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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">Dear Captains,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are pleased to announce that
</span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">QErgs is back</span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">! Save the date for
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> November</span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
and please let all your lower boat captains know! QErgs is traditionally the first competition in the novice calendar and is the first chance for novices to compete as a crew. We enjoy running it just as much as you all enjoy taking part.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">While we are thrilled to be running QErgs again, there are a number of other changes to help keep the event safe while still enjoyable. The QErgs presidents and QCBC committee
have carefully considered how to run the event in a covid-friendly manner, and worked with Queens’ College to come up with a plan that minimises risks and fits local guidelines.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">The main change is that everything will be outside under a marquee this year – still in Queens’, but on the
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic">nice
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">side of the river. We will also be asking everyone involved to show proof of a negative lateral flow or vaccination, and there will be no finals as everyone will
be required to leave Queens’ once their division is over. Unfortunately, we cannot allow spectators, but will be livestreaming the competition to our Facebook page. Crews will be distanced from each other and necessary details taken for contact tracing purposes.
We will publish a full list of rules soon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">We are also required to limit the number of crews. This means that each college will be guaranteed a novice crew in both the men and women’s divisions, and subsequent crews
will be entered into a random ballot for the remaining spaces. We are also running a mixed senior division as usual, but competitors must not have competed in QErgs before. This is to give a chance to rowers who missed out last year! More information and opening
for entries will follow soon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">Please keep an eye on our Facebook page more information. If you have any questions or concerns, please email myself or one of the QErgs presidents below.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">Anna Feest, Tatiana Sedelnikov and Charlotte Smith</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400">af667@cam.ac.uk – ts790@cam.ac.uk – cls204@cam.ac.uk</span></p>
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