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Posted: Saturday 13 March 2010, 7:41PM by Lisa Meegan
W1 rounded off their Lent term in style today with a fantastic result at the Women's Eights Head of the River Race, rowed on the Tideway in London. The 6.8km (4.25 mile) race runs from Mortlake to Putney, over the Boat Race course in reverse, and presents a stiff challenge for any crew, let alone one whose main training this term has been for much shorter bumps races!
Despite this, the girls posted an impressive time of 21:05.21, ranking 113th overall. This represented an improvement of 39 places on last year's result, and saw Sidney finishing third of all the Cambridge crews racing today, with only Pembroke and First and Third posting quicker times. What's more, W1 were within a second of (and only one place behind) the fastest Oxford college of the day.
Congratulations to the girls on a fantastic end to yet another strong term!
SSBC would like to thank Tideway Scullers School for allowing us to boat from their boathouse.
Posted: Sunday 28 February 2010, 8:59PM by James Gill
Congratulations to all the SSBC who have been racing this week. Thank you, also, to all those who have made their way down to the river to support us despite the inclement weather.
With all the racing and post-race celebrating over, the final results for Lent Bumps 2010 are as follows:
M1 - Blades - Bumped Wolfson, Jesus II, Caius II and LMBC II
M2 - Up three - Bumped Anglia Ruskin II, Clare Hall and Queens' III
W1 - Up two - Bumped Fitzwilliam, Jesus II
W2 - Down one - Bumped Selwyn II, Bumped by Christ's II and Newnham II
Posted: Sunday 28 February 2010, 8:52PM by James Gill
Going into the final day we already knew that we'd produced one of the best results that a Men's first boat from Sidney had produced in several years. We also knew that we had a huge opportunity to make it an even better week and finish it off in style.
Despite starting on the outflow we pushed off perfectly straight and settled into a reasonable rhythm. Just as we were about to stride down from rating in the low forties we got our first whistle - consequently, despite Rob calling a stride it didn't really happen and we kept the rating high. In due course both second and third whistles came. However, when we reached overlap with LMBC II it seemed to take us an age to actually get the bump. However, in time, it came on First Post Corner conveniently in front of a large group of SSBC supporters.
The Bump on LMBC II marked the perfect end to the week's racing for M1, making us the first Sidney M1 to win blades in Lent Bumps for 15 years. All that was left to do was to row home in style and celebrate our success.
On behalf of M1 I'd like to express you huge gratitude to our coaches Michael Burcher, Chris Lloyd and Tim Rhodes for all their help, guidance and dedication throughout the term - we really could not have done it without you.
Posted: Friday 26 February 2010, 7:52PM by Tim Scholtes
With the wind howling all around us as we marshalled in a strong stream, M1 were well aware of the tricky conditions we faced in our third day of racing. Knowing that we were unlikely to have any pressure from Jesus II behind us, we focused all our thoughts on Caius II ahead, and importantly a below par LMBC II in front of them.
As the deafening gun echoed under the Motorway Bridge around us, we started solidly winding to the low forties before settling into a strong rhythm, quickly drawing within distance to Caius II. To our dismay however, Caius's bank party were already signalling two whistles - they'd drawn to within a canvas of LMBC II, and were close to victory, all before first-post corner.
With the horrible threat of a row-over into a stonking headwind looming large, we made our move winding again to 42 and a length off their stern, hoping that Caius II would be unable to withstand our relentless assault on their stern.
We got lucky, and in the words of our coach Michael Burcher, Caius II crashed 'a lot' into the inside of first-post corner - whether it was due to our renewed attack flustering their rowers, or perhaps their cox was too busy thinking up her next article for the TAB, we'll never know, but I'd like to think that our gargantuan push had something to do with it. All that was left was for us to fly past their nearly stationary boat, and watch the rest of the division go by.
With 'it' all to play for, tomorrow will be a decisive day. Caius II will be looking for revenge, and LMBC II must be wetting themselves.
Posted: Friday 26 February 2010, 4:58PM by Lisa Meegan
Today saw a return to the river for W2, and the two first boats were also in action.
Sadly the day began with the first bump against Sidney of this Lents, when W2 unfortunately went down to a strong Christ's II boat. However, fortunes quickly turned for SSBC, with W1 finally able to prove their speed with a rapid bump on Fitz before reaching First Post Corner. M1 wrapped up another good day by making it 3 bumps from 3, coming off best in a tight three boat sandwich which saw Caius II ahead also gaining on LMBC II.
Full results for the day:
M1 - Bumped Caius II
W1 - Bumped Fitzwilliam I
W2 - Bumped by Christ's II
Going in to the fifth and final day, M1 and M2 are both up three, while W1 are up 1 and W2 are level.
Good luck to all crews for tomorrow, which promises an exciting day of racing (and hopefully bumping!) for SSBC.
Posted: Thursday 25 February 2010, 7:27PM by Lisa Meegan
Thursday saw the two first boats back in action, along with M2 rowing their third race, and brought two more bumps and one row over for Sidney.
M2 made it up three in three days with their bump on Queens' III, before M1 also maintained a 100% record with a bump on Jesus II. W1 again made an early impression on Emma II, but the chase quickly ended when Fitz crashed to give Emma an easy bump. With the whole division bumped out ahead of them, there was nothing to chase on the overbump and W1 were forced to row over, but will be looking forward to an opportunity to chase Fitz tomorrow.
Full results for the day were:
M1 - Bumped Jesus II
W1 - Rowed Over
M2 - Bumped Queens' III
After two days of racing, M1 are up two, W1 level and W2 up one, while M2 are up three after three races.
Results so far put Sidney joint top of the points table, with only Peterhouse having accumulated as many points as us in the first three days.
M2 will get their rest day tomorrow; good luck to M1, W1 and W2 for their races!
Posted: Wednesday 24 February 2010, 6:54PM by Lisa Meegan
With Wednesday the rest day for the men's and women's second divisions, Sidney only had two boats in action today, M2 and W2.
Up first, M2 made light work of Clare Hall I with a strong early bump to put them up two in two days, while W2 were one of five closely matched crews rowing over at the head of women's division 3.
Despite only having two crews rowing today, Sidney maintained a strong position in the overall standings, with only Downing having accumulated more Michell Cup points so far this bumps.
Thursday brings a rest day for W2, but M1 and W1 will be back in action tomorrow, and M2 will be hoping to build on today's excellent performance.
Full results from Wednesday:
M2 - Bumped Clare Hall
W2 - Rowed Over
Posted: Tuesday 23 February 2010, 7:58PM by Lisa Meegan
The 2010 Lent Bumps campaign got off to an almost perfect start for Sidney, with three bumps out of four seeing us pick up 9 Michell Cup points and putting us joint top of the standings so far this bumps (with Magdalene).
The only drama of the day came in the W3 division, which was sirened early on after two crews near the top failed to clear. With W2 literally inches from a bump on Selwyn II, the sudden stop caused Kirsty Bell, sitting at bow, to be hit in the ribs by her blade. This left Kirsty unable to participate in the re-row, and thanks must go to our super-sub from Anglia Ruskin who jumped in at the last minute, enabling W2 to finish what they started on Selwyn without letting Christ's behind them make any kind of impression. We're hoping Kirsty will recover from her bruised ribs quickly enough to row again tomorrow!
M1 and M2 both produced strong, quick bumps, while W1 were a little frustrated to row over behind a gutsy Emma II and will be looking to make amends on Thursday.
Full results for the day were:
M1 - Bumped Wolfson I
W1 - Rowed Over
M2 - Bumped Anglia Ruskin II
W2 - Bumped Selwyn II
The first boats get their day off tomorrow, but M2 and W2 will be in action again (at 2pm and 2:40pm respectively). Good luck to both crews!
Posted: Tuesday 23 February 2010, 7:05PM by Mike Marsh
The first day of the first Bumps of the new decade saw Sidney M1 lining up against our Boathouse rivals Wolfson, with the BEds of Homerton behind.
All term we'd been rowing well, putting in excellent results (right up there with the big first division clubs) and building on a strong foundation from Michaelmas. Our confidence was high and we were eager to test ourselves.
Despite the weather being pretty miserable and our division running late, the row down was long and powerful. Things progressed pretty quickly down at the lock, and Sam didn't even have time to go to the loo before the 4-minute gun went! Before we knew it we were off...
The start was solid, winding high and we settled into a nice comfortable rhythm (maybe we should push it a bit harder on day 2 boys?). Coming out under the Motorway Bridge we had our first whistle. It seemed an eternity rowing down first-post reach before the secong whistle came, but a lift into the corner and a push out got us over-lapping. A final surge through the gut secured the bump well before Grassy Corner, with Homerton miles back in the distance.
Good start, let's keep it up!
Posted: Sunday 21 February 2010, 5:16PM by Lisa Meegan
Unfortunately Sidney's Getting on Race crews missed out on places on the bumps charts on Friday, but Sidney still has four crews racing this week and all of them are hotly tipped for success!
Our crews will be racing at the following times:
M1 - Tuesday at 4:40pm, Thursday to Saturday at 3:20pm
W1 - Tuesday at 4:00pm, Thursday to Saturday at 2:40pm
M2 - Tuesday to Thursday at 2:00pm, Saturday at 12:40pm
W2 - Tuesday and Wednesday at 2:40pm, Friday and Saturday at 1:20pm
All of the crews would love to see a large Sidney contingent out on the river to support them over the course of the week, so if you can spare a few hours why not come down to see how we get on.
We will also be keeping everyone up to date with results on our web site and on the blackboard in Sidney porters' lodge.
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