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4th Nov '06	Women win University IVs	by ELT
After a week of racing the women's first coxed four have proven themselves considerably faster than all opposition - their smallest margin of victory an impressive 3 lengths. Full race reports available on the Results page. (2 replies...)
22nd Oct '06	Head of the Charles	by bjg
Honey Duan, who left Trinity at the end of last year, is in action at the Head of the Charles today. Honey is coxing the men's Harvard Varsity VIII, who are starting 12th in the Championship VIIIs division. A live webcast is available - Harvard are starting 12th in the Championship VIIIs, scheduled to start at 21:10 our time. CUBC are starting 2nd in the same division. (10 replies...)
26th Feb '06	The Lents - news updates	by mcp
Welcome to FirstandThird.org's Lent Bumps coverage. Messages sent from the towpath will be posted below, as well as the latest charts on our Lent Bumps page and available by WAP and SMS. The Lents begin at 2pm Tuesday - the full division times are as follows: Division Times Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Men's 1 - 4:40 4:40 4:40 4:40 Men's 2 4:40 - 3:20 3:20 3:20 Men's 3 3:20 3:20 - 2:00 2:00 Men's 4 2:00 2:00 2:00 - 12:40 Women's 1 - 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 Women's 2 4:00 - 2:40 2:40 2:40 Women's 3 2:40 2:40 - 1:20 1:20 We hope you enjoy our results service again - and of course the new predictions game! Entries for the 4-day game close as the first results roll in - so get guessing! Good luck to everyone in the racing. Go First and Third! (13 replies...)
4th Nov '05	Men and Women win IVs	by mcp
First and Third have won 2 of the top 3 competitions in the University IVs competition. The men's coxless IV (known for historical reasons as the 'Light IV') beat LMBC and Jesus to take the coveted Light IV title. And the women's 1st IV won the women's competition, beating Newnham in a cracking race - a fine achievement, particularly for a crew beset by injury woes for the entirety of the preceding two weeks! The wins are the first in the historic University IVs since 1997 and have won the oarsmen University Medals and their oars. The club entered 6 crews and details of all the racing (including the 4 wins over LMBC!) can be found on the Uni IVs results page.
3rd Nov '05	2 crews in Uni 4s finals	by SJB
The men's IV- and the women's 1st IV+ have both reached the finals of their respective divisions in the University Four Oared races. Your support on Friday afternoon between 3pm and 4pm would be appreciated; directions to the river are here. Good luck to everyone racing! (And please could someone on the tow path text me the results, as I'll be in a meeting. Thanks!)
5th Jul '05	May term roundup	by ALC
The term started out on a high with a series of wins in the CUCBC Small Boats Regatta, with Tom Coker and Dan Holland winning the men's Foster-Fairbairn pairs, with Erica Thompson and Lilie Weaver jointly winning the women's Foster-Fairbairn pairs with Amelia Russell and Catherine Aiken in an amazing dead heat, in the FaT-dominated final. In addition, Graham Sills and Andrew Lea-Cox won the Lowe Double Sculls, adding to a spree of University medals. 5 men's VIIIs and 4 women's VIIIs competed in the May Bumps this year, with the Fellow's VIII narrowly missing getting-on, together with the 7th men's VIII. The 4th women stayed level, whilst W3 put in a sterling performance, winning their blades. Unfortunately W2 went the other way, getting spoons. However, building on their superb performance in the Lents, the 1st women went up 4 into the 1st division - their highest ever in the Mays. Despite being slightly lower on numbers compared to last term, the men's lower boats still put in some commendable performances, with the 5th VIII going up 2 through the carnage of the 5th division. The 4th VIII, half of whom only started rowing this term, managed to avoid spoons, going down 2; whilst the grads proved themselves worthy of rowing as the 3rd VIII by going up 2 after holding off a powerful Emma crew on the first day. Due to a large shortage in oarsmen trialling for the top 2 boats, the 2nd VIII trained as a IV for most of the term, with 4 super-subs jumping in towards the end of term. With only a few outings as a full crew, they then rocketed up to knock Caius II off the 2nd division headship and then bumped Peterhouse to secure their position in the 1st division as highest 2nd boat. The 1st men, including 4 of this year's novices, put in a spirited performance, managing to hold off a powerful Queens crew (eager for revenge after last year) on the first day by bumping Robinson. However Queens managed to achieve the bump on the 3rd day, leaving M1 exactly where they started at 7th - a fine achievement given the inexperience of the crew. It is extremely encouraging to see the improvements in the club since the beginning of the year, notably in the women's squad and the lower boats. Along with other changes, for the first time ever, we have two females as men's and women's captain next year. Hopefully the female touch will work wonders. (3 replies...)
13th Jun '05	May Bumps results	by mcp
The May Bumps start on Wednesday! Below you will find the latest updates and gossip as the drama unfolds. If anyone posts any, that is! Also the full bumps charts, updated from mobiles on the towpath, are at the bottom of our main May Bumps page. First and Third have a total of 9 crews - 5 men's VIIIs and, for the first time, 4 women's. The 1st men are starting 7th in the first division behind Robinson, whilst the women are Head of the 2nd division and looking to launch themselves firmly into the 1st. The 2nd men also have a chance of great glory, starting directly behind Caius II at the top of the 2nd division chasing them for the 2nd boat Headship. Ra Ra First and Third!! (35 replies...)
11th Jun '05	Women's 4th VIII row on	by mcp
Congrats to the 4th women's VIII for rowing onto the bumps for the first time ever, beating 3rd VIIIs from Christ's, Corpus, Fitz, Magdalene and Trinity Hall in the process. They join three other 4th boats in the bumps, from Jesus, LMBC and Newnham. Of the 10 successful women's crews, only Fitzwilliam II and Peterhouse II were in the bumps last year, so fingers crossed for a lucky draw! The men's club did not fare so well, neither the Fellows (rowing as the 6th VIII) nor 7th VIIIs were successful. I believe it is at least 50 years since just 5 FaT men's crews rowed in the Mays, but this is largely due to the smaller number of men's boats today (a total of 94 in the Mays compared with a peak of 129 in the 1970s). LMBC are the only club to have 6 men's VIIIs this year. The May Bumps begin this coming Wednesday. Encourage all your friends to come and watch - it is the best opportunity to show what amazing fun it is to row! Helpful information on this site include directions to the river and our famous bumps guide. We will also be running our usual full bumps charts results service from the towpath, full details to follow early next week. (3 replies...)
27th Apr '05	Small boats wins	by mcp
This afternoon has seen superb success for FaT in the CUCBC small boats regatta!! In the men's events Dan Holland and Tom Coker have won the men's Foster-Fairbairn pairs and Andrew Lea-Cox and Graham Sills have won the Lowe Double Sculls. There was drama in the women's Foster-Fairbairn pairs - the FaT on FaT final was declared a dead heat! Amelia, Catherine, Erica and Lilie are all being awarded the win. No doubt more details will follow under Results. (1 reply...)
5th Mar '05	Alumna wins WeHoRR	by SJB
Congratulations to Steph Richards who coxed Leander Club to victory at the Women's Eights Head of the River in London. The crew won by just 0.38 of a second in a 19 minute race. Steph novice coxed with First and Third in 1999 and was cox of Goldie in 2002. (5 replies...)

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