http://www.cuwbc.org Cambridge University Women's Boatclub Home Page Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:07:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Henley Boat races 2008 were held on March 23rd in unseasonably cold weather and high winds, although fortunately the conditions did not require the shortening of the course as in 2007. The organizers agreed, however, that the weather would be likely to be better earlier in the day, ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2008/03/26/henley-boat-races-2008-race-report/ A DVD of the races is available from Rock the Boat at http://www.rock-the-boat.co.uk/cat-4-subcat-11-product-364 http://www.cuwbc.org/2008/03/24/hbr-2008-press-coverage-and-dvd/ CUWBC Lightweights victorious by 1/3 length over Oxford, Blue Boat have an extremely gutsy and well-drilled row but go down by 1/2 a length, and Blondie very unlucky to be caught by a particularly bad wave in the bad conditions and unable to show their true speed.  More detailed report ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2008/03/24/henley-boat-races-2008/ The President and Officers of CUWBC are pleased to announce the crews that will race Oxford at Henley-on-Thames on 23rd March 2008. Blue Boat Steffi Warrillow, Emmanuel Louise Connell, St John's Elselijn Kingma **, Trinity Hall Inka Borchers, Clare Hall Samantha Bennett, Pembroke Erin Weber #, Newnham Stephanie Jacquot, Trinity Hall Chiara Ferrara, King's Anna Simpson **, Corpus Christi Lightweights Abigail Fox, ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2008/02/26/cuwbc-henley-boat-race-crews-2008/ This year's trip to Nottingham for the annual Head of the Trent saw both the Blue boat and the Lightweights win their divisions.  The Lightweights put in a strong race and came away the victors in the WS3 8+ over the 6000m course.  Encouragingly for the Blue boat, ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2008/02/26/head-of-the-trent-2/ The Henley Boat Races are approaching! This year the races will be held on the 23rd of March and CUWBC are organising coaches for supporters needing transport to and from Cambridge. Details: Departing Cambridge 9am (Queens backs) Leaving Henley at either 5pm (following the races) or 12.30am (following the Boat Race Ball) Cost: £15 ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2008/02/21/henley-boat-races-2008-coaches-ball/ As most other people were thinking about new gym memberships to work off the holiday's excesses, CUWBC convened at Dorney Lake on January 2nd for our yearly training camp. With two outings per day, all three boats made great technical improvements, leading up to a 2000 ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2008/01/26/cuwbc-winter-training-camp/ On Friday 14 December CUWBC's chief coach Roger Silk was presented with an ARA Lifetime Contribution to Coaching award. We are delighted that Roger has received this award which recognises his outstanding and long-standing contribution to rowing in the local area and his commitment to the many athletes who benefit from ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2007/12/18/roger-silk-recognised-as-regional-coach-of-the-year/ Welcome to CUWBC’s 2008 Sponsor a Seat page.           Sponsor a Seat is aimed at helping our athletes fund the personal cost of achieving their goal of representing Cambridge University in the Henley Boat Races.  Click here for more information and to find out how you can join our team by donating to one of our ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2007/12/15/cuwbc-launches-2008-sponsor-a-seat-initiative/ CUWBC won both WS4 8+ and WS3 8+ in the Cambridge Autumn Head on October 20th, and were second and third fastest women's crews overall (beaten only by a veteran crew containing several ex-CUWers!). The next event on the CUWBC calendar is the Fours Head on the Tideway, on the 3rd ... http://www.cuwbc.org/2007/10/26/cambridge-autumn-head-2/