News and race results from Churchill College Boat Club. http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:30:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/images/M_images/favicon.ico http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk News and race results from Churchill College Boat Club. http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/summer_solstice_rowing/ A rather delayed news report, but at least it got here in the end! Right at the end of May Week there is an intermittent CCBC tradition of going rowing very early in the morning, partly to celebrate the summer solstice, but mostly to let us all have... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/may_bumps_day_4/ Congratulations to M3! The first Churchill men's crew not to go down for 3 years! Otherwise, you know, it could have gone better.M1 - Bumped by Christ's on Ditton Corner. W1 - rowed over.M2 - bumped by Peterhouse II.W2 - bumped by Sidney Sussex II.M3 - bumped Homerton. M2... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/may_bumps_day_3/ W1 pulled an excellent row-over out of the bag - everyone else...M1 - bumped by Kings on Ditton CornerW1 - rowed over (after having a rerow with just them and the boat behind)M2 - bumped by Hughes Hall (who to be fair have 6 of the Cambridge Blues rowers in... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/may_bumps_day_2/ The lower boats lead the way...M1 - bumped by First and Third II on Grassy CornerW1 - bumped by Trinity Hall M2 - bumped by Fitzwilliam IIW2 - rowed overM3 - bumped Homerton II on Grassy Corner M3 with their greenery Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/may_bumps_day_1/ Not our greatest day of Bumps ever...M1 - bumped by Emmanuel in the Gut.W1 - bumped by St. Catharine's on First Post CornerM2 - bumped by LMBC III after First Post CornerW2 - bumped by Clare Hall.M3 - bumped by Homerton II on Grassy Corner. W2 row past... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/boat_club_agm/ On Tuesday 8th June we held our Annual General Meeting. We took the opportunity to make some minor changes to our constitution (the new version can be found in the Members Area), and to discuss some plans for next year. The main purpose of the evening though was to elect... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/peterborough_regatta/ Last Sunday (6th June) M1 and W1 competed in their first off-Cam regatta for quite a long time, just up the road in Peterborough. In rowing, a regatta means side-by-side racing, and Peterborough City Rowing Club have their very own 4-lane rowing lake to hold races on! Each race was... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/champs_head/ Due to various commitments (i.e. exams), the club only entered one crew in Champs Head, which was held on Sunday 23rd May. It is a simple head race from The Plough to the Penny Ferry, a distance of around 1450m. W1 were the crew who entered, and their time was... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/spring_head_to_head/ The Spring Head to Head race is run by City of Cambridge Rowing Club. It is a two-leg head race, with the course running from the Railway Bridge to the Motorway Bridge and back again - a distance of about 2km each way. The club entered four crews and their... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/alumni_dinner/ For the last three years we have invited recent and not-so-recent alumni back to Cambridge to take part in the Head of the Cam race (see below). No rowing get-together is complete though without a boat club dinner, so we also hold a formal meal in college in the evening.... Webmaster