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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...)
3rd Apr '05	Lent Term roundup	by ALC
First and Third entered a very impressive 6 men's VIIIs and 4 women's VIIIs into this year's Lent Bumps. The 5th and 6th men's VIIIs unfortunately didn't get on, but the 5ths were the fastest non-qualifiers and were very unfortunate to just miss out on being the only 5th boat in the Bumps. The 3rd and 4th women also put in a valiant effort, but didn't get on. W2 got on comfortably and were all set for an exciting Bumps, but due to a series of unfortunate circumstances beyond their control, things just didn't quite go to plan and they rowed over. W1 really stole the show, going up a tremendous 6 places to their highest ever place on the river. Some fantastic rowing leading to some well-deserved blades! Many thanks go to Iain Law for all his efforts in coaching them. The men's lower boats were fantastic last term, showing a superb level of training and commitment. The 4th VIII were unlucky to go down 2, whilst the relatively experienced 3rd (gent's) VIII narrowly missed out on blades, going up 3. This year we tried a new idea of keeping the majority of the 1st novices as a crew through into Lent Term, and they raced as the 2nd VIII. These guys really showed a great attitude towards their training, and with the help of Tom Rose, came through as an excellent team. Come the races, they were unfortunate to get caught up in Wolfson's misshaps. Clearly the stronger crew, Wolfson bumped them, then had equipment failure the next day, causing us to unexpectedly 'row past', only for them to bump back on the last day. The 2nd VIII also went on to put a very repectable performance in the HoRR, coming 286th overall and 15th in the novice division. The 1st men once again started behind a Caius crew which had been looking a little unsettled throughout the term, but had suddenly made 2 substitutions a week before Bumps and were therefore a bit of an unknown quantity, as were Downing. It was quickly clear that the subsititutions had really helped Caius and that Downing were never going to pose much of a problem. It is dissappointing that we couldn't get Caius in the end (particularly for those members of the crew for whom it was the 2nd or 3rd year they'd tried), but all the hard work and commitment showed by the crew was definitely worth it. We certainly reinforced our solid 2nd place on the river and will be ready and waiting for Caius next year.
17th Mar '05	STCS	by jrts
The weather was perfect for the Challenge Sculls this year - cool, sunny, and with a firm head-wind adding interest and pain down the Reach. FaT put on a good show: forming 2/3 of the Clinker division (sadly the lower 2/3); entering every event (even the ladies doubles without having been out together before); and Graham Sills stroked his way to 3rd in the Mens Singles in 12:11. Whether or not people took the traditional scenic route, I hope 'twas all good fun :p
28th Feb '05	Lent Bumps Results	by cema
Up-to-the-minute news from our correspondents on the towpath.... (21 replies...)
25th Feb '05	W2 get on	by KSS
W2 get on
21st Nov '04	BIRC 2004	by gf
Have spotted the following FaT people on the BIRC results page. Apologies if I've missed others or should have used some cunning part of the website's results service to register these... 6:36.3 S Robson (3rd of 25 in 35-39 Lwt) 6:45.7 S Blackburn (79th of 158 in Open) 6:45.9 G Sills (11th of 47 in BUSA Lwt) 6:51.3 A Hogley (93rd of 158 in Open)
7th Nov '04	Head of the River Fours	by jpd
First and Third men came 249th in 21:40, making them the fastest Cambridge college crew ahead of Clare by just over a second and beating a Granta crew in the process. First and Third women came 447th in 23:39, placing them second of the Cambridge college women's crews behind Magdalene (who beat three Osiris crews!). Black Prince men came 213th in 21:22 whilst Black Prince women came 488th in 24:27. Elsewhere, the first three coxless crews belong to CUBC whilst the first two coxed crews belong to OUBC so all bets are off for the Boat Race, although Cambridge have a slight early edge for the reserve race; CUBC V won S1+, whilst Isis IV won S2+. CULRC and CUWBC both have work to do as their Oxford counterparts put on a strong showing; Osiris crews won WS2+ and WS3+ academic pennants. Black Prince also have work to do as Boar's Head won the W3+ club category. (26 replies...)
2nd Nov '04	Queens' ergs	by cema
Both novice men and women will be in action at Queens' this evening. This is the first big event for most novices and any club support would be welcome. The event is held in the Fitzpatrick Hall at Queens' from 16.30 until 23.30 (1 reply...)
31st Oct '04	University Fours week	by mcp
We have five crews racing this week in the University IVs. For the crews and the results through the week check out our Uni IVs results page. The CUCBC website gives full details of the draw (pdf file) and timetable. Our crews would be delighted to have support for their races. The 1st women and 2nd and 3rd men's IVs begin tomorrow: 1st women, 1st division: 1.40pm vs. Trinity Hall 2nd men, 1st division: 2pm vs. Wolfson 3rd men, 2nd division: 2pm vs. Downing II The 2nd women's IV's first race is against Emme II on Tuesday (2.30pm) and the 1st men, racing in the Light IVs, competition start on Wednesday. The 'Light IVs' is a small but prestigious division for IVs without a cox. The boats are instead steered by one of the crew via a special swivelling footplate. This is no mean feat on the narrow and twisty Cam...
7th Sep '04	Head of the Charles 2004	by SJB
Black Prince, the club for First and Third alumni, have had three entries accepted into the Head of the Charles Regatta 2004. There are two "Club" 4+ crews as well as a crew in the men's "Championship" 4+ event. The races are on the weekend of 23 and 24 October. (7 replies...)
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.

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