Clio won her first pot of the season at the City of Cambridge Sprints on Sunday. Drawn against one of her local rivals and former doubles partnersfrom Rob Roy, it was all to play for in somewhat of a grudge match as they stood one apiece at the start of the regatta.
Drawn on the favoured inside of the short 400m "banana" along the front of the Cambridge boathouses, Clio was not out of the blocks too well against the more specialist Robs sprinter, on her home patch, but dogged determination kept our girl in touch.
With the volume of bank side noisereaching a deafening roar, Clio inched back, lined up for the last 100m and let loose her ever-improving power sprint, passing her opponent in the last few strokes to win by 3 feet.
The long day was capped off with a stylish paddle up the course to collect her pot, as the opposition for the final scratched.
All in all it was a great day's work, made all the more impressive by the fact that she had also competed in the Head to Head in the morning, consisting of back-to-back 2000m pieces down to the A14 bridge.
Congratulations, Clio!! And many thanks to Chris J. for this write-up.
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