From cuwbc at cucbc.org Sun Apr 12 20:10:59 2009 From: cuwbc at cucbc.org (Thomas Walton) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:10:59 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Umpiring Small Boats Regatta Message-ID: <005701c9bbaa$cc84f5f0$658ee1d0$@org> Dear all, I'm on the lookout for some umpires for Small Boats Regatta, taking place in a week's time. Racing will be between approximately 9am and 1pm on Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd, and I need a team of umpires to help me run the races. There's usually some really close racing so it's good fun! Umpires will be suitably rewarded with chocolate/biscuits/maybe even a drink after racing, so please do volunteer to help - you'll also reduce the number of marshals your college has to provide. Any experience levels are welcome! Please do email me if you can help, even if it's just for a couple of hours on one of the days - there will be quite a few divisions so you can help as appropriate. Captains, please forward this to anyone appropriate in your clubs. Thanks for your help, Thomas CUCBC Secretary From cuwbc at cucbc.org Tue Apr 14 19:56:41 2009 From: cuwbc at cucbc.org (Thomas Walton) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:56:41 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Help needed - Small Boats Regatta Message-ID: <007601c9bd3b$21a87ca0$64f975e0$@org> Dear all, I need more umpires to help with Small Boats Regatta next Monday to Wednesday mornings. The draw and timetable are now available online at www.cucbc.org/sbr so you can see when races are happening. Please do volunteer if you can help, even if only for one division - you can fit umpiring around bank-partying if that's what you want to do! Chocolate/biscuits/etc will be provided to helpers! Thanks, Thomas From cuwbc at cucbc.org Wed Apr 15 10:57:24 2009 From: cuwbc at cucbc.org (Thomas Walton) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:57:24 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] CUWBC Hon Secretary 2009-10 Message-ID: <008b01c9bdb8$f6778570$e3669050$@org> Dear all, The election for the position of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club Honorary Secretary 2009-10 will take place on Sunday 26th April at 7.30pm. Any member of a women's boat club in the University is eligible to stand. The CUWBC Hon Sec is part of the CUCBC and CUWBC committees. The role involves helping to organise and administer college rowing with the rest of the CUCBC committee, including assisting with the running of CUCBC races, and also being part of the CUWBC committee which looks after the administrative side of the club in preparation for the Henley Boat Races. All College Women's Boat Club Captains and those who have rowed in a women's Boat Race crew or have been a named spare who are still in statu pupillare are entitled to vote, so are invited to attend the Club Meeting on Sunday 26th April. More details will be circulated to captains nearer the time. If you wish to run, or are at all interested in the position, please contact me, and I will be happy to give you more information! You will need to be nominated and seconded by two people who can vote for you, as well as write a short manifesto. Nominations will close at 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd April. Captains, it would be appreciated if you could forward this to anyone in your club who might be interested. Please do get in touch! Thomas CUWBC Hon Secretary 2008-9 From cuwbc at cucbc.org Sat Apr 18 23:26:01 2009 From: cuwbc at cucbc.org (Thomas Walton) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:26:01 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Help on Monday Message-ID: <641beeae0904181626k4d8faff9jbe99c4c4c87aa9e3@mail.gmail.com> Dear all, Due to some unexpected problems, I still need a couple more helpers to run Small Boats Regatta on Monday morning, from 8.40am to 11.20am. Please do volunteer - it's not hard work, and you should get to watch some good racing whilst helping! Thanks, Thomas Small Boats Regatta organiser From k.r.matthies at googlemail.com Mon Apr 20 15:33:37 2009 From: k.r.matthies at googlemail.com (Konstantin Matthies) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:33:37 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Darwin College M2 and M3 looking for Coxes for Bumps Message-ID: <3A4140EE-89CB-422B-9591-9ABF34D4B38C@gmail.com> Hey there Darwin College's second mens squad are desperately looking for a permanent cox fro their boat that will be available in the May Bumps. Ideal would be someone who could commit to at least 3 morning-outings a week. If you are available and interested in taking up the permanent position in the crew please do get in touch. Further we are also looking for a cox for our third squad. At least two outings a week and again availability for the Getting on Race and the Bumps in June. Times and Dates of outings are highly flexible and negotiable Thank you very much Konstantin Matthies krm32 at cam.ac.uk From coxing at cucbc.org Mon Apr 20 21:35:38 2009 From: coxing at cucbc.org (Mark Stringer) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:35:38 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Coxing Rep 09-10 & a few start of term things Message-ID: <1BFD617A879E410582A054D808B6329F@pet.cam.ac.uk> Dear Coxes, Welcome back for the summer term. At the end of this term, I will be stepping down as Coxing Representative on the CUCBC committee and am therefore looking for people interested in taking on the job next year. Like most of the other roles on the committee, the coxing rep. helps out with some of the general CUCBC stuff, especially running the events throughout the year. The coxing rep. is then also responsible for running the coxing talks at the start of the year. These are delivered to all new coxes and also the new Lower Boats Officers (at separate events), where the aim is to cover some of the basics of what a cox will need to know (ie, basic boat handling and rules of the river, etc). You will also be responsible for giving the pre-bumps safety talks to both novice and experienced coxes. The coxing rep. also deals with coxing related queries which come in to the committee and looks to find ways to improve the level of coxing in Cambridge. I think ideally the coxing rep would have 2 or more years of coxing experience, though that is by no means a pre-requisite. You will however need to have a fair grasp of the college rowing system, especially bumps. In terms of electing the new Coxing Rep, we'll follow the same procedure as previous years, namely that we will have a brief hustings between the novice and senior coxing meetings before May bumps, after which the new Coxing Rep will be decided by the coxes present. If you are interested in standing, please send in a short manifesto (less than 1 A4 page) before the 29th May. If you want to know more about the job, get in touch and I'll be more than happy to discuss the role with you. Lastly, a few start of term things: When you go out in the mornings, if it looks like there could be low visibility, then take lights with you as a precaution, even if it is after lighting down. This should stop being a problem in a couple of weeks, but there was a bit of light fog this morning. If you go out for an early, be aware that noise MUST be kept to a minimum before 7:30, and coaches may not use megaphones at all before this time. As lighting up gets late enough to allow outings after Men's/Women's hour, you will need to take lights with you if you are likely to be on the water within 15 minutes of lighting up. Happy Coxing Mark CUCBC Coxing Representative -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coxing at cucbc.org Tue Apr 21 06:04:10 2009 From: coxing at cucbc.org (Mark Stringer) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:04:10 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] GEORGINA SIGNALS Message-ID: <437EEF120C1343CD8294867C088C3497@pet.cam.ac.uk> Dear Coxes & Captains, The Georgina is likely to be out a fair amount this term and given her size and weight, her manoeuvrability is very poor. Please make sure that you are familiar with the air signals which are given below. Note that the movements are indicating what she will do, so if you are heading towards her in the opposite direction, then the direction you will see will be different. One blast: I am altering my course to STARBOARD (RIGHT) Two blasts: I am altering my course to PORT (LEFT) Three blasts: My engines are going ASTERN (BACKWARDS), NB. the vessel may still be moving forwards due to momentum until reverse propulsion takes effect. Four blasts followed by one blast: I am turning around with my bow swinging to STARBOARD (RIGHT) Four blasts followed by two blasts: I am turning around with my bow swinging to PORT (LEFT) Five blasts: Your intentions are not clear A blast means a short blast on the ship's whistle of about 1 second duration. Georgina or any other vessel rounding an obscured bend, say at Ditton Bends, may sound a prolonged blast (4-6 seconds) to indicate her presence. If you are at all uncertain, please get in touch as soon as possible. Yours, Mark Stringer CUCBC Coxing Rep. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From flag at cucbc.org Tue Apr 21 16:13:53 2009 From: flag at cucbc.org (flag at cucbc.org) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13:53 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Green Flag Message-ID: The flag is Green. There are no restrictions on which crews may boat. The CUCBC Committee From cuwbc at cucbc.org Tue Apr 21 20:31:02 2009 From: cuwbc at cucbc.org (Thomas Walton) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:31:02 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Weekend rowing restrictions change Message-ID: <641beeae0904211331n5970b860q7b9efa9bbd7bdff4@mail.gmail.com> Dear all, As agreed by Captains at the Captains' Meeting held on Sunday, rule 6 of the handbook (regarding weekend rowing restrictions) has been amended to the following, with immediate effect: "6a. That, unless otherwise announced by the Executive Committee, no college rowing be allowed on the Cam before 11 a.m. on any Saturday or Sunday during each Full Term, save for a recognised Cambridge Rowing Association (CRA), ARA or CUCBC race, and that any infringement of this rule will result in every member of the crew concerned being disqualified from training and all CUCBC races during that term. b. That University crews shall keep their use of the Cam on Saturdays and Sundays before 11 a.m. to a minimum, and inform the CRA prior to all such use. " When access to the river on the Sunday is substantially restricted, the Executive Committee will generally announce that rowing all day on the Saturday will be permitted. Regards, Thomas CUCBC Secretary From rhw38 at cam.ac.uk Wed Apr 22 14:13:34 2009 From: rhw38 at cam.ac.uk (R.H. Williams) Date: 22 Apr 2009 15:13:34 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Wolfson College are looking for a cox or two... Message-ID: Dear all lonely coxes out there, Wolfson boat club are rather desperately seeking coxes for our boats. We have at least 4x men's boats and currently 1x women's boat but insufficient coxes to spread between them. We were wondering if there are any coxes out there who are willing to cox for Wolfson? We are holding a Wolfson Easter event this SATURDAY 25TH APRIL at Wolfson boathouse. If you want to meet members of WCBC before considering trying an outing with us then please come along. We will have a BBQ, tubbing and other activities- along with a boat naming ceremony. Any interested parties please email me (rhw38 at cam.ac.uk) or I'll be around all day Saturday at the boathouse(12-4pm) or in Wolfson Clubroom for the evening (9-midnight) if you want to introduce yourself and ask questions. thanks, Rhiannan [W1 Boat captain] From jmp85 at cam.ac.uk Sat Apr 25 11:09:17 2009 From: jmp85 at cam.ac.uk (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jenny_Pr=FCfe?=) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:09:17 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] W1 desperately needs a cox Message-ID: <49F2EF5D.2020307@cam.ac.uk> Dear Coxes Clare Hall W1 is desperately in need for people who can jump in as a cox for the next three weeks until 20th May Ideally we'd like to have you us coxing twice a week for this period, but any help is welcome. Outing times are 6am in one week and 6:30pm the other (depending on CUCBC regulations) After this period there is a chance to cox our W2 with you chosing outing times and enter Bumps with them if they manage to get on So please, let us know if you could help us. Without you we won't have outings! Please answer ASAP if you are interested or know anyone who is. We'd be very grateful for your support Wishes Jenny Pr?fe CHBC Women's Vice Captain From jrd42 at cam.ac.uk Sat Apr 25 16:41:14 2009 From: jrd42 at cam.ac.uk (J.R. Dewes) Date: 25 Apr 2009 17:41:14 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Spare cox box/equipment? Message-ID: Hi everyone, Homerton College Boat Club are suffering a lack of cox boxes as we did not have many to start with and they all seem to be breaking. I was just wondering if anyone had firstly a spare microphone lying around which they would be willing to lend/sell to us. We are in desperate need of an NK one. Also if anyone has a cox box they no longer use and again were willing to lend/sell it to us I would love to hear form you! Thank you in advance for any help you can give me! Jessie Dewes HCBC Coxing Captain From coxing at cucbc.org Sun Apr 26 19:35:03 2009 From: coxing at cucbc.org (coxing at cucbc.org) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:35:03 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Coxing Talk Message-ID: <74D142506D7647A69A53D41DE53E9F4B@pet.cam.ac.uk> Hi Everyone, Following the success of Rebecca Dowbiggin?s talk last term, I?m very pleased to announce that another talk is lined up, with the details below: I?m sorting out a venue at the moment, and it is most likely to be at Goldie. Yours, Mark CUCBC Coxing Representative Dear coxes, Coxultancy has two events this term in Cambridge that we hope you will be interested in - a clinic and a group coaching service. Please read on... **Pulling Your Weight, Part 2: a Coxultancy Clinic** Venue tbc, Tuesday 12 May, 8.30pm, ?7pp. Suitable for M1/W1 coxes or those with a year's experience. (But all are welcome!) Following on from the Coxultancy Clinic of last term, Pulling Your Weight, Part 2 aims to help the more experienced coxes on the Cam add value to their crews in training and racing. All topics covered will be accompanied by video or audio recordings and analysis, and will include: **Coaching your crew in training **Structuring outings without a coach **Calling races effectively **Bumps **How to accelerate your progress The clinic will start on time and will last about an hour. The clinic will be presented by Rebecca Dowbiggin. Please confirm your attendance by e-mailing rebecca at coxultancy.com. We hope to see you there! In addition, Rebecca will be offering group coaching for colleges this term: **Coxultancy Group Coaching** Coxes play a huge part in crews' performance in both training and racing! This service aims to help coxes play that part to the full. Particularly suitable for colleges with coxes who have ambitions to trial for the university in 09-10. **As used by 1st and 3rd in Lent term 2009!** The service consists of: - Each cox records their coxing, either in training or racing - Rebecca listens to the recordings and prepares a detailed feedback sheet for each cox, including practical ways to improve - Rebecca and coxes meet up for a 90-minute coaching session, which includes going through the recordings together, discussing the feedback, and listening to other cox's recordings to understand what to aim for! Maximum of 4 coxes, ?50. Please e-mail rebecca at coxultancy.com with any inquiries. Thanks, Rebecca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Enjoy your summer rowing, Thomas From coxing at cucbc.org Mon Apr 27 07:57:36 2009 From: coxing at cucbc.org (Mark Stringer) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:57:36 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] Coxing Talk Venue Message-ID: Dear Coxes, Further to last night?s email about Rebecca?s talk, the venue is now confirmed as being Goldie boat house. As a reminder, the details are: Date: 12th May (Tuesday), 8:30pm Venue: Goldie Title: Pulling Your Weight, Part 2: a Coxultancy Clinic Cost: ?7 Hope to see many of you there! Mark CUCBC Coxing Rep. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From events.secretary at championrowing.org.uk Wed Apr 29 12:39:00 2009 From: events.secretary at championrowing.org.uk (Events Secretary) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:39:00 +0100 Subject: [CUCBC Coxes] CAMBRIDGE CHAMPS EIGHTS HEAD - SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2009 Message-ID: <002e01c9c8c7$78be6300$6a3b2900$@secretary@championrowing.org.uk> CAMBRIDGE CHAMPS EIGHTS HEAD - SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2009 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 Plough lawns to the Penny Ferry. Last year 105 eights took part. PRIZES 1. EVENT CATEGORIES Event Tankards (with free fill of Milton Brewery beer if collected at prize giving at City boathouse) University categories: Men's 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 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 (dependent on entries):CRA Men's Senior, Novice, Vet, Junior /CRA Ladies Senior, Novice, Vet, Junior 2. COURSE RECORD 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 4.24.1seconds set by Downing M1in 2008 and 5.07.6 seconds set by Christs W1 also in 2008. 3. JUDGED BEST STARTS AT THE PLOUGH 9 bottles of "Champs" for: Most Impressive Men's start Most Impressive Ladies start Most "Interesting" Men's 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 (with a complimentary bottle of Bollinger champagne) and a cox award tankard. Runner up prize a pair of tickets on a public cruise and a cox award tankard. 4 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. 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