May Bumps 2014 W1 Day 2

Bumped by Girton.

A fast start saw us on station with Girton at the stride - a change we can be proud of. From there however they gained their first whistle under the motorway bridge, and closed to catch us just before First Post Corner. Again strong rowing by all, but we were simply outclassed. Today was always going to be very difficult, but we can look forward tomorrow to showing what we are made of.  We may be down (2) but not out!

May Bumps 2014 W1 Day 1

Bumped by Peterhouse.

A strong row today. Peterhouse gained their first whistle by First Post Reach, and second whistle by the corner, but were pushed back to station through the gut. Held on station until Ditton Corner, where they came into us again. A scrappy kill call bought us a fraction more time - we were bumped at the spinning posts.

May Bumps 2014 M4 Day 2

A solid day two for Catz M4 as we earned a hard-fought row-over behind a Pembroke III crew who achieved a spectacular double over-bump. Chasing crews that have been flung down the division, and now free of a turbo-charged Pembroke III, we’re confident of some proper racing heading into day three. Watch this space.

May Bumps 2014 W2 Day 2

We started confident and strong, had a great row down and felt well prepared to show Trinity Hall that we could bump them back. We moved off the start calm and concentrated and heard the first whistle after only a couple of strokes. We moved away from Murray Edwards and gained on Trinity Hall to one length. Unfortunately we then had a bit of an incident - despite tightening it multiple times before the race, 4's gate sprung open, and the blade flew out. Rowing only in sixes, Murray Edwards quickly gained on us and they got the bump not long into the race. However, we are confident and highly motivated to get them back tomorrow!

May Bumps 2014 M1 Day 2

Thursday was disappointing for M1 in the sense that we went downwards, but in another sense, we should be very proud of the row. Having failed to hit a decent rhythm in an all out attack on Jesus yesterday, it was nice to settle in much more calmly for a longer row today. Pembroke dropped away from our start, which was typically aggressive if still a little tense. Jesus ahead were held on station through to the gut where we started to lose contact. Pembroke, having been sent away to about two lengths started to pull back towards us, gaining gradually until we failed to respond to their push out of Ditton which brought them to a canvas. An sweet kill call pushed us out towards quarter of a length, and we took full advantage of the breathing space to move across the reach, but Pembroke weren't broken, and there was nothing left for a second kill. 

On the positive side, that half a length gain off the start will still be there tomorrow, bringing us a whistle, and as Dan put it: "Even if Catz don't always know how to escape being bumped, we definitely know how to bump up".

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