On the 17th November the whole of the squad travelled down to Birmingham for the National Indoor Rowing Championships. The overall performance of the squad was pleasing, with a number of personal bests recorded, and some impressive individual times, notably Annie Vernon’s 6.59.0 – which was the fastest heavyweight time, and Kathryn Pontin’s 7.31.6 – the fastest lightweight time. The Oxford squad also put in an overall strong performance, recording comparable, if not slightly superior times. Still a long way to go, but at this stage the pacing looks pretty equal…