text after a certain member of the crew read the meet time wrong. But no member of the crew is left behind, so they were collected en route!! We all made it to the UL boathouse, rigged and had a good old chat. With a mission of ‘follow 99s and do everything they do’, we boated. Almost immediately, Kate’s collar came off her blade, but we averted our second disaster of the day very smoothly. In what an anthropologist might call ‘deep hanging out’, W1 were stuck in a boat together for 3+ joyous hours. The row down was good, but marshalling was LONG. Long enough to develop a rivalry with crew 324, who seemed intent on being right up in our space. More on this later. Eventually, we turned and started the race. We had a LOVELY row together, and overtook almost 3 crews (including being right up on 324 - revenge is sweet). The rhythm was solid, the legs were strong - we had a consistently good row - and it was over before we knew it! Now Rory is known for unconventional coxing, but this was a new height. Choices were made, and we came out the racing line to undertake crews…Villains of the Tideway? It’s been said. The row home was long, very long, but we were in great spirits. Pausing most of the way so as not to overtake 99s, who we were still intent on following for support. When we got in, we found out we came SECOND in our category (by 6 seconds) which is a huge result!!! Derigged and went home - feeling excited for big things at WeHoRR!  One of our most successful lent bumps campaigns of recent years! Our W1 crew went a fabulous +3 and were extremely unlucky to miss out on blades! M1 had a really tough draw being sandwich boat and had to race a total of 8 times!!!! They finished with +1 and are looking forward to a very exciting Mays campaign with lots of returners..  On Monday 18 November, St Edmund’s College Boat Club was pleased to celebrate the launch of a new racing eight to add to the Boat Club fleet. The boat, a Janousek, was named “Andy Harter” at a ceremony attended by the Master, Professor Chris Young and the Boat Club President, Kathy Begley together with other members of the College and guests. The boat purchase was made possible by a generous matched donation from Fellow Commoner Lily Bacon. A new set of oars were provided by kind donations from Fellows and Alumni. After a brief naming ceremony, members of the Boat Club put the boat on the water for the first time and rowed past to loud cheers from the bank. Good luck to “Andy” and all who row in her!  After a smooth row to the start line, Eddie’s W1 set off the racing term with a bang (kind of a weird siren sound actually- ask Matt, he does a fantastic impression). A really solid row, hampered only briefly by a log, gave us a good lead on Maggie W1 - finishing 9 seconds ahead and taking us on to the quarter final! The row up on day two involved roll ups, aquaplaning, suspension drills and quite a significant amount of pissing about. Unfortunately our impeccable discipline in these drills was not translated into better rowing, so day two was a little messy. Alas, not a disaster, day two was a win! On to the semi final! Day 3! Into the semi final and we were feeling ready for a good race! After a strong start to the race, a snapped steering line forced us to pull into the side and stop our race, crushing our dreams of victory (whether FaT were catching us before we had to stop is nobody’s business). But we had fun! Had good row home in high spirits despite the situation! Eddie’s has had a strong start to the year! On to the next race and big big things ahead!!  St Neot’s Regatta 2024 Round-up Last weekend saw the HEddie’s crew travel up to St Neot’s for their first BR regatta, competing in the women’s 4+. They kicked off the 1000m races on day 1 with a dominant 5 length win over Lea RC. Next up was Northampton and HEddies again put on a solid display, winning by 4 lengths and lining them up for the final against Jesus College. The final saw HEddie’s and Jesus treat the crowd to one of the closest races of the regatta. HEddies put in a strong performance, leading around the bend at the halfway mark but a final sprint from Jesus gave them the win by half a boat length. A big shout out also has to go to our fantastic supporters Shannon, Xen and Kiah who cheered us all the way to the finish! Day 1 result: 2nd  After hunting down a pizza in town, HEddie’s joined the party in the infamous St Neot’s party tent. If you ever need a conga line starting, sign up the HEddie’s crew! The crew then stayed the night on the regatta camp site, ready for the 500m races the next day. The regatta party had left a certain member of the crew feeling a little fragile, ahem Kathy....! Luckily HEddie’s first race of day 2 was only in the afternoon – plenty of time to recover and enjoy some of the racing! With our super supporter Shannon there to cheer us on, HEddie’s lined up against Lea in round 1 and finished with a convincing lead of 4.5 lengths. Next up they faced a strong Norwich crew but again HEddie’s pushed through, winning by 2.5 lengths, meaning they were through to another final. This time their opponents were the Northampton crew they had beaten the day before. HEddie’s made sure not be complacent and pushed hard off the start line, taking the lead on as they wound up the rate. Pushing hard to the end, HEddie’s took the win by 2.25 lengths ! A great way to round up a fantastic weekend of rowing. Day 2 result: 1st  |
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