Today has been an excellent day. All the deliberations about boats for Henley have paid off, and it is a great achievement that all our boats will now be rowing at the regatta. It would be very interesting to know when a school last had four crews rowing at the regatta, and I am fairly sure it hasn't happened since entries in the Princess Elizabeth were limited to one eight per school. In addition to The VIII in the PE and four of the 2nd VIII in the Fawley, our 2nd VIII/Colts A composite will row in the Temple and our 2nd/3rd VIII quad will also row in the Fawley. Details of the crews are below. Conditions were very demanding (a stiff headwind and a fair stream) and this may well have helped our boys to get the better of some less well-drilled university crews in the eights' event. The quad had the pleasure of overtaking another crew in the qualifying race. Credit must go to SPH and Sam Grant for moulding these crews together in such a short period of time.
We have entertained all sorts of Henley ideas in the past, but this plan has really paid off; there have been many days to treasure for the club over recent years, but today is up there with the best of them.
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