Last weekend, Hatfield Men’s first VIII triumphed over every other Durham college beating second place, Hild & Bede, by 29 places. With a starting position of 324th, the VIII climbed 174 places in the race to finish 148th.

First VIII finish time 19:40.52

In a similar fashion, the second VIII climbed 101 places from 394th to 293rd, beating four college first VIIIs and HCBC’s first VIII last year.

Second VIII finish time 20:36.97

Before racing, the new Hudson Super Predator was christened by Sir Matthew Pinsent as ‘Tim Burt’ after his Geography professor and master of our college.

Sir Matthew Pinsent with the first VIII