After the health & safety brief it was go go go....
Every Thurs (6am) and Sun (8am)for the past 12 weeks I have been training for a corporate regatta organised through work (RSL Care). Many companys join and at the end of the training sessions we all compete against each other.
This a pic of the place where we practiced and rowed on the big day...
Si and a couple of friends came to cheer us on... it was a great day!
The first race was the mens team (quads).... while we were rowing up to the start line there they were rowing as fast as they could to the finish! until......... the one of the riggors on the boat (the bit that holds the oars in)snapped off..... but that was not the last of it..... as during our race to the finish one of the foot holders in our boat snapped too! so there was no win for us either!!! in the next race we were doing quite well untill some other boat crashed into us.... and the mens boat ended up with a hole in it and nearly sinking!!!! ha ha ha...
Its was all fun though..... we has two womens teams in the comp, unfortunately my team did not win any but the other team got into the final which was quite exciting!!
Here are a couple of pics of us on the river and also off the river..
Before when I mentioned that the mens boat nearly sank... they actually won the race!! Here is a pic of them bailing out the boat.
Here are some pics of us on the river!
Over all it was a great day..... v tired afterwards tho...
