Torpids Week - Thursday.

M1 Bow Cam Footage of Jesus Bump - Credit: Marc Ewenz

Another exhilarating day of racing was kicked off with M3 gaining an over bump on St. Antony’s M2, catching them cleanly before the gut! Tomorrow they move to bungline 2 with hopes of bumping a poor looking Corpus M2 to earn a chance at bumping into division 5 as the sandwich boat.

M2 had an equally quick race, gaining an early concession from Balliol M2 by Donnington Bridge. To add to this, Balliol then bumped New immediately outside the Teddy Hall boat house - meaning that M2 go up 2 spaces! Tomorrow they’ll be chasing Catz M2, with the aim of getting a double bump from a weak looking Keble M2.

W1 had another unfortunate day, with a small crab turning them into the bank which lead to them being bumped by the sandwich boat. Tomorrow they hope to utilise the clean water at the head of division 3 to earn a solid row over and bump back into division 2!

M1 had a significantly cleaner race today, benefitting from the calmed nerves of the day before. Chasing Jesus, they caught them within 30 strokes, forcing a concession before Donny Bridge! They narrowly missed out on a double bump, with Jesus chasing Hertford down to a canvas across the line. They’ll be hoping they can put in an equally strong performance when chasing them tomorrow.