Eddie's eagles win head of the cam!

​This Saturday saw Eddie’s Eagles compete in their first pre-season race before the exciting Easter Term of rowing commences. The Eddie’s women, who had kept training hard over the Easter vacation, were in fine form when they boated on Saturday morning. The girls rowed beautifully ‘feet-out’ to the start, where, after a cheeky fruit pastel fueling sesh at Baitsbite lock, they set off on the 2.6k course down the Cam in the glorious sunshine.
Coxed by the wonderful Olia, the women set off at a steady rate 30 with MASSIVE watts and the most buttery recovery you’ve ever seen in an Eddie’s boat. By the reach the Eagles had their prey in sight: an unsuspected Darwin W1 boat. Spurred on by the war cries of the cox and coach Matt, the Eagles quickly caught up with their prey. Despite Darwin not yielding the racing line, the women overtook quickly and left them in their wake.
With the finish line now in sight, the women did not drop their rate or power (despite snarky comments from the bank on how far there was still left to go) and the women collapsed at Green Dragon bridge with a MONSTER TIME of 11:59, nearly 100s faster than Darwin, and beating the favourites Maggie W2 by nearly half a minute, thus winning their Mays III category.
Not only did the women win their category, but they came second in the Mays II category (4s behind Downing W2), a result that could have been a win if the Eagles hadn’t been impeded.
If the win itself wasn’t good enough, after a mandatory Fort St. George visit, the women were handed their pots by the Man, the Myth, the Legend: William Connelly himself, who no doubt is re-evaluating his lowly expectations of the squad...
This result is an exceptional start to the exciting Easter season, with the women hoping to collect more pots whilst they embark on what is sure to be an extremely exciting Mays campaign.
Yeah Eagles! Yeah Eddies!!!