The Club's Results
Cambridge Head-2-Head, May Term 2011
A timed headrace in two parts, length 2x2000m
Sat 7th May
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1st men's VIII, 1st Mays
3rd
Time: 13:02
Time: 13:02
So, interesting. We're starting to approach an actual bumps line up, although James is still in Seattle, but this was the second time we've been in an VIII this term. Maybe third, I forget. And I can't steer the Empacher (yet). That having been said, I thought the crew did admirably well. The first piece did have some pretty aimless moments, rate was variable, cover was very variable, and we struggled to find a really smooth efficient rhythm. We were also too tense. The second piece was an improvement, with better looseness, and a smoother rhythm and pickup. Our corners weren't great, although a lot of that was me, so more speed can be gained there. Still some way to go before it was 'good' though. Hopefully as we spend time in a more settled crew we'll be able to really begin to gel, and get some of the finesse required to move a boat really fast.
2nd men's VIII, 1st Mays
30th
Time: 14:28
Time: 14:28
7:18 and 7:10. Lack of a decent connect and send means we go slower than we want to. The reversal of the times shows how terrible our first leg was.
1st men's IVb, 1st Mays
1st men's IVa, 1st Mays
Time: 14:58
This was a loss due to science. Unfortunately, due to the massive preponderance of guns in this crew, we produced a significant heating effect in the river. This lowered the viscosity of the water, decreasing the drag for the following crew, which was M1a. This allowed them to beat us.
Alternatively, we should have put more energy into the shell than heating the river, and we may have gone a bit faster. Never mind.
Alternatively, we should have put more energy into the shell than heating the river, and we may have gone a bit faster. Never mind.
2nd men's IV, 1st Mays
44th
Time: 15:37
Time: 15:37
07:40 and 07:57. Much improved from the eight, a decent first run, possibly a touch low on the rate. The wind had picked up a little from earlier in the day and was a headwind down the first post and plough reaches. We were less efficient in the headwind, and I was definitely feeling the tiredness. Nice to beat the Kings W1 crew giving us some banter at the start too. The 30' UT2 instead of lunch was also a bad idea.
3rd men's VIII, 3rd Mays
Time: 15:42
Last Mays had many things going for it, most of all the 'Thundercrew' which romped home to a great Mays retention. Is is pleasing that M3 seem intent on gaining such and epic moniker, namely 'chundercrew'. I suspect that having a more sober stern pair ay have helped speed, although after Jack had so elegantly jettisoned ballast, he didn't let it affect him.
In all seriousness, there are plenty of guns here, but they need to be used more effectively. Fix the rush, move together, and this boat will go much faster.
In all seriousness, there are plenty of guns here, but they need to be used more effectively. Fix the rush, move together, and this boat will go much faster.
1st women's VIII, 1st Mays
2nd women's VIII, 3rd Mays
<h3><a name="selectedresults">Selected Results</a></h3><h4>Men's college VIIIs</h4><p><pre><b>Pos Pos in Cat Club Crew Leg 1 Leg 2 Time </b> 1 / 33 1 / 10 Downing M1 06:18 06:22 12:40 2 / 33 2 / 10 Pembroke M1 06:24 06:28 12:52 <b> 3 / 33 3 / 10 First and Third M1 06:30 06:32 13:02</b> 4 / 33 4 / 10 Queens' M1 06:33 06:31 13:04 5 / 33 5 / 10 Magdalene M1 06:36 06:32 13:08 6 / 33 1 / 7 Girton M1 06:33 06:43 13:16 7 / 33 6 / 10 Christ's M1 06:38 06:40 13:18 8 / 33 2 / 7 Downing M2 06:43 06:47 13:30 9 / 33 7 / 10 Emmanuel M1 06:39 06:52 13:31 10 / 33 3 / 7 Christ's M2 06:47 06:46 13:33 11 / 33 1 / 8 King's M2 06:33 07:02 13:35 12 / 33 8 / 10 Churchill M1 06:47 06:57 13:44 13 / 33 4 / 7 Pembroke M2 06:52 06:57 13:49 14 / 33 2 / 8 Clare Hall M1 06:51 06:59 13:50 15 / 33 5 / 7 Robinson M1 06:53 06:59 13:52 16 / 33 9 / 10 King's M1 06:55 06:57 13:52 17 / 33 1 / 8 Emmanuel M2 06:55 07:04 13:59 18 / 33 2 / 8 Corpus M1 06:58 07:02 14:00 19 / 33 3 / 8 SCCBC M2 07:00 07:07 14:07 20 / 33 6 / 7 Jesus M2 06:57 07:11 14:08 21 / 33 7 / 7 Queens' M2 06:59 07:23 14:22 22 / 33 3 / 8 Pembroke M3 07:01 07:21 14:22 23 / 33 4 / 8 Hughes Hall M2 07:05 07:23 14:28 <b>24 / 33 10 / 10 First and Third M2 07:18 07:10 14:28 </b> 25 / 33 5 / 8 Queens' M3 07:09 07:23 14:32 26 / 33 4 / 8 Trintiy Hall M2 07:25 07:20 14:45 27 / 33 6 / 8 Jesus M3 07:22 07:35 14:57 28 / 33 5 / 8 Robinson M2 07:32 07:39 15:11 29 / 33 6 / 8 Selwyn M2 07:38 07:59 15:37 <b>30 / 33 7 / 8 First and Third M3 07:39 08:03 15:42 </b> 31 / 33 7 / 8 Pembroke M4 07:39 08:05 15:44 32 / 33 8 / 8 Churchill M2 07:51 07:56 15:47 33 / 33 8 / 8 Jesus M4 08:16 08:36 16:52 </pre></p><h4>Women's college VIIIs</h4><p><pre><b>Pos Pos in Cat Club Crew Leg 1 Leg 2 Time </b> 1 / 21 1 / 10 Downing W1 07:20 07:19 14:39 2 / 21 2 / 10 Christ's W1 07:26 07:35 15:01 3 / 21 3 / 10 Newnham W1 07:44 07:46 15:30 4 / 21 1 / 6 Sidney Sussex W1 07:38 07:58 15:36 5 / 21 4 / 10 Queens' W1 07:50 07:49 15:39 6 / 21 5 / 10 Caius W1 07:40 07:59 15:39 7 / 21 6 / 10 Trintiy Hall W1 07:38 08:06 15:44 8 / 21 7 / 10 Magdalene W1 07:54 07:56 15:50 9 / 21 2 / 6 Murray Edwards W1 07:51 08:15 16:06 10 / 21 8 / 10 Churchill W1 07:50 08:21 16:11 11 / 21 3 / 6 Hughes Hall/Lucy W1 08:03 08:10 16:13 12 / 21 4 / 6 Newnham W2 07:58 08:17 16:15 13 / 21 1 / 2 Christ's W2 07:56 08:33 16:29 14 / 21 5 / 6 Downing W2 08:12 08:21 16:33 15 / 21 9 / 10 King's W1 08:05 08:29 16:34 16 / 21 6 / 6 LMBC W2 08:08 08:27 16:35 <b>17 / 21 10 / 10 First and Third W1 08:10 08:32 16:42 </b> 18 / 21 1 / 3 Hughes Hall/Lucy W2 08:26 08:52 17:18 19 / 21 2 / 3 Peterhouse W2 08:48 09:05 17:53 20 / 21 3 / 3 Sidney Sussex W2 09:05 08:58 18:03 <b>21 / 21 2 / 2 First and Third W2 09:34 10:16 19:50 </b></pre></p><h4>Men's college IVs</h4><p><pre><b>Pos Pos in Cat Club Crew Leg 1 Leg 2 Time </b> <b> 1 / 4 1 / 3 Fitzwilliam M1 07:12 07:18 14:30 </b> <b> 2 / 4 2 / 3 First and Third M1b 07:24 07:32 14:56 </b> <b> 3 / 4 3 / 3 First and Third M1a 07:23 07:35 14:58 </b> <b> 4 / 4 1 / 1 First and Third M2 07:40 07:57 15:37 </b></pre></p><div align="right"><font size="-1"><a href="#top">^ top</a></font></div><hr>
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