Cambridge Head to Head

The first race of 2013 for the senior women was Cambridge Head to Head.

Looking forward to a paddle along the sunny, picturesque Cam, the women’s coxed four set off for their race.

Head to head takes the interesting form of having two 2k legs, with a short break and spin in the middle. This made for a good test of the women’s endurance, and doing 2 x 2k twice provided the ideal opportunity to test out crew orders.

Unfortunately, the WIM1 4+ did not have competition, but posted the fastest time for a women’s coxed four for the day. The next fastest time for a women’s coxed four (besides ourselves) was 17:55, a whole 48 seconds slower.

They also beat over thirty eights (including men’s eights!).

The WIM2 4+ went on to win their division and have pots awarded to them – well done ladies!

The crews and results were:

17:07  WIM1 4+  S Emma Raynor, 3 Lisa Meegan, 2 Tasha Scott, B Emma Tod, C Aimee Muirhead

17:14  WIM2 4+  S Tasha Scott, 3 Emma Tod, 2 Emma Raynor, B Lisa Meegan, C Aimee Muirhead

Many thanks to Aimee for coxing, and for the support from Dave and Chris.

Also, thanks to Xpress Boat Club for lending us their four to row in.