By Rhainne Bell
At 9:45 in the morning, on a fine day, 6 singles went up to the starting line for the 3520m race. Fist to come down was Steve Sullivan (ELI. 1x) and got a time of 11:59 losing to 1st by 54 secs and placing him 5th in his division (out of 5). Next came Wilson Birchall (IM3.1x) finishing with a time of 13:10 placing him 4th (out of 7). He lots by 47 seconds. Then Tom Sanders (IM3. 1x) raced down the course finishing with a time of 15:17 Next to come was Ollie Stanford (IM3. 1x) finishing with a close time to Wilson of 13:15!!! Only 5 seconds between!!! Andy Kayll was next to set off as he crossed the line with a finishing time of 13:57 beating Tom. Last of all but not least, Laura Parkinson (WIM3. 1x) came in sight of the finish line crossing over it in a time of 15:24, Resulting in no wins for the club, yet….
After about 15-20 minutes of finding the place, Glenn, Phil, Rhianne and Jess arrived in plenty of time for their race. The weather was fortunately holding off for us. The first crew to come down was the NOV. 4+ with Jess, Chloe, Rhianne, Hannah and Shona. They had a brilliant row to the finish, going over the line with a time of 14:35. They were in high spirits and convinced that they had got the gold. But the smiles were wiped clean off their faces when they found out their time as their opposition beat them by less than a second!!! They were so frustrated. This was the closest the club got to winning. Next came the MasB. 4x- made up of Phil B, Phil P, Glenn Stevens and Martin Gray. With being the only crew in their category, they got notched up to the next one. With the competition being an itchy bit harder, they crossed the line in 11:44. The last crew of the day to race down the 3520m race course was the W.J16A.2x- Ellie Bayton and May Jarvis. They were our last hope of winning that day. But with the competition being tough, they lost to the winners by 31 seconds, with an overall time of 13:31. With some extremely close races, JOG and LSRA were unsuccessful as to gaining any more wins. Moreover, the weather was great and most of all, we enjoyed a good day out.
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