Not to keep you in suspense, the results were...
Div Crew Class # Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Total Place
301 Cantabs M1 IM1 1301 08:58 08:59 09:05 27:02 1
401 Cantabs M2 IM1 1401 09:19 09:25 09:39 28:23 2
403 Cantabs Hills R IM2 1402 09:23 09:26 09:43 28:32 3
302 IofEly/Robs IM1 4X 1305 09:34 09:31 09:29 28:34 4
404 Cambridge '99 IM3 1403 09:49 09:34 09:40 29:03 5
101 City IM3 1201 09:36 10:00 09:39 29:15 6
...at the top: no change there. Coming down to us lot:
406 City Nov 1408 10:28 10:22 10:19 31:09 16
207 X-Press Legends Nov 1215 10:14 10:42 10:23 31:19 18
104 St Radegund Nov 1156 10:20 10:47 10:20 31:27 19
105 Chesterton Nov 1106 10:27 11:04 10:44 32:15 28
So our third leg was better than our second, but not up to our first. Overall, 4th. Not a bad result by any means, though a touch disappointing after our good start. I think the one big lesson I'd draw from this is that just churning up and down the river once or twice a week in the darkness isn't enough to improve. What we really lacked were daytime outings, coached, to keep our edge. And, furthermore, that when we are in the dark alone we all need to keep thinking, and doing our best to refine our own technique. That is a lesson for next year, but also for the coming season. Let's not forget it!Continuing, the Ladies VIII and IV, and me bringing up the rear in Joy:
342 Chesterton WNov 1323 12:41 13:48 13:02 39:31
149 Chesterton WNov 4+ 1123 12:52 13:46 13:14 39:52
251 Chesterton Nov 1X 1244 13:52 13:54 14:02 41:48
The VIII in div 3 got the rainy end of the stick by quite a long way (apparently div 4 was worse, with snow). Here they are on the reach:
I was the last of the novice scullers... though I did beat one IM3 sculler (called, by curious coincidence, Connolly (no relation)). Dave R commented that I needed to be able to up the rating, and this sounds like good advice.
Lastly but not leastly, here are the ladies IV:
