St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped Jesus III

On day 2, we chased a Jesus crew who had been bumped by Hughes Hall in about 45 seconds on day one. Whether this was due to them being slow or Hughes being incredibly fast, we weren't sure, and we were also wary of a Robinson crew with potentially all eight men rowing trying to bump us back.

The start of the race was calm and composed, and we quickly started to gain on Jesus, gaining one whistle by the time we hit our stride. Two whistles followed before the motorway bridge, with three whistles just through the other side and the bump occuring about 50 metres further upstream of where Hughes hit them yesterday.

It's always satisfying to bump quickly, but we know we have a much sterner test ahead chasing King's II on Friday.