July, 4
Yale’s lightweight 4+ made history today as the first foreign – not just American – crew to make it to the Finals in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup.
Racing in the Berkshire station against Reading University ‘A’, the Y150s gave away about two stone (or 28 pounds) a man. Yale fell behind early, but not by too much, and were behind at the 1/4-mile, the Barrier, and Fawley.
Yet a sustained push in the second half of the race saw the Four push through Reading to win by 1 length at the end.
So it’s been three races and three wins, against Durham ‘A’, Imperial College London, and now Reading ‘A’. Yale await their opponent, either Oxford Brookes University, or the University of London, both heavyweight crews.