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Lent Term saw 3 crews competing in Bumps. It was a successful term for the 1st Men who went up 3 in the Lents, bumping St Catharine's, Wolfson and Caius II. M1 also gained useful off-Cam experience at the end of term, entering the Head of the River Race on the Thames on 15th March. Peterhouse was represented by Ted Randolph and Sarah Allen at the Henley Boat Races on 23rd March.

The PBC Newsletter for Michaelmas Term 2007 can be downloaded using the link below.

» Video Footage from Hammersmith Bridge (Courtesy of Olay)

This term, the First Men entered the Head of the River, along the Championship course in London, for the first time in several years. This meant a very low placed start for the boat. Having sat on the Tideway for a couple of hours, we finally paddled down below the start line at Chiswick Bridge.

The pre-Term Training Week for those competing for seats in the senior May VIIIs will be held between the start of University and Full Terms after Easter:

» Squad Meetings: 17th April
» Training Week: 18th April Onwards

Imogen and Rob will be organising the training so please contact them for information.

Day One: Rowed Over

We started off the race with a good start and got to a length off Girton by 20 strokes. Girton were also catching Cats fast. We kept closing on Girton and they were also closing on Cats. With us within half a length of Girton on first post corner they caught Cats, who hit the wind and lost their momentum, and the two boats were out of the race. FaT II bumped Wolfson on that corner so there was nothing in front.

Day One: Bumped by FaT IV

Unfortunately not the best first day for M2, despite a lot of effort. Chasing Clare II and being followed by First and Third IV, we got off to a reasonable start, with a solid push off the motorway bridge and into First Post corner leaving us settled down at a good rhythm. However, carnage in the Gut with a 3 boat pile-up (St Edmunds I bumping Girton II were promptly crashed into by a closely-following Clare II) meant that we had to wind down to avoid a serious accident, allowing a steaming FaT IV to catch up rapidly, missing a bump by what seemed like inches from the stroke seat!

Day One: Rowed Over (Head of Division 2)

With the choice of pain or pain and depression and with nothing to bump this was never going to be a pleasant race for the first women. We were fairly confident we could hold off New Hall for the duration of the course, and were just aiming for a good, tidy row. The start went to plan, with us pushing away from New Hall who were being gained on by Robinson, and we settled into a good rythmn.

Following the elections held at the AGM, next year's elected Committee take office on Sunday 2nd March:

The following were co-opted by the Committee on Sunday 9th March:

Lower Boats Officers will be co-opted during May or June 2008.

Full results are available on the Newnham BC website here.

As their first race, Winter Head was always going to be a challenging event for the novice men. The crew rose to the challenge well, however, and went on to put in a convincing performance.

The race started very well and the men quickly began to catch the King's College London boat that had started in front of them. Unusually for novice boats, the rate was kept under control and at an effective level. By first post corner the men had caught KCL and overtook them just after the corner. The inexperience of the crew started to show here, and the strong rhythm that had characterised their race thus far broke down a little.