St Catharine's College Boat Club

After the humiliation of being bumped by Girton under the motorway bridge on the last day of Bumps last year today was the day we have been waiting for: the opportunity to take our revenge! Afer some fantastic outings we felt as prepared as we could be for Bumps, and with Georgie's help had mentally prepared ourselves with a great race plan. 

We had a strong start and were quickly feeding our puddles to Selwyn who were nowhere to be seen for the rest of the race. Girton have an immense start and so were making an early move on LMBC. However, we stuck to our race plan and focused on grinding them down. By grassy this plan was working perfectly and we got our first whistle. At some point Johns bumped Tit Hall, and without the desire to push for the bump Girton began to struggle. I don't think any of us could believe quite how quickly we gained ground. We pretty much went from one whistle coming into grassy to threes whistles on the way out! Jemma at stroke expertly led the builds to get overlap, and when Beth gave our final finish call we slammed into them very convincingly to get our long awaited bump. 

Apart from getting our revenge on Girton for last year, we have a lot to be pleased with from today. We had a plan, we executed it well, and we got the desired result. Although the wind may have made our row slightly messier than usual, we were mentally strong and dealt with the wind well. On Day 2 we are chasing Trinity Hall and the plan is to exactly the same again!