Christ's had a tidy start and strode to a good rhythm; within the first minute of the race they had established a good lead which was lengthened by Madgelene crashing in to the bank! We stayed strong throughout the race and won easily, setting us up well for the rest of the day's racing.
Women's Novice 1st VIII Fairbairns 2009-10
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Clare Novice Regatta
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Race 1
Madgelene NW1
Won- easily
Women's Novice 1st VIII Fairbairns 2009-10
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Clare Novice Regatta
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Race 2
LMBC NW1
Won- 2 lengths
Prepared for a harder race than before, we started well but lost a few metres. Throughout the first two minutes of the race, both crews were evenly matched. A big push from Christ's gained us half a length and we continued to push through LMBC until we had clear water 100m from the Railway bridge. The girls held strong despite pressure from LMBC and won the race by 2 lengths after dominating last section of the race!
Women's Novice 1st VIII Fairbairns 2009-10
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Clare Novice Regatta
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Race 3
Queen's NW1
Won- 3 lengths
Again we had a good race start and were immediately moving up on Queens. 20s in to the race Queen's were blown in the bank by strong winds. We kept strong up until the Railway bridge where disaster struck for us too as we were blown in to the bank. Fortunately, Mary helped a speedy recovery by pushing the boat back out and we did a restart in time to prevent Queen's from gaining too much on us and took with race on to the line to win by three lengths.
Women's Novice 1st VIII Fairbairns 2009-10
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Clare Novice Regatta
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Race 4
Jesus NW1
Lost- half a length
Jesus had a good start which put them ahead. Christ's lost ground through the fist half of the race until Jesus had clear water. A tiring Jesus in the second half of the race where ground down by a determined Christ's crew who could quite catch them before the line. Otherwise a solid row with a good rhythm and rate which will be sustainable for Fairbairns putting us in good stead. Congratulations to the Jesus crew who beat us by pushing hard off the start and hanging on until the end.
Women's Novice 1st VIII Fairbairns 2009-10
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Fairbairn Cup
Women's 1st Division
2
10.49.7
NW1 started the race with some scores to settle from Clare novices and really attacked the first part of the race after a fantastic start. Their rhythm was solid and Katie, cox, took great lines around all the corners whilst providing all the motivational calls that the 16 person bank party couldn't muster!
A massive sprint to the line off the railway bridge set up the end of a fantastic race. Great rowing all round- shame about Jesus who beat us to the finish by 7s! Thank you so much to Anna who subbed from NW2.
Women's Novice 1st VIII Fairbairns 2009-10
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Queens Ergs
Average 500m time 1:56.17s
As in past years, Queen’s ergs provided the perfect start to the novice racing season. All the girls commited 110% to their teams, each member pushed to the maximum of their ability in order to put their next team mate in line in the best position for next leg of the race. Everyone made fantastic improvements on their previous 500m times, as ever it was the team spirit and large fraction of Christ’s supporters in the crowd that really brought home a fantastic racing of adrenaline packed racing.
A special mention has to go to Marthe Kloecking, whose spirit finish on the final leg claimed NW1 third place in their heat, and Alice Sackville-Hamilton who had to be physically dragged off the erg after her epic effort. Despite the great work by NW1, they missed out on a place in the final by 0.7s. Onwards and upwards, Clare Novices awaits and their great aptitude on the water and a solid erg performance should stand both novice women’s crews in great stead for some river domination.
