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Due to illness, the Fairbairns Cup was the first race the novice women had done all term, and they were eager to show that their training and hard work had paid off. Unfortunately, during the week leading up to Fairbairns three members of the squad were deemed too ill to row, which left only six novices that had trained together all term.
After two quick substitutions, a lot of carnage during marshalling, and some extra time for the slightly slower Sidney Sussex II boat ahead, the novice women were ready to go.

With the return of two of our best rowers from University trialling, a good result was expected from this IV. However, their ultimate performance was outstanding.

Only 1.26s over 3400m separated them from half of the Lents and Mays headship crew. Beating several other college crews, all highly placed in the Bumps, was icing on this cake. There was concern from the bank that the initial speed was too high to maintain, but the fitness work done throughout the term paid off.

Finishing a very close second to a much higher placed crew was a hugely encouraging result, and bodes well for the Bumps results next term.

Illness rather took its toll on the crew in the run up to the final race of the term, but we were confident that we could show our abilities and our training this term.

The 1st Novice Men were the first Peterhouse crew to race in Fairbairns, and after the usual marshaling fun and games (i.e. being told to marshal under the Fort St. George footbridge and definitely not on our own hard), the nine novices were raring to go...

After the muppetry of Emma Sprints, the novices were hoping that CNR would be a calmer and more focused proposition. Certainly the weather was kinder with less wind and no rain, though it was still bitterly cold.

On a bitterly cold and wet Sunday, eight of the novice men braved the elements to compete in the first sprint race of the season, Emma Sprints. We were drawn against Homerton NM1 in the first round and the blustery conditions proved to be the deciding factor.

We entered a strong crew for this, the traditional first competition of the racing season, an 8 x 500m erg race.

Novice Fairbairns, Thursday 4th December

Full Results: Novice Men | Novice Women

Senior Fairbairns, Friday 5th December

Full Results: Men's VIIIs | Women's VIIIs | Men's IVs | Women's IVs

Managing to put out a IV and an VIII in the Winter Head was quite an achievement for the Men's Section. Having both those crews do well was even more encouraging. The IV, rowing early in the morning, had to contend with a strong head-wind down the reach, and this damaged their overall time, although it was still an excellent result. The VIII, rowing in a later division, had some problems marshalling, so set off at the back of the division, and despite leaving a huge gap between them and the crew in front, were still forced to negotiate some crews on the reach. A blade clash, resulting in a crab, cost some time, and so the end result was slower than possible. However, overall, the day was an encouraging result for our performance next term.

Results for Peterhouse crews: