The Club's Results

May Term 2006

Results > May Term 2006 - sorted by event | by crew

City of Oxford Rowing Club Bumps Races
Sat 22nd 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.

1st women's IV, in 'Well Oiled': 6th in division 1

Up 1 - Bumped St Hugh's and City of Oxford III, bumped by City of Oxford III

Fairbairn Junior Sculls
Mon 24th April
A 2000m knock-out regatta in the 'chasing' format for single sculls

TDC in his single scull: Lost to Karthik in the quarter finals

Lowe Double Sculls
Mon 24th - Tue 25th 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.

Salgard-Cunha and Thompson (Mixed 2x): Scratched in the 1st round

Coker and Squires (Mixed 2x): Raced 3 rounds: Beat Corpus in the final

Andrews and Pancratz (Men's 2x): Rowed over in the semi finals and Lost to Jesus/Downing in the final

Maiden Sculls
Tue 25th - Wed 26th April
500m side by side race in singles for people who have not entered a sculling race before.

PJH in his single scull: Lost to Adam Dyer (Christ's) by 1 length in the 1st round

TA in his single scull: Lost to Nat Luckhurst (Catz) in the 1st round

Magdalene Silver Pairs
Tue 25th April
A 2000m knock-out regatta for coxless pairs in the chasing format.
The Magdalene Silver Pairs is the more prestigious of the two pairs events.

Coxless pairs, Coker and Jane: Dead heat with Christ's in the semi finals

Foster Fairbairn Pairs
Wed 26th 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.

LBC Pair (Men's 2-): Beat Peterhouse (Jacobs/Satchwell) by 3s in the quarter finals and Lost to Christ's (Darby/Davis) by 25s in the semi finals

Weaver/Rackley (Pembroke) (Women's 2-): Lost to Darby/Davis by 39s, lost to Garrod/Shepherd by 22s in the final

Garrod/Shepherd (Men's 2-): Raced 3 rounds: Lost to Darby/Davis (Christ's) by 17s in the final

Head of the Cam
Sat 29th April
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.

Miscellaneous women's IVs (S3 IV+): 1st of 5 women's coxed fours, 8th of 19 coxed fours overall

BUSA Regatta
Mon 1st May
A knock-out regatta in Nottingham for University Crews
A few of the better college crews occasionally enter this event, racing as Cambridge University. For other universities, this is one of the most important events of the year, as the regatta is a good opportunity to do side-by-side racing on a multi-lane 2K rowing lake.

1st women's VIII (Women's Junior VIIIs): Raced 3 rounds: 5th of 6 crews in the final

City Sprints
Sun 7th May
Fun 400m regatta format sprint in front of the boathouses. Started from stakeboats just before Elizabeth way.
Half a pint of beer for each entrant. Who can say fairer than that?

1st women's VIII (Women's Lents Division 1): beat Girton by 3/4L after crab incident in the semi finals and beat Trinity Hall by 1 1/4L in the final

2nd women's VIII (Women's Lents Division 3): Raced 3 rounds: Winners! Beat Jesus 3 in the final

3rd women's VIII (Women's Lents Division 3): Lost to Jesus 3 in the 1st round

Grad VIII (Mens Lents Division 3): Beat Tit Hall 2 (half a length) in the quarter finals and lost to Jesus 4 (1/4 length) in the semi finals

1st men's IV (CRA Nv 4+): Raced 3 rounds: Beat FaT C (just!) in the final

2nd men's IV (CRA Nv 4+): Lost to City in the quarter finals

3rd men's IV (CRA Nv 4+): Raced 3 rounds: Lost to FaT A By Half a Length in the final

Miscellaneous women's IVs (CRA S3 4+): Beat Simoco in the final

Coxless pairs, The Chuckle Brothers (College 2-): Beat Corpus in the final

Cambridge Head-2-Head
Sun 7th May
A timed headrace in two parts, length 2x2600m
Beginning of term race practice for many college crews.

1st women's VIII (Women's Lents 1): 6th of 16 women's VIIIs, 6th of 10 college 1st VIIIs

1st women's IV (WS3 IV+): Only WS3 IV+, beating the men's IV+ and 3 VIIIs

TDC in his single scull (Novice 1x): Last of all crews

Champion of the Thames Eights Head
Sun 21st May
A Head race for eights from the Plough Pub to the Penny Ferry.
A fun head race with prizes for best bumps start, best line round Ditton - as well as for finish position.

1st men's VIII (Men's 1st Div. Mays): 5th overall, 4th in category

1st women's VIII (Women's 1st Div. Mays): 2nd overall, 2nd in category

2nd men's VIII (Men's 1st Div. Mays): 14th overall, 6th in category

2nd women's VIII (Women's 3rd Div. Mays): 30th overall, 5th in category

3rd women's VIII (Women's Lower Div. Mays): 39th overall, 9th in category

4th men's VIII, Grad VIII (Men's Lower Div. Mays): 33rd overall, 7th in category, winners of Most 'Interesting' Start

5th men's VIII (Men's Lower Div. Mays): 39th overall, 9th in category

FaT vs. BPBC Golf Challenge
Sun 21st May
A golf match held at Cambridge Lakes pitch & putt, between Black Prince and First & Third.
The second annual BPBC vs. FaT golf match - past versus current club members. The format is Matchplay rounds of fourballs, foursomes and singles, with each match won counting as a point for the team total.

First and Third golf team: Lost, 3 to 6

BPBC golf team: Won, 6 to 3

Cambridge 99's Regatta
Sun 28th 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!

1st women's VIII (1st division): lost to Newnham by a length in the semi finals

2nd men's VIII (1st division): Lost to Catz by a length in the 1st round and Lost to Tit Hall by 3/4 length in the plate semi finals

3rd Men's Eight for 99s Regatta (Men's lower division): Beat Wolfson 2 by 1/4 length in the 1st round and Scratched in the 2nd round

4th men's VIII, Grad VIII (Men's lower division): Raced 3 rounds: Lost to Peterhouse II (2 lengths) in the plate semi finals

5th men's VIII (Men's lower division):

FaT/Christs/Darwin composite (Mixed VIIIs): Raced 3 rounds: beat St Radegund A easily in the final

May Bumps Getting-on Race
Fri 9th 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.

6th men's VIII: Did not get on

7th men's VIII: Did not get on

Bedford Star Regatta
Sun 11th June
A side by side knock-out regatta over 550 metres
Bedford Star is a two day regatta, with racing over 1000m on Saturday and 550m on Sunday, offering unusual purple and blue ceramic pots to event winners. With the May bumps almost upon us college crews do not usually enter.

Miscellaneous women's IVs (WS2 4+): beat Star Club by a length and a bit in the final

Miscellaneous women's IVs (WS3 4+): beat Milton Keynes by a length in the final

May Bumps
Wed 14th - Sat 17th 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

1st men's VIII: 5th in division 1

Up 2 - Bumped Downing and Trinity Hall

1st women's VIII: 12th in division 1

Up 3 - Bumped Selwyn, Christ's and Magdalene

2nd men's VIII: 17th in division 1

Stayed level - Bumped Selwyn, bumped by Caius II

2nd women's VIII: 10th in division 3

Up 3 - Bumped Clare Hall, Churchill II and New Hall II

3rd men's VIII: 9th in division 3

Up 3 - Bumped LMBC III, Clare II and Christ's II

3rd women's VIII: 6th in division 4

Down 4 - Bumped by Vets School, Selwyn II, Newnham III and St. Edmund's

4th men's VIII: 11th in division 4

Up 4 - Bumped King's II and Sidney Sussex II, bumped by Selwyn III and Corpus II

5th men's VIII: 17th in division 4

Up 3 - Bumped Robinson III, Christ's III and King's II

FaT vs BPBC Cricket Challenge
Sun 25th June
The annual cricket match between First and Third and BPBC, held in 2006 at The Perse School.
A 30-over challenge match between FaT and club old boys, Black Prince Boat Club. FaT seek to emulate Real Madrid by winning the first five fixtures, while BPBC are eager to turn the tables this year.

First and Third 1st XI: Lost to BPBC by 15 runs

BPBC 1st XI: Beat 1st & 3rd by 15 runs

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