Bedford Spring Fours and Small Boats Head
There were four entries from the Senior Men’s Competitive squad for Bedford Spring Fours and Small Boats Head on the 2nd April, a day of racing which started cloudy but brightened in the afternoon.
There was a quick stream which resulted in some tricky marshalling manoeuvres for coxes and rowers. Jacqui Round, the men’s competitive squad co-captain, coxed the quad and a four which was her first time coxing since 1997.
It was cloudy for Division one at 9AM and cloudy. Two boats were racing in Division one, starting with a coxed quad made up of Luke, Liam, Dean and Ian. This was Luke’s first race and some valuable race experience was gained by all. Next in Division 1 was a 4- of Robert Stirling (men’s competitive squad co-captain), Dan, Mark, and Brad. The 4- came 2nd in their category, 0:47 ahead of the third position and overtook a boat in the course of the race.
Division Five in the afternoon saw a further two boats racing and some sunshine. Entered into the Open was a 4+ of Luke, Liam, Brandon and Paul coxed by Jacqui Came 6th out of 7, 0:39 behind LeicesterLast to race in the open category was a 2x of Rob and Brad who finished third out of nine, 0:07 seconds ahead of Peterborough.