We were put together on Wednesday and had never even all met before then, let alone rowed a boat so we were not expecting much.




Three more races later including a fastest time of the day and we were into the semis.

We gave everything and it was really nerve racking watching the dragons head of the other boats slip slightly in front and then behind again. We could all feel the boat lurch as we pulled our strokes and everything felt right.
Our boat was in front right till the finish and when we crossed the line it went to the judges for a photo finish.
We got onto the podium but sadly for us it was a bronze medal. Boo hoo.
The judges gave us 55.80 and the 2nd place 55.50. The winners did it in 54.90.
We found out that far from it being a fun event for a local charity the winning team and been training for weeks and seeing as the runners up were locals to the pub that hosted the event ( my family's pub). We were therefore billed as the surprise package.
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