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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Entries
are now open for The Fairbairn Cup 2017, Cambridge.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">The races will take
place on:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thursday
30<sup>th</sup> November:</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <font
color="#cc0000">Men’s and Women’s Novice VIIIs</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friday
1<sup>st</sup> December:</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <font
color="#cc0000">Men’s and Women’s Senior College and
Invitational VIIIs and IVs</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Entry fees are £60 for
an VIII and £36 for a IV.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Entries are made via </span><a
href="http://jcbc.jesus.cam.ac.uk/old/fairbairns/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://jcbc.jesus.cam.ac.uk/old/fairbairns/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
The entry deadline is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Thursday 16<sup>th</sup>
November, </i></b>and payment deadline Friday 24<sup>th</sup>
November.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="-1"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Payment
Details:</span></b></font></p>
<font size="-1"> </font> <font size="-1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Your
Reference: [Your College]Fairbairns (e.g. JesusFairbairns)</span></font><br>
<font size="-1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN">Jesus College Boat Club</span></font><font
size="-1"> </font><br>
<font size="-1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN">Sort Code: 30-91-56</span></font><br>
<font size="-1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN">Account number: 00538948</span></font>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Please find the
updated Rules and Regulations on the website and note the main
change, outlined below. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN">If you have any queries regarding the regatta,
especially regarding entries, please do not hesitate to contact
me at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:jcbc-fairbairns@jesus.cam.ac.uk">jcbc-fairbairns@jesus.cam.ac.uk</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Good Luck!</span></p>
<br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:
12pt; line-height: 107%;">Charlotte Jackson<br>
<br>
</span></font><i><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fairbairn Cup
Secretary 2017</span></font></i><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:107%"><i><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Jesus
College Boat Club</font></i></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:107%"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rules
and Regulations 2017:</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
The Rules remain largely unchanged from 2016 with the exception
of the removal of any time bonus for an obstructed crew. This is
in accordance with British Rowing Rule 8.6.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8
-6 Penalties at Processional Races. The following penalties are
available for processional events (head races, time-trials,
etc.):• Rule 8-5 penalties• an additional time penalty - to be
added to the offending crews time <span
style="background:yellow; mso-highlight:yellow">There can be
no reduction of time for a crew that is offended against.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This
will be dealt with by increasing the flexibility in the start
order, see Rule 7c:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">‘That
Jesus College Boat Club shall determine the order of the start,
based upon the finishing order of the previous year’s races,
followed by new entrants alphabetically and by status.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In the interests of safety
and fairness (Rule 13.a), if a crew is considered to be
substantially slower than the crew achieving the previous year’s
finishing position, they may be started with the new entrants,
upon application to the Fairbairns Secretary<span
style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">a boat club</i> deems one
of its<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i>crew<i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">s</i> to be significantly
faster than the crew in front, <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">and can provide evidence
to that effect (e.g. times from other races)</i>, the start
order may be changed or the time gap between the two crews may
be increased <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">at the
discretion of the Fairbairns Secretary</i>.</span><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Requests for a change in
start order or an increased time gap should be submitted to
the Fairbairns Secretary not later than seven (7) days before
the start of the races.’</i></span></p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Charlotte Jackson
Fairbairn Cup Secretary 2017
Jesus College Boat Club</pre>
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