The Club's Results
May Term 2003
RTT Regatta
Fri 18th April
A Single Sculling regatta open to any of Tom's friends, held over 500m from the 2nd post upstream of Ditton to the top Colquhouns finish.
A select cross-section of the Cam's best and worst scullers battle it out in glorious sunshine in the inaugural "Rose the Twat" birthday Regatta. With the Cam's hitherto premier sculling event, the scum's Colquhoun Sculls, cancelled, the RTT Regatta is surely poised for promotion to Mitchell Cup status.
Women's Championship Sculls
Tue 22nd April
The women's 2000m knock-out regatta in the 'chasing' format for single sculls.
Rebecca Palmer entered and finished 2nd of 3 entries.
Bushe-Fox Freshman's sculls
Tue 22nd - Wed 23rd April
A 2000m knock-out regatta in the 'chasing' format for single sculls, for 'men in their first year of residence'.
Alex Summers, one of our Lightweights colours, entered and in his inaugural race as a representative of First and Third wins comfortably.
Fairbairn Junior Sculls
Tue 22nd - Wed 23rd April
A 2000m knock-out regatta in the 'chasing' format for single sculls
Alex Summers entered and added an impressive win against strong opponents to his earlier victory in the Bushe-Fox Freshman's sculls
Foster Fairbairn Pairs
Tue 22nd April
A 2000m knock-out regatta for coxless pairs as part of the Small Boats Regatta - raced in the 'chasing' format (boats starting 100 yards apart) from the posts before the motorway bridge to those by the pink house in the Reach.
The small boats races generally attract only a small number of entries - and by regularly entering crews we have had many successes in recent years. Talbott and Earl were competitive but lost narrowly to Caius' Lent VIII's middle pair.
City of Oxford Rowing Club Bumps Races
Sat 26th April
Bumps races on the Isis, held under Torpids rules
Organised by City of Oxford RC, and open to all ARA registered clubs, the CORC bumps are held on the Isis and raced in fours. All four races take place in one day.
Head of the Cam
Sat 3rd May
A timed headrace on the Cam for college and town crews
Useful early term race practice and the first hint of form for the May Bumps.
Cam Sprints
Sun 11th May
A fun 400m sprint regatta held by the boathouses
If the sun is shining the Cam sprints can be a fun day by the river, with short exciting races - and even more fun if you win pots.......!
Poplar Regatta
Sun 11th May
A 2000m 6 lane regatta at the Royal Albert Dock in London
Our ladies entered in two fours - the first time that First and Third have raced at this popular London event
Cambridge 99's Regatta
Sun 25th May
A side by side knock out regatta along the reach over 1000m
A fun summer regatta for college VIIIs. Unfortunately not all that many crews are able to enter, though, because of exam pressures! Our 2nd VIII win their division and with it yet more pots!
Peterborough Sprint Regatta
Sun 1st June
A multi-lane 500m sprint race held on the Peterborough Rowing Lake.
A popular event with college crews, probably due to it being a good way to practice the first 90 seconds of bumps racing. Many crews double up for the extra racing.
May Bumps Getting-on Race
Fri 6th June
The 2000m qualifying race for the May Bumps
Entries in the bumps without positions in the finishing order of the May bumps last year, and up to 10 crews at the bottom of the last divisions, have to compete over a head race to "get on" to the bumps.
May Bumps
Wed 11th - Sat 14th June
The famous Cambridge University May Bumps on the River Cam
The highlight of the college rowing calendar involving a total of over 1500 students - 90 at Trinity
Up 4 - Bumped Christ's II, Clare III, King's II and St. Edmund's
Down 2 - Bumped Corpus III and Corpus III, bumped by LMBC V and Corpus III
X-Press Head Race
Mon 16th June
A fun Head course race, primarily for town crews.
Rebecca Palmer entered in a single scull - the only women's 1x entry.
FaT vs BPBC Cricket Challenge
Sun 22nd June
An annual post-term fixture between First and Third and BPBC, held at Madingley.
This second encounter between the cricketing giants of First and Third and BPBC was another exciting game, with the result a victory for the young'uns by 47 runs.