News and race results from Churchill College Boat Club. http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:10:08 +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/lent_bumps_day_5/ W1 returned to form today (yesterday actually) and had a strong row-over, while M2 pulled off a particularly epic row-over to avoid spoons...M1: Bumped by Robinson in the Gut.W1: Rowed over.M2: Rowed over.W2: Bumped by Newnham III soon after the Motorway Bridge. Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/lent_bumps_day_4/ More row-overs today, and unfortunately some more bumps (the bad kind) as well.M1: Rowed over.W1: Bumped by Newnham on First Post Corner.M2: Bumped by Robinson II on Grassy Corner.W2: Rowed over. Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/lent_bumps_day_3/ Things were looking pretty good going into today, but Trinity Hall suddenly found some speed and managed to bump W1. M1 came away with a solid row-over though.M1: Rowed over.W1: Bumped by Trinity Hall on First Post Reach. Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/lent_bumps_day_2/ Some quality rowing on show today, but we're still searching for that elusive first bump!M1: Bumped by Girton on Grassy corner.W1: Rowed over.M2: Bumped by ARU (aka CCAT) on Plough Reach.W2: Rowed over. Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/lent_bumps_day_1/ Not the best of starts to a Bumps campaign ever - but there's a long way to go and with the first boats racing tomorrow, things can only get better!M2: Bumped by St. Edmund's on First Post Corner.W2: Bumped by Robinson II on Grassy Corner. Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/lent_bumps/ Lent Bumps run from Tuesday 23rd to Saturday 27th February. Churchill College Boat Club would greatly appreciate support from the bank!The Lent Bumps are a very exciting few days, for rowers and non-rowers alike. While not as popular as the May Bumps, they are still a major Cambridge tradition which... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/lent_bumps_getting_on_race/ Yesterday was the Lent Bumps Getting On Race, where crews without a permanent place in Bumps have to qualify ( get on ) for the last few available places. There are three crews for every Bumps slot, so competition can be pretty fierce! The race is a simple head race... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/newnham_short_course/ Last Saturday (30th January) the first three men's boats rowed in Newnham Short Course, a 1.6km head race from the Little Bridge (just before the motorway bridge) to the railings (on the reach). Their times and race reports are below, and we also have the full... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/winter_head_to_head/ On Saturday 23rd January the men's and women's first boats rowed in Winter Head to Head, a 2x2km head race (time trial). The first leg is downstream and the second upstream – so tends to be quite a bit slower! Their times and race reports are... Webmaster http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/fairbairns/ The Fairbairn Cup races are the climax of Michaelmas term rowing, and this year Churchill have another excellent set of results to be proud of. We entered two novice men's crews and one and a half novice women's crews (we shared a boat with Murray Edwards), as well as our... Webmaster