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24th Sep '03Updateby mcp
Am fixing an issue involving official crew lists... whilst I do this, aspects of the results & crews sections will most likely stop working temporarily and no one will be able to update the site with any results or crews. Apologies for any inconvenience! (1 reply...)
23rd Sep '03History of First Trinityby mcp
In 1908, Walter William Rouse Ball, a mathematics lecturer and fellow of Trinity College, compiled a short history of First Trinity Boat Club. Both the Trinity College Library and the University Library hold copies. I looked it up when researching the club's crest and having found it interesting thought it might be nice to have it online.

And so here it is (in the Club->History section).

I realise not everyone will find themselves inclined to read it, but there are at least a few comedy stories worth looking up - e.g. the 4th VIII's exploits 1850-57.

The top of page contents summary is something I have added - suggestions for improvement would be welcomed, as would typing mistakes.

The book's final chapter contains data and crew lists for the winners of various races; this will be appended in due course. (2 replies...)
24th Jun '03New creditsby mcp
In preparation for handing over day to day running to Ian over the next few weeks, there is a new site credits page ;-)

It's actually quite cool - found bits of the 1997 website that are still here word for word. There is also an 80 (!) long list of the members who have written race reports or submitted pictures so far...
19th Jun '032nd May VIII Songby mjb
The widely-acclaimed rip-off of Pulp's "Common People," as performed by the 2nd May VIII at the 2003 Mays' Dinner, has been transferred to a web-friendly interface and has been added to the 'songs' page in the club traditions section of the website.
You can go here to view the masterpiece and download the cheesy midi backing track.
12th Jun '03New Photo Galleryby mcp
After a sad absence for the last year, we have a new photo gallery. :-) There is still a lot to do to bring over the archive of old pictures into it, but hopefully it will do the business for the Mays!

Any problems or suggestions gratefully received, particularly since it and the members' photo upload page have been put together just since last Sat; there are, no doubt, all kinds of things which don't work!

Ta! (6 replies...)
16th Jun '03One minute gunby mcp
Ever seen one of the starting cannons firing? If not - now's your chance. I've put up a little video clip of the one minute gun... (There is also a little link to it from within the bumps section.)

I think that sometimes, particularly for the start when it's wet, he fires two or even the three at once, to allow for mis-fires. However, for the four minute and one minute guns the usual thing seems to be to use just one. On the soundtrack you can also hear the Senior Umpire, Pete Convey - taken aback by the sound of it even after all these years! ;-)
23rd May '03The Weatherby mcp
I have done a small update of the general info page, including a brief weather forecast.

It's experimental at the moment, but it would be possible to put a little weather icon next to the flag on the front page, for example, which could link straight to it if people said it might be useful. (6 replies...)
9th Jun '03WAP results back on lineby boffin
I am planning to repeat the wap results service for the May Bumps - this is just a quick note to announce that the WAP site has been updated and is ready for action!

The address is http://www-bc.trin.cam.ac.uk/wap/
On Nokia phones, you go to Services then Go to Address and type it in. Maybe someone could enter some instructions for other makes of phones? (3 replies...)
29th May '03Cat and Buns etcby mcp
The origins and significance of the club's two-shield emblem strike me as interesting - particularly since we use that and the Cat and Buns on their own interchangeably.

When I put together the logo for this website I did a little bit of research - and have written it up for a page in the Club section. (6 replies...)
27th Feb '03Machine Failureby mcp
At 1:15 last night the boatclub's server suffered a motherboard failure.

However, we are back up and running with a reserve machine.... Roll on day 3!!!!

(Fingers crossed this one will hold out....) (2 replies...)
9th Dec '02Annual Record '01 - '02by mcp
Every year the outgoing overall club Captain writes an account of the year's results for the college's Annual Record. The reports since 1995 are here on the website and are now joined by John Earl's story of the highs and lows of last year.
1st Oct '02Web server downby jpd
The web server will be down while I find it a new home, as I am moving out of college. Hopefully this will be for less than an hour, but it might not be online again until tomorrow. (1 reply...)
18th May '02Electionsby mcp
Andrew Fisher has decided to stand for Men's Captain, this means that there are now two contested positions (Men's and Overall captain) so everyone has to come and vote!!

The new manifesto is on the elctions page, although a scan isn't because I haven't got hold of it yet!

See everyone tomorrow.
17th May '02Election Manifestosby mcp
I have added the manifestos received by Anna so far to the Committee -> Elections page.

There may be one or two errors at the moment - haven't had long to rigorously check all the automatic text conversion.
9th May '02Electionsby mcp
The deadline for election manifestos is next Wednesday - anyone considering standing might like to see last year's manifestos which are under 'Committee->Elections'.
2nd May '021st and 3rd in Dublinby mcp
The club recently organised a trip to train for a week on Blessington Lake in Ireland and row in Trinity Regatta on the Liffe in Dublin.
Sally has written a little bit about the experience and JPD has sent me some pictures.
Various other pictures have been promised - watch this space! (2 replies...)
28th Apr '02Last Lents picturesby mcp
Our thanks must go to Richard for so many brilliant pictures of the Lent bumps. Sorry they've taken so long - that's my fault!

This latest additions takes the number of pictures from the Lents to a staggering 350!

I have also added the club's results from the Head of the River race, and would like to add bits from the small boats races. I do need help in keeping the website up to date with interesting things - if you ever have pictures or race results or reports, please just drop me a quick email.
8th Mar '02JET photosby mcp
I hijacked the JET proofs for long enough to add them to the photo gallery. Hope no one minds too much!
These pictures may be purchased and framed by heading down to the boathouse, where jmg has left the various order forms and proofs.
2nd Mar '02More pictures of bumpingby mcp
Many thanks to Rich Spencer for coming up to take lots of great pictures. Unlikely last year he is not working for John Thompson so we get to see them all. Some good ones of our crews - currently just from Thursday.

They've been added to the Gallery.
28th Feb '02Pictures of bumpingby mcp
Bit of a measly collection, at this stage, unfortunately - but there are 4 pictures in the gallery of the Lents now, of the 2nd women bumping Caius on their first day.

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