{"id":21983,"date":"2013-08-18T19:30:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T17:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/just-85-of-a-second-over-5-5-kilometres\/"},"modified":"2013-08-18T19:30:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T17:30:19","slug":"just-85-of-a-second-over-5-5-kilometres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/just-85-of-a-second-over-5-5-kilometres\/","title":{"rendered":"Just .85 of a second over 5.5 kilometres"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Saturday 17 August the NMMU<\/a> Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s 1st Eight Rowing Teams squared up on the Swartkops river in the 2013 tri-varsity championships.<\/p>\n

A near gale in the city of Port Elizabeth<\/a> failed to reach the village of Redhouse but the rowers were still presented with challenging conditions.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s teams rowed over 4 kilometres and the men\u2019s over 5.5 kilometres with both races starting on the Uitenhage side of Redhouse and finishing just past the last jetty of the Redhouse Village.<\/p>\n

Both races featured a timed rolling start with the NMMU<\/a> teams starting first and the Rhodes teams playing \u2018catch-up\u2019.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s race it was pretty much a one horse race with Rhodes catching up to the NMMU team before hitting Redhouse and then powering away for the win.<\/p>\n

The NMMU men, smarting from a 40 second beating by Rhodes in the two teams last encounter had a point to prove over their rivals. Rhodes were given a 20 second gap to catch up and for the first third of the course it looked like the men from Grahamstown were going to catch the Port Elizabeth<\/a> based NMMU. Within sight of Redhouse Village the NMMU rowers found their rhythym and pulled away slightly in the long straight before turning for the finish.<\/p>\n

Rhodes steered the better line to take them down the straight in front of the village but NMMU held on desperately for the finish. A momentary hiccup from the crew saw them having to row just a bit further than they thought that they had to.<\/p>\n

The finish was close \u2013 desperately so \u2013 my mental arithmetic had Rhodes the winners at around\u00a0 a second but we had to wait for the official results which showed Rhodes winning by just 0.85 seconds over the punishing 5.5 kilometre course \u2013 a marvelous confidence booster ahead of their next clash at Varsities Boat Race and a far better result than the previous NMMU loss to Rhodes by 40 seconds but still a hammer blow in the \u2018what if\u2019 stakes.<\/p>\n

The NMMU Men\u2019s 1st Eight team:<\/strong><\/p>\n

8 \u2013 Dylan Rishworth, 7 \u2013 Michael Collier, 6 \u2013 Christopher Osmond, 5 \u2013 Grant Richards, 4 \u2013 Blake Atherton, 3 \u2013 Benji Ekron, 2 \u2013 Michael Persse, 1 \u2013 Philip Straton and Cox \u2013 Mathew Macpahil.
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