I will look good in my new Infidel kit...

Mark ‘King of Kit’ Beevor has sorted out some fashion-forward TIBC kit. See our club kit page at Godfrey for more details. For some of the casual kit (e.g. polo and rugby shirts) we are limited to all black with Godfrey, so we'll probably arrange a one-off order with another company later in the year.

Due to the fact the Infidel men are racing soon - Pembroke Regatta on February 18th - an order for TIBC all-in-ones will be made before any other kit. The deadline for this is Wednesday 25th January - so get your skates on!!! After this, a second kit order will open for everything else, so please wait for this to get a reduced price on other types of kit. Please note that Godrey have a policy of contacting you if you are the only person to have ordered a piece of kit, to let you know it will be at the highest price, and allow you to cancel the order - so don't be scared to order (during the second window!) and generally look at the 2-11 item prices. Read more »

Cambridge Winter Head to Head 2012

Full results at http://cityrc.co.uk/Events/WinterH2H/Results/Winter-H2H-2012-results.pdf.


M1 8+ (8th overall, 1st in race division, 3rd among Mays 2nd division crews)


Crew: b: Rich Watkins, 2: Calum Eadie, 3: Nathan Grand, 4: Rich Taylor, 5: Ed Inns, 6: Rolf Fredheim, 7: Jonathan Fuhrmann, s: Alastair Springgay, c: Ellie Stone, captain: Tom Hellier.

Despite poor weather conditions in their grouping the M1 8+ have got off to great start this term!



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GCBC ERGATHON SUCCESS!!!

Report

On Monday 16th January GCBC  started its absolutely momentous task of erging (and cycling for coxes) 2012km in under 24 hours in order to buy new blades for the women and a men's scull.

The system was basic: split the day up into 48 half-hour slots.  Get 8 ergs and 1 bike.  Find GCBC members to occupy said ergs and bike for said slots and ask them to travel 6km each whilst on them.  It should be simple...

2012km Erg Challenge - Fundraising for new women's blades and a men's scull!

GCBC is rowing 2012km in 24 hours!

Starting at midday on Monday we'll be rowing through the night to raise money for a set of new womens blades and mens scull.

Any contribution would be very appreciated! Check out the live progress on the top of this site.

W1 Michaelmas Term 2011 Round Up

This term has been full of ups and downs for W1. Our high points being the fantastic result in Fairbairns, the illuminating Crew Meals, the Infamous Tit-Hall swap.... Our lows being Winter Head, I need not say more. We have been on a steep learning curve from Day 1.

 

The Women’s Side lost a fair few of our experienced Senior rowers due to graduation and consequently the 1st Ladies of this term had a lot of work to do to bring ourselves up to scratch. Outings, Land Training and Circuits commenced with a vengeance, and we did everything in our power to try to be ready to face Fairbairns! We used Winter Head as the trial run for Fairbairns, and it was very illuminating. We discovered some issues with our crew mind set and technique and focused on sorting those for the end of term. As a crew we hadn’t yet discovered quite how hard we could push; Stef (our coach) soon sorted that out by setting us some 2ks to do (Land Training did not seem so fun in that week).

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Fairbairn Cup Quiz

When our wonderful cox was asked to write a race report for Fairbairns she produced the following, and due to its brilliance I feel that it deserves a post of its own. Stick your answers in the comments below. (And apologies for the awful formatting - I'll set the webmaster on it when he returns.)

 

The M1 Fairbairn’s Quiz

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2011 Senior Fairbairns - Including Girton win!!! UPDATED (7/12/11 x2)

Just a quick update on the Fairbairn Cup races run by Jesus College on the 2nd December 2011. More details and full race reports will be added as the club recovers from term/racing/BCD....

 

M1 8+ (15:25.8, 22nd 8+, 14th Cambridge college)

Bow: Rich Watkins; 2: Rich Taylor; 3: Calum Eadie; 4: Cosmo Coulter; 5: Nathan Grand; 6: Rolf Fredheim; 7: Alex Fudge; Stroke: Tom Hellier (c); Cox: Ellie Stone.

 

After a couple of very good training sessions before Friday, M1 were confident as they came up to the start line that the potential to do well was still alive and well following our success in Winter Head.  We’d chosen to do a rolling start, so after two strokes to settle down the draws commenced, and although the boat felt a bit rocky, there was strength and enthusiasm behind it all.  The winds got everyone spinning their hands faster than ever before and we quickly reached rate and lengthened out.  Read more »

2011 Novice Fairbairns

 

NM1 - 23rd of 67, 10:43.3

 

 

In the early hours of Thursday 1st December, Girton’s first  novice men’s eight took to the mean currents of the River Cam. Under the motherly and diligent care of their cox, Pippy Wiseman, whose astute organisation and attention to detail ensured that the crew were the first to arrive for marshalling, the long wait began as the 50 or so remaining first novice men crews took up their positions before Jesus Boathouse. Read more »

NM2 EMMA SPRINTS- Blues as boys beaten

A powerful start and a power ten to put M1 to shame proved just too little for the NM2 boys.

Despite high hopes and high quality training, Queens' suspiciously hench "NM2" pulled away as the last as Girton's oars betrayed the rowers.

Dressed to the nines in their angels and devils theme, featuring a dashing coxing appearance as the Devil, (complete with tail) the crew pulled together to strike fear into the hearts of their rivals. And despite confusion prior to setting off, being awarded a last minute bye, Girton made it to the start line in good time.

A good start saw them pull away from the Queens' boat powering down the Reach. Starting on the meadowside, the sun was in the cox's eyes, but the boys pulled together and continued to make excellent headway, pulling away half a length on Queens'. Ably assisted by their Bank party of Alum Hussain, Lorenzo Santinelli and Laura Highcock (also due credit for the costumes) the crew continued to squeeze the Green Monster away from the Queens crew. Read more »

Cambridge Winter Head 2011 - UPDATED (7/12/11)

GCBC had four crews out on the river on Saturday 19th November for the Cambridge Winter Head. Through hordes of visiting crews, dense fog, cold, [insert hardship here]... they battled on. Individual race reports follow....

 

M1 8+ (8:37, 1st in event, 8th fastest college crew and joint 17th of 250 boats racing)

 

Crew: b: Rich Watkins, 2: Rich Taylor, 3: Calum Eadie, 4: Cosmo Coulter, 5: Nathan Grand, 6: Rolf Fredheim, 7: Alex Fudge, s: Tom Hellier, c: Ellie Stone. Coach: Alastair Springgay

 

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