The day started with fairy calm waters in our pre-paddle, with the rain holding off for the duration of our early morning Tideway paddle on the 3rd of March. Which helped probably to calm nerves as its not often many of the crew get to row on the Tideway, as it can be a completely different ball game if the wind is up, as it means the wash is out.
So for the race we started off at 14th, which is the position the previous Molesey women's boat would have obtained last year, but this year we managed to race to finish a creditable 13th overall and 2nd in Intermediate 2 division, being 1 second of a top 10 position and also winning our division.
Having huge time improvements from the previous week at Reading Head, it show promising results for the summer of racing ahead.
Very well done all of you. That must be a great feeling when you are going full tilt with 8 in sync.
ReplyDeleteAs my friend says 'Pain is tempory, but pride is forever'.
I'll hope to be along for your next one.