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What’s in this issue: Michaelmas 2013

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What’s this all about? We are aware that lots of our news, feedback or requests alumni aren’t really in touch then get in touch by emailing with the boat club anymore. [email protected] or via Somewhere along the line facebook. people go from spending most of their free time on If you would like more regular NCBC as a student to being news updates check the web- graduates who don’t know site for race reviews and what’s happening to the club general club info or join our that they put so much time facebook groups; NCBC into. Gryphens and Newnham College Boat Club. We thought we’d fix this by sending out a twice termly www.newnhamcollegeboatclub.co.uk (ish) newsletter of news, plans and reminiscences.

Please do get involved! If you would like to write an article about your time at NCBC, or This term’s races since or if you have any

Queens’ Ergs 12/11 Novices 2013 Winter Head 18/11

Hayley and Jenna’s recruit- Emma Sprints 24/11 ment posters spread around Sufficiently recovered from college and Hele’s catchy that experience, the excite- video (have a look for the link ment is building as all five of Clare Novices 28 - on facebook if you haven’t our novice crews get better 30 /11 seen it yet) clearly did the and better and we head to- trick, over 70 novices signed wards their first taste of rac- Novice Fairbairns 5/12 up to learn how to row this ing. Starting with Queen's term. Ergs (but a couple of short weeks away), the future is Senior Fairbairns 6/12 Before they’d had chance to looking bright for a new gen- think twice they were up at eration of NCBC domination! the boathouse doing 500m erg pieces and getting out on the water in Marmelade. In typical NCBC fashion, the first swap followed soon after! NCBC NEWS

Senior rowing this term

The seniors kicked off the cuse not to do the same to our Harder Better Stronger Thrustier term with a boat tlc session at rowing skills and training was Jesus boathouse. We encoun- soon underway. The much- tered some truly huge spiders loved Erg Of Death has, you’ll and got through plenty of Cad- be pleased to hear, made a bury’s Crunchy Bites along the come-back. way to making the boats ship- shape for this year’s action. Despite some old faces form We also discovered the hard last year moving on a good way that the riggers aren’t crop of novices last Easter transferable between two of plus returning seniors means our boats. But a bit of extra that we now have two senior rigging practice never hurt VIIIs and one IV out training anyone - right?! regularly—pretty good going for Having cleared the cobwebs Michaelmas! from our boats we had no ex-

Onwards and upwards all rowing in the CUWBC ‘B’ crew. They just missed out on Three NCBC members went the A /B Semi-Finals of the down to Nottingham last month Women’s Eights category but to represent Cambridge Univer- won their C final by an impres- sity Women’s BC in the British sive 17 seconds over a 2km Rowing Championships. course. Tamsin Samuels, Abbie Law- rence and Claire Nichols were Right: Mays 2012 W1: Gemma’s final Bumps crew crew Bumps final Gemma’s W1: 2012 Mays Right: Harder Better Stronger Thrustier - second on the river for a precious 48 hours hours 48 precious rivera for the on second - three years with NCBC far ex- far NCBC with years three Bend of equivalent Bumps the sive highs of winning Fair- winning of highs sive mas- the From hobby. unusual and new this for of dreamed have could I anything ceeded My one’. bossy small, ‘the as cox the described had Dad my and race boat the watched first I’d since ever – bridge Cam- in arriving before decade a forover cox to wanted I’d rule. offside mustard French and salt sea Beckham’s like it for coins of purse my emptied I’ve before verylong me knows Nobody NCBC. with adventures my of tales derappreciated) un- all-too-often (and epic into launch to quick usually am I days, undergraduate my about asked When boats. in about mess was university at did ever I all that forthinking en forgiv- be would Cambridge ing leav- since met have I Friends Life after graduation—memories of after a recent Life leaver time in Cambridge so special. I I special. so Cambridge in time of Tuesday ill-fated ticularly for only (if captain as river the occasionally row with current current rowwith occasionally and coach cox, to back ping pop- frequently of year a after so long, forvery involvement NCBC from stayaway can’t I ‘five’. and ‘bow’ as knew first I who housemates fabulous two with living now I am and boathouse, the at ings morn- dark cold, on friends sity univer- closest my of many met my made what of part huge a was NCBC this, reading people formany case the is sure I’m As moments. Cambridge memorable most my of several me gave NCBC captaining and coxing time my Bumps, Lent par- a in bank the mounting of low massive the to hours), 48 on second reaching and bairn’s NCBC NEWSNCBC that I can keep you informed youkeepinformed can I that or page Facebok Gryphens’ the on eye an keep round, time this NCBC Captain 2011-12 2011-12 Captain NCBC 2009 NC Ali Gemma-Claire x Gem love, NCBC Much NCBC. with days glory your relive to opportunities future about so [email protected], gem- at me email out youmissed If Fairbairn’s. year’s forthis VIII alumni NCBC an organised have I crews, NCBC NEWSNCBC NCBC NEWS

Iris Preston Remembered

A dinner will be held for rowed for, and was secretary en were. The committee

Harder Better Stronger Thrustier CUWBC alumni this month in of, both Newnham and the drafted a constitution for honour of Iris Winifred Pres- University Boat Clubs and CUWBC, along with revising ton (1921– 2012). she retained a lifelong inter- the constitution of NCBC, in Iris was a Newnhamite who est in women's rowing. To- the Lent term of 1942. studied Chemistry. She gether with members of her Iris Preston went on to do NCBC crew and others Iris extensive research into the helped persuade oarswomen history of Newnham College at Girton to join with those at Boat Club and wrote a book Newnham and found a joint which she published herself rowing club so that those entitled 'From Newnham who rowed against Oxford College Boat Club to University Women's Boat CUWBC'. The NCBC IV is Club, could be awarded a named Iris in her memory. Blue, as the Oxford oarswom-

The Lent 1942 CUWBC crew, Iris Preston rowed at 5.

Dates for your diary:

LENT BUMPS RESULTS ⇒ 1st February 2014 Newnham Shortcourse Regatta—extra marshals W1 +3 always welcome! W2 +3 ⇒ Febuary 2014 Bedford Head? ⇒ 15th March 2014 WeHoRR

⇒ 30th March 2014 Henley Boat Races MAY BUMPS RESULTS - NCBC will be going down as a club to watch CUWBC thrash Oxford—if you need W1 -3 more persuading, fingers crossed we W2 +3 may have some Newnhamites racing this year! W3 0 ⇒ 6th April 2014 BNY Mellon Boat Race - keep an eye out on Facebook closer to the time for details of a possible trip down to London to watch the men.

Newnham College Boat Club Captain Hele Francis: [email protected], Development Officer: Eleanor Ainscoe [email protected] Contribuons by Eleanor Ainscoe, Anastasia Bogatyreva, Hayley McDermo, Gemma-Claire Ali, Claudia Catacchio and Alan Hendrick