The Club's Results

May Term 2004

Maiden Sculls
Mon 19th - Wed 21st April
500m side by side race in singles for people who have not entered a sculling race before.

Foster Fairbairn Pairs
Mon 19th - Wed 21st 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.

Lowe Double Sculls
Mon 19th - Wed 21st April
Held over the 2km course from Little Bridge to the posts downstream of the railway bridge. Part of the small boats regatta. Open to mens, womens and mixed crews.

Colquhouns
Tue 20th April
2km sculling race run by LMBC open to anyone in the university.
The premier university sculling event.

Head of the Cam
Sat 1st 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.

RTT Regatta
Mon 3rd May
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.
After numerous postponements, the regatta finally went ahead in the traditional location of the Long Reach. Dull weather and exam stress dented the number of entrants, which may put paid to any attempts at gaining Mitchell Cup status. However, the presence of some high profile names from the worlds of Salad Eating, Cycling, and webmastery meant this was another keenly fought contest.....

Concept 2 Sprint Relay
Fri 7th May
A 500m relay race in teams of 8
A 4km erg piece, to be divided as evenly as possible between the 8 team members, with each competitor rowing once only. Efficient changeovers are important in keeping the time down.

Cambridge Head-2-Head
Sun 9th May
A timed headrace in two parts, length 2x2600m
A good form guide for crews, one month before the Mays

Bedford Regatta
Sat 15th May
A knock out side by side regatta over 1200m
A large event attracting many college, university and club crews from Oxford, Cambridge and beyond

Champion of the Thames Eights Head
Sun 23rd May
A Head race for eights from the Plough Pub to the Pike and Eel.
A fun head race with prizes for best bumps start, best line round Ditton - as well as for finish position.

Cambridge 99's Regatta
Sun 30th 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!

May Bumps Getting-on Race
Fri 4th 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 9th - Sat 12th 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 - with 81 competitors from Trinity

FaT/LMBC Punting Regatta
Thu 17th June
A side by side knock-out race in punts. The course is raced from the upstream side of Trinity Bridge towards St. John's, spinning downstream of the Bridge of Sighs, with a stern finish on the upstream side of Trinity Bridge.
A fun May Week event - the inaugural punt race between us and our historic rivals from neighbouring St. John's college.

FaT vs BPBC Cricket Challenge
Sun 20th June
An annual post-term fixture between First and Third and BPBC, held at Girton.
The third encounter between the cricketing giants of First and Third and BPBC was an astonishingly close game, with the result a victory for the young'uns by 4 wickets, the winning runs coming off the final ball.