Michaelmas 2020 began with an erg-based rowing week – outings in scratch crews being impossible. With ergs now on the roof of the Dorothy Garrod building, we were entirely at the mercy of the weather, which rained disobligingly (or obligingly, […]
Helen didn’t novice until her second year in 2018 but since discovering how great NCBC is she has rowed every term since, in crews from W3 to W1. After a slightly less successful (but still fun!) bumps campaign in her […]
Amy was a Classicist who matriculated in 2019. In her first Michaelmas she noviced in NW2 and immediately loved rowing. After novicing, she rowed in W1 in Lent 2020, which was when she became completely obsessed with NCBC. Amy is […]
Caitlin noviced as a rower with NCBC in 2019 and, alongside studying a degree in veterinary medicine, has continued to row with the club in W4 and W2 in 2020. She was one of the Regatta Secretaries in 2020-2021.
Namera noviced as a cox in Michaelmas 2019 and subsequently coxed W4 and then W2. She was NCBC’s Treasurer for the academic year 2020-2021, and was an Engling.
Clemmie learnt to row at her local club in Fremantle, Western Australia after an unsuccessful coxing career. She rowed for W2 in Michaelmas 2019 and Lent 2020 as a stroke-sider and has fallen in love with the NCBC spirit. She […]
Cat is a Classics student who has been coxing with NCBC since 2018. She has coxed both the W3 and W1 crews across three sets of Bumps, and is most loved for her unfailing optimism and belief in her crew, […]
Katie Jones learnt to row with NCBC as a fresher in 2016. She had two successful bumps campaigns that year, overbumping in W3 in Lents and going up two i nW2 in Mays. In 2017-18, Katie became the Boat Club […]
As if she didn’t already have enough on her hands as an Engineering student, Beth essentially signed up for every sport possible (including rowing of course) at Newnham’s Freshers’ Fair. She noviced in Michaelmas 2019 in NW1 and ended up […]
Rosanna learnt to row at Newnham as a fresher in 2018, and very soon started talking about little else! She rowed in W2 for Lent and May Bumps in her first year, before moving into W1 and stroking the Lents […]