March 2008
Lent Bumps
M1 down 4 final position - 7th, Division I
W1 up 1 4th, Division I
M2 down 3 5th, Division II (3rd highest second VIII)
W2 up 3 12th, Division II (5th highest second VIII)
M3 down 4 15th, Division III (3rd highest third VIII)
February 2008
Peterborough Head:
W1 7 / 15 W.SEN.3 category
Robinson Head:
M2 14 / 35 (5th of men's second VIIIs)
Bedford Head:
M1 5 / 11 SEN.4 category, 9 / 16 SEN.3
W1 3 / 6 W.SEN.3, 5 / 5 W.SEN.2
W2 7 / 12 W.NOV, 11 / 13 W.SEN.4
Pembroke Regatta
M1 knocked out by Clare in semi-finals
W1 knocked out by First and Third in the final
M2 knocked out by Emma II in first round
W2 knocked out by Pembroke II in quarter-finals
M3 knocked out by Jesus III in first round
January 2008 Cambridge Head to Head Men's VIII 12 / 28
November 2007
Cambridge Winter Head (results for collegecrews only)
M1 7th men's first VIIIs
W1 (4+) 4th women's IVs
M2 5th
Men's Novice A 9th
Men's Novice B 22nd
Women's Novice A 6th
Women's Novice B 13th
Fairbairns
M1 14th / 63 (9th excluding CUBC and CULRC)
W1 (4+) 3rd / 22
M2 23rd / 63 (3rd of college second VIIIs)
Men's Novice A 7th / 73
Women's Novice A 2nd / 63
Men's Novice B 26 / 73
Women's Novice B 38 / 63
Men's Novice C 60 / 73
Women's Novice C 55 / 63
Men's Novice D 56 / 73
Newnham Short Course 2007:
W1:
"Caius Women Dominate Newnham Short Course". This headline in "The Cambridge Student" pretty much says it all: after only two weeks rowing together as crew, W1 put in a strong performance in our first race of Lent term to win the senior division of Newnham Short Course, beating LMBC into second place by 10 seconds.
Everyone's commitment to the race was evident by the amount of power being laid down, the sheer amount of it making up for any lack of experience we had racing together at higher rates. (Comparisons to a 'freight train' were overheard on the banks. Make of it what you will, but I think we can safely assume we looked quite speedy!) After a very aggressive start, we managed to keep up the power throughout the 1600m course, keeping the rate at around 32 and recovering well from a slight upset around grassy. There are certainly improvements to be made before Bumps, but this race provided a well-deserved boost of confidence to our new crew and a great start to what will surely be a very successful term for Caius W1.
Go the Mighty Caius!
October 2007
Uni IVs W1 Knocked out by Downing in the quarter finals
Belgrade 2006:
At 4:30 am 10 members of CBC converged on the National Express bus depot ready to set off on our weekends racing in Belgrade. After the debacle that was National Express and their incredible rude treatment of our team we decided to set off to Heathrow in taxis, not a great start to the weekend! Upon arrival at Heathrow we met the Oxford Brookes crew and the GB representative for the races Julian Bewick. The flight went smoothly and we touched down into Belgrade bang on schedule. Our first day was spent in a huge media circus meeting all sorts of officials of Belgrade, FISU and big names in rowing. We were all overwhelmed by the attention we received. Will Hoppitt, our coach for the trip, was interviewed on national TV and later so was I in city hall. We were seen by many to be a 'Cambridge crew' despite many times insisting we were Caius; I guess the huge CAIUS on all our kit was not enough to get the point across. The next day was the first day of races, with a 500m qualifying heat followed by a 500m final. We were to compete on a 2000m by 500m beautiful rowing lake complete with grand stand and 100ft. fountain. We were given an old, but still race-worthy, empacher shell. However it did lack a cox-box system, as did many of our competitors' boats. Poor Alyssia, our Cox, lost her voice by the end of the weekend with all the shouting she had to do! The blades we were given were a combination of three different sets all geared differently with different coloured spoons, half of us were Croatian the other half Serbian according to our blades! After a bit of re-rigging and messing with the boat we hit the water. During the warm up pieces the boat 'somehow' managed to lose its rudder, and hit a stationary stake boat, a disastrous warm-up was not part of the plan! Perhaps the lack of a cox-box was to blame. . . Ultimately we had to borrow another boat and set of blades due to the damage in order to take part in the first qualifying stage, all of which was aired live on Serbian National TV. We got off to a bit of a shaky start, I think nerves upset some of the guys as most of the crew had never been in a multiple lane regatta before, especially not one live on TV! We were just getting our rhythm together and earning back ground we had lost on the other crews when yet another disaster struck, the collar of one of our blades came off and we were forced to retire. At the time it seemed that our luck could not get any worse and we were very dejected by the time we pulled back in. That night our hosts put on a fantastic party in a nearby rowing club and we were treated to some real Serbian hospitality. We didn't party too hard, because the next morning was the 2000m races in which we were hoping to redeem ourselves and prove what Caius rowing can do even against big university competition. The next morning our boat had been repaired and we were back on the lake, ready and eager to show what we were capable of. The 2000m final loomed before us, again live on national television. Our start was a little shaky, but not as bad as the day before, and the crews pulled away from us a little. But soon we settled into our 'Caius' rhythm and began reeling the other crews in, after about 500m the lack of fitness started to show but we battled on, keeping the rate high and the power on. We managed to scare the other crews on the river a little with our leg's pushes. Without the cox box we had developed a system whereby Alyssia would call a 'leg's in 2', then I at five would shout 'legs', then on the next stroke the whole crew would shout 'legs' in unison and we could really feel the boat surge. I think we also got a morale boost from the stunned looks on the faces of spectators and the other crews as our entire crew shouted out 'legs' together! We held onto our ground and managed to finish second in our final. In typical Caius style we beat the current World University Champions, the University of Warsaw, by over a length! The rest of that day was spent celebrating not only a great success on the lake, but also a great weekend overall. Many thanks again to the GB representative Julian Bewick, to our hosts and organizing committee of the International University Regatta and our congratulations to the University of Belgrade who won both races. Brendan O'Donoghue Captain |
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