The Club's Results

Robinson Head, Lent Term 2003

A timed head race over 2200 - from Little Bridge to Peter's Posts
Fri 7th February

The event was organised by Robinson College Boat Club. 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.


The Lent VIII, 1st division

Overall winners
Time: 8:36
The Lent VIII won by the narrowest of margins over Caius (1 s), but thereby remain unbeaten on the Cam this term. [by the webmaster]
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2nd men's VIII, Lower VIIIs division

Second in Lower VIIIs division, 9th Overall
Time: 9:16
Reduced the gap between us and the Maggie Scum to 14s from around a minute only two weeks ago - Not bad for our second outing in this particular crew configuration.
A solid rolling start followed by an unnecessary surge was followed by a good first half to the race, complemented by an excellent racing line from Rachel. As fatigue started to creep into the crew's rowing, the efficiency of the strokes dropped as we made our way up the long reach. After being told to "'ave it !" (thank you, Rachel !) coming under the railway bridge, we powered our way towards the finish line, but proved unable to post a faster time than LMBC 2.
A big thank-you to Henry and Iain (and Rachel) for shouting abuse at us for the best part of ten minutes. (Matt)
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3rd men's VIII, Lower VIIIs division

Winners of M3 by 44 s. 5th of 19 lower division boats, 16th overall
Time: 9:50
A very good result for the third VIII, apparently only 10s slower than Sidney I and beating amongst others Robinson II (5 places ahead in the Lents), Girton II (2 ahead), Selwyn II (directly ahead), Downing III (2 behind) and Fitz II (3 behind). Jesus III (starting directly behind) did not race. (Martin)
Excellent result. Only our second ever head length piece (the first being a minute and a half slower at a rating 5 pips slower) and our fourth outing. The best news for us is that we have plenty of room for improvement... we will be much faster come the bumps! (Michael)
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Women's 1st Lent VIII, 1st division

12th of 23 Crews
Time: 11:00
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Grad VIII, GraduVIII, Lower VIIIs division

30th of 31 Crews, only 4th VIII entered
Time: 11:57
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2nd women's VIII, 2nd division

22nd of 23 Crews
Time: 12:59
This race was the first time in this configuration and was viewed as practice for the Lents getting-on race in two weeks time. We started off well, and thanks to 110% effort and support from the bank, we retained a steady gap between us and the crew behind. Towards the end, the crew behind put in some effort and gained some ground but we held out until the finish.
Comedy value was provided at the P&E by the Downing crews congregating at the finish. Jenny lost the orange that she had found earlier, but sustinance was provided in the form of Andy's Skittles and Buttons
Big thanks to Vicki, Helen and Mike for support from the bank. A gutsy row all round ! (Katherine)
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Selected Results

Men's VIIIs

1st & 3rd     M1 0:08:36
Caius         M1 0:08:37 
LMBC          M1 0:08:42 
Jesus         M1 0:08:49 
Fitzwilliam   M1 0:08:51 
Emmanuel      M1 0:08:58 
LMBC          M2 0:09:02 
Robinson      M1 0:09:09 
1st & 3rd     M2 0:09:16
Clare         M2 0:09:25 
Wolfson       M1 0:09:25 
Jesus         M2 0:09:26 
Darwin        M1 0:09:27 
Girton        M1 0:09:31 
Sidney Sussex M1 0:09:40 
1st & 3rd     M3 0:09:50
Emmanuel      M2 0:09:53 
Girton        M2 0:10:01 
Robinson      M2 0:10:02 
Trinity Hall  M2 0:10:19 
Churchill     M2 0:10:20 
Caius         M3 0:10:24 
Fitzwilliam   M2 0:10:25 
CCAT          M1 0:10:30 
Sidney Sussex M2 0:10:58 
Downing       M3 0:10:59 
Clare         M3 0:11:02 
Wolfson       M2 0:11:09 
Selwyn        M2 0:11:36 
1st & 3rd     M4 0:11:57
Wolfson       M3 0:20:57

Women's VIIIs

Jesus         W1 0:10:08 
Caius         W1 0:10:29 
Girton        W1 0:10:29 
Pembroke      W1 0:10:34 
Robinson      W1 0:10:36 
Jesus         W2 0:10:45 
Emmanuel      W1 0:10:46 
New Hall      W1 0:10:48 
Selwyn        W1 0:10:53 
Sidney Sussex W1 0:10:55 
LMBC          W1 0:10:57 
1st & 3rd     W1 0:11:00 
Newnham       W2 0:11:09 
New Hall      W2 0:11:11 
Caius         W2 0:11:17 
Downing       W2 0:11:36 
Girton        W2 0:11:59 
Fitzwilliam   W1 0:12:04 
Churchill     W2 0:12:09 
Sidney Sussex W2 0:12:20 
Downing       W3 0:12:25 
1st & 3rd     W2 0:12:59
New Hall      W3 0:13:52

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