The Provisional Draw for Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head is now available.
Should any changes be required a Final Draw will be issued tomorrow evening (Friday 9th).
For full details of the event click here.
Champs Junior Sculling Head is on Saturday 10th March so there’s just 4 days left to put in your entries through the BR Online Entry system.
It’s a great opportunity for your juniors to see how they’ve progressed against their competition since last year, and for new scullers it’s a safe and accessible venue for a first race.
Visit our Junior Scullers Head page for more information and entry documents.
Champs look forward to welcoming you and your crews to the Cam on the 10th.
Entries are now open for the Junior Scullers Head on Saturday 10th March.
Visit our Junior Scullers Head page for more information and entry documents.
Please note the change of date from that published in Regatta and by British Rowing.
The Arctic blast has finally arrived this winter with a vengeance.
Please don’t get caught out on the river unprepared. Be sensible about your outings. The flag may be green, but conditions — particularly in the evenings — may be deteriorating due to wind, temperature or precipitation. In those cases, make the right decisions about the safety of your crew and the care of our equipment.
Dress appropriately for the cold weather. Have several layers to take on and off as you warm up and cool down. Make sure they include a hat, warm gloves, thick socks and a water and wind resistant outer layer to keep you dry and warm. Take all the layers with you in the boat.
Take precautionary measures such as having a bank party (particularly for all evening outings), have a mobile phone in the boat for emergencies and ensure that your cox is up to speed on directions to the various access points on the river.
SINGLE AND DOUBLE SCULLERS WITHOUT BANK PARTIES: PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER PERSON AWARE OF YOUR OUTING PLANS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. DO NOT GO OUT IN HOURS OF DARKNESS WITHOUT A BANK PARTY.
Thank you for your patience and enjoy some safe and brrrrrrrrrr chilly rowing.
Bests,
Paul
What a beautiful morning! As always, it’s difficult to get up when it’s still dark, but so rewarding to see the river with a heavy mist, trees and grass white with frost and the sun rising.
Congratulations to the following Champs members for their well deserved awards presented on Friday 11th November 2011:
Most Improved Male Rower: Mike Chudleigh
Most Improved Male Sculler(s): Giles Hutchinson and Richard Watraslewicz
Most Improved Junior Boy: Owen Munby
Most Improved Female Rower: Katie Hall
Most Improved Female Sculler: Cecile Jacklin
Most Improved Junior Girl: Daisy Hutchinson
The Millennium Cup was presented to Denis Howlett for outstanding service to the club recognising his fantastic work behind the scenes to keep the club membership and finances running smoothly and also making this website look so good.
Helen Christy received the Tom Green Cup in recognition of the effort she has put into organising junior rowing at Champs for the last 10 years.
November is now Movember for us all at Champs… Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces to raise awareness and funds to fight prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. And as you know all too well, we have seen the effects of prostate cancer at first hand. So in memory of our dear friend John – who would have been more than up for this – let’s do a little less shaving and start a little bit of fundraising!
From today you can register at mobro.co/Championofthethames. Do it with a clean-shaven face and then for the rest of the month, we selfless and generous “Champs Mo Bros”, will groom, trim and wax our way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the “Champs Mo Sistas”, we raise some funds for our Mo-growing efforts and have some fun.
Hi guys
The newly refurbished Jano Laurie is back after a complete face lift.
She is like new and the Sunshine crew lovingly put her back together this morning.
Please take good care of her and keep her pristine. Only IM2/3 crews will be allowed to use her from now on. No novice coxes to take her out please.
Thank you
Ruth
On Sunday 25th September, a Champs junior coxless quad, Daisy Hutchison, Nell Dix, Sophie Goldberg and Jessica Stewart did a sponsored 50km row from Cambridge to Ely and back.
After setting off in the sunshine and successfully negotiating the two locks, the sight of Ely Cathedral in the far distance was welcome, unlike however, the strong headwind that had set in for the long 25km back to Cambridge. But after more than 5 hours of rowing, they finally made it back to the boathouse with the blisters, stiff legs and sore bottoms to prove it.
Thank you very much to everyone for the generous sponsorship and support; over £1000 has now been raised in total for the community work we’ll be doing in The Gambia and definitely kept us going when it felt like we couldn’t possibly manage another stroke!
For more information, please visit the Stephen Perse Gambia Project.
Champs were invited by the Royal Sport Nautique de Bruxelles to the Brussels International Rowing Regatta 24th and 25th September and bought home a Silver from the Ladies Masters Single Sculling event. Continue reading
