Division 1 5.7k
Op Band 3 8+ MK/Northampton composite (3/5 Time 19.01.3)
John,Charlie,Shaun + 5 Northampton rowers
A first race for these guys who have now trained together for a few weeks. Chasing the Leicester crew in front hard all the way down the course they were unlucky to miss out on a second place in Band 3 by only 1.1 seconds.
W MasD 8+ (3/5 Time 20.34.3)
Karen Paula Jo Jayne HelenS Lou Katherine Suzanne cox Chris
With Ellie Mai out of action we borrowed a women's boat from Northampton. It was an unfamiliar boat to us with a very different 'feel' to EM. We were disappointed to be beaten by the Peterborough /Leicester composite we had beaten just a couple of weeks ago but considering the circumstances we were not too far off the mark.The winning 8+ was also a composite of 5 different clubs.
Worth noting that our adjusted time was about 1.45 slower than the top Nottingham Band 1 Womens 8+ and 2.45 on raw time. (for comparisons for boat speed to previous years for those who like to play with the numbers!)
Division 3 5.7k
Op Band 3 4- (3/4 Time 20.28.6)
Op Band 3 4- (4/4 Time 22.15.9) John and Shaun raced the 5.7k course again in the afternoon with 6 Northampton rowers - no details unfortunately except that they were probably very tired !