By Sports Team
14th May 2013

Fresh from the social thrill of the Rowing Club team photo – where Men’s Captain, Nathan O’Reilly found himself surrounded by almost as many females as he wakes up next to on a Saturday morning – the Women’s Squad sought to make their mark at the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race. The team, consisting of the elegant Georgia Smith, the earnest Alice Campbell, the glamorous Stephanie Egre, the determined Hannah Williams, the radiant Abi Munson, the resolute Rebecca Hammond, the charismatic Ella Flemming and the butch Guinevere Wentworth, coxed by the one-and-only Ana Yong, gathered amongst nearly 3,000 other competitors from across the globe at Richmond in wait for their turn to prove their strength and willingness to achieve in their sport.

Unfortunately, due to the pure brute force of Alice Campbell’s legs, one of the boat seats had been torn apart in their final training sessions. But luckily, amongst the girl’s team was someone who was able to use their flattery to obtain spare parts from Tideway Scullers. Boasting a divine figure, supple, pouting buttocks and long, firm thighs, a mere fluttering of the eyelids allowed toy boy Peter Griffiths to have Tideway’s coaches bending over backwards to ensure that Surrey had the equipment they needed. It wasn’t long before their boat was in the water and they began their paddle up the Thames to the start line in Chiswick. What they now faced was a 6.8km mental battle with the winds, waves, fatigue and Ana Yong’s ear-piercing commands. Georgia Smith, although still overcoming her boyfriend’s homosexuality, was able to maintain focus and keep a strong stroke rate throughout the race, giving the rest of the girls a platform from which they could lay down the power of the boat.

As they neared their final stretch at Putney Pier, the speed at which they flew along the water had the crowds going wild, with Coach Phil Costen cartwheeling along the riverbank in celebration when they eventually crossed the line.Read more...