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5th Mar '07Back Where We Belongby elt
Congratulations to the 1st Men and 1st Women, who ended Saturday's racing with commanding rows over as Head of the River in their respective divisions.

The 2nd Men and 2nd Women also won their oars this week with a fine display of dominance lower down, each bumping on every night of racing.

Race reports here. (33 replies...)
25th Feb '07Lent Bumps 2007 updatesby bjg
Welcome to FirstandThird.org's Lent Bumps coverage. Messages sent from the towpath will be posted below, in addition to which you can find the latest charts on our Lent Bumps page. These are also available by WAP and SMS. Please note that the number for our various SMS services has changed to 60300 and that the charge for receiving a results SMS has been halved to 12p.

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 BumpIT! Entries for the 4-day game close as the first results roll in, so get guessing!

Good luck to all First and Third crews in the bumps! (25 replies...)
23rd Feb '07W3 and M5 row onby ELT
Congratulations to M5 and W3 who succceeded in gaining their places on the River with two storming rows in the Getting-On Race today.

M5 have by default also gained themselves the 5th eight Headship, as the only 5th eight to row on, beating several third and fourth eights in the process!

W3 will take a place in First and Third history as the first (hopefully of many!) third women's crew to take part in the Lents.

Good luck to both crews, and those with permanent places, in the Bumps next week.
13th Jun '06May Bumps Racing Newsby mcp
The May Bumps run this week, from Wednesday to Saturday. Here on our website, we are running our traditional results services and our new bumps prediction game, BumpIT. Follow the links from the front page for all the info!

The Bumps are superb for spectating, so even if you aren't rowing it's well worth making the effort to get down to the river! Here are the division times:
Division Wed-Fri Sat 
M 1      19:45   17:45 
M 2      18:15   16:15 
M 3      16:45   14:45 
M 4      15:15   13:15 
M 5      13:45   11:45 
M 6      13:00   11:00 
W 1      19:00   17:00 
W 2      17:30   15:30 
W 3      16:00   14:00 
W 4      14:30   12:30 
W 5      13:00   11:00 
We have directions for how to get to the river on the site and also some tips on where to stand which can be found in our guide to the bumps - again follow the links from the front page!

On this thread on the message board will appear whatever news is posted from mobile phones during the week, and hopefully various other bits of news and banter as the racing unfolds.

We very much hope that you will enjoy the First and Third site during the Mays and that the mix of results, reports, pictures and predictions conveys something of the excitement of this truly fantastic event. And our thanks must go to all the members who put time in to update it with their accounts and pictures of the racing.

All the very best to everyone who is rowing, coxing or coaching - and of course especially to First and Third. Row hard. (28 replies...)
11th Feb '07Clean sweep for FaTby bjg
The recent Robinson Head was very successful for First and Third, with the club winning all four categories (men's and women's eights, men's and women's lower eights). This made the prizegiving ceremony very enjoyable, even if lacking in variety. Until recently, this was considered to be the best indicator of bumps performance, but the tide of opinion has recently turned, so let's hope for similar successes at Pembroke Regatta!
8th Dec '06Mich term round-upby ELT
The term started well with training beginning before lectures had even started and consistent coaching laying the groundwork for success in fours. The first weeks were very hectic with novice tubbing schedules running all day every day.

The Autumn Head provided the first indication of our form relative to other crews. The women's first IV showed their strength by winning outright, and the men's crews all put in creditable performances; notably the Light IV, second to LMBC by a tantalising 2s margin, and the Second Coxed IV who (even handicapped by a considerable amount of extra weight in the cox's seat) won their category by a very long way! The men's first VIII also showed they were on the pace, trailing the winners by just 6 seconds.

In the University Fours, the men's fours were unlucky to be knocked out relatively early on, although the difficult draw certainly provided some good racing. The women's second four were taken down by Emma II in an eventful race which was not decided until very late. The first women then demonstrated their loyalty to the club, taking revenge by promptly thrashing Emma I in the final with a three length margin. A further set of university medals which confirms First and Third's continued dominance of the women's fours.

Meanwhile, the lower boats captains and a group of dedicated coaches had been working their (gold) socks off to bring a new set of novices up to scratch in time for the Novice Regatta season. After fantastic results from the women who came third in Queens' Ergs (not to mention one All Time Queens' Ergs Record from Corinne Vannatta), and the gruelling training schedules endured by the men, we were expecting great things and were not to be disappointed. Emma Sprints and Clare Novice Regatta saw our finest men, women and penguins in action on the river with their spangly new JP Morgan club tshirts. This culminated after several days of eventful racing with the First Novice Men bringing home the prestigious Clare Novice Regatta Cup. An awesome result and very well deserved.

The last event of term, Fairbairns, a 5k head race for senior eights and shorter distances for fours and novices, saw no fewer than 17 entries from First and Third and Black Prince. The novices were first up to prove they could go the distance and did so in style, the men's Second Novice eight winning their category and coming sixth overall, just 30 seconds behind the First Novice Men who came third. Both crews then raced again the following day as new seniors, beating various (real) senior eights in the process! The First Novice Women rowed well to come tenth and the lower boats also did very well, including one composite eight with Homerton, an unusual but highly successful initiative. Again, the First Novice Women took on the challenge of Senior Fairbairns and rose to it, beating Newnham II as the only third eight in the race.

Good fours results earlier in term led to a double victory for First and Third in the men's and women's Fairbairn Fours, but unfortunately both first eights missed out by a margin of just 10 seconds to the eventual winners, Jesus. Nevertheless, both defeated the crews ahead of them in the Lents and will be looking forwards to maintain and extend this lead next term. The second eights, both a little beset by issues with availabilities and the flag, raced well and beat several other second eights (and the men several first eights!).

All told, it has been a very good term of racing and I look forward to seeing what we are capable of next term. Well rowed, First and Third!
5th Dec '06Scullers Headby SJB
Congratulations to Jon Davies who came 5th overall, and won the S3 pennant, at the Scullers Head in London at the weekend. In unusally flat conditions, Jon was posted a faster time than that of the S1 and S2 winners, only 1 minute outside the course record.
4th Nov '06Women win University IVsby 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 '06Head of the Charlesby 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 '06The Lents - news updatesby 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...)

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