<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Dear Boaties, coxes and friends of the River Cam,</span><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We are proud to announce that the race you have all been waiting for is finally around the corner: Cardinals Regatta 2017!</span><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This year’s edition promises to be even better than last year and will live up to the Regatta’s high standards of fun, colours and corrupt Marshals. </span><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">All you have to know about the race is this: it’s a lot more fun than Bumps, a lot less dangerous than Bumps and the weather is set too be much, much better than during Bumps week (of course, since it takes place a mere two weeks later).</span><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">If this wasn’t enough to convince you, note that previous editions have been consistently ranked first among all regattas on the Cam by the Journal of Alte</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">rnative Rowing. <br class=""><br class="">Catz Cardinals is the only race on the river in which you can enter tub pairs! To make this year’s edition a success in all categories, make sure you encourage as many fellow rowers as possible to start thinking about entering. The entry form for the regatta along with the rules will be available this Thursday (Feb 23rd), so stay tuned. <br class=""><br class="">We look forward to receiving your entries in due course. Get excited!<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">Cardinals Secretaries,</div><div class="">Geoffroy Dolphin</div><div class="">Lawrence Hopkins</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>