Champs Head 2012 - More Tankards!

Submitted by aps61 on Mon, 14/05/2012 - 09:51

M1 Win Mays 2nd Division (4:53.9)

Cox: Ellie Stone Str: Alastair Springgay, Jon Fuhrmann, Rolf Fredheim, Ed Inns, Tom Hellier, Nathan Grand, Calum Eadie, Bow: Ricky "Meredith" Watkins.

M1 confirmed their strong standing on the river with another quick performance, coming third overall (Downing were cheeky and decided they needed two goes at it) in a field that included most of the college first boats. Despite not being entirely satisfied with the row, the recent coaching from Jimmy Appleton seems to have found us some speed, as some of the margins from previous races have increased. From now on though it is just hitting the training hard and looking for the rest of those gains as this will be our last race before bumps. Hopefully we will have also sorted out the coxing call that one crew member thought was a call to push less hard (power down). Or perhaps he should be moved a couple of seats back into the three seat... Read more »

City Sprints 2012

Submitted by aps61 on Mon, 07/05/2012 - 13:43

M1 and M2 raced at City sprints on Sunday - 400m side by side outside the boathouses!

M1 - won Mays 2nd Division (Beat Selwyn by a Canvas)

Cox: Ellie Stone Str: Alastair Springgay, Jon Fuhrmann, Rolf Fredheim, Alex Fudge, Tom Hellier, Nathan Grand, Calum Eadie, Bow: Ricky Watkins. Read more »

City Spring Head to Head 2012 - M1 top!

Submitted by Calum on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 17:23

M1


Congratulations to M1 for coming top in today's City Spring Head to Head!

Thanks very much to Lottie for bank partying.



M2


M2 put in a great performance showing massive commitment and strength, overtaking the boat in front on their second leg! They came 5th in their category (Mays/Eight Div 3) with a time of 12:57.

Head of the Cam 2012

Submitted by aps61 on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 23:37

Two eights and two scullers represented GCBC on Saturday 28th April, in conditions that, at best, can be descirbed as very damp.

M1 (9:10) were second in the Mays 2nd division category, losing out on a pot to Selwyn by 1s. Pleasingly they managed to provide good competition to many of the boats in the higher division. The fact that we managed to put a crew out for this event, unlike last year, gives some confidence that with some more training we are going to get some very good races throughout the term.

M2 (10:08)

Calum Eadie (12:21)

Cosmo Coulter (12:55) for some reason racing as a woman!

May Boat Club Dinner

Submitted by aps61 on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 23:30

I would like to extend a warm invitation to all alumni, Infidels and friends of the Boat Club to join us for our Boat Club Dinner on Saturday 16th June at 19:30 in Girton College.

That Saturday also sees the return of our Marquee so please feel free to come down to the river and cheer on our crews on with a glass of Pimms or two. There will doubtless be many opportunities to regale tales of bumps and rivalries of old! Watch this space for more information about tickets, locations and timings.

If you would like to attend the dinner please repsond to Colum McGrady (cjm210) by Friday 1st June. Tickets are priced at £33.50, to include wine.

For any further questions please get in touch with me via the contact form.

Alastair Springgay
GCBC President 2012-13

Congratulations to Holly Game (5 seat) and CUW!

Submitted by Calum on Tue, 27/03/2012 - 22:25
Anna Railton sums the race up brilliantly - "It was all down to our bow girl being made of amazing and somehow getting the blade out...".

A great, if absolutely terrifying, race to watch. Cambridge lead by one and a half - two lengths when their two seat catchs a crab and is trapped with her blade behind her neck. Bow, quite frankly a ninja, retrieves the two's blade with her right hand whilst rowing  with her left and Cambridge get straight back into it. In a nail-bitingly close finish Cambridge went on to beat Oxford by a quarter of a length.

Thanks to Jonathan Fuhrmann and Jon Glass for the photos.

Blades for M1 and M2!

Submitted by Calum on Sun, 04/03/2012 - 14:35

Check out http://www.girtoncollegeboatclub.com/node/97 for race reports and videos from this year's Lent Bumps.

Lent Bumps 2012

Submitted by aps61 on Tue, 28/02/2012 - 18:45
See below for bumps chart, and (nearly all of) the race reports

Crews Starting
Position 		Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Final
Position
M1 Div 1
13th 		Bump! Bump! Bump! Bump! Div 1
9th
W1 Div 2
2nd 		Bumped Row over Row over Row over Div 2
3rd
M2 Div 3
16th 		Bump! Bump! Bump! Bump! Div 3
12th
W2 Div 3
10th 		Bump! Row over Row over Row over Div 3
9th
M3 Div 4
17th 		Row over Row over Row over Bump!

Div 4
16th

Head over to the CUCBC website for the official results.

Head over to the message boards for collation of this years photos and videos -  essential viewing!!

Full race reports below...

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Getting On Race - Lent 2012

Submitted by Pippy on Sat, 25/02/2012 - 13:27

M3 - Result: Got on!

The weather was absolutely glorious for the getting-on race when M3 arrived at the boathouse - a good omen of things to come. We had a slight panic when we realised that all of the men’s boats (except M1’s) had one footplate either missing or completely broken, but thankfully Ella was ready for emergency maintenance with a trusty spanner, and then Tim the boatman arrived in the nick of time to save the day.

Before we had even reached the marshalling point, the cox was more than a little worried when she realised stroke was covered in blood - a minor injury to his hand was bleeding all over his lovely white top, leaving an impressive, if slightly gory, pattern. But, like a true Girtonian, he manned up and kept on rowing without complaint.

Marshalling was more than a little chaotic, as there appeared to be only one marshal for the entire course - special mention must go to Nathan Wilson here for managing to catch a crab while stationary - but eventually, we were ready to race. Read more »

Pembroke Regatta 2012

Submitted by Calum on Sun, 19/02/2012 - 12:06

Full results online at http://pembrokeregatta.soc.srcf.net/results.php. More race reports to come soon!


M1 (Won vs. Selwyn M1, 2 1/2 lengths; Lost vs. Cauis M1 (division winner), 3/4 length)


Cox: Ellie Stone, Captain: Tom Hellier
Stroke: Alastair Springgay, 7: Jonathan Fuhrmann, 6: Rolf Fredheim, 5: Ed Inns, 4: Calum Eadie, 3: Nathan Grand, 2: Kai Wohlfahrt, Bow: Rich Watkins
 
Having not raced (or, for that matter, been on the water) much this term due to the frozen river, M1
were eager to get some side-by-side racing under their belts before Bumps. Our draw wasn't an easy
one, with Selwyn in the first round and Caius racing the winner of that clash. We were prepared for
a tough first race and knew that given fleeting chances of beating Caius, we could put everything
into that one race.
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