Rowing On, 22nd May
Men's Crews (25 from 52 to qualify, cut-off=2:58.5)
Catz M3	3:05.5	36th	Failed to qualify
Catz M4	3:08.5	41st	Failed to qualify
Women's Crews (25 from 42 to qualify, cut-off=3:32)
Catz W3	3:35.5	28th	Failed to qualify
Catz W4	3:44	32nd	Failed to qualify

Rowing World Cup - Round 1 (Banyoles, Spain), 29-31 May
Andy Triggs-Hodge (M.04)	GBR 2-	1st
Martin Walsh (M.07)	IRL 2-	15th

Rowing World Cup - Round 2 (Munich, Germany), 19-21 June
Andy Triggs-Hodge (M.04)	GBR 2-	2nd

Following on from a very successful Torpids, Trinity term got off to a fantastic start. It was great to have so many girls keen to row Summer Eights, enough for more than four boats. Combined with all the men's boats this made organisation of outings somewhat difficult, however, everyone worked very hard to ensure that all the boats were able to enjoy training in the sun on the Isis. Just a couple of weeks before Summer Eights began W1 competed at the Bedford regatta, reaching the finals of both the novice and college events but unfortunately being beaten in both. Despite this it was an invaluable experience that really tested the crew's ability in some very tight races and highlighted the huge amount of training that everyone had put in.

Coming into Summer Eights Catz women had two qualified positions meaning that W3 and W4 had to row on. Unfortunately both boats failed to row on although they certainly enjoyed the experience.

Yep, that's a bump. The Merton W2 cox (eventually) concedes after Catz Women's 2nd Eight row over their stroke's blade on the Friday.

The Women's 1st VIII almost, but not quite, catching St John's (blades just visible ahead) on the Thursday.

I am very excited to be handing over the captaincy to Ilsa Haeusler and the whole of the new committee who I am sure will do a fantastic job and build on the successes we have enjoyed this year. I would also like to say a massive thank you to everyone for making this last year so amazing and I hope the new committee enjoy it as much as I have!

Losing 6 oarsmen from our top two boats in Torpids, things might have gone better if it hadn't also taken until 3rd week before settled crews started to emerge. Things became even more difficult when Colin Smith (OUBC) and Martin Walsh (Isis) had to rule themselves out through injury and international commitments respectively.

So, with no chance of any race practice, it was a slightly rough and unready 1st VIII that lined up on the bunglines on the Wednesday. It wasn't a good row, but was just good enough to hold off Hertford until they were themselves bumped by S.E.H. outside the boathouses. Inevitably, the next day Catz were also bumped by S.E.H. but rowed much better and went into Friday hoping to hold off Hertford over the full course. Unfortunately, several crabs later, Hertford finally caught them at the top of the Green Bank. At least on the Saturday they managed to row over without being bothered too much by New College.

The Men's 1st Eight rounding Haystacks corner on Saturday, chased by New College.

The Men's 2nd Eight in Men's Div IV on the Saturday.

The Men's 2nd Eight suffered even more from the disruption and found themselves one of the slower crews in a division which seemed to split alternately between fast and slow crews. In their longest row, on the Saturday, they just managed just over a minute before getting bumped.

There was also a men's 3rd VIII who just missed out on Rowing On by one place, and the 4th (Rugby) VIII who were only 3 seconds slower.