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The 1st Women's VIII entered the Women's Head of the River Race 2009 on 7th March 2009.

Crew	Category	Time	Overall Ranking	Ranking in Category
W1	Novice Academic	22:00.70	190th	12th/47

Overall W1 went up four and rowed over twice. It was a huge achievement bumping into the first division, managing to place ourselves as the highest Peterhouse women have been on the bumps chart and winning blades; an unbelievable week!

On Sunday 8th February W1 were hosted in Oxford by our sister college Merton to race in the Isis Winter League. It is only a short race; 1200m, but we knew it would be a valuable experience.

Tuesday

Confidence was high going into this week - for seven of the nine men in the boat, their first taste of Bumps.

Going into the Lent bumps with no other racing experience as a crew is a somewhat daunting task. This, I noticed, was particularly true when a boat known to be fast is starting immediately in front.

On the first day, Girton, directly in front, caught Robinson swiftly, leaving us with the Long Reach to catch LMBC II three in front. Getting into an excellent rhythm coming round Ditton gave us several lengths, although it was extremely close - with the overbump happening only a few boat-lengths short of the finish.

The Lent Bumps 2009 will run from Tuesday, 24th February until Saturday, 28th February.

Summary of results:

Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Net
W1	Bumped LMBC II	Bumped Fitzwilliam	Bumped Jesus II Rowed-Over	Rowed-Over Bumped Girton I	+4
M1	Overbumped LMBC II Bumped Selwyn	Bumped FaT II	Rowed-Over?	Bumped by Girton I	+4
M2	Bumped Caius III	Bumped FaT IV	Bumped Fitzwilliam II	Bumped Caius II	+4

The division times for PBC crews are as follows:

Crew	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Men's 1st VIII	16:40	16:40	16:40	16:40	16:40
Women's 1st VIII	16:00	--	14:40	14:40	14:40
Men's 2nd VIII	15:20	15:20	--	14:00	14:00

Please note that these time may change if crews rise/fall sufficient places to row in different divisions. Spectators are not allowed to cycle along with crews without a "bank pass".

For more information on the Bumps see CUCBC website.

The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held on Tuesday 17th February. Full minutes will be available to members via this website in the near future. The following Officers were elected to serve from Sunday 1st March 2009 until the end of the Lent Bumps 2010:

Captain of Boats	Imogen Wescott
Honorary Secretary	Paul Vardanega
Junior Treasurer	Lucie Vivian
Men's Officers	Emanuel Malek & Chris White
Women's Officer	Christina Millar

The new Committee will open nominations for the co-opted positions (LBOs, Development Officers, Social Secretary, Coxing Representative and Webmaster) after they take office.

On Saturday, 14th February, the second Men's VIII will be racing in Pembroke Regatta.

Crew	Time	Opponent	Category
M2	09:55	St Catherine's M2	M2

The Regatta is a knock-out event held over a 1110m course, starting at the top of the Long Reach to Peter's Post. A good place to watch is the meadow side of the Long Reach.

Despite the crew’s initiate dread at how long the race was going to be, on the actual morning the cold weather, when marshalling, meant we could not wait to get going. Eventually after what seemed like hours we approached the start line and were off.