We entered for Senior II eights, and were drawn to race 'Previous Winners'. In fact this race did not take place, so we went to the next round against Oxford Poly 1st VIII. The coach watched the 1600m race from the 1000m start. As usual, the Monkton start was fast and effective, and the two crews were level after the first third of the race. At this stage, the Poly crew put in a special effort, which Monkton tried to answer, taking too long getting it organised. The Poly crew pulled away a length in a few strokes, then Monkton held them for a while before going down to lose by three or four lengths. We had lost to a good crew which went on to win two events (S1 and S2 Eights) at Hereford the following day.