St Catharine's College Boat Club

Come day 3 and the top of Div 3 was looking surprisingly similar to day 1. Greeted at the P&E by the now all-too-familiar faces of Hughes, Emma, Magdalene and Maggie we prepared ourselves for a tough start against the fly-or-die tactics that Magdalene had used to dispatch Maggie with such ruthless efficiency the day before. Chasing our perennial scourge of Hughes, we were hoping they could gift us a chance to chase Emma on day 4. So we were settling in for what we hoped would be a solid row over. And unlike yesterday the oracle that is Chris Eddy was right on the money - we pushed hard off the start to keep Magdalene at bay, coming inside half a length in the gut before we ground them down round Grassy and into Plough Reach, stretching out to a length. We broke them coming round Ditton, pushing them back past station. Our target then was Christs II at the head of division, but the overbump wasn’t looking likely there. Unfortunately for Magdalene the overbump was manifesting itself behind us - they went backwards into the now-on-for-superblades Robinson crew. Very proud of what was certainly our best row all term. The goal for tomorrow is to smash Emma, staying level for the campaign, and deny Robinson their blades. Bring it on.