[CUCBC Contacts] CHAMPS EIGHTS HEAD - SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2008

[Events Secretary]

***Reminder***

The closing date for entries for Champs Eights Head is next Tuesday 13th May
6pm.

 

Remember - A magnum of Veuve Clicquot Champagne for the fastest men's and
ladies crews (Town or Gown) if they break the current Champs 8's Head course
record.

FYI Duncan Holland will be judging your starts at the Plough.

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CAMBRIDGE CHAMPS EIGHTS HEAD - SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2008 

 

DIVS AT 12.00, 1.30 and 3.00pm

This is a great pre Bumps Cam event for university and town club eights.

 

Course runs from the Plough to the Penny Ferry. Last year 85 eights took
part.

 

PRIZES SPONSORS - MILLS & REEVE, MILTON BRWERY AND RIVERBOAT GEORGINA

 

1. EVENT CATEGORIES 

Event Tankards (with free fill of Milton Brewery beer if collected at
prizegiving at City boathouse)

University categories:

Mens Mays Div 1, 2, 3 and lower   (divs 4-6) enter event as M1, M2, M3 or ML

Ladies Mays Div 1, 2, 3 and lower (divs 4-5) enter event as W1, W2, W3 or WL

Please enter your crews as the position you will be rowing in May Bumps not
your crew position in your boat club e.g. M2 not 1st boat
Any crews that will be entering the Getting-on Race are also very welcome to
enter as ML/ WL category

Town categories:

CRA Men's Senior, Novice, Vet, Junior 

CRA Ladies Senior, Novice, Vet, Junior

 

2. COURSE RECORD - Sponsored by Mills & Reeve

A magnum of Veuve Clicquot Champagne for the fastest men's and ladies crews
(Town or Gown) if they break the current Champs 8's Head course record.
These stand as 4m 32 seconds set by 1st & 3rd M1 in 2007 and 5m.15 seconds
set by Jesus W1 also in 2007.

 

3. JUDGED BEST STARTS - Sponsored by Mills & Reeve -Judged by Duncan Holland
(Chief Coach CUBC)

9 bottles of "Champs" for:

Most Impressive Mens start

Most Impressive Ladies start

Most "Interesting" Mens start

Most "Interesting" Ladies start

 

4. COXING PRIZES

Coxes prizes for the judged best cornering of Ditton Corner

First prize 2 tickets on a Georgina cruise on Sunday 1st June (with a
complimentary bottle of Bollinger champagne) and a cox award tankard.

10 other special cox award tankards and chocolate oranges.

 

This is an invitational event and as such does not require ARA membership.

Link for all previous years' results and copies of poster, entry form, map,
safety plan and competitor information (downloadable documents at foot of
Champs 8's Head page):

http://www.championrowing.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=61

 

Please email with any queries to: events.secretary at championrowing.org.uk

Please email your entry form or post with your cheque to the address below.

(Closing date Tuesday 13th May 2008 - 6.00pm) 

 

Thank you

Lesley
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Lesley Corbett
Events Secretary
Champion of the Thames RC
38 Chesterton Hall Crescent
Cambridge
CB4 1AP
t: 01223 328418
www.championrowing.org.uk <http://www.championrowing.org.uk/> 

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