<p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Dear Captains</font></p><p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<font><b><i>*Please ensure the following information is passed on to all crews competing in the Getting-On Race*</i></b></font></p><p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</p><pre style="line-height:normal;text-align:start;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>The Getting-On Race for the Lent Bumps 2013 will take place on Friday 22th February and </font><font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.4em;text-align:justify">will be run in two divisions for men's and women's crews.</span></font></pre>
<p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>All men's crews <u><b>must be marshalled by 13:45</b></u>. The first 20 crews will marshal in starting order on the towpath side between the Railway Bridge and The P&E with the crew number 1 furthest downstream.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Crews 21 and above will marshal at Chesterton on meadow side (Stourbridge Common) in racing order with crew 21 furthest downstream opposite the P&E.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>The marshals will then instruct all crews to proceed to the start together, keeping in racing order. The first 20 crews will spin in order 1 at a time and pull in downstream of the start. Crews 21 and above will remain on the meadow side of the river and spin one at a time as space becomes available as the first crews start to race.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>All women's crews will marshal <u><b>by 14:30</b></u> in the same positions above the Railway Bridge with the first 20 on towpath side between Railway Bridge and the P&E and 21 and above along Stourbridge Common. Once all men's crews have finished racing the women's crews will be instructed to proceed to the start and will follow the same spinning pattern before racing.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Due to the very large number of crews racing please make sure you are marshalled early.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.4em">Please check the crew lists at </font><font><span style="background-color:transparent;line-height:18.1875px"><font color="#333333"><a href="http://www.cucbc.org/lents/gor" target="_blank">http://www.cucbc.org/lents/gor</a> very carefully before the day of the race as it will likely change in the days leading up to the race.<br>
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Best wishes</span></font><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><br clear="all"></font><div><font>Tom Grimble</font><div><font>CUCBC Honorary Secretary</font></div></div>
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