From conor at cucbc.org Thu Feb 4 17:35:11 2021 From: conor at cucbc.org (Conor Burgess) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:35:11 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Fwd: University rowing References: Message-ID: <13FB7E15-E794-4FF2-BFE8-83165B97DE2D@cucbc.org> Dear all, If you haven?t received it directly, please see the message below from British Rowing. Best wishes, Conor > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Phil Pring > Subject: University rowing > Date: 4 February 2021 at 17:02:23 GMT > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > > Dear University Rowing Clubs, > > > My name is Phil Pring and I am one of the Community Support Managers at British Rowing, and the lead on a working group to support the needs of University rowing clubs. This group is made up of Volunteers and British Rowing staff and is purely focused on how British Rowing can support university clubs in these difficult times and the future. > > > We know that the Covid 19 pandemic has had a huge effect on University rowing - participation has been restricted, competitions have been cancelled, and the training of volunteers has been severely hampered. > > > In order to support you best we'd like to ask how the pandemic has affected your University club and tell us what things you need to help rejuvenate your clubs and prepare for 2021-2022 season. > > > Here are some example of things we could possible help with: > > > Maybe you'd like some training for your next wave of coaches, to help get novices on the water > Helping new committee members use the ClubHub system for British Rowing affiliation and safety audit. > Perhaps you need some funding to get your club back up and running, (https://www.britishrowing.org/2020/11/club-emergency-fund/ ) > > > Whatever your current needs are, please let us know using the attached form. > > > > We would like to have a plan in place by the end of March, so if you could let us have you answers by the 22nd February that would be great. > > > We look forward to hearing from you! > > > > Kind regards, > > Phil Pring > > Community Support Manager | British Rowing > M: 07770 989828 | E: philip.pring at britishrowing.org | W: www.britishrowing.org > > For the latest British Rowing updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) please see britishrowing.org/coronavirus > > Please note, our offices in Hammersmith are currently closed until further notice and therefore our landline numbers are switched off. 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We?re now looking for people who are keen to organise and deliver this virtual event, perhaps in a similar spirit to the virtual May Bumps, but perhaps completely different if that would better suit the current state of affairs. You will have the support of the Executive Committee in organising this, and will present the event to the Captains? meeting at the end of week four for them to vote on the proposed format. If you, or anyone from your committees or clubs would be interested in getting involved, please ask them to email?committee at cucbc.org?to express their interest. Please also remember that the Captains list is there for you to use it. At the meeting there were several offers of virtual shared events, which could potentially be shared via the Captains list. Alternatively, you can send your email to Limeng (CUCBC Honorary Secretary) who will disseminate lockdown events on your behalf (limeng at cucbc.org). If you send an email to the list and it is still awaiting moderation the next day, please drop me an email. Best wishes, Conor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jordan at cubc.org.uk Wed Feb 10 10:31:47 2021 From: jordan at cubc.org.uk (Jordan Stanley) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:31:47 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] CUBC Development Squad Message-ID: Dear all, I hope you're all well and have been able to keep up some good training over the most recent lockdown. Katy Knowles (Women's Assistant Coach) and I are running the CUBC development squad this year, encompassing *lightweight* *and* *openweight*, *women* *and* *men*. We are planning an *open Zoom call for the 24th of February, at 7pm*, to hopefully attract some interested people and provide some information about how the development squad will run this year. Could you all please pass this email around to your respective college squads and encourage all students you think may have the potential and ambition to trial for CUBC crews next season to join in the zoom call on the 24th. They will need to fill out this google form with their details and we will circulate the zoom link closer to the date. Attending the zoom call is not a commitment to joining the squad so those who are unsure about whether they can commit to, or would like to be a part of, the dev squad should still attend. Similarly, attending the zoom call will not guarantee someone a place in the dev squad. We understand it has been an incredibly difficult year and most colleges will have done little rowing, hence the open nature of the zoom call. We hope we can engage with as many people as possible and your support in this is critical and greatly appreciated. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out. Many thanks, Jordan -- Jordan Stanley Men's Assistant Coach Cambridge University Boat Club The Goldie Boathouse Kimberley Road Cambridge CB4 1HJ T: 07748 434 539 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From limeng at cucbc.org Mon Feb 15 10:56:46 2021 From: limeng at cucbc.org (Limeng Zhu) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:56:46 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Virtual Lents Alternatives In-Reply-To: References: <5b93936a-2706-48e1-9431-339d0d3c2b52@Spark> Message-ID: Dear All, I hope your clubs have been able to remain in good spirits during lockdown. An update on the virtual event. Unfortunately we have had very few responses of interest from individuals wanting to undertake this. If this is the case by the end of week five (24th February) we may unfortunately have to abandon this idea due to lack of manpower. Though CUCBC can, and will, support this organising committee in developing a virtual alternative Lents, we do not have the capacity to organise this ourselves. (In previous situations where changes have occurred, we have set up working committees with the collegiate rowing community at the time, to share workload and develop the best approach for all). Please do encourage the more proactive members of your clubs to put themselves forwards, either directly or via yourselves, so that we can all come together after an undoubtedly difficult term. The usual incentives in gaining CV points for developing and leading a University-scale sporting competition may be persuading factor for some on the fence, and I would be happy to draft letters affirming this for individual's portfolios. Again, the captain's mailing list is there for you to share virtual events and ideas- I've heard positive stuff about the Pembroke circuit swaps! There is no best approach in the present novel situation, as such it is important we are supportive to sharing ideas and be proactive for the mental and physical health of our rowing community. Any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to email in to myself ( limeng at cucbc.org) or the committee (committee at cucbc.org). I am also contactable on Facebook or teams (lz394 at cam.ac.uk) for more informal questions. All best, Lee Limeng Zhu, CUCBC Hon. Sec. limeng at cucbc.org On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 23:08, Conor Burgess wrote: > Dear all, > > At the Captains meeting, there was a consensus to organise a virtual > alternative to the Lents, with the exact format to be confirmed. We?re now > looking for people who are keen to organise and deliver this virtual event, > perhaps in a similar spirit to the virtual May Bumps, but perhaps > completely different if that would better suit the current state of > affairs. You will have the support of the Executive Committee in organising > this, and will present the event to the Captains? meeting at the end of > week four for them to vote on the proposed format. > > If you, or anyone from your committees or clubs would be interested in > getting involved, please ask them to email committee at cucbc.org to express > their interest. > > Please also remember that the Captains list is there for you to use it. At > the meeting there were several offers of virtual shared events, which could > potentially be shared via the Captains list. Alternatively, you can send > your email to Limeng (CUCBC Honorary Secretary) who will disseminate > lockdown events on your behalf (limeng at cucbc.org). If you send an email > to the list and it is still awaiting moderation the next day, please drop > me an email. > > Best wishes, > Conor > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matthew at cucbc.org Tue Feb 23 14:39:42 2021 From: matthew at cucbc.org (Matthew Temple) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:39:42 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] CUBC Development Squad Message-ID: _Captains - please forward the message below from Jordan to your college boat clubs._ Apologies if you've already received this message once; there appears to have been an issue with the CUCBC mailing lists so I'm re-sending it to make sure everyone's received it. --------------- Dear all, I hope you're all well and have been able to keep up some good training over the most recent lockdown. Katy Knowles (Women's Assistant Coach) and I are running the CUBC development squad this year, encompassing _lightweight and openweight,_ _women and men_. We are planning an open Zoom call for the 24th of February, at 7pm, to hopefully attract some interested people and provide some information about how the development squad will run this year. Could you all please pass this email around to your respective college squads and encourage all students you think may have the potential and ambition to trial for CUBC crews next season to join in the zoom call on the 24th. They will need to fill out this google form with their details and we will circulate the zoom link closer to the date. Attending the zoom call is not a commitment to joining the squad so those who are unsure about whether they can commit to, or would like to be a part of, the dev squad should still attend. Similarly, attending the zoom call will not guarantee someone a place in the dev squad. We understand it has been an incredibly difficult year and most colleges will have done little rowing, hence the open nature of the zoom call. We hope we can engage with as many people as possible and your support in this is critical and greatly appreciated. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out. Many thanks, Jordan -- Jordan Stanley Men's Assistant Coach Cambridge University Boat Club The Goldie Boathouse Kimberley Road Cambridge CB4 1HJ T: 07748 434 539 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From limeng at cucbc.org Tue Feb 23 17:52:43 2021 From: limeng at cucbc.org (Limeng Zhu) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:52:43 +0000 Subject: [CUCBC Captains] Virtual Lents Alternatives In-Reply-To: References: <5b93936a-2706-48e1-9431-339d0d3c2b52@Spark> Message-ID: Dear all, A reminder to encourage your members to put themselves forwards to organise a virtual lent bumps/end of term event. We have three volunteers. Three volunteers is not enough, we need at least 10 volunteers to have enough people to brainstorm, develop and action a virtual Lents alternative. All I ask is that if you or anyone you know is keen and would have an end of term virtual event, please put your name forwards ASAP. With regards to the recent developments in Coronavirus restrictions, we are monitoring BR and government advice and shall email once we have information to share. Kind regards, Lee On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, 10:56 Limeng Zhu, wrote: > Dear All, > > I hope your clubs have been able to remain in good spirits during lockdown. > > An update on the virtual event. Unfortunately we have had very few > responses of interest from individuals wanting to undertake this. If this > is the case by the end of week five (24th February) we may unfortunately > have to abandon this idea due to lack of manpower. > > Though CUCBC can, and will, support this organising committee in > developing a virtual alternative Lents, we do not have the capacity to > organise this ourselves. (In previous situations where changes have > occurred, we have set up working committees with the collegiate rowing > community at the time, to share workload and develop the best approach for > all). > > Please do encourage the more proactive members of your clubs to put > themselves forwards, either directly or via yourselves, so that we can all > come together after an undoubtedly difficult term. > > The usual incentives in gaining CV points for developing and leading a > University-scale sporting competition may be persuading factor for some on > the fence, and I would be happy to draft letters affirming this for > individual's portfolios. > > Again, the captain's mailing list is there for you to share virtual events > and ideas- I've heard positive stuff about the Pembroke circuit swaps! > There is no best approach in the present novel situation, as such it is > important we are supportive to sharing ideas and be proactive for the > mental and physical health of our rowing community. > Any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to email in to myself ( > limeng at cucbc.org) or the committee (committee at cucbc.org). I am also > contactable on Facebook or teams (lz394 at cam.ac.uk) for more informal > questions. > > All best, > Lee > > Limeng Zhu, > CUCBC Hon. Sec. > limeng at cucbc.org > > On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 23:08, Conor Burgess wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> At the Captains meeting, there was a consensus to organise a virtual >> alternative to the Lents, with the exact format to be confirmed. We?re now >> looking for people who are keen to organise and deliver this virtual event, >> perhaps in a similar spirit to the virtual May Bumps, but perhaps >> completely different if that would better suit the current state of >> affairs. You will have the support of the Executive Committee in organising >> this, and will present the event to the Captains? meeting at the end of >> week four for them to vote on the proposed format. >> >> If you, or anyone from your committees or clubs would be interested in >> getting involved, please ask them to email committee at cucbc.org to >> express their interest. >> >> Please also remember that the Captains list is there for you to use it. >> At the meeting there were several offers of virtual shared events, which >> could potentially be shared via the Captains list. Alternatively, you can >> send your email to Limeng (CUCBC Honorary Secretary) who will disseminate >> lockdown events on your behalf (limeng at cucbc.org). If you send an email >> to the list and it is still awaiting moderation the next day, please drop >> me an email. >> >> Best wishes, >> Conor >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If competition is allowed, we hope to take a proactive approach in adapting our potential racing to limiting factors, in order to ensure an accessible, fair and safe competition for all. This planning will of course, include discussion with all captains at the appropriate time- most possibly in the next captain's meeting. We will be in touch once more information is received. If clarification on BR advice is required for rowing on the Cam, please do get in touch. Stay safe, Lee Limeng Zhu CUCBC Hon. Sec. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: