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| 3rd Mar '03 | Lent Bumps round-up | by AHLF |
| This term FaT were able to put out 5 men's VIIIs and 2 women's VIIIs. The 5th Men's VIII and 2nd Women's VIII both put in very creditable performances in the Getting-on-Race, but sadly failed to qualify. The 4th Men had a very good, though ultimately slightly annoying week. On the first day they bumped up from Head of the 4th division, after rowing over. They then bumped on their second and third days, leaving them on track for blades. They were closing down Sidney II ahead of them, but had a slight incident with the bank, and fell victim to the over-bump from Caius III. However, we are still one of only two clubs with a 4th boat on the river. LMBC IV was considerably below us and won spoons... The 3rd Men showed themselves to be very competent early on in term. They always knew they were fast, and so it was no surprise when they bumped on the first 2 days inspite of Clare II's best efforts to block the river. On the third day they were left all alone, with the boats behind them impeded by Clare II and the boats in front of them all having bumped out. On the final day another piece of river-blocking from Clare II resulted in a technical row-over even though they had gained on Pembroke II. The 2nd Men had perhaps the hardest job of all of our crews. Starting behing a very fast LMBC II crew and in front of a ludicrously lowly placed Peterhouse I, it was never going to be easy. They held Peterhouse at a canvas from before Grassy, but finally succumbed just round Ditton. On the second day they rowed over comfortably ahead of King's setting them up to chase a very slow Downing on the third day. Unfortunately disaster struck. They were blown by a gust of wind with 5 seconds to go, and went straight into the bank while King's rowed past. On the last day they closed on King's but it was never going to be enough to get them before they got Downing. Fate was not kind to the 2nd Men, but they can take comfort from the fact that they are without doubt the second best 2nd boat on the river. The 1st Women had not really had a chance to prove themselves before the bumps. However they were very keen and met the challenge head-on. They put in a good row on the first day. Sidney bumped Catz behind them and they were never in any danger from the sandwich-boat. Ahead Girton were always just a bit too far away. On the second day the Sidney cox left his life-jacket at the boathouse, so Catz were awarded a technical bump. Again FaT rowed over comfortably, though with a little less determination than the first day. The third day was almost a carbon copy of the first with Sidney again bumping Catz. By this time the crew was getting a little bored of rowing over... The fourth day saw them chasing New Hall who were facing spoons. A very powerful effort from FaT saw New Hall bumped opposite the Plough. Sidney were nowhere. This is the first time in 5 years that FaT W1 have gone up in the Lents. Congratulations. M1 have been looking fast all term. They won the Head to Head, Head of the Nene as S3, and Robinson Head. The question was never were they faster than the other crews, but were they faster by enough. An overhead crab on the first day when only 1/4 length off LMBC left us limping home holding Emma off with no difficulty, but unable to close on LMBC. On the second day they made ammends and hit LMBC just after Ditton. They were now chasing Caius who were Head. The plan on the 3rd day was to race the course at our own pace. It didn't work. The rowing was by no means the best they have produced and they never closed inside distance. They knew something special would be required on the final day. A tremendous start saw the gap from Caius down to 1/3 length around Grassy. Sadly it was just too much to ask, and FaT began to fade a little into the reach. At the same time Caius put in a huge push. They closed slightly at the end, but Caius finished comfortably ahead. It was a great effort by the fastest College boat on the Cam, but sadly not quite enough. Well done to everyone. I had a great week, and I hope you enjoyed yourselves too. Things look good for the Mays... | ||
| 7th Feb '03 | FaT win Robinson Head ! | by mjb |
| The Lent VIII won comfortably, beating Headship holders Caius by a margin of 1s and dispatching the rest of the field with ease. The 2nd VIII lost out to a crew from LMBC, but beat no fewer than five first boats, finishing in a creditable 9th place; the 3rd VIII were the fastest 3rd VIII - beating a host of 2nd boats and finshed 16th overall. The 4th VIII came 30th, the only 4th boat to enter the race. The Women's VIII finished 12th in their division. Full results and race reports will soon be up in the Results section. | ||
| 6th Feb '03 | Cuppers Karting | by sat |
| I don't have any more details now, but I'm sure a full race report will be posted when they get back. (1 reply...) | ||
| 1st Feb '03 | HoNene - Won S3 8+ | by jwe |
| The men's first eight won S3 eights at the Head of the Nene, being fastest Cambridge college crew in 18:39 (2nd college was Downing with 19:06). They were only 5s slower than the fastest S2 crew and placed 5th overall. | ||
| 27th Jan '03 | Fastest Head2Head | by mcp |
| We had two crews competing in Saturday's Head2Head timetrial organised by Cambridge City Rowing Club. The men's 1st VIII posted the fastest time of the day. Caius, starting Head in the Lent Bumps, went faster on the first leg of the two part race but were dispatched on the second to finish 10 seconds down overall. The 2nd VIII finished well relative to other 2nd boats (beaten only by the matched crews of LMBC) and finished in the middle of the crews due to be racing around them in the 2nd division of the Lent Bumps. The Results section has been updated with a summary of the full results. | ||
| 2nd Dec '02 | Clare Novices | by mcp |
| Four of the club's new novice crews - comprising mostly first years - raced in the Clare Novice Regatta last week. There were some very good results, with three of the crews making their semi-finals! Thanks go to Matt and Helen for posting the details on the website - here. Note that any club member can post results like this - if you do want to add your own comments about a race or help keep the site up to date like this simply go to Results -> Enter Results and follow the links! (If necessary events can be added to this page by going to Website -> Events.) | ||
| 23rd Nov '02 | FaT WIN Emma Sprints | by RJN |
| The 2nd VIII won Emma Sprints in style. The first race consisted of a small head start for our opposition (which bow 4 decided to ignore). We were winning too easily so we raced against them in IVs for msjority of the course. The second round saw us face some Emma Novices, similar tactics were used, although bow pair took on the 8 Emma novices for a good few strokes, and managed to hold them off. Our third race was a grudge match, as we took on the Pembroke boat that took out the other Trinity Crew. We beat them too. In the final we took on the might of Clare's mixed crew. It was a slightly closer race, but we still won easily. What can I say, we had the sticks of power on our side! | ||
| 17th Nov '02 | Winter Head Results | by mcp |
| Several 1st and 3rd crews raced in the Cambridge Winter Head on Saturday. Our results may be found here. The 1st men's VIII, with their sights set on the Fairbairns, were 2nd fastest college behind Caius. The 1st novice men and both women's novice crews rowed - experiences which will be really useful for the Clare Novices and Novice Fairbairns. The 1st women's IV also entered and, joined by some recent leavers (members of the 'old boys' club - Black Prince Boat Club), won Senior 3 VIIIs. (1 reply...) | ||
| 7th Nov '02 | Men's 2nd 4 wins Uni IVs | by AHLF |
| Congratulations to the Men's 2nd 4+ on their victory today, and on their winning the competition. Yet another indication that there are great things in store for us this year... | ||
| 19th Aug '02 | Commonwealth Regatta | by jpd |
| Emily Booker, rowing in the English Women's Lightweight Quad, won a gold medal. They beat Wales by two lengths, who beat Northern Ireland by a similar margin. Simon Knight was also racing in the Welsh Men's Eights, but unfortunately was not so successful. Congratulations to them both, hopefully forging the path for others from the club on to the international rowing scene. (1 reply...) | ||
| 19th Jun '02 | May Bumps | by mcp |
| The results for all our crews can be found in full on the May Bumps results page. Our top crews performed well - the May VIII stayed level at 9th, whilst the 2nd, 3rd and 5th VIIIs all rose comfortably. The women's 1st VIII went up 1. Many of the lower crews suffered, but the club is proud of everyone's efforts - most notably those of the 4th VIII - who remained the highest 4th VIII on the river - and the 6th VIII who avoided spoons with a gutsy and exciting row on the final day. Well done to everyone involved. Watch this space for photos and other additions including the famous 2nd VIII song! (1 reply...) | ||
| 9th Jun '02 | Peterborough Summer | by jpd |
| 2nd VIII in MS4 8+
With John Earl and Joe Grundy subbing for Matt Byrne and Hugh Colvin/Martin Peck In our heat we had a strong row to come second to Emma I (the Head Crew) by only 1 second in a time of 3:09 (only 3 seconds off the MS4 8+ course record)! Heat winners went straight into the Final, second place to the repercharge. In the repercharge, we again had a good row, although not as aggressive as in the first race. We lost to Winchester School. Stern IV in MN 4+ In the largest event of the day with 20 entries Our heat was our first race of the day. We had a very good start and surged to a very smooth 38. After 300m we were 2 lengths up on our opposition, at which point the rate dropped and we held our lead to win our heat in 3:37. In the semi, with two crews going through to the final, and with Will and I trebling up, we had decided that if we were a comfortable second after 500m we would just aim to hold that. In the race, despite being second at 500m we pushed through our opposition to take the lead. At 750m, they had obviously taken the rate down to save themselves for the final. We followed their change to remain about a length in front. In the final, as in our heats, we lost ground off the start. At 500m Sam told us we were rowing through them, and despite two near-boatstopping incidents between then and the line we pushed all the way to take the win in 3:24 (the course record for MN 4+). MS4 4+ In the heat (from Cox): Sam Adams, Henry Clouting, Will Thorne, Maris Goldmanis, Dan Walker. Jon Davies for Henry Clouting in the repercharge. I didn't see the heat, but from what I could gather the crew had a technical row to claim second, and a place in the repercharge. The repercharge was not a great race - we had jumped straight from the VIII to the IV, with Will and I having done the MN 4+ just before that. The boat felt very heavy, and at 600m it was obvious we were out of contention, so we took the rate down to save ourselves. | ||
| 26th May '02 | Nines Regatta | by mcp |
| The 2nd men won yet more pots today!! Well done, guys. Our results in the the Cambridge 99s regatta may be found here - our thanks to John Earl for collating all the information from the day. | ||
| 14th May '02 | Successes at the weekend | by mcp |
| Congratulations to the third men's VIII who won pots (handsome glass bottomed pewter tankards) at the Cam sprints on Sunday. Success was also enjoyed by John and Neil in a pair, and Sarah and Sally who rowed with recent club leavers in a IV.
First and Third was also represented in the Head2Head (John Earl in his single scull!), and at Bedford on Saturday, where the women's 1st VIII and the men's 2nd VIII gained yet more race experience. (2 replies...) | ||
| 7th May '02 | Beginning of term racing | by mcp |
| The Head of the Cam and Nottingham City Regatta were both last weekend. Our men's 2nd VIII travelled to Nottingham and enjoyed some exciting side by side racing, and was also pleased to post better times than Downing II.
The men's lower boats squad fielded two crews for the Head of the Cam in Cambridge, and the women's squad, one. Our website has been updated with all the relevant results. | ||
| 9th Mar '02 | Womens Head of the River | by mcp |
| Because of yet more gusty winds, the Women's Head of the River Race, which our 1st women's VIII travelled down to row in today, has been cancelled.
It is a great shame particularly since college women's crews never usually have the chance to row it, because it often clashes with the final day of the Lent Bumps. | ||
| 4th Mar '02 | The Lents | by mcp |
| The Lent Bumps last week saw a good deal of success for 1st & 3rd.
The men's 1st VIII saw its first bump in Lents or Mays in two years. It turned itself around after dropping to both Caius and Maggie, to end up third on the river - down just one place after bumping Emmanuel on Saturday. The other men's crews also performed well, rising two or more despite loosing a day's racing due to heavy winds. Unfortunately, luck did not go the way of the women's 1st VIII - which was hampered by obstruction ahead for most of the week and overall also fell one. The women's 2nd VIII enjoyed themselves by rising a well earned two places in their three days. Our website has descriptions of all the races and plenty of pictures of our crews and other boats on the river. Many thanks to Richard Spencer, Jonathan Davies and Chris Stone for providing most of them - and there are more to follow soon. There are also some pictures from the Boat Club Dinner and bop - thank you jpd. | ||
| 22nd Feb '02 | Getting-on-Race | by arr |
| Two women's crews, the 2nd and 3rd VIIIs both competed in the Getting-on-Race this afternoon, racing other college lower boats to try and win places in the Lent Bumps next week.
The 2nd VIII, who have been performing to a high level recently, had a very controlled row, despite a slight incident approximately 15 strokes from the end. Their race was well together and powerful, and showed good potential for the remainder of this term, and next. The 3rd VIII, who until last night didn't exist, and only today had their first outing (the race), had a brilliant row, including a nice little scrap with a Christs men's VIII about 100m from the finish line. RTT, complete with CULRC lycra, showed surprising competency in his coxing, and steered a good line around the corners, helping his crew to register a very respectable time. Well done to all those who raced today, especially the 3rd VIII, many of whom were dragged in at short notice! (1 reply...) | ||
| 9th Feb '02 | Robinson Head | by mcp |
| Congratulations must go to the women's 2nd VIII who missed penants by a mere 4 seconds yesterday - beating the men's crew and finishing just 8 seconds behind the 1st VIII... an impressive performance.
I'll add the results to our site tomorrow, but the official results are here. (1 reply...) | ||
| 16th Feb '02 | Pembroke Regatta | by mcp |
| Having watched most of the day's races, I have uploaded details of our crews' performances in today's Pembroke Regatta. Head to "Results" to see them.
Note that at present all the reports and opinions are my own and are not officially endorsed; if you wish to make any additions or changes simply use the feedback page! Whilst it hasn't been the most spectacularly successful day, watching the races from the towpath is brilliant fun - well worth the trip if you are ever able to. | ||
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