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Henley Royal Regatta, Summer 2007

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The premier regatta in the UK, founded in 1839, attended by top club, university and school crews from across the world.
Wed 4th - Sun 8th July

The official results published by the organisers, Henley Royal Regatta, can be found here. At the bottom of this page there is a summary of the results of college crews and a link to Cambridge weather. Club members, please go here to add (or correct) results, crews or race reports.

1st men's VIII, Temple Cup

Qualified in the qualifying and lost to eventual winners, University of California, Berkeley (easily) in the 1st round

Qualifying
Qualified

We were divided as to whether this was a good or bad row. On average it was average, and in any case comfortably enough for us to qualify. (BJ)

I clocked us at 6.55, although (as Ming was keen to point out) prior to this race i had never at any point made any meaningful or accurate use of the cox box's stopwatch function. (Emma)

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1st round
lost to eventual winners, University of California, Berkeley (easily)

Watching the crews warm up on their way down to the start, it looked like this would be rather a tough ask for the crew.

Rowing into a strong headwind and fast stream, the american crew used their 2 stone per man weight advantage well, and were a couple of lengths up in short order. Never looking particularly troubled, they eventually posted 7.19, the second fastest time of the day, and would look to have a good chance of winning the event. (Matt)

We were pretty happy with the draw; indeed, there were only thirty crews that we would have preferred to come up against and only one station more favourable than ours. Cal were undefeated in all competitions, but there were rumours flying around that American universities were, contrary to all indications, rubbish. We were psyched for this, as both crews realised that whoever won this race would probably win the event. (The same is true for all of Cal's races.) There was also an emotional involvement after Tom reminded us of 'America and their fascist bombs' and suggested that we 'do this for our boys in Afghanistan and Iraq'. Our race plan, described by Emma as 'not a race plan but a travesty', was to intimidate them with some witty yet cutting chat on the way to the start line, rate 50 off the start and sprint as hard as necessary to maintain overlap for as long as possible.

We took the early honours, reaching the stake boat before Cal. Tom cleverly adapted their adopted nickname 'Golden Bears' to 'Golden Showers' and proceeded to raise some important religious dilemmas with the aim that the Cal freshmen would be distracted in the later stages of the race as they pondered these fundamental issues. (This probably gained us a length or two.) From there we held them until the umpire said 'Go!'. This was one of the quickest starts we'd ever done, with the rating reaching 49, and we managed to restrict them to a narrow lead by the end of the island, with Cal only slightly over a length ahead. The next fifteen strokes saw them take only one more length out of us, and both crews knew that this could go right down to the wire, provided that Cal crabbed or hit the pontoons. Having watched All for One: In the Spirit of the Race, we knew that this was pretty likely.

Unfortunately, we failed to execute that part of the race 'plan' and Cal continued to underrate us by only four pips down the course, which was sufficient to extend their lead to four lengths by the enclosures. We were still relaxed, as we planned to take a single stroke that would be worth a full five lengths on them. But disaster struck, as on that single stroke Tom took an air stroke, and we were condemned to an 'easy' defeat.

With all three Cambridge college crews going out in the first round, it's probably good for the big fish to get out of their small pond once in a while. On the plus side, Phil had a book of vouchers that meant we were able to save nearly £35 at Wetherspoons. (BJ)

I should clarify that it wasn't an "air stroke" as such; in fact the water was so scared of the power I was about to apply to it that it dived out the way. Perhaps this is how Moses parted the Red Sea. (Tom C)

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							1. Into the enclosures 2. The Cal boys stretch... 3. Coming past the Rega... [more...]

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Temple Cup 2007

At a Henley which will be remembered for mud, rain, and fast stream conditions as much as the racing, First & Third were unlucky with the draw in the Temple Challenge Cup. The Freshmen Crew from the University of California were one of four American crews which took the semi-final berths in the event. California were a cut above the others though - only one crew came within 3 lengths of them, and even they finished over a length down. The Recorder's report for the race against First & Third described them as being able to win "at their leisure".
After a very wet June (felt at the Bumps as much as it was on the Thames), the river was fast flowing and the signal indicators and some of the other regatta equipment was not installed. The ground was sodden, and wellingtons were allowed in the enclosures.
Elsewhere at the regatta, First & Third alumna Steph Richards won her second Henley medal, coxing Leander in the Thames Challenge Cup for club eights.

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Selected Results

Qualifying races

Crews which have qualified for the Regatta are listed in alphabetical order; those which failed to qualify are listed in order of the time they took to complete the course.

(Qualified)

 64 Abingdon School
 65 Bath University A
 68 Bournemouth University
 70 Cardiff University
 71 Colgate University U.S.A.
 76 Edinburgh University
 78 Eton College A
 82 First & Third Trinity Boat Club, Cambridge
 85 Glasgow University
 88 Jesus College, Cambridge
 90 Lady Margaret Boat Club, Cambridge
 93 Leeds University
 94 Liverpool University
 96 Manchester University A
103 Oxford Brookes University B
113 Shrewsbury School
125 University of Bristol B
128 University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg South Africa
129 University of London A

(Did Not Qualify)

110 St. Anne's College, Oxford and Hertford College, Oxford     7:06.7
122 University of Birmingham A                                  7:06.7
 80 Exeter University A                                         7:07.1
120 Trinity College, Dublin B Ireland                           7:09.8
 92 Latymer Upper School                                        7:10.3
114 Southampton University A                                    7:10.8
101 Nottingham University                                       7:11.0
 89 King's College, London and University College, London       7:11.3
 72 Collingwood College, Durham                                 7:11.8
117 The King's School, Chester                                  7:11.9
126 University of Bristol C                                     7:12.6
132 University of Warwick A                                     7:12.6
 95 Loughborough Students' Rowing Club                          7:12.9
 91 Lancaster University                                        7:13.4
 79 Eton College B                                              7:14.1
107 Reading University B                                        7:14.2
105 Radley College                                              7:15.7
 97 Manchester University B                                     7:16.0
 81 Exeter University B                                         7:16.4
115 Southampton University B                                    7:18.9
 66 Bath University B                                           7:19.3
 86 Hampton School                                              7:19.8
 77 Emmanuel College, Cambridge                                 7:21.0
123 University of Birmingham B                                  7:21.3
 83 Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge                              7:21.6
109 St. Aidan's College, Durham and Van Mildert College, Durham 7:22.4
112 St. Paul's School                                           7:23.5
130 University of London B                                      7:24.2
108 Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst                           7:26.0
 67 Bedford School                                              7:26.1
 98 Newcastle University                                        7:28.5
 87 Imperial College London                                     7:34.8
118 The Oratory School                                          7:37.6
133 University of Warwick B                                     7:43.4
100 Norges Handelshøyskoles Roklubb Norway                      8:01.6
104 Pembroke College, Oxford and The Queen's College, Oxford    N.R.O.

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