Hey there guys, so yesterday I went to Worcester Regatta and I had two races. The first race was at 10:00 with my partner Ellen, during the race both us and the opponent were neck and neck so we had to keep pushing until the very end and when we finished no one knew who won! So we sat confused and asking everyone who won, and it turns out that it went to the opponent by less than 3 feet. So we lost that one. The next race I had was with Becky and that was at 13:15 in the J17 category where before I had raced J16 so I was racing a year above my age. We started and we soon found that the boat didn't feel to well and my blades kept getting stuck in the water and I thought that was it, we weren't going to win. But we kept going and kept persevering and the bell rang and I knew it was for us as I could see the opponent in front of me. I screamed "Yes!!" and it felt amazing!! Everyone was congratulating us and I've finally won a race! Me and Becky got through to the semi finals and were against Worcester and the girls were highly rated,a lot of nerves and pressure was on for this race and if we rowed like we did last time we'd have no chance! We lined up and the umpire said the calls (Way to quickly) and we were off and from that moment I knew it was gonna be like last time. My blades were getting stuck again and we were falling behind. We kept trying but it wasn't enough the other girls won by about 1 length and a half. And I had to do all these races with an infected hand!!
And today is the day I've been rowing for 1 whole year!! I'm so happy because I always wanted to win a race before my 1 year anniversary and I did so I'm delighted. I love rowing and racing it makes all the hard work worth it when you finally get that win! Sadly I'm having to have time off for my hand to heal and get better but I'll be out again soon hopefully.
That was just a little update on what I've been up to this weekend and let me know what your doing or have done this weekend. Thanks for reading guys, byyeee! x
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