About the Club

The Club's Boats

Mary Gwyneth

Mary Gwyneth was a very early Janousek plastic boat - the company was not formed until 1981. It was the club's only coxless IV. The River Cam is too congested for extensive use of coxless boats to be useful so the boat saw only light use - in general once a year for the period running up to the Light IVs competition of the University IVs.

The whole boat was only a foot or so shorter than coxless IVs and the long bow section was rumoured to be solid polyfiller after a number of serious crashes in the 80s and early 90s. Nevertheless, it was a reasonable boat to row in, the biggest complaint often being its narrowness which tended to shred Will Thorne's all-in-one.

Mary Gwyneth met her tragic and untimely end in an unfortunate incident on Peterborough's rowing lake prior to the University IVs in 2003, and was replaced by Michael Proctor early in the next year.

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Official crews and main results

1997 - 1998
Mich Term	Light IV
	University IVs (Light IVs): 2nd to LMBC in the final
1998 - 1999
Mich Term	Light IV
	University IVs (Light IVs): Lost to eventual winners Emmanuel (30s) in the semi finals
1999 - 2000
Mich Term	Light IV
	University IVs (Light IVs): Lost to Caius (3.2s) in the semi finals
2000 - 2001
Mich Term	Light IV
	University IVs (Light IVs): Event cancelled
2001 - 2002
Mich Term	Light IV
	University IVs (Light IVs): Beat Jesus (15s) in the semi finals and vs LMBC scratched - clash with academic commitments in the final
2002 - 2003
Mich Term	Light IV
	University IVs (Light IVs): Lost to LMBC (8 seconds) in the semi finals

Full results record

1997 - 1998

University IVs (Light IVs): 2nd to LMBC in the final (Light IV)

1998 - 1999

Cambridge Autumn Head (Elite IV-): 10:32   15th of 66 IVs (Light IV)
University IVs (Light IVs): Lost to eventual winners Emmanuel (30s) in the semi finals (Light IV)
Head of the River IVs (Senior2 IV-): 20:40.56   273rd overall (Light IV (bow steers), bevan for fisher)

1999 - 2000

Cambridge Autumn Head (Elite IV-): 10:37   12th overall, 2nd of 6 coxless IVs (Light IV)
University IVs (Light IVs): Lost to Caius (3.2s) in the semi finals (Light IV)

2000 - 2001

Cambridge Autumn Head: 11:03   4th of 5 coxless IVs, 3rd of 4 college entries (Light IV)
Head of the River IVs: Event cancelled (Light IV)
University IVs (Light IVs): Event cancelled (Light IV)

2001 - 2002

Cambridge Autumn Head: 11:30   2nd of 3 Coxless IVs (Light IV)
University IVs (Light IVs): Beat Jesus (15s) in the semi finals and vs LMBC scratched - clash with academic commitments in the final (Light IV)

2002 - 2003

University IVs (Light IVs): Lost to LMBC (8 seconds) in the semi finals (Light IV)
Poplar Regatta (Elite IV-): 2nd of 3 in the final (1st & 3rd / Newnham Composite)

Number of events: 13
Total number of races: 13