O1 May Bumps report

🥩 O1 Bumps Report 🥩

Day 1️⃣ got off to a promising start, the mighty Beef Barge toying with Jesus at 2 whistles until they were unceremoniously caught by Darwin behind - a bump celebrated by Justin as if it was his own. Ever the optimist, he apparently forgot the aim was to bump the crew ahead rather than simply not get bumped by the crew behind. Unfortunately, a pile up around the following corner robbed us of this chance, and so with spoons avoided off we headed to the pub to celebrate and enforce our ‘drinking ban ban’.
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On Day 2️⃣, after reaching the dizzying heights of 1:22 in our practice start and having avoided spoons the previous day, never ones to needlessly row more than required, we ensured we were swiftly bumped by Darwin in less than 500m.

However, on Day 3️⃣, not fancying the embarrassment of being bumped again and wanting to put on a show for the seemingly endless hordes of Harry’s fans - only half of which appear to be teenage girls - we decided we should probably put a bit of a shift in. Sidney made early gains off the start to 3 whistles but a mixture of Justin’s desperate calls, Rory’s lines and some truly atrocious steering by the Sidney cox, spurred us on to an emphatic row over.

On the final day (4️⃣) the Beef Barge continued its honourable crusade, seeking to shake the allegations of unsportsmanlike behaviour decried from the sobbing Sidney crew the previous day. Off the start Sidney was clearly out for vengeance, however no amount of teenage angst could surmount the mighty watts of the Beef Barge and we ended our campaign with yet another incredible showing from the boys. Holding them off to prove that commitment and training are indeed only loosely correlated to performance.