After a successful Head of the Cam 2021, marking a return to racing for Cambridge, we got our chance to return to racing at city’s Head to Head. Twas a pleasant day, mostly sunny, but quite chill when not sunny, with a light headwind for the downstream leg. Results are at RowClock. Note that the race was a little short - probably 1900 m, finishing before the motorway bridge, apparently to leave Covid safety for marshalling, or somesuch. anyway, you can’t compare the times with previous years.

The ladies in the “Bubble Bath“ IM VIII in div 1 did 8:15.4 and 8:23.5 for a total of 16:38.9, coming 2/3 in their category, only 6 seconds short of Tabs. Also in div 1, the ladies vet E “Half a Glass of Bubbles” IV+ either won - or lost, depending on how you view it - their category in 9:18.0 and 9:32.2; raw total 18:50.2, adjusted 17:26.2.

The men’s MasC VIII in div 2 achieved 7:00.6 and 06:58.5, for a total 13:59.1 raw, and adjusted 13:37.1, coming 2/4 (or 2/5 if you include a City crew) to the Aquaphobes on masters adjustment, but fastest on raw time. Our aim for the year is to beat the Tabs women.