Torpids Week - Friday.

W1 today at the head of division three - Photo Credit: Frederik Sørensen

Another great day of racing for the Hall! M3 successfully bumped Corpus M2 before gut, and narrowly missed out on bumping up into division 5 due to an equipment failure before the race - hopefully they can hunt down Hertford M2 (who have already dropped a division this week) tomorrow.

M2 were unlucky - due to the shared boat with M3, they had to borrow an unfamiliar boat which didn’t help chasing an over bump on a much improved Keble M2. With their normal boat tomorrow, they look to finish the week strong by bumping up to make them the 6th M2 on the river.

W1 were caught by quick Worcester and St. Hilda’s crews, but fended off Exeter W1 right the way to the head of the river. Tomorrow they’ll be chased by St Hugh’s W1.

M1 “speared the deer” as they caught Hertford M1 just after Donnington Bridge. This means that M1 are the only Hall boat still in contention for blades - they are hopeful chasing Balliol M1 who they’ve shared training facilities with at Abingdon for the last two years.