Yes, the combined power of 132 and 826 scuppered the hopes of the other Dragon Boat teams to lift the 2007 trophy in an incredibly tightly fought competition yesterday at Paper Mill Lock.

'Arthur and his Round Tablers' won all three of their qualifying rounds by a comfortable margin of no more
than 0.3 of a second!

The post lunch times were expected to be down a bit due to an influx of carrot cake and coffee. Yes its a 'no beer' competition! But in the end the team over came these obstacles, borrowed two members of a lesser successful team, and dug deep for the line.

The semi final was clinched by a dramatic 0.35 of a second win.

And the final by 0.08 of a second, recording our best time of the day of 1 minute 4.09 seconds of shoulder, knee, back and arm wrenching pain!

Greg, as captain, accepted a fine shield on behalf of us all. And, in a truly Bafta-ish moment, thanked us all with a tear in his eye.

Needless to say it was a great day for Table and in the name of such a worthy cause too.

Special thanks must go to the Tindal guys for stepping in at such short notice and for making up the engine room section of the boat.