The weekend did not get off to a good start, with the regatta being postponed by two hours while they waited for the water level to lower, as they were a little worried that they might loose some boats over the weir due to the faster than normal flow. They also shortened the Saturday course to 500m free start, and then due to even more rain on Saturday night, shortened the course even further on Sunday by finishing further up the river to give boats enough time to turn without getting mixed up and going over the weir - which caught some Bristol crews out on the Saturday.
The first casualties being Diego, and Katy, who after racing each other for WN4+ decided that they liked each other too much and very nearly going over the edge, with only the tree to cling to, and eventually a safety launch to pull them to safety. The men's novice 8, also had the same problems, but also holed their boat with the oppositions bow ball!
There were also some of our new juniors racing on Sunday, and the WJ124x+ coping with the weir a lot better that some of the more senior coxes out there!
As ever there was a very good BBQ selection, and cake stall, with Crusher talking himself into lots of free cakes from a certain Llandaff lady, not quite what the husband had to say!
It goes without saying, that there was also much drunkenness in the evening, eventually resulting in some nakedness, but only by some of the younger racers - and I know that there were several camera's around - so email some of the funny ones over, and I will post them up for all the none facebookers....
Winning Results
Saturday
WN 4+ (armstrong)
MN 8
MS3 2-
WS3 2x
MN 2x
Sunday
WN4+ (ford)
WS38
MN2x
More details on the CBRC website
Finally, a picture on how to tie a boat on woman's squad style!
