The Club's Results
Fairbairn Cup - IVs 2006
A 3200m timed head race on the Cam for College IVs
Fri 1st December
The official results published by the organisers, Jesus College Boat Club, can be found here. 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.
Light IV with a vengeance, College IVs
1st
Time: 11:49.8
Time: 11:49.8
All came together and we did what we planned on the start line - won.
I agree with Andy's sentiment; winning pots is far superior. When we tried to drink out of our scarves it was a total disaster.
I agree with Andy's sentiment; winning pots is far superior. When we tried to drink out of our scarves it was a total disaster.
Well, coxing a light IV, I don't get much more redundant than that :-) Took a minute or so to get together, understandably given everyone's excursions in the race before. Thereafter, the crew coped very well with the conditions and extra weight. Solid performance. Got scarfs (scarves?) instead of pots. Nice change, but I guess I'm a bit of a traditionalist.
edit: exertions, not excursions...
edit: exertions, not excursions...
A confession is needed here. I thought that the Jesus and Downing entries might be their light fours, so this could've been a chance for payback. Thus, totally against the spirit of the competition, we had a practise outing on Wednesday to set the boat up correctly. With this advantage it's hardly surprising that we won by 25 seconds, even though the legs didn't allow the rate to go much over 32.
At least 1) we were man enough to race it, unlike the eights that beat us, and 2) we did pretty well at keeping the blades in the water longer, which was our technical aim for the race.
At least 1) we were man enough to race it, unlike the eights that beat us, and 2) we did pretty well at keeping the blades in the water longer, which was our technical aim for the race.
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1st women's IV, Senior IVs
won!
Time: 13:22.7
Time: 13:22.7
I think this race was pretty good proof of why it is preferable to have outings. Although we'd remembered how to row together by Chesterton, we were also by that stage VERY tired. We managed to hold it together though, and there were some committed pushes despite the spack. And anyway, who cares, cos we won!!!
ps has anyone seen a dead duck somewhere near Chesterton??
ps has anyone seen a dead duck somewhere near Chesterton??
Obviously feeling the effects of the morning's VIII race, not to mention the lack of any IVs training for a few weeks, the start was a bit tentative, and King's had a 2.3 second lead (6:02.9 to 6:05.2) at Chesterton Footbridge with LMBC also ahead and Newnham just 0.1 sec behind. Then Magnus told the girls they were all lazy bitches, and they responded with a perfect demonstration of negative fade racing as with push after push the rate and speed increased consistently to the finish to secure a win by a commanding 13 seconds. Excellent stuff, just don't try it in the Bumps!
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Selected Results
Men's Senior IVs
Position Crew Time Diff Halfway Diff Position in Class IV Cambridge 99s 11:40.5 +0:00.0 05:09.9 +0:00.0 1 / 6 1 First & Third I 11:49.8 +0:09.3 05:19.0 +0:09.1 1 / 9 IV Champion of the Thames 11:55.2 +0:14.7 05:22.6 +0:12.7 2 / 6 IV Cross Keys * 12:11.4 +0:30.9 08:32.4 +3:22.5 3 / 6 2 Queens' I 12:14.9 +0:34.4 05:27.2 +0:17.3 2=/ 9 2 Churchill I 12:15.2 +0:34.7 05:29.3 +0:19.4 2=/ 9 4 Downing 12:22.8 +0:42.3 05:35.0 +0:25.1 4 / 9 5 Selwyn 12:23.9 +0:43.4 05:31.5 +0:21.5 5 / 9 6 Peterhouse I 12:37.7 +0:57.2 05:32.8 +0:22.9 6 / 9 IV CCAT Tabby 13:01.4 +1:20.9 05:48.3 +0:38.3 4 / 6 7 Corpus Christi 13:07.5 +1:27.0 05:54.8 +0:44.9 7 / 9 8 Peterhouse II 13:14.4 +1:33.9 05:51.8 +0:41.9 1 / 4 9 Jesus 13:27.8 +1:47.3 06:01.3 +0:51.4 8 / 9 10 Robinson 13:34.8 +1:54.3 06:02.7 +0:52.8 9 / 9 11 Queens' II 13:40.6 +2:00.1 06:02.5 +0:52.6 2 / 4 12 Churchill II 13:51.7 +2:11.2 06:07.3 +0:57.4 3 / 4 IV Billygoats II 14:25.8 +2:45.3 06:32.3 +1:22.4 1 / 1 IV Billygoats I 14:34.3 +2:53.8 06:10.1 +1:00.2 5 / 6 TO CULRC DNS - - - IV Black Prince DNS - - - 6 / 6 13 First & Third II DNS - - - 4 / 4Halfway times taken at Chesterton Footbridge
* Halfway time for Cross Keys was taken at the railway bridge
Women's Senior IVs
Position Crew Time Diff Halfway Diff Position in Class 1 First & Third I 13:22.7 +0:00.0 06:05.2 +0:00.0 1 / 13 2 King's 13:35.4 +0:12.7 06:02.9 -0:02.3 2 / 13 3 Newnham I 13:38.4 +0:15.6 06:05.3 +0:00.0 3 / 13 4 LMBC 13:41.3 +0:18.6 06:04.9 -0.00.3 4 / 13 5 Emmanuel I 13:54.4 +0:31.7 06:12.5 +0:07.2 5 / 13 6 Newnham II 13:58.2 +0:35.5 06:15.9 +0:10.7 1 / 3 6 Homerton 13:59.1 +0:36.4 06:15.9 +0:10.7 6 / 13 8 St. Catharine's I 14:04.4 +0:41.7 06:15.5 +0:10.3 7 / 13 9 Trinity Hall 14:05.6 +0:42.8 06:27.2 +0:22.0 8 / 13 10 Peterhouse 14:09.6 +0:46.9 06:19.0 +0:13.8 9 / 13 11 Emmanuel II 14:10.7 +0:47.9 06:19.1 +0:13.8 2 / 3 12 Queens' 14:20.4 +0:57.6 06:35.7 +0:30.4 10 / 13 13 Wolfson 14:43.7 +1:20.9 06:32.2 +0:27.0 11 / 13 14 Magdalene 15:12.7 +1:50.0 06:48.8 +0:43.6 12 / 13 15 St. Catharine's II 15:58.9 +2:36.2 07:15.3 +1:10.0 3 / 3 16 Clare 16:13.7 +2:50.9 07:30.6 +1:25.3 13 / 13 TO Leys School (J4X+) * 17:00.0 +3:37.2 11:49.7 +5:44.5Halfway times taken at chesterton footbridge
* Halfway time for Leys School was taken at the railway bridge
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