A Dear Friends, new intake of novices. There are also and thedelightsoftraining upthe race reportsfromthe Lentbumps latest the updates from the Cam, including all find you’ll newsletter Inside this edition of the FoMBC ladies andgentlemenofMagdalene. of you there as possible to cheer on the requested, and we hope to see as many taking shape. Fine weather has been are Dinner Reunion MayRaces, the for plans the and of day final the for pitch is booked in Caius Meadow nother summer approaches, the Bring ontheBumps Newsletter Easter 2012 ‘Super Magdalene’.‘Nuffsaid. (Photo: Ellie Richardson) [email protected] FoMBC COORDINATOR Chris Laws With bestregards, to hearfromyou! delighted always we’re Wilson: Tom an article, please getintouchwith for idea another or tell, to story a got you’ve If ago. years some gun minute last experienced the tensionofone some contributionsfromthosewho

Friends of when our usual driver John Ionides was unable and to the Brisks who made it possible. Even From the Captain to do it, or indeed when we found two trailers a small club like Magdalene costs a significant were more appropriate than one. The trip to amount to run (something over £20k), what got things off to a good start, with lots of hard Henley was the first I undertook, when we with the ever increasing cost of equipment and work in the surprisingly pleasant weather. We entered a women’s four (Nicola Gardner, Ella transport, and the need to pay coaches. Under all needed to be reminded of everything we’d Boughton, Emily Thompson, Hannah Peel and these circumstances the FoMBC assumes even forgotten over the Christmas break, and it gave coxswain Henry Nash) in the Henley Fours greater importance, since our subscriptions us an opportunity to kick some of our bad habits. Head. It was a logistical nightmare, principally subsidise many of MBC’s activities. Increasing on account of my not having a towing vehicle in our membership is one of our best ways to raise Our positive attitude has continued all through , so the whole undertaking took Ella more funds and help the current rowers of MBC, the Lent term, with crews gelling together nicely and me a little short of ten hours travelling in so please encourage any of your unaffiliated and everyone trying hard to improve on their erg various vehicles. Though I forget the result of contemporaries to join. Furthermore, times and their rowing technique. We’re very the race, it was undoubtedly worth the trouble if you know of an organisation or person who grateful to Brian Corbett and John Ionidies for may wish to their coaching, and to various others who’ve sponsor the helped out. club, we would be delighted to Sadly our results in the weren’t a hear from you! fair representation of the commitment, effort and improvement we’ve seen in our boats. Although I must beg your the results may appear disappointing, we’ve indulgence taken a lot from the experience and know that in the we have to train hard, and are looking towards consideration of the . Hopefully our Henley Training one more matter Camp over the Easter break will inspire us to of funding: t’s been another busy and challenging term greatness! you will for MBC. Great progress has been made by I remember that all of our rowers and coxes, with several of Katharine Relph I mentioned in last term’s novices making an impression in my last missive the senior boats. Our January training camp Captain of Boats 2011-12 that a move was afoot to raise the funds for a boat named President’s Message in Richard forward to the fruits of their endeavours in the Hamersley’s honour. The Bumps. They were once again lucky enough to The fully loaded trailer, bearing the instruments of torture details are now benefit from the attention of Karl Reid, whose for a week in Henley-on-Thames command of physiology informs his coaching, arranged, and giving the rowers a greater understanding of the since the Henley Head was really only a practice may be found effects of exercise on the body, and how best for the BUSA Head, where, sailing under the later on in this newsletter, on page 11. to extract performance. Other coaching was university colours, the same four won gold. The With the May term already upon us our thoughts generously provided by former MBC members next term I kept an ancient Land Rover of my are turning to the Mays Marquee and the Friends who returned for the occasion and on Thursday own secreted at the boat house – one shudders to Reunion Dinner. Both are splendid occasions, night, all enjoyed a meal at the Maltsters Arms think what towing with it today would cost at an and I look forward to meeting you either there in Rotherfield Greys. The members of MBC are unhealthy seventeen miles to the gallon. or somewhere on the tow path. The training very grateful to the Friends, whose contribution camp has set the tone for the term and MBC to the finances makes it possible to run the This year is the last in which MBC will be are physiologically up to the task – the scene have just returned to Cambridge from Upper training camp without charging the rowers an sponsored by Bank of New York Mellon, who requires but one last thing; the reverberating I at Henley, with the unreasonable sum. have chosen not to renew their contract with us MBC trailer and boats in tow. The members of on account of their new position as principal roar of the MBC supporters. Huzzah! MBC have spent a week at UTRC on a training The journeys to and from the training camp sponsors of . BNYM have been Henry Reynolds camp in preparing for the May term, and by all stirred a number of memories for me. I started very generous to us and we are eternally grateful accounts it has been a great success, so we look towing the boat trailer in 2005, on occasions for their kind support over the last three years, President, MBC

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was worried to say the least WINTER HEAD TO HEAD 2012 I over the Christmas holidays 1st Womens VIII, Student, Mays 1st 5/6 LENTS 2012 about the possibility of not even 16:57, 9/10 1st Men having a W1, but winter training Down 3, 14th in Division 1 camp kicked us off to a great PEMBROKE REGATTA 2012 Bumped by: Girton, Christ’s, Robinson start. While the Captain of Boats 1st Mens VIII, lost to FaT, 3l and Women’s Captain clocked 1st Womens VIII, lost to Caius, 4l 1st Women up the kilometres on the Cam, Alumni VIII, WON POTS, see report p.12 Down 2, 15th in Division 1 the former novices made a steep Bumped by: St Catharine’s, King’s jump up to senior rowing by HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE 2012 being mixed into the crew, amd 1st Men’s VIII, IM3 20:19 84/139 2nd Men instantly appreciating the lighter Down 3, 5th in Division 3 boat. Forming a crew was easy, Bumped by: Darwin, Peterhouse II, Selwyn II and with so many keen people INDOOR ROWING CHAMPS 2012 eager to ask lots of questions H. Gruetjen: 6.00.8 - 2nd Student, 3rd overall and badger Brian our coach with them at the end of each outing, I had to shoo them out of the Up-to-date results and reports can be found at www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ boathouse to lock up! Rehydrating after a tough week on the river us the reach to try to catch up with LMBC. We As technique and ratio improved us, we Leader of all men good and true, Jackson key members of the club Mark Sweeney and pushed hard but our crews were evenly matched made progress on picking our boat speed up, Lippold, takes up the story for the men’s side. Albert Bartok-Partay moving on at the end of and passed under the railway bridge to continue determined that we couldn’t let veteran women’s Michaelmas, it has been pleasing to see just back to our boathouses with some good sporting crews continue to be considerably faster than us. reat improvements have been made by the how well the new rowers have integrated into camaraderie not seen between John’s and Then came the snow and ice. I lost track of how men’s side throughout Lent term, with our the mens’ crews. After a January training camp Magdalene before. G many outings we had to cancel and long ergs previously 6ft 8 German revealing that he has introduction, three ex-novices stepped up to grown even taller! became the order of the day with all of us keen The final day and we still wanted to get that M2, and M1 was bolstered by two new rowers showing excellent improvement. to get back out on the water. bump on LMBC, but it wasn’t to be. King’s After starting off as a relatively small men’s were a strong crew and we gave it everything To add a bit of scenic variety to our training, we side at the beginning of the year, and with Two weeks of icy conditions made water-based succeeding in making it to Grassy again before we took the boat over Baitsbite lock and enjoyed were caught. All in all a tricky bumps campaign some unbroken rowing down to the sailing club but the two days we rowed over showed we had complete with plenty of Haribo. This became a it in us and with plenty more training and time running theme in the boat, reaching excessive to improve before Mays, W1 are going to be a proportions by the time Bumps came around. force to be reckoned. The first day of bumps came and we made a good start moving up onto LMBC. However we failed Emily Parsloe to convert and a strong row from St. Catharine’s Women’s Captain 2011-12 saw them catching us on Grassy corner. The next day we went into with determination and with St Catharine’s and LMBC bumping out in front made for a solid row over keeping Selwyn away from us behind. The next day we were chasing LMBC again though Selwyn were hard on our tail. With some great coxing from Maddy we held off consistent pushes onto us all the way through Grassy and Plough reach. Coming onto the reach with them just behind us we began to push away and King’s bumped them on the corner leaving M1 rowing back after an early bump out in Lents (Photo: Maddy Scragg)

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6 www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ 7 night before. Fortunately for An Obituary to Rowing Youth me, none of the MBC crew was aware that I too had Our once resident ‘Dreamboat’ recalls memories as buying a new boat and new oars, and adding been drinking at Robinson’s from yesteryear. Sadly though, his rowing career ergo and weights training to the schedule (at May ball! For the sake of is thought to have peaked in the womb. Josh Walton, my home club, nearly all the training crew morale I kept my mouth Wedlake recounts... we did was water based) as a last ditch attempt shut, and in my hungover to recover my efforts. A composite quad I was in state remembered to cut off n September 2007 I arrived at Magdalene lost to the winners of the Fawley Cup at Henley the giveaway wrist band Ito study Rowing, and of course, to play by just half a length, the closest losing margin and change out of my dinner Architecture in my spare time. Fresh faced and of the event, and the crew that beat us would go jacket before cycling to the fresh off the back of a fairly successful junior on to race at the Junior Worlds. Sadly our crew boat house. Thankfully the sculling career, I had a number of races for (with one change) failed to make the A final at bump came more quickly the GB team under my belt, and was planning the European Youth Cup that year. Dejected, I than my acid reflex could to take a “year off” from “serious” training to returned home and began an English summer of kick in, and by the time trial with the Cambridge Lightweights. Already music festivals, beaches and warm beer, far from my unprofessionalism had though, I should have realised that there was the dieting that lightweight trials would soon been uncovered days later, enough evidence to suggest that I had peaked too require of me. everyone was too drunk to early, as a National Champion at J14, and that I be upset about it. The real Not used to being in crews with chain smokers, was about to embark upon the steady downward Unfortunately my efforts to mediate the round success though was to come the following year, but ever impressed by dedication to a cause, I burn out that would delineate my personal the clock workload that an Architecture degree in Mays 2009, when I would be called in last gave my all in that race, but despite our coach underachievements for the next few years, and requires, with trialling for the lightweights, and minute, after taking a winter off rowing to recover Andy Nield’s enthusiastic shouting and video increase my reliance on crewmates to pull me to the strenuous demands of being a fresher, were from chronic fatigue, to sub in for Tom Bramall camera-ing, and cox Tom Wilson’s “Top Gun” victory! unsurprisingly unsuccessful. Many nights I spent who had impaled his arm on the purposefully race calls, it just wasn’t our day. I soon realised more hours on the ergo than I slept, and incessant designed spikes of the LMBC boathouse fence. that some tactical coaxing would be required if I After coming back from a hernia repair to win comfort eating to combat stress induced by my Perhaps if Tom ever asks me to reminisce for the was to persuade my crewmates to pull me along a Silver medal for the British team at the Coupe Director of Studies, somewhat curbed my weight newsletter again I’ll have the chance to recount to victory! de la Jeunesse (European Youth Cup) in Holland loss efforts. Unlike my water performance that more happy memories from my time with MBC. in 2006, I spent much of my last year as a junior term, news of my failure to make the lightweight As fellow MBC crew members will recollect, floundering, wondering where my speed had crew moved quickly, and little more than half at this early stage, my encouragements took Josh Wedlake gone, and trying out desperate measures, such an hour after I’d heard the bad news myself, various forms, and my post MBC Alumnus (2007) I received a phone race pep-talk after a devastating call from MBC’s loss to a bunch of schoolboys Mens’s Captain, at Bedford Regatta was less Dave Plumstead, than motivating! Victory came eager to recruit a new at last to our crew that year at crew member for City Sprints, but not without Peterborough Head. I some questionably legitimate rocked up on the day, crew members in the boat - not knowing exactly the mysterious twin brother of what to expect for Mark Aldred from Downing, my introduction to who apparently studied at college rowing, but Magdalene, unbeknownst to soon learned that most of the crew. In Mays that Thibaud Kossler had summer we would record three recently cut back on row overs, but on the last day his chain smoking, to we lined up with Robinson convince Dave that he ahead of us and the knowledge was serious enough that all of their crew had been Race faces in the 2008 Champs Head crew to make the 1st VIII. Top: Detoxing with a bump in Mays 2008 drinking at their May Ball the Above: 2nd place in the S3 IV+ at Marlow Regatta in 2008

8 www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ 9 I relished the opportunities and challenges that six tankards, two shot glasses and some great Testing times with CUW coxing for CUWBC gave me. In my six months stash, I felt I could come back to MBC after a with the club, I coxed the crew that came first whirlwind six months, with more to offer and a owards the out of all Oxford and Cambridge boats entered in lot less stress! end of exams, T IVs HoRR in November (unfortunately missing CUWBC put out the IM2 pennant by two seconds!), raced in After missing the goings-on of MBC in word that they were regattas around the country, and bizarrely ended Michaelmas, I decided to take a step into looking for more up coxing for a veteran Oxford blue boat in the unknown and begin creating a new club coxes to take part Rome. When it came down to it though, I missed website in order to make it interactive and easily in a four week long the atmosphere that could only be found at 6am, accessible. All of us at MBC have a vision of Development Squad huddling inside Magdalene Boathouse in the the website being somewhere where alumni over the summer warmth, waiting for that same girl who turns can keep in touch and be continuously updated break. With my own up 15 minutes late every time, dishevelled and with our many antics. So fingers crossed, mid- holiday increasingly inevitably hungover. Easter term, keep an eye out for a brand new looking like being website, which I am working closely on with the stuck in Cumbria Unfortunately, my work took a miserable plunge Development office. Huzzah! chasing sheep out alongside my sunglasses into the murky depths of of the garden in the . I could risk losing my sunglasses, Maddy Scragg the pouring rain, I yet being in my final year I didn’t want to risk jumped at the chance my grades. Whilst competitively coxing for the MBC (2009) to get up at the crack university was a great opportunity, giving me of dawn for another few weeks despite only starting coxing a few months Feeling the strain of the Ely mornings (Photos: Hannah Morgan) previously. Richard Hamersley Memorial Fund It was great fun and it didn’t rain once! Whilst n the months following Richard’s death in incredibly worthwhile. Yet without anybody 99% of the coaching was focussed on the rowers, 2011, a number of members and friends of the noticing, CUWBC were gradually sucking in I being able to listen and see them respond to the Boat Club contributed spontaneously to the Fund the happy and naïve novices, turning them into feedback given to them on technique was established in his honour, and we are pleased battle-hardened warriors with one goal in mind: to report that together with the annual prudent to destroy reserves put aside under his management, we are Oxford come the Henley already past half way towards the total of £18,000 Boat Races. required for a new VIII named in his memory, in An admirable addition to further significant amounts pledged goal, and with over the next three years. training 20 hours a week in If you wish to donate to the fund, there are both Cambridge two options. First you can get in touch with and Ely, every the Alumni & Development Office by email single day on [email protected], or phone pushed us them on 01223 332104. Secondly you can visit past our limits http://www.magdalenecambridge.com/page. to achieve aspx?pid=385 for details on donations. In both it. Coming cases, please highlight you wish your donation to back after the be directed to the Richard Hamersley Memorial summer break, Fund. Tax can be reclaimed under the Gift Aid it seemed scheme, which increases the value of a gift only natural significantly at no extra cost to the donor. Of to continue course, any gift is most gratefully received. with trialling. Coxing the fastest Oxbridge IV at IVs HoRR

10 www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ 11 back on the river in the Indigo The Boys are Back in Town and Lavender. In the first race of a renewed effort to get station until the railway bridge, but a good line Plans are in motion for the next alumni racing event; we are Alumni and Friends increasingly involved from the cox under the railway bridge extended our lead out to 1 ¼ lengths. looking to enter multiple alumni in the boat club, a crew was put together to boats (male and female) at City race at Pembroke Regatta this year. Read on The wind had really gotten up by the time the Sprints on the 6th of May. There to find out how they fared... final rolled around, to the point that there were will be a BBQ, the chance to actually breaking waves on the reach! Thanks to meet the current MBC squad and 1st Round: Bye the gusty conditions and the impatience of the more. Contact Mark Sweeney race marshalls we were skewed towards Trinity ([email protected]) for SF: Beat Clare Alumni - 1 1/4 lengths Hall at the start, and careened into them off the details. Final: Beat Trinity Hall Alumni - 2 lengths start. We had prepared in advance for just such an eventuality, and unleashed a strong “clash Mark Sweeney, ten”. Bow then decided to conserve energy and MBC Alumnus (2003) confuse the opposition by crabbing for the next he idea of putting together an alumni eight 100 meters, allowing Trinity Hall to gain a lead to race on the Cam first came together at T of over a length of clear water. Storming into a commanding and unassailable lead against the Friends’ Reunion Dinner last June, with memories of summer rowing and pots past to Once Matt stopped using his blade to dredge Clare alumni (Photo: De Burgh Boat Club) the fore (there was a curious collective amnesia the Cam, the boat sprang back up to speed. Crew Order 5: Graham Forrest (2007) for the pain involved). When Pembroke Regatta The extra race and the heavy conditions were announced an alumni division, it seemed an beginning to tell on Tit Hall, and we slowly Bow: Matt Bullivant (2002) 6: Nick Asselin-Miller (2003) ideal opportunity to return to the Cam; decent reeled them in through a series of pushes for five 2: Stephen Ryan (2005) 7: Derek O’Brien (2007) prizes, weekend race, and significantly shorter called by Maddy. Overtaking them at the bridge, than your average race (just 1100 metres). we stretched our lead out to two lengths by the 3: Ziri Younsi (2003) Str: Mark Sweeney (2003) Many emails and no training sessions later, we finish line as our intensive training programme assembled at the boathouse in Cambridge on a of beer and telly paid dividends. We celebrated 4: Jon Heffer (2001) Cox: Maddy Scragg (2009) gusty Saturday morning ready to dominate. our pots (Huzzah!) with pub lunch in the new Spoons by the boathouses, ending a great day nd talking of old boys and girls, there’s a few Having cunningly negotiated a bye Ablades left in Paul Knight’s workshop at the to the semi-final boathouse. Please get in touch with him via email through tactical on [email protected], or email Tom on tcw35@ whinging, the alumni cam.ac.uk to arrange picking it up. were fresh for their race against Clare’s JR Hird - 2003 newly formed JS Jacobs - 2006 alumni racing club. TC Bagguley - 2006 Ziri upheld the high technical standards Alex Constantinides - 2007 of the three seat Anna Roberts - 2007 by crabbing on the Gabrielle Darby - 2008 paddle to the start! Julia Collins - 2009 Taking the lessons of our intensive 25 stroke practice erg to heart, we pulled FoMBC online! In addition to our website, out to clear water www.fombc.com you can join our Facebook within 400 meters. group “Friends of Magdalene Boat Club” as Clare, with last well as the more informal “MBC International year’s Goldie stroke The lycra is starting to look a little tighter than it once did Racing Corp” leading the charge, Victory also tastes sweet (like beer apparently) (Photo: Bryce Sait) dug in and held (Photo: Maddy Scragg)

12 www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ www.srcf.ucam.org/mbc/ 13 proved they could, rapidly transforming from NM2 completing it in 11.54. the WN1 division. A week later single rowers to a team in a few short weeks. Novice Round-Up 2012 The boys had a chance to test themselves at We were happy to see many of our boys came Clare Novices. Although continue to row again in 2012 and for two of st Clare Novices later that month, which, while not Ellie Richardson, women’s LBC, on the ups we were beaten in the 1 round them to move immediately into M2. Thanks and downs of novice term... by Anglia Ruskin, the girls rowed technically much of a success, was an excellent opportunity to see where their weaknesses lie. Outings the go to Viktor Bystrom and Jack Collier for their brilliantly which was encouraging for their teamwork as fellow LBCs and an especial thanks aturally Michaelmas presented us with final race as novices. Fairbairns was the chance following week saw massive improvement over the opportunity to convince Freshers a few short days and by Fairbairn’s both crews to Jackson and Katharine for their support and N to put everything they’d learnt into practice and stupendously rapid replies to my emails and to and established members of the College alike they did MBC proud by pushing consistently were ready for battle. Our lads did well, NM1 that this was the year to take up rowing. With completing the 2700m course in 10:40 and Miranda for managing to get us entered for all to the end and giving it everything they’d got. of our races despite how late I applied to her. the promise of great socialising, and little Perhaps the best thing to come out of this year’s mention of early mornings and strenuous ergs, novice term is the fact that so many of the girls we recruited a squad of twelve novice girls. have continued to row, with four members of The training progressed really well and I was the current W1 and most of W2 having started The Friends of Magdalene Boat Club very impressed by how naturally they took this year as novices. to new exercises and techniques. I’d like to Reunion Dinner & Mays Marquee thank Trinita, Grace, Phyllida and Harriet for Iain Flint, men’s LBC, takes up the story... their help with organisation and coaching, The Stewards of Magdalene Boat Club warmly invite you and a guest to the his Michaelmas we embarked on the ever it definitely made planning outings easier Annual Reunion Dinner of the Friends of Magdalene Boat Club knowing that I could rely on another LBC to Tchallenging task of convincing nervous freshers and senior students alike that rowing sub in if necessary. The first test of our training Saturday 16th June 2012 was off the water in Queens’ Ergs. With the is the best sport out there. While receiving no help from some of Magdalene’s proud rugby The Large Combination Room, Magdalene College addition of a few very helpful novice coxes we Pre-dinner drinks at 7pm; dining at 7.30pm entered two crews, and some excellent splits players, recruitment still brought in two full th crews of Men’s Novices raring to get out on the were achieved, putting WN1 and WN2 in 6 And also beforehand to watch the last day of the May Races and 9th place respectively overall. After this water. Both boats improved at an impressive came the novices’ first on-Cam race, Emma rate, quickly rowing all eight and beginning to truly enjoy themselves, Magdalene Marquee in Caius Meadow (access via Fen Ditton) obsolescing all the Racing starts 11am; last division at 5:45pm speeches Viktor Bystrom Buffet lunch and tea kindly provided by The Master and Mrs Robinson and myself had prepared Punt crossing for members and their guests to the towpath side to motivate our novices should more splashing RSVP by 2nd June to Chris Laws, 11 Freshborough Court, Lower Edgeborough Road, Guildford, than rowing be the case by GU1 2EU, or by e-mail to [email protected]. Cost for dinner is £51 per person; a cheque week 3. While attendance payable to “Friends of Magdalene Boat Club” should be sent with your reply or payment made via at erg sessions required a BACS to 20-17-19 70576778. Please advise of any special dietary requirements. good deal of incentive, morning sessions were Dress for dinner: black tie / Mays blazers rarely plagued by lazy lads who unfortunately did not hear their alarms. Friends of Magdalene Boat Club Reunion Dinner 2012 Not to say we did not have to make a few panicked ______will be attending the Friends of Magdalene Boat Club Reunion morning calls, but then Dinner on Saturday 16th June 2012, accompanied by ______hey, that wouldn’t really

be a true LBC experience A cheque for £______(£51 per person) payable (please tick as appropriate) Hooked on the first taste of boatie adrenalin at Queens’ Ergs Option 1: without those would it? to “Friends of Magdalene Boat Club” is enclosed. q Sprints. The girls really got into the spirit by Led by our resident Viking LBC, Viktor planning their ‘Super Magdalene’ costumes Bystrom, in full costume our lads performed I have transferred £______(£51 per person) to with military precision. The girls showed that Option 2: well at Queen’s Ergs, getting their first taste Friends of Magdalene Boat Club by BACS. q they were a force to be reckoned with by beating of adrenaline in the confines of Fitzpatrick Newnham easily with only seven rowers after Hall. After this, enthusiasm in the boats was email address: ______Contact Tel. No.: ______a seat broke. We were narrowly beaten in the palpable. Our novices wanted to get better and next round by Hughes Hall who went on to win Please indiacte any dietary requirements. We look forward to seeing you on 16th June.

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13th-16th June: May Bumps 16th June: MBC Mays Marquee – Ditton Meadow 16th June: Friends of MBC Reunion Dinner 16-17th June: Marlow Regatta 15-17th June: Henley Women’s Regatta 27th June-1st July: 28th July-4th August: Olympic Rowing Regatta

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