<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear CUCBC and CRA contact,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Entries for the Spring Head to Head and City Sprint Regatta are now open.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Details of the events are below:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Spring Head to Head</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="">Entries are invited from CRA and CUCBC clubs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Events will be held for each boat class across Open/Men’s, Women’s and Mixed categories and in: 8+, 8x+, 4-, 4+, 4x, 4x+, 2-, 2x, 1x.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Events will be banded as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">• Championship – crews containing members who in the past have rowed at national level events such as HRR, HWR, Wallingford and Met regattas or May’s 1st Division crews</div><div class="">• Club – May’s 2nd Division crews or town crews that are neither Championship or Novice</div><div class="">• Novice – any crew where all of the members of the crew have not started rowing prior to May 2021 or student crews rowing in the Mays 3rd division or below</div><div class="">• Masters – Categories from Masters A to G as defined by British Rowing</div><div class="">• Juniors – Categories from J13 to J18 as defined by British Rowing</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Where an event has a large number of entries, the organising committee may band entries into student and CRA, or by creating bands based on past performance. The organising committee reserves the right to change banding if they feel that a crew has been entered in a category that is too low.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Division times are as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Div 1: 09:00</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Div 2: 10:45</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Div 3: 12:30</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Crews may express a preference for a division and to avoid a division when entering. The organising committee will try to accommodate preferences where possible. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Entries are to be made online using the the droplet link on the City of Cambridge Rowing Club website and cost £12 per seat.. Entries close at 10pm on Monday 25 April.</div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">City of Cambridge Sprint Regatta</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="">This year the Sprint Regatta will take place with crews racing upstream over 500 meters on the Long Reach. Entries are invited from CRA and CUCBC clubs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Events will be held for each boat class across Open, Women’s and Mixed categories and in: 8+, 8x+, 4-, 4+, 4x, 4x+, 2-, 2x, 1x.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Events will be banded as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">• Championship – crews containing members who in the past have rowed at national level events such as HRR, HWR, Wallingford and Met regattas or May’s 1st Division crews</div><div class="">• Club – May’s 2nd Division crews or town crews that are neither Championship or Novice</div><div class="">• Novice – any crew where all of the members of the crew have not started rowing prior to May 2021 or student crews rowing in the Mays 3rd division or below</div><div class="">• Masters – Categories from Masters A to G as defined by British Rowing</div><div class="">• Juniors – Categories from J13 to J18 as defined by British Rowing</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Where an event has a large number of entries, the organising committee may band entries into student and CRA, or by creating bands based on past performance. The organising committee reserves the right to change banding if they feel that a crew has been entered in a category that is too low.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Where an event has under 4 entries, the organising committee will offer competitors the option of racing crews of a similar speed by combining classes in order to provide more competition.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Racing take place in divisions with first commencing at 11:00am. Crews will stay on the water until they are knocked out. It is expected that racing will finish by 6:00pm.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Entries are to be made online using the droplet link on the City of Cambridge Rowing Club website and cost £10 per seat. Entries close at 10pm on Monday 25 April.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will be live-streaming coverage of the racing and will have a bar and spectator viewing area at the finish line.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote>Many thanks,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Seb</div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">Seb Walker<br class="">CCRC Events Secretary<br class="">07789 917763</div></body></html>