From conor at cucbc.org Thu Apr 1 22:02:31 2021 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 23:02:31 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Nesting Swans - Plough Reach Message-ID: Dear all, The swans nesting on Plough Reach (approximately half way down, in the cut / stream) are apparently now sitting on eggs and as a result they have become very defensive. Please ensure that your crews do not stop between the crossing point and First Post Corner, as it will agitate the swans, and the male in particular is likely to attack rowers or coxes. If traffic permits, giving them a wider berth isn?t a bad idea either. Please could you pass this message on to all coxes, scullers and steerers. Best wishes, Conor From conor at cucbc.org Thu Apr 1 22:18:08 2021 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 23:18:08 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Nesting Swans - Plough Reach In-Reply-To: <3219A83D-4160-4A88-AB8A-6471C639BB22@gmail.com> References: <3219A83D-4160-4A88-AB8A-6471C639BB22@gmail.com> Message-ID: <7815050C-769E-4E21-BF4D-D1A7B12A62FD@cucbc.org> Apologies - I meant ?please ensure that your crews do not stop between the crossing point at the Plough and Grassy Corner? - I need to get back out on the river? Conor > On 1 Apr 2021, at 22:59, Conor Burgess wrote: > > Dear all, > > The swans nesting on Plough Reach (approximately half way down, in the cut / stream) are apparently now sitting on eggs and as a result they have become very defensive. Please ensure that your crews do not stop between the crossing point and First Post Corner, as it will agitate the swans, and the male in particular is likely to attack rowers or coxes. If traffic permits, giving them a wider berth isn?t a bad idea either. > > Please could you pass this message on to all coxes, scullers and steerers. > > Best wishes, > Conor From limeng at cucbc.org Sun Apr 4 14:58:17 2021 From: limeng at cucbc.org (Limeng Zhu) Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2021 15:58:17 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Please check before boating 04/04/2021 Message-ID: Dear Captains, Please note the police have closed the river for an unspecified time from 1530 due to developments in the promenade (White Bridge) area. If you have an outing later today and are going downstream please check the river is open before you boat. Lee Sent from my mobile. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From conor at cucbc.org Sun Apr 11 22:00:08 2021 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 23:00:08 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Head of the Cam 2021 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, I hope those of you who are in Cambridge are enjoying being back on the water. Taking off my CUCBC hat for a minute, and putting on my Chesterton Club Captain hat, I?m pleased to confirm that barring any sudden Government U-turns, Chesterton Rowing Club will be running Head of the Cam on 24th April 2021. Entries are open to all crews based in Cambridge, with all boat classes accepted. The cost of entry is ?8 per seat (coxes go free), and should Covid force a cancellation, all crews will receive a full refund. Should any individual crew have to withdraw due to someone in the crew testing positive or being required to self isolate, that crew will also be eligible for a full refund. Ordinarily we would offer college categories based on Mays divisions and such, but that?s not going to be very useful this year. Instead, please give some indication of the experience of any crews you would like to enter, and we?ll do our best to put together some sensible categories after entries close. If you?re entering smaller boats, e.g. pairs, doubles singles etc. please give an indication of the crew?s experience in that boat class. Should you wish to double up any individuals or share equipment between crews, we ask that you please request for the crews in question to be separated by at least one division (e.g. divisions one and three, two and four, or one and four), such that you will definitely have enough time to follow BR Covid Guidance as regards cleaning equipment etc. More details, including other Covid precautions, are available on the website:?https://www.chestertonrowingclub.org/head-of-the-cam To enter, please drop William Connolley an email at headofthecam at gmail.com Best wishes, Conor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From limeng at cucbc.org Mon Apr 12 20:30:40 2021 From: limeng at cucbc.org (Limeng Zhu) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:30:40 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Action required: Statement regarding May Bumps 2021, SBR, Captains meeting Message-ID: Dear Captains, Some important information and action required, please bear with the long email. *Statement regarding May Bumps 2021 and SBR:* *This will be communicated to all of the rowing community in a separate email.* It is with regret that the CUCBC Committees have taken the hard decision to cancel May Bumps 2021. We are aware that most college coxswains have had at most 4 weeks of training on the Cam over the past 12 months, and, given the recent announcement from the Vice-Chancellor that students are unlikely to be allowed to return en masse before Monday 17th May, we feel that it is not possible to safely organise the traditional May Bumps at the end of the academic year. We are also aware that some smaller clubs rely on the availability of "novice" rowers in order to field a bumps crew, and understand that most novices have also had at most 4 weeks of training so far this academic year. With this in mind, we would instead like to plan to hold a non-contact rowing event, to take place at the end of term. Such an event would not require a 12-outing rule and could potentially take different formats, or have different divisions, for novice and senior crews, allowing more people to safely take part. To gather information about the feasibility of such an event, and to gauge interest in different options, we have circulated a short survey to Captains, which we ask they complete by 2pm Thursday. Apologies for the short timescale, but this is to give us time to collate responses and formulate proposals to take to the Captains meeting this weekend. The CUCBC Committees. *Statement regarding SBR: * It is with regret that we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 Small Boats Regatta. With current restrictions on travel, it would not be fair to run a race with University medals where not all students have the opportunity to compete. It should be noted that non-CUCBC run races are running to which small boats can enter. The CUCBC Committees. *Action required.* We need your input to organise the most appropriate senior and novice replacement racing, taking into consideration restrictions on activities at least up to 21st June. We'd like to run a novice and senior race at the end of term, and will present a proposed plan at Sunday's Captains meeting for all to vote upon. *Please fill the below survey by **Thursday 2pm at the latest,** with ONE response per club. * https://forms.gle/Jh9fRmf3HMP2jWcS7 We appreciate the news regarding May Bumps will be a disappointment to many; it is a major disappointment to many of us on the Committee but we must be guided on safety. Hopefully however, a revised racing schedule will be a suitable alternative and provide a more tailored experience for your novices. *Captain's Meeting:* A preliminary agenda will include the following as major topics: -CUCBC Committees' proposals of alternative end-of-term racing based upon Captains' survey. -Proposal to remove evening hours for this Easter term only. With Kind regards, The CUCBC Committees -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From george.wallace1995 at gmail.com Tue Apr 13 14:05:09 2021 From: george.wallace1995 at gmail.com (George Wallace) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:05:09 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Action required: Statement regarding May Bumps 2021, SBR, Captains meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Limeng, Thanks for the email. I?m not adding much to what will be tabled at the Captains? meeting later this week, but please note the following points just so that you can foresee what the angle will be from the Captains: A significant number of senior crews at boat clubs are already training as normal, in eights; The majority of colleges have already allowed (and have indicated that they will continue to allow) students to return to Cambridge at their discretion for any reason (even though term has not yet started); NB: Senior crews have trained in isolation every day for months, are finally now allowed to go rowing, and will not accept a cancellation of the top divisions of Bumps without bombproof reasoning (i.e. if the crews are training on the Cam already and there is no government or BR guidance preventing the racing from going ahead, we will be boating and racing as a matter of fact); Discussions should be had around your valid safety concerns (particularly re coxing experience) and it may be sensible to restrict May Bumps 2021 to top divisions and experienced coxes only - for discussion at meetings; Alternative events for novices and inexperienced crews should be discussed as you set out. The captains have been putting together an information sheet setting out the number of experienced athletes they expect to have in Cambridge by the start of term. This will be shared (by the Pembroke captains I believe) ahead of the Captains? meeting. Cancellation of May Bumps is unprecedented in a time where student rowers are (i) training in eights in Cambridge, and (ii) allowed to race under government and national rowing guidance. It has never happened, for very good reason, and it never will. Whilst it may make sense to exclude novice coxes from the races this year, discussions will be had at the Captains? meeting at the end of this week about the basis on which Bumps will proceed in 2021 for senior crews (subject to any changes to COVID-19 rules in the meantime). We look forward to hearing CUCBC?s views on the Captains? proposals. George > From: Limeng Zhu > > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 21:31 > Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Action required: Statement regarding May Bumps 2021, SBR, Captains meeting > To: CUCBC Captains > > Cc: CUCBC Senior Committee > > > > Dear Captains, > Some important information and action required, please bear with the long email. > > Statement regarding May Bumps 2021 and SBR: > This will be communicated to all of the rowing community in a separate email. > > It is with regret that the CUCBC Committees have taken the hard decision to cancel May Bumps 2021. > > We are aware that most college coxswains have had at most 4 weeks of training on the Cam over the past 12 months, and, given the recent announcement from the Vice-Chancellor that students are unlikely to be allowed to return en masse before Monday 17th May, we feel that it is not possible to safely organise the traditional May Bumps at the end of the academic year. We are also aware that some smaller clubs rely on the availability of "novice" rowers in order to field a bumps crew, and understand that most novices have also had at most 4 weeks of training so far this academic year. > With this in mind, we would instead like to plan to hold a non-contact rowing event, to take place at the end of term. Such an event would not require a 12-outing rule and could potentially take different formats, or have different divisions, for novice and senior crews, allowing more people to safely take part. > To gather information about the feasibility of such an event, and to gauge interest in different options, we have circulated a short survey to Captains, which we ask they complete by 2pm Thursday. Apologies for the short timescale, but this is to give us time to collate responses and formulate proposals to take to the Captains meeting this weekend. > > The CUCBC Committees. > > Statement regarding SBR: > > It is with regret that we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 Small Boats Regatta. With current restrictions on travel, it would not be fair to run a race with University medals where not all students have the opportunity to compete. It should be noted that non-CUCBC run races are running to which small boats can enter. > > The CUCBC Committees. > > Action required. > We need your input to organise the most appropriate senior and novice replacement racing, taking into consideration restrictions on activities at least up to 21st June. We'd like to run a novice and senior race at the end of term, and will present a proposed plan at Sunday's Captains meeting for all to vote upon. > Please fill the below survey by Thursday 2pm at the latest, with ONE response per club. > https://forms.gle/Jh9fRmf3HMP2jWcS7 > > We appreciate the news regarding May Bumps will be a disappointment to many; it is a major disappointment to many of us on the Committee but we must be guided on safety. Hopefully however, a revised racing schedule will be a suitable alternative and provide a more tailored experience for your novices. > > Captain's Meeting: > A preliminary agenda will include the following as major topics: > -CUCBC Committees' proposals of alternative end-of-term racing based upon Captains' survey. > -Proposal to remove evening hours for this Easter term only. > > > With Kind regards, > The CUCBC Committees > > __________ > CUCBC Captains' Mailing List > captains at lists.cucbc.org > > List Manager: webmaster at cucbc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From conor at cucbc.org Tue Apr 13 20:05:32 2021 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:05:32 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Action required: Statement regarding May Bumps 2021, SBR, Captains meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for your comments George. Whilst they are helpful, it?s incredibly difficult to plan events which need to be inclusive of all colleges without having information about the situation at all colleges, as it is going to vary hugely. I?d therefore like to thank the ten or so clubs who have filled in the survey, but urge everyone else to please do so by 2pm Thursday. If you haven?t already, I?d also urge you to engage with your boatmen/boatwomen and coaches before responding. Best wishes, Conor On 13 Apr 2021, 15:05 +0100, George Wallace , wrote: > Hi Limeng, > > Thanks for the email. I?m not adding much to what will be tabled at the Captains? meeting later this week, but please note the following points just so that you can foresee what the angle will be from the Captains: > > > ? A significant number of senior crews at boat clubs are already training as normal, in eights; > ? The majority of colleges have already allowed (and have indicated that they will continue to allow) students to return to Cambridge at their discretion for any reason (even though term has not yet started); > ? NB: Senior crews have trained in isolation every day for months, are finally now allowed to go rowing, and will not accept a cancellation of the top divisions of Bumps without bombproof reasoning (i.e. if the crews are training on the Cam already and there is no government or BR guidance preventing the racing from going ahead, we will be boating and racing as a matter of fact); > ? Discussions should be had around your valid safety concerns (particularly re coxing experience) and it may be sensible to restrict May Bumps 2021 to top divisions and experienced coxes only - for discussion at meetings; > ? Alternative events for novices and inexperienced crews should be discussed as you set out. > > > The captains have been putting together an information sheet setting out the number of experienced athletes they expect to have in Cambridge by the start of term. This will be shared (by the Pembroke captains I believe) ahead of the Captains? meeting. > > Cancellation of May Bumps is unprecedented in a time where student rowers are (i) training in eights in Cambridge, and (ii) allowed to race under government and national rowing guidance. It has never happened, for very good reason, and it never will. > > Whilst it may make sense to exclude novice coxes from the races this year, discussions will be had at the Captains? meeting at the end of this week about the basis on which Bumps will proceed in 2021 for senior crews (subject to any changes to COVID-19 rules in the meantime). We look forward to hearing CUCBC?s views on the Captains? proposals. > > George > > > > > From: Limeng Zhu > > > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 21:31 > > > Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Action required: Statement regarding May Bumps 2021, SBR, Captains meeting > > > To: CUCBC Captains > > > Cc: CUCBC Senior Committee > > > > > > > > > Dear Captains, > > > Some important information and action required, please bear with the long email. > > > > > > Statement regarding May Bumps 2021 and SBR: > > > This will be communicated to all of the rowing community in a separate email. > > > > > > It is with regret that the CUCBC Committees have taken the hard decision to cancel May Bumps 2021. > > > > > > We are aware that most college coxswains have had at most 4 weeks of training on the Cam over the past 12 months, and, given the recent announcement from the Vice-Chancellor that students are unlikely to be allowed to return en masse before Monday 17th May, we feel that it is not possible to safely organise the traditional May Bumps at the end of the academic year. We are also aware that some smaller clubs rely on the availability of "novice" rowers in order to field a bumps crew, and understand that most novices have also had at most 4 weeks of training so far this academic year. > > > With this in mind, we would instead like to plan to hold a non-contact rowing event, to take place at the end of term. Such an event would not require a 12-outing rule and could potentially take different formats, or have different divisions, for novice and senior crews, allowing more people to safely take part. > > > To gather information about the feasibility of such an event, and to gauge interest in different options, we have circulated a short survey to Captains, which we ask they complete by 2pm Thursday. Apologies for the short timescale, but this is to give us time to collate responses and formulate proposals to take to the Captains meeting this weekend. > > > > > > The CUCBC Committees. > > > > > > Statement regarding SBR: > > > > > > It is with regret that we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 Small Boats Regatta. With current restrictions on travel, it would not be fair to run a race with University medals where not all students have the opportunity to compete. It should be noted that non-CUCBC run races are running to which small boats can enter. > > > > > > The CUCBC Committees. > > > > > > Action required. > > > We need your input to organise the most appropriate senior and novice replacement racing, taking into consideration restrictions on activities at least up to 21st June. We'd like to run a novice and senior race at the end of term, and will present a proposed plan at Sunday's Captains meeting for all to vote upon. > > > Please fill the below survey by Thursday 2pm at the latest, with ONE response per club. > > > https://forms.gle/Jh9fRmf3HMP2jWcS7 > > > > > > We appreciate the news regarding May Bumps will be a disappointment to many; it is a major disappointment to many of us on the Committee but we must be guided on safety. Hopefully however, a revised racing schedule will be a suitable alternative and provide a more tailored experience for your novices. > > > > > > Captain's Meeting: > > > A preliminary agenda will include the following as major topics: > > > -CUCBC Committees' proposals of alternative end-of-term racing based upon Captains' survey. > > > -Proposal to remove evening hours for this Easter term only. > > > > > > > > > With Kind regards, > > > The CUCBC Committees > > > > > > __________ > > > CUCBC Captains' Mailing List > > > captains at lists.cucbc.org > > > > > > List Manager: webmaster at cucbc.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Captains meeting on Sunday 18th April will run from 7pm-8pm with the following agenda: 10 minutes- Meeting convenes with statement from CUCBC Committees 30 minutes- Discussion and vote in regards to Easter term races to last at the latest until 1940 10 minutes- Discussion and vote on evening hours 5 minutes- CUCBC announcements: Safety audit, club bills, recruitment for CUCBC committee 5 minutes- AOB The format of the meeting is as per previous virtual Captains meetings- when joining: -Change your display name to reflect your name and club position: i.e. Name, Overall/men/women captain. If you are in a transition period make this clear to avoid duplication. -Turn off video and microphone when joining -Please be patient whilst we admit all of you. We would like to remind you that the Captain's meeting is only attended by the captains of the college clubs and the CUCBC committees, so that a fully informed, fair and constructive dialogue occurs. Link for captains meeting: https://timeout.srcf.net/lz394-ehd-6nd-km0 Passcode: *159561* If you have difficulty in joining the meeting at the time, email the CUCBC committee. The CUCBC Committees. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chair at cucbc.org Sat Apr 17 19:01:04 2021 From: chair at cucbc.org (Dr David Munday) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 20:01:04 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] CUCBC Proposal for Easter Term Racing Message-ID: Dear all, Thank you to everyone who filled in the survey. We had responses from 30 colleges, representing a hugely diverse range of club sizes (2-12 crews) and preferences for racing. We acknowledge questions, concerns and suggestions to bumping races, and we will clarify and explain our position on Easter term racing at the beginning of the Captain?s meeting tomorrow. Having considered the responses and the current and likely BR Guidelines, we believe that it is feasible to run a multi-day event in eights, hopefully during the original Mays week (W/C 14th June), but we?d like to wait for the exam timetable (due to be released at the start of term) before confirming proposed dates. However, we must stress that the possibility of running any event at all is contingent on several factors outside our control, including the Government continuing to implement their roadmap, local authorities such as the Cam Conservancy and the City and County Councils approving such an event, and the availability of First Aid cover. We have started talking to the local authorities etc. but it will require a period of dialogue with them as we proceed to plan the event and undertake our duty of care to ensure the safety of our volunteer umpires and marshals, entrants and spectators. >From the responses to the survey, it appears there may be around some 80 novice crews, 40 senior men?s crews and 40 senior women?s crews who wish to compete this term, although some of these have expressed a preference for a time trial format only. There are some clubs who may not be able to field a senior eight at all, and so we believe it would be beneficial to also offer the opportunity for people to race in smaller boats. We therefore would like to plan to hold two separate events, as follows: 1. A combined Small Boats Regatta / University Fours competition, to provisionally take place in the week commencing Monday 7th June, either over the usual ?chasing? format or side by side on the long reach. The idea behind this is to provide an event for seniors who would not be able to race in the June Eights Regatta, whether that be due to exam clashes or because their club isn?t able to field an eight. 2. An Eights Regatta, to provisionally take place in the week commencing Monday 14th June, over the Pembroke Regatta course. Dependent on the numbers of entries, we would hold knock-out side-by-side races in Novice and Senior, Women?s and Open categories. We would envisage 32 crews drawn in each of the four categories. All crews would first be required to complete a timed head race to qualify for side-by-side racing. Crews which wished to compete in this head race for time only would be allowed to do so for a reduced entry fee, as would be usual for the Getting-on Race. University Medals would not be awarded at either of these events, but we would source alternative one-off prizes. No results from this year will affect the starting order for the 2022 Bumping Races. These proposed dates would not clash with BUCS regatta on Thurs 24th - Sat 26th June, nor Henley Women?s at the start of July, and ensures that racing takes place within term time when boatmen & women will definitely be available. In response to these proposals, we would like to ask the Captains for their input on the following points at tomorrow's Captain?s Meeting: 1. Is there appetite to run a ?Smaller Boats Regatta? as in (1) above? 1. Is there sufficient interest to run events for both fours and small boats, or should we focus on just one or the other? 2. Would people prefer the usual SBR course, line astern, or 1k side-by-side? 2. For the June Eights Regatta, would people prefer to have a plate competition, where the losers of each first-round race are entered into a separate competition, or to have separate divisions for the top 16 crews and second 16 crews in the time trial? 3. Would there be interest in a separate category for mixed eights (either novice, senior, or both), with up to four male rowers permitted? 4. Should the novice races be run over a shorter course? With all best wishes, Dr D J Munday, Chair, on behalf of the Senior Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eventsccrc at gmail.com Sun Apr 18 16:01:49 2021 From: eventsccrc at gmail.com (CCRC Events) Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:01:49 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] City of Cambridge Big Weekend - Head to Head and Sprint Regatta on 1 and 2 May In-Reply-To: <2900F504-726E-43B5-A694-25F4B576B4C7@gmail.com> References: <2900F504-726E-43B5-A694-25F4B576B4C7@gmail.com> Message-ID: <6D0CA2D0-0B88-44C9-B1AF-82FAF6B604CC@gmail.com> Dear all, We are delighted to announce that the City of Cambridge Big Weekend will be taking place on Saturday 1 May and Sunday 2 May. On the Saturday are running our Spring Head to Head with division times at: 9:00am, 11:00am and 1:00pm. Entries are invited for all boat classes across: Open, Women and Mixed and will include Masters and Juniors categories. This year the course will be slightly shorter to allow more space for marshalling by Baitsbite lock. On the Sunday we will be running the Sprint Regatta. This year the course has been moved to the Long Reach with crews racing upstream for 500m. The first division will start at 11:00am Both events will be run in a COVID-19 secure way with no spectators (aside from bank parties for juniors/novices and coaches). Crews racing in the regatta will stay on the water until they are either knocked out or win. Full details can be found on the attached pdfs or at: http://www.cityrc.co.uk/races-we-run/spring-head-to-head/ and http://www.cityrc.co.uk/races-we-run/city-sprints/ Entries open next Wednesday. 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Please find attached the minutes, which will serve as a record of the meeting. We have also been able to look through the chat log and answer a few questions which were not answered during the meeting, please find the responses at the end of the minute document. Please could you read and highlight any errors that have been made in the minutes, by Wednesday end of play at the latest. If no corrections are sent then we will take the minutes as read, if there are corrections then we will send the corrected minute document. In regards to action taken post meeting, the CUCBC website has been updated to reflect changes to Easter term evening hours and the Executive Committee have started to draft a more substantial proposal of racing, based upon the discussions had, and will re-present these to Captains for consideration and voting. 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Please could you read by end of play today and let me know any further changes, otherwise, in regards to procedure we'll take this as read. Apologies for the short turnaround however I'd much like to start on the time-trial+multi-day regatta proposal for consideration (which is a lot more fun!) All best, Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Minutes of CUCBC Captain's meeting 18.4.2021 V.2.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 24060 bytes Desc: not available URL: From izzy at cucbc.org Thu Apr 22 19:37:28 2021 From: izzy at cucbc.org (Isabel Nimmo) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:37:28 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Response to safety concerns regarding evening rowing Message-ID: Dear Gareth, Your e-mail regarding evening hours and coxing safety was passed to me as the relevant committee coxing bod. I'm copying in all captains since you are representing a number of them and we would prefer to keep everyone in the loop. As the coxing rep, I'm afraid I reject your premise that this is a safety matter and therefore think this is not something CUCBC should be imposing a solution on. Any cox who is unable to navigate the reach safely in the presence of small boats or novice coxes has no business coxing a senior crew with ambitions to do rate work. *At any time.* Further, CUCBC evening hours only apply to college crews in any year. We have neither the power nor the desire to dictate to CRA clubs as to who they may boat and when. Therefore as a practical matter, college crews have always encountered significant numbers of town small boats, town novice crews and town crews who are moving slowly while doing tech work. Their own work schedules usually precludes them moving all training to the mornings to accommodate college crews. If you lack any cox capable of safely navigating the river under those circumstances then I'm afraid I can only suggest investing time in cox training and spending more time in small boats yourself. I'm happy to discuss cox training with your cox captain if that would be helpful. If, on the other hand, this is not a safety matter, but rather a desire to maximise the training opportunities for a specific group of senior VIII+s then that is something which Captains can reasonably discuss and vote upon. I would note that it will involve a significant trade off in the ability of crews to train for equally prestigious small boat and IV+ events, as well as compromising the ability of many clubs to maximise training for novices and the consequences for the 2021-22 standards of college rowing. I would further note that senior crews looking to do rate work on quieter stretches of water still have the option of training over the lock. But if this is in fact not actually a safety issue then I don't see a problem with captains expressing themselves as peers and coming to a decision which the executive committee will be happy to implement for you all. Isabel Nimmo, CUCBC Coxing From: > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 13:52 > Subject: RE: [CUCBC Captains] Updated minutes. > To: Limeng Zhu , Conor Burgess > > > To update you on recent discussion between captains, there is particular > concern from boats at the top end of the men?s division (voiced notably by > Pembroke, Emma and myself) that a men?s VIII tearing down the reach does > not mix well in terms of safety with small boats and other VIIIs which will > be coxed by novices. No captains from the women?s side yet voiced their > view, but I should hope that it would be similar. The evening hours are > there for a smooth flow of VIIIs to appropriately practise race pace. There > is ample opportunity during mornings for small boats to train. I am very > appreciative that you suggested having a poll to decipher the > interpretation of the recent vote when the regatta proposals are released, > but the vote?s intention was first to decide whether novices should be > allowed on the river and secondly to decided whether men?s and women?s > hours should be mixed. The vote was not to open the > > > > I will certainly be monitoring and asking for feedback in terms of safety > from other captains. If the river is seen to be swiftly filling with small > boats in the evening when term starts, it will no longer be productive to > train in an VIII without endangering others, which will not aid the > standard of rowing on the Cam or the planned end-of-term regatta. > > Thank you both again for your efforts. > > > > Gareth > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From limeng at cucbc.org Sat Apr 24 19:15:39 2021 From: limeng at cucbc.org (Limeng Zhu) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:15:39 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Information re collegiate Boat club COVID-19 situation. Message-ID: Dear Captains, *A reminder to please continue adhering to COVID-secure procedures when rowing, sculling, coxing and coaching, and information regarding the precedent set by the University COVID-19 department.* It is with regret we must inform you that the first positive Covid-19 case, since the relaxation of lockdown, has been reported in a college club crew, and, in keeping with protocol from the University (see below) the whole crew are self isolating. A protocol has been developed by the University COVID department at Addenbrookes. It is important that you be aware that this precedent has been set and will apply to any future such cases involving college rowers. I copy their advice below (relayed from the University Sport department). Bear in mind that any advice from NHS Track and trace or relevant Covid-19 authorities is likely to now be binding in law, and thus you must comply. "A member of a College Boat Crew has tested positive this week. The University COVID Helpdesk advisor in the Clinical School and the text below from British Rowing was taken into account and they informed the College that all people who had been in the boat with them need to self-isolate. I told them I would let [CUCBC] know as it is important that [College clubs and CUCBC] be aware that this precedent has been set and will apply to any future such cases. British Rowing: ?Ultimately who has to self-isolate in the case of a positive test will be down to the NHS Test and Trace programme. From the experience of clubs to date, generally, those who have rowed in the same crew as the positive individual will be asked to self-isolate by the NHS Test and Trace programme?" I apologise for the stern tone of this email, however it is of paramount important we all row, scull, cox and coach safely; the consequences of not doing so we are all unfortunately all too aware of. Limeng Zhu On behalf of the CUCBC Committees. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From conor at cucbc.org Sun Apr 25 11:36:19 2021 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:36:19 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Safety Reminders In-Reply-To: <800ea6fa-0569-4b84-a8f9-1df6936e9c03@Spark> References: <800ea6fa-0569-4b84-a8f9-1df6936e9c03@Spark> Message-ID: Hi all, A few reminders following some reports we?ve received over the last week or so. Please remember that firm pressure and/or high rate rowing is not permitted above the Green Dragon / Chesterton footbridge, per Rule 12: 1. That there be only light-pressure paddling between Chesterton footbridge and Jesus Lock except for the progress of the Fairbairn Cup Races, and for bung starts during the two days prior to the Lent and May Bumps. 2. That crews pay due care and attention to moored craft and to junior & novice crews in this area. 3. That crews should avoid unnecessary stopping and spinning above Chesterton. Firm pressure rowing in this area creates significant wash, which may not seem problematic, but remember that people live in the houseboats along this section, and could be holding a hot drink or pan of boiling water etc. Additionally, it is great to see so many colleges making use of small boats, but a quick reminder of Rule 14: 1. That Coxless IVs and quadruple sculls require a banksteerer at all times, inside and outside Full Term. 2. That pairs and doubles may go out without a banksteerer only if the steerer has at least a year's experience of steering small boats, and the permission of the club captain and/or boatman has been given. In addition, during Full Term, pairs and doubles must have a banksteerer outside the hours of 9am to 4pm, or 30 minutes before lighting up if earlier. 3. That single sculls may go out without a banksteerer at any time. 4. That no boat be used for a rowing outing on the Cam without its full crew and a coxswain if appropriate, being present in the boat at the commencement of the outing. 5. That all coaches of small boats (pairs, double and single sculls, but not tub pairs) should carry a throwbag or line and a 'space blanket.' [NB. Rowers intending to go out in small boats as a beginner (i.e. they have had less than ten outings in a small boat) are strongly advised to undergo a capsize drill and swim test as soon as practicable. Such rowers must have a banksteerer at all times, as required by Rule?14.b, when using pairs and/or doubles. They are also?strongly?advised to have a banksteerer or coach for their first ten outings if they are using a single scull.] Please pass these reminders along to any coxswains or steerspersons who may not be on the coxes list. Thanks, Conor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Callum.O'Shea at sport.cam.ac.uk Mon Apr 26 10:30:35 2021 From: Callum.O'Shea at sport.cam.ac.uk (Callum O'Shea) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:30:35 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] BUCS Regatta Entries Open Message-ID: Dear Captains, Hope you are doing well and enjoying the return to rowing! Entries are open for the BUCS Regatta now, closing on 1st June. All event info is here: https://www.bucs.org.uk/events-page/rowing-regatta-3.html The entry process is explained on the page above - in short each competitor will need to create a BUCS Play account through the app (download via the app store or play store), and apply for the boat and category they wish to compete in, and complete a page of eligibility information. I'll liaise with coaches/captains and then rank everyone who enters to make sure the right people are in the right boat and category, and I can reject any if need be. Please let me know if you are planning to enter so I can keep track, and also please let me know if you have any queries. As a side note - nominations are open for the 2021 Sports Awards. Have a look at the categories and nominate any individual or group who you feel have made a significant sporting contribution (https://www.instagram.com/p/CNukaZ_p4JO/ - https://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/sportsawards/sports-awards-2021) Kind regards, Callum Callum O'Shea Sports Club Coordinator University of Cambridge Sport University of Cambridge University Sports Centre Philippa Fawcett Drive Cambridge CB3 0AS Tel: +44 (0)1223 760885 Mob: 07712 433105 Email: callum.oshea at sport.cam.ac.uk He/Him [signature] For the latest sports news and updates follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter This email (together with any files transmitted with it) is intended only for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. It may contain information which is confidential and/or legally privileged. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email (or telephone) and delete the original message. 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Please forward this link to your club's safety officer and ask them to fill in by the end of play, Sunday 9th May. *Failure to do so will result in your club being banned from the river until this is completed.* https://forms.gle/DKk5i74qZ8R4iBHN8 We are aware that the final exam timetable has been released and are looking into viable options we can propose to you regarding June VIIIs regatta; please be patient as we gather information and draft up different options for you to discuss and vote upon. We will also be in touch shorty regarding the Smaller boats regatta mentioned in the captains meeting also. All best, Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Naturally, the more crews that head up, the bigger the fleet, the bigger the race and the bigger the vibe in the pub afterwards. If any clubs are keen, please pass on the following details, as well as passing onto your alumni clubs. Details below, as well as a few photos from 2019. Any questions, get in touch here or find me on Facebook and we can sort out some logistics. 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