The Club's Results

Cambridge Head-2-Head, Lent Term 2013

A timed headrace in two parts, length 2x2000m.
Sat 26th January

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4th men's VIII, 3rd Mays

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1st men's VIII, 1st Mays

5th college VIII
Time: 13:50
We lost to Bedford schoolboys... :-( but I guess you had to drag along a clueless 5 man, so its probably excusable. (Peter)
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2nd men's VIII, 2nd Mays

1st college second VIII; 9th college VIII overall
Time: 14:02
I seem to be getting very good at overtaking Champs in Ditton, crashing whilst doing so, and yet still winning a pot... (Thornton)
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3rd men's VIII, 3rd Mays

1st college third VIII
Time: 15:32
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1st women's VIII, 1st Mays

2nd womens college VIII
Time: 15:59
I knew that when we arrived on time for marshalling- despite general faff, a backstops build and Fordy's belief that we could still chat despite arriving 10 minutes before we were due to push off- that things were starting to go our way.

Eva set a strong rhythm into the first leg, which I probably failed to transmit since X-Press' insistence on sitting on the start line and not moving caused my fingers to numb. Blissfully unaware of the strong stream and tailwind (soon to be headwind) it felt like we were flying down the course. We were chunky at 32, which I thought justified a 'woohoo' on the first finish line. We were buoyed up by Yining's calls, having lost our two cheerleaders to an icy towpath and skinny tyres.

De-kitting was chaotic and caused some anguish, but we started the second leg strong. By this time, Fordy and Thomas had developed a relay system to deal with the difficult conditions. Coaching points were hurled at us up until about Grassy, where Thomas then took up the charge. We were surprised by the headwind on the reach, but soldiered on and dutifully (though possibly not too effectively) wound it up at the white house. Angela's personal paparazzi also appeared at some point and gave us some gorgeous photos and a new resolve to concentrate on bladework.

A good result for early in term, and the best race I've had in a long time.

Points for next time:
1. Don't take your hands out of your sleeves until the last possible moment
2. Wind it up in the water
3. Someone should take my Canadian mountain bike instead of insisting that your hybrids are 'preferable'. (Julia A.)
I object, I was on a 25mm tyre road bike, not some hybrid. (Thomas)
But you were never going to fit on Julia's bike. I claim I'll ride Julia's bike when she convinces me the brake levers do more than warm the rims up. (Peter)
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Selected Results

Men's College VIIIs

Club Crew Leg1 Leg2 Overall    
Caius                  M1     06:03    06:53    12:56
Downing                M1     06:04    06:56    13:00
Queens'                M1     06:15    07:10    13:25
Lady Margaret          M1     06:27    07:19    13:46
First and Third        M1     06:30    07:20    13:50
Clare                  M1     06:30    07:21    13:51
Christ's               M1     06:32    07:26    13:58
Jesus                  M1     06:40    07:20    14:00
First and Third        M2     06:41    07:21    14:02
Churchill              M1     06:40    07:26    14:06
Girton                 M1     06:37    07:30    14:07
Robinson               M1     06:36    07:34    14:10
St Catharine's         M1     06:42    07:28    14:10
Caius                  M2     06:38    07:35    14:13
Emmanuel               M1     06:36    07:38    14:14
Pembroke               M1     06:44    07:31    14:15
Downing                M2     06:42    07:47    14:29
Lady Margaret          M2     06:49    07:50    14:39
King's                 M1     06:52    07:49    14:41
Selwyn                 M1     06:49    07:55    14:44
Jesus                  M2     07:00    07:50    14:50 

Women's College VIIIs

Club Crew Leg1 Leg2 Overall    
Downing                W1     07:14    08:25    15:39
First and Third        W1     07:19    08:40    15:59
Jesus                  W1     07:31    08:45    16:16
Newnham                W1     07:32    08:46    16:18
Caius BC               W1     07:28    09:03    16:31
Lady Margaret          W1     07:38    08:59    16:37
Emmanuel               W1     07:40    08:57    16:37
King's                 W1     07:47    09:03    16:50
Churchill              W1     07:59    09:08    17:07
Magdalene              W1     07:51    09:18    17:09
Queens'                W1     07:54    09:24    17:18
Girton                 W1     08:05    09:22    17:27
Lady Margaret          W2     08:07    09:24    17:31
Selwyn                 W1     08:12    09:24    17:36
Darwin                 W1     08:09    09:34    17:43
Pembroke               W2     08:12    09:35    17:47
Churchill              W2     08:11    09:37    17:48

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