St Catharine's College Boat Club

Fairbairns was the culmination of a term of hard work for the senior men. We produced a decent-feeling row overall, the crew completely unrecognisable as the motley one that began the term. However our time was a bit slow for two reasons: firstly we lost our bowman to suspected glandular fever (many thanks to Chris Quarton for stepping in at the eleventh hour), secondly we raced in a later division and I'm reliably informed that the stream was slower than it had been for the other senior men. Despite these setbacks we still beat a number of colleges, not to mention the alumni VIII with a number of 'big names' of recent times.

I think everyone in the boat would agree that the term was a much greater success than our results might suggest. We spent much of the term in slight chaos, borderline homeless with the ongoing boathouse renovation and for the first few weeks without a coach, however we made huge leaps forwards as a crew in terms of technique and fitness. We still have a long way to go as rowers but I didn't finish the term thinking we'd given anything less than our best. Bring on the Bumps (they're much more fun anyway)!

Fairbairns results

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