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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#FF8000'>***REMINDER***<br>
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS NEXT TUESDAY 12TH MAY 6pm</span></b><br>
<b><span style='color:#FF8000'><br>
CHAMPS EIGHTS HEAD – NEXT SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2009</span></b><br>
<br>
<span style='color:#FF8000'>DIVS AT 12.00, 1.30pm and 3.00pm</span><br>
This is a great pre Bumps Cam event for university and town club eights.<br>
Course runs from Plough lawns to the Penny Ferry. Last year 105 eights took
part.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='color:#FF8000'>PRIZES</span></b><br>
<span style='color:#FF8000'><br>
<b>1. EVENT CATEGORIES</b></span><br>
<span style='color:#FF8000'>Event Tankards (with free fill of Milton Brewery
beer if collected at prizegiving at City boathouse)</span><br>
University categories:<br>
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 4-6) enter event as W1, W2, W3 or WL<br>
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<br>
<br>
Town categories :CRA Mens Senior, Novice, Vet, Junior /CRA Ladies Senior,
Novice, Vet, Junior<br>
<span style='color:#FF8000'><br>
<b>2. COURSE RECORD</b></span><br>
<b><span style='color:#FF8000'>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. Currently 4.24.1seconds set by Downing
M1in 2008 and 5.07.6 seconds set by Christs W1 also in 2008.</span></b><br>
<br>
<b><span style='color:#FF8000'>3. JUDGED BEST STARTS AT THE PLOUGH</span></b><span
style='color:#FF8000'> </span><br>
<span style='color:#FF8000'>9 bottles of "Champs"</span> for:<br>
Most Impressive Mens start<br>
Most Impressive Ladies start<br>
Most "Interesting" Mens start<br>
Most "Interesting" Ladies start<br>
<br>
<b><span style='color:#FF8000'>4. COXING PRIZES</span></b><span
style='color:#FF8000'> </span><br>
Coxes prizes for the judged best cornering of Ditton Corner<br>
<span style='color:#FF8000'>First prize 2 tickets on a Georgina cruise (with a
complimentary bottle of champagne) and a cox award tankard.</span><br>
2nd prize 2 tickets on a public cruise on the Georgina and cox award tankard. <br>
4 other special cox award tankards and chocolate oranges.<br>
<br>
Please complete the entry form(attached) by email or post with payment (48
pounds a crew if payment received by closing date/56 pounds if late payment) to
the address below.:<br>
<br>
<span style='color:#FF8000'>Multimap link for directions by foot/bike (a few
minutes from the river)</span><br>
<a href="http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=cb41ap&countryCode">http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=cb41ap&countryCode</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please email by return with any queries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Lesley Corbett<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Events Secretary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Champion of the Thames R.C.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>38 Chesterton Hall Crescent<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cambridge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>CB4 1AP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>01223 328418<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>www.championrowing.org.uk<o:p></o:p></p>
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