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19th Jun '04	May Bumps Round up	by DJH
The womens club had an outstanding set of bumps. Without a doubt they fielded the strongest squad we have had in a long time. The 3rd Women finished the week up 3, and were unlucky not to blade when Caius III hit Robinson II in front of them. No such problems for the 2nd Womens VIII who finished the week up 6 to earn their blades. A very good performance from the 1st Womens VIII as well saw them finish up 2 as sandwich boat in the 1st division, bumping Queens and Peterhouse in the process. The mens club did not have such a good time of it, however there were a number of good performances for them as well. The fellows VIII did very well, despite finishing down 4 for the week, they managed to row over twice holding off Downing V to retain a permanent place on the river for our 6th VIII and hence the 6th VIII headship. The 5th boat did well and finished up 2 for the week, unlucky to have crews bump out in front but never threatened from behind. They did manage to take the 5th boat headship from Maggie. The 4th boat continued a fairly poor run of form to get hit every day this year. The 3rd boat promised much but unfortunately failed to deliver until the last day and finished down 2 for the week. A few more outings together and I think they could have performed very well. The 2nd Mens VIII are truly the outstanding performers for the mens club though, finishing 2nd in the 2nd division and 2nd highest 2nd VIII on the river just behind Caius. Given the number of triallists returning to Caius this is a huge achievement. Meanwhile the 1st Mens VIII had an interesting week, finishing level in the end. They were disappointingly bumped by Queens on day 2, but managed to reverse that result on day 3 and very nearly had the bump on Maggie on day 4 too - but were unfortunately undone by the robinson crew two in front. (1 reply...)
8th Jun '04	May bumps results	by ipe
The May Bumps are finally here. Keep watching this thread for updates from the towpath throughout the week. (31 replies...)
8th May '04	Concept 2 Sprint Relay	by ipe
In Friday night's Concept 2 Sprint relay all participating crews from First and Third performed well. The women's boat club entered two VIIIs, which came an impressive 2nd and 5th in their division. The men also entered two VIIIs. The 1st VIII won the 1st division, a good sign for the coming term, and the 2nd VIII won the Lower division, beating several 1st boats and, more importantly, three crews from Maggie. More information can be found in the results section.
1st May '04	Head of the Cam Results	by ipe
Several First and Third crews took part in the Head of the Cam, with the 1st Women victorious in the 'Women's Other Mays' event. See the results section for details.
23rd Apr '04	Success in Small Boats	by ipe
This week saw several entries from First and Third meet with success, in the CUCBC Small Boats Regatta. Particular mention must go to Andrew Lea-Cox, who won the Maiden Sculls event, and to Alex Summers, who won the Colquhouns. See the results section for more details.
30th Mar '04	Filfth Despondent	by jmg
Our very own JPD was in action for Goldie at the weekend, losing out to a more powerful Isis crew but holding on well through the middle of the race and coming back slightly towards the end to a margin of a length and a half in Isis' favour. The blue boat went down by perhaps two thirds of a length after Oxford's very rapid start, but some aggressive steering and equally agressive bladework on the middlesex bend gave Cambridge a lead which only ever extended. By the end it was a comfortable win for Cambridge, but a dramatic race nonetheless.
18th Feb '04	Lent Bumps Results 2004	by ipe
The FaT mobile results service is back up and running ready for th 2004 Lent Bumps - see instructions for use here (44 replies...)
21st Mar '04	Filfth triumphant	by ccsi
4 FaT members were in action today in the women's and lightweights' boat races. Alas, all four finished on the losing side as Oxford again proved stronger in all five races. All the races with the exception of the Women's Blue Boat (the only one without FaT representation) were very close but in truth no Cambridge crew looked like winning. (6 replies...)
1st Mar '04	Lent Bumps round up	by DJH
First and Third entered 5 mens and 2 womens VIIIs into the Lent bumps this year. While our 5th Mens VIII did not quite manage to get on, our 2nd womens VIII proved themselves to be quite a bit quicker than in recent years as one of the fastest of the 10 crews to get on. However they then failed to make the most of bumps by hitting the crews in front of them by the motorway bridge or just after on every day. While I am sure they were disappointed not to have the opportunity to race the whole course, they will still enjoy their blades none the less. Our 4th Men also proved early speculation to be correct as they were faster than all crews around them. They have now cemented the 4th Mens VIII as the highest on the river, and likely to be the only 4th VIII with a guaranteed slot in next years races. The 3rd Mens VIII had a bit more of a tough time of it, despite closing on the crew in front on the first day they were caught around grassy corner. This put them on a slippery slope and they were hit each day. However the final bump was a slightly dubious technical bump awarded after carnage in front, despite them reopening the margin on the crew behind to almost a length. The 2nd Mens VIII have had a tough term, with an accident just before the Head of the Nene preventing them from racing in BP2 and denying them crucial water time. However for an inexperienced crew, they did very well to remain the 4th highest 2nd VIII on the river. They were only bumped once by a very large, if somewhat unrefined, CCAT crew. The Womens 1st VIII was one of the strongest womens crews we have fielded for a while. Sadly they just missed out on capitalising on this on both day 1 and day 2 chasing a fairly quick Pembroke crew, coached by none other than our own RTT! On the 3rd day Pembroke hit a Queens crew on the slide downwards, thus denying our women the chance to correct the narrow misses on the previous two days. However Saturday the crew proved just how fast they were by bumping Queens just past the motorway bridge. So although a little disappointing, not a bad result for the women, and definitely something to build on for next term. The Lent VIII was starting 2nd on the river and had Caius in front and Downing behind. What little pre-bumps indicators there were suggested that these were the three fastest crews in the division, but no one was quite sure in what order they would finish. Nerves were running high on day 1, particularly given that the Lent VIII was such an inexperienced crew. However once that gun went the crew rapidly settled into the racing mode we had trained for. This proved sufficient to open a large gap on Downing behind but unfortunately we failed to close on Caius in front. This proved the theme of the week, although an attempt on Friday to gear up and back our early race power resulted in an entertaining finish. We had again failed to hit Caius and blew at Ditton and while we had about a four length lead over Downing their race plan was slightly different. However despite them achieving overlap somewhere near Peters Posts we managed to pull away and cross the line with a small margin of clear water. We raced slightly more conservatively on Saturday and consequently showed Downing their true place cruising home several lengths clear. Overall quite a satisfying result, leaving it all to play for again next year!
20th Feb '04	Getting On Race	by JS
W2 Got on! Didn't see the race, don't know their time, but they got on, say no more. M5 unfortunately missed out on a place, as the joint 7th fastest non qualifying crew, but did well, beating a handful of 3rd crews.
11th Jun '03	May Bumps Results	by mcp
Watch this space for news from river - the results within moments via textmessages from the towpath. Any club member can post - here are the instructions. (15 replies...)
8th Feb '04	Head of the Nene	by DJH
Not a bad result. Theres still plenty of speed to get out of this crew, but it is coming.
31st Jan '04	Newnham Short Course	by ipe
The Men's First VIII won Newnham Short Course convincingly, 11 seconds ahead of second-place Tit Hall and an encouraging 33 seconds ahead of Caius, who they chase in bumps. It was also a good day for the women, who put in an excellent performance to finish third, only 15 seconds behind the current Head boat of Caius.
19th Dec '03	CUBC Trial Eights	by ipe
First and Third oarsman Jonathon Davies was selected at 6 in the 'Roses' trial eight, which beat 'Guns' by 3 3/4 lengths in a time of 18m 39s. Full details can be found on the Boat Race website here.
5th Dec '03	Fairbairns success....	by ipe
Black Prince stole the show in Senior Fairbairns, winning the Men's Invitational VIIIs, Women's Invitational VIIIs, and also the Men's and Women's Invitational IVs. First and Third also put in excellent performances, with the 3rd fastest college men's VIII, the joint 4th fastest women's IV, and the Second VIII winning the Lower VIIIs division. Full FaT results can be found in the results sections, and complete results are available from race organisers Jesus College.
4th Dec '03	Novice Fairbairns	by ipe
The results of the Novice Fairbairns have been published, the full set of times available at www.fairbairns.com. Results for First and Third crews can be found here Once again the Novice women performed exceptionally well, realising the promise of earlier in the term by finishing as the top women's boat. Congratulations to all who took part.
30th Nov '03	FaT Novices Row Fast	by mjb
Some fast FaT Novice crews raced in the Clare Novices. The 1st women's boat proved themselves the fastest crew around and were very unlucky not to make the final; the second boat won the plate competition. The men's first boat had an unfortunate crabbing incident which led to them encountering the bank whilst comfortably leading CCAT A and the second men dispatched Caius A and Corpus A before falling to a strong Clare A crew. Full results and race reports are available in the Results section. It's all looking rather rosy for Fairbairns.
27th Nov '03	Clare Novice Regatta	by ipe
The next three days see another chance for the novices of First and Third to show the rest of Cambridge who's best. Come and support them at the following times: Friday: 2.00pm 2nd Women - First round (against Sidney Sussex C) 3rd Women - First round (against Trinity Hall B) 2.30pm 2nd and 3rd Women - Second round 3.20pm 2nd and 3rd Women - Quarter Final Saturday 7.50am 1st Women - First round (against Fitzwilliam A) 9.10am 1st Men - First round (against CCAT) 2nd Men - First round (against Caius A) 10.50am 3rd Men - Quarter Final 11.30am 1st Women - Second round 12.20pm 1st and 2nd Men - Second round 1.10pm 1st Men, 2nd Men and 1st Women - Quarter Final 2.00pm ALL CREWS - Semi Final 2.50pm ALL CREWS - Final Please could as many people as possible head down to the river to support. Full details of the draw can be found on the Clare Website.
16th Nov '03	FaT Women Rock	by mjb
In the Winter Head race, the First And Third Ladies IV came first in the 'Student Senior' category and second in ARA S4 behind UEA. The 1st Novices followed this up by being the fastest college novices, coming second to Westminster (who've had a little bit longer rowing) and beating Maggie into 3rd place by 30s. The 2nd and 3rd Novices came 4th and 5th with about 2s separating them. In the men's events, the 1st Novices came second behind Magdalene, whilst the seniors were 4th best Cam college, despite rowing the race with macon blades. Fuller details of the days racing can be found in the results section (1 reply...)
12th Nov '03	Intra-FaT Erg Challenge	by ccsi
The inaugural Intra-Club Ergo challenge took place today with teams from the 3 IVs and an VIII from the novices. The Light IV won with 12:08.6 while the 2nd IV gave spirited opposition with 12:18.3. The pre-race favourites (1st IV) were hampered by the absence of an oarsman despite the efforts of Byrne who volunteered to make up by going 3 times. Special mention should be made for Chris Mycroft who pulled out a spectacular 1:24.7 and for Captain Dan who won the overall average award with 1:27.0 and 1:30.1. (3 replies...)

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