Michaelmas Term 2022 Coaches: Gemma-Claire Ali, Yfke van der Heijden, Rosanna Barraclough, Amy Rowe, Rhiannon Smith Lower Boats’ Captains: Ella Ramage, Molly Leach, Emily Dick 1st VIII – Headship Crew C Beth Peers S Emma Brightman (Captain) 7 Lihani Du Plessis 6 […]
4th VIII On Tuesday the 15th of March, the 4th VIII raced in the Talbott Cup. It was a beautiful sunny day; spirits were high and people were out enjoying the weather. Slowly, the crew began to arrive at the […]
Fresh off winning Headship and after one hungover, post-BCD practice training session on the tideway, the 1st VIII ventured down to London to race WEHoRR on the Thames. Thanks to Rosanna (the newbie causing issues again), we were in the […]
1st VIII – Rowed over to claim HEADSHIP! The 1st VIII woke up on Saturday morning with enough adrenaline to fuel the entire boat club. We knew that our previous successes were all leading up to this crucial day. Downing […]
1st VIII – Rowed over in headship position After claiming headship yesterday, we knew that Downing would come back fighting. Channelling Cat’s key words of the day – “clean and confident” – we rowed up to marshal as chonky and […]
1st VIII – Bumped Downing W1 to claim HEADSHIP! Fuelled by yesterday’s bump, the row up to marshalling was chonky (like a Labrador), strong and intimidating. After arriving at marshalling (and being pulled into the bank by a member of […]
1st VIII – Bumped Jesus W1 With no opportunity to race this term and suss out the competition, the 1st VIII turned up on Day 1 with the only things we could; the most intimidating paddling, good tunes for marshalling […]
2nd VIII- Row-over Under yet more threatening skies, NCBC took the Cam by storm on the first day of Lent Bumps. Of the three Newnham crews racing this week, two boated for the first day of competition, with W3 being […]
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, […]