April 13th - Kent 24 Page 2

A great day of racing with weather of every type within the 2 hours. We had sunshine, calm, rain, wind, all for a few minutes each.
Fall crew is for fun. We mix up boats every week. Spring crew is for racing and building boats for NEIRA. Anyone can make any boat provided they make the boat go faster. Rowers arrive at Spring crew with strength and stamina developed over the winter. Each week they improve their skill. Each week the coach must select group of rowers that make the boat go fast. Part of the skill is good rowing. Part is the ability to balance and synchronize with the other rowers. NEIRA rules require coaches to make each boat as fast a possible starting with the top boats and working down. There is no room for any other criteria except boat speed. Parents need to check with their favorite rowers each week to see which boat they have achieved.
There was some confusion of the finish of the B2 race. The Andover Crew spirit required that if there is any doubt the race is awarded to the visitors. So we awarded the B2 race to Kent. Our job is to make sure that by NEIRA there can be no doubt.
All boats raced amazingly well for this early in the season. Usually Kent are better than us at this stage and we improve more than them over the weeks to NEIRA. We had some very close races. Congratulations to all the boats. The trophies this year were awarded for the B1 and G1 races. B1 tool the Hart Perry and Bill Brown Trophy, Kent won the Hart Perry kit.
If any parent would like to share their photographs on this site, please email andovercrew@andovercrew.com and together we will make it happen.

These photographs are taken by Sam Darby.


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