The 29th of March 2007 will forever be remembered in history for the first quadruple bump ever witnessed in Cambridge. Backed up by a spectacular performance at Soultree, Wong leapfrogged four established boats to take the Headship from S. Ho for the first time this year.

In her post-race interview she was all grins and told us:

"Soultree was really the turning point for me this year, everything just seemed to go perfectly that day and I feel a performance like that affords one a sense of confidence that I think was apparent in the way I rowed today."

Confidence may be a factor, but speaking to her coach and mentor J. Dorian later that day we learnt that there has also been a change in Wong's diet - perhaps her sterling exhibits these last two weeks are sufficient proof that gelato really is the new protein.

For the second week running, Nair put in a very poor showing and it is not farfetched to think there may be a tough battle for her to keep her right-to-race this year. Two no-shows from Tan and J. Ho allowed Hor to bump by default but an improvement in his position was expected given that this week's race was held on his own stretch of the river.

Q. Koh was fortunate to row-over and sustained his standing on the river even though there was a pathetic effort on his part (almost telephonic one might say) but J. Lim was unable to capitalise on the situation - one bank party described his row as "feeble, he just didn't seem to be there on the river today" - and he found himself being bumped by Kuok who, along with B. Koh, made the most of Nair's embarrassment on the water.

Kuok, the only person to achieve more than a singular bump this week, was seen eating chocolate-covered peanuts before and after the race and more recently we have seen a direct correlation between the amount of food brought to and consumed at the races by a boat and the positive morale of that boat (which has been found to be directly related to performance).

If every boat follows Kuok's example we are sure to have better performances on the river, but with concerns over weight and limitations of the monetary sponsorship given to crews will this ever be a reality?

We can only hope so.