The Club's Results
Head of the River Race, Lent Term 2009
A huge head race on the Tideway (tidal river Thames) over the University Boat Race course
Sat 21st March
The official results published by the organisers, HoRR committee, 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.
1st men's VIII, Senior3 VIIIs
Winners of the Halladay Trophy, 53rd, 2nd in S3
Time: 18:45.08
Time: 18:45.08
Well done! Great result
A fantastic result which we can be hugely proud of! This is the highest an Oxbridge College has ranked in a while, and it is based upon hard work and excellent coaching! Thanks in particular to Jon Davies, Tom Rose and Iain Law who have contributed a great deal to teaching us to row, and to keep on pushing us to our limits!
Personally I enjoyed every single stroke of this race, because there had been such a build-up to it. This was it, this was what we had been training for all year. We had ups and downs in our preparation, but to go out on the day it really counts, and to just do it feels incredible. Stern pair set a crystal clear rhythm which perpetuated through the boat like an epic rowing rave, awesome. Thanks for this guys, it has made every single minute on the erg, in the gym and on the water worthwhile.
This is only the start of the FaT epic domination, May term here we come!
Personally I enjoyed every single stroke of this race, because there had been such a build-up to it. This was it, this was what we had been training for all year. We had ups and downs in our preparation, but to go out on the day it really counts, and to just do it feels incredible. Stern pair set a crystal clear rhythm which perpetuated through the boat like an epic rowing rave, awesome. Thanks for this guys, it has made every single minute on the erg, in the gym and on the water worthwhile.
This is only the start of the FaT epic domination, May term here we come!
Well done guys - fantastic result. Great to see First and Third doing so well at a national event!
No one has yet commented that St Paul's finished 171st and 230th, so the three-year old target of beating them on the Tideway has finally been achieved.
Nice one, well done!!
Came off the water feeling a little ill, alcohol after the race didn't help, but some food did.
I enjoyed the row, felt like I was rowing well within myself, until I blew massively about 10 strokes from the line.
A mix up with Bristol University Boat Club entries has got us the Halladay trophy.
It is awesome to get the club some nationally recognised silverware, however this is tempered by knowing that Bristol Uni were faster than us, and had they not made a paperwork mistake they could have had the trophy.
I enjoyed the row, felt like I was rowing well within myself, until I blew massively about 10 strokes from the line.
A mix up with Bristol University Boat Club entries has got us the Halladay trophy.
It is awesome to get the club some nationally recognised silverware, however this is tempered by knowing that Bristol Uni were faster than us, and had they not made a paperwork mistake they could have had the trophy.
Conditions were excellent, calm water and very little wind. It felt more like the Cam than the Thames, which really boosted our confidence. We started with some schoolboys right on the stern, but moved away fairly easily. In the middle of the race we suffered from being in a competitive vacuum, and maybe didn't work quite as hard as was needed. On the plus side, there was enough in reserve to really attack the second half. The push off the bridge was almost too big when combined with the extra adrenalin imparted on us by the cheering crowd, but no-one actually blew up. We met some rough water from crews ahead around the football ground, but were rewarded with the opportunity to overtake Glasgow University just before the line. For me it was a very well balanced row, with the legs, lungs and forearms suffering just about equally.
The result is a good step forward from last year, reflecting the term long focus and the extra week after bumps. Unfortunately we just missed out on the top 50 target, but it was always a tall order, especially with the strong overseas contingent this year. Compared with recent college results we did pretty well. For the record, the best results by other college crews in the last ten years are: Oriel 55th in 1999, Emmanuel 71st in 2000 and 80th in 2001, Christ's 74th in 2002, Goldie 68th in 2005 and 56th in 2006.
How fast can a college go? With the whole crew training from September and 50% increase in volume (ie similar to top universities), I reckon top 30 is doable. But with the Temple so far out of reach it would be rather pointless.
We also won a trophy. Apparently it's more because of technicalities than speed, but then the whole notion of awarding prizes to lots of crews that didn't come first is quite ridiculous, so we might as well enjoy it.
The result is a good step forward from last year, reflecting the term long focus and the extra week after bumps. Unfortunately we just missed out on the top 50 target, but it was always a tall order, especially with the strong overseas contingent this year. Compared with recent college results we did pretty well. For the record, the best results by other college crews in the last ten years are: Oriel 55th in 1999, Emmanuel 71st in 2000 and 80th in 2001, Christ's 74th in 2002, Goldie 68th in 2005 and 56th in 2006.
How fast can a college go? With the whole crew training from September and 50% increase in volume (ie similar to top universities), I reckon top 30 is doable. But with the Temple so far out of reach it would be rather pointless.
We also won a trophy. Apparently it's more because of technicalities than speed, but then the whole notion of awarding prizes to lots of crews that didn't come first is quite ridiculous, so we might as well enjoy it.
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2nd men's VIII, Senior4 VIIIs
<h4>The Halladay Trophy</h4><p>Awarded to the fastest crew from a University or College club affiliated to the ARA, SARA or WARA, provided that the crew is (i) of status Senior 2 or lower, and (ii) the club has no crews entered at Senior 1 or Elite status.</p><div align="right"><font size="-1"><a href="#top">^ top</a></font></div><hr><h3><a name="selectedresults">Selected Results</a></h3><h4>Trophy winners, Oxbridge colleges and Cambridge clubs</h4><p><pre><b> POSITION FINISH START TIME NAME</b> 1 5 17 25.21 Tideway Scullers' School I 2 1 17 29.10 Leander I ( WINNER OF THE PAGE TROPHY ) 5 4 17 55.79 OS Astillero (Spain) ( WINNER OF THE OVERSEAS ENTRANTS TROPHY ) 6 7 17 58.70 S.1 U Oxford Brookes University I ( WINNER OF THE BERNARD CHURCHER TROPHY ) 7 21 18 1.82 London I ( WINNER OF THE VERNON TROPHY ) 8 25 18 3.37 S.1 Reading University I ( WINNER OF THE SENIOR 1 PENNANT ) 10 6 18 14.45 S.2 Durham University I ( WINNER OF THE SENIOR 2 PENNANT ) 18 43 18 24.03 Lwt Leander IV ( WINNER OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT PENNANT ) 26 11 18 28.69 S.2 Agecroft I ( WINNER OF THE JACKSON TROPHY ) 46 87 18 42.60 S.3 Westminster School I ( WINNER OF THE SENIOR 3 PENNANT ) <b> 53 94 18 45.08 S.3 H First & Third Trinity, Cambridge I ( WINNER OF THE HALLADAY TROPHY )</b> 73 310 18 54.82 S.2 HMF Royal Air Force ( FASTEST SERVICES CREW ) 77 163 18 57.11 S.1 Cambridge '99 I 92 146 19 3.95 S.4 Oxford Brookes University III ( WINNER OF THE SENIOR 4 PENNANT ) 129 261 19 19.28 NOV Oxford Brookes University IV ( WINNER OF THE NOVICE PENNANT ) 131 152 19 19.86 Lwt Nephthys (OULRC) 140 165 19 22.85 S.3 H Christ Church, Oxford 142 162 19 23.05 S.3 Pembroke College, Cambridge 150 142 19 25.55 S.2 H Lady Margaret Boat Club I 161 340 19 28.69 N S.4 H Trinity Hall, Cambridge 162 255 19 28.99 S.3 Clare College, Cambridge 169 276 19 31.77 N S.3 H Caius College, Cambridge 174 237 19 33.78 S.4 H Keble College, Oxford 177 301 19 34.62 S.4 Peterhouse, Cambridge 183 347 19 36.86 S.4 H Darwin College, Cambridge 202 251 19 42.99 S.3 Oriel College, Oxford 203 80 19 43.32 S.3 City of Cambridge I 205 274 19 44.02 S.4 H Wolfson College, Oxford 211 196 19 45.60 S.4 Emmanuel College, Cambridge 221 246 19 47.20 S.2 Cambridge '99 II 226 183 19 48.51 S.4 H Magdalene College, Cambridge 238 315 19 53.36 S.3 City of Cambridge III 248 131 19 56.13 P S.4 H Hertford College, Oxford 255 153 20 0.45 S.4 H Jesus College, Cambridge 257 253 20 2.08 P S.4 H Christ's College, Cambridge 263 266 20 4.41 NOV H Selwyn College, Cambridge I <b> 267 263 20 7.11 S.4 H First & Third Trinity, Cambridge II</b> 279 351 20 11.15 S.4 H Wadham College, Oxford I 281 125 20 11.96 S.4 H Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge 283 326 20 12.70 N S.4 H Anglia Ruskin University 286 291 20 14.12 N S.3 Trinity College, Oxford 287 341 20 14.38 N S.4 H Worcester College, Oxford 300 328 20 19.55 N S.4 H Churchill College, Cambridge 308 269 20 24.46 S.4 City of Cambridge II 309 127 20 24.73 S.2 Cantabrigian I 312 268 20 26.86 NOV King's College, Cambridge 344 399 20 44.21 N NOV H Lady Margaret Boat Club II 358 330 20 56.07 N S.4 H Corpus Christi College, Oxford 360 305 21 0.97 NOV H Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge I 361 358 21 1.34 NOV H Wolfson College, Cambridge 362 374 21 1.61 NOV H Selwyn College, Cambridge II 372 343 21 10.55 N S.4 Cantabrigian II 373 408 21 11.75 N NOV H Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge II 376 411 21 18.38 N NOV H Wadham College, Oxford II 387 352 21 27.46 NOV H Merton College, Oxford 394 366 21 41.77 S.3 H Brasenose College, Oxford</pre></p><div align="right"><font size="-1"><a href="#top">^ top</a></font></div><hr>
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