25/03/2009 Volume 2, Issue 1 The Neptunes

New Hall Boat Club Alumni Society By Abigail Girling, Vice Captain

Welcome Back!! Dear All, welcome to progressively earlier both on Cam and off, the lent term edition and the weather to the annual of our newsletter. I conditions rarely on change over of the would like to take your side. But boat club committee this opportunity to despite this, our and I hope you enjoy introduce myself, Abi term has been an the read. Girling, as the new exciting one, and all editor of the our rowers have Neptunes enjoyed a term of newsletter. I hope hard work and you will enjoy training, not even hearing from me as letting the snow much as you did my storms of this year predecessor. As I’m put a stop to our sure you all know, Monday morning in lent term outing. can be a trying time, There is much with the morning to share with you outings getting from rowing races, A New Committee!!

It’s that time of year degree of success. She Girling again when the boat club has been an inspirational committee undergoes Captain and we would Secretary: Pip Walters many changes. As the old like to take this Lower Boats Captains: committee stands down opportunity to thank her new girls step forward to for all her hard work. We Isabelle Andrews, Eve be elected to positions in would also like to Bonner the boat club, all keen to introduce our new Treasurer: Alice Draper help the growth of our Captain, Bridget Clay. We club. all have high hopes for Social Secretary: her and the plans she has This changeover Kate Gallagher Rebecca for the club and are Rewbury marks the end of Pip excited to see what she Walters’ Captaincy. Her and the new committee Computing Officer: time as Captain has seen will do for the boat club. the addition of new Florence Butler boats, the renaming of our boat club and she has taken our crews off Cam The New Committee:- where we have Captain: Bridget Clay performed with a good Vice Captain: Abigail The Neptunes Page 2 of 3

A Word From the Captain

Dear Murray Edwards increasing interest and College Boat Club races in sculling and lots Best wishes, members and Neptunes, of enthusiasm. I hope for it is an exciting time to all this to continue and Bridget Clay be in the boat club, with grow this year. a new name, new The committee all sponsorship and new have ambitious plans to optimism and I am keep the enthusiasm and thrilled to have the profile of the boat club position as the new high, there are plans for a Captain. new four, more work in I hope to build on smaller boats and more the work of my off Cam races. predecessors, who have Welcome to the set such high standards. new committee and good We have had a very luck to everyone this successful year, with year. several off Cam races,

A whole lot of Races along with some of the finest crews the As I said earlier, our bumped on the first “I visited the last country has to offer. women’s First Senior VIII three days of racing, year, and was proud to see a After hours of has spent this term however, on the last New Hall by, and training hard, come rain, marshalling we were day of bumps, after a gave them a cheer. It felt very hail, sleet or snow, finally able to race, rallying talk from our strange to be watching from literally! All of this has chasing down the been in preparation for all Captain, the Senior W1 the bank instead of rowing up crews in front, over the races we had put in a great effort to taking Manchester the river!” planned. row over ahead of University and overall -Anne Langley, 61-67 Cauis W2, chasing Unfortunately for moving up from 288 to “” down Anglia Ruskin W1 us the weather foiled 240 out of 300 crews. some of our plans for off all the way. The four A result we were all Cam races, such as a days of racing were very pleased with and head race in tough but have certainly a cause for Peterborough, but we encouraged us looking were able to test increased confidence towards the Mays. We ourselves in Newnham as we look to the races are sure we will build Short Course, of next term. and, most excitingly, on the progress we Women’s Eights Head of have been making and the River in London. are sure to be an Newnham short exciting crew to watch course was our first race in this years May of term and our first test Bumps. as a new crew. We came a respectable 14th out of Lastly, but 40. certainly not least, was our trip to the tideway Lent bumps to race in this years arrived in week 6 of WEHORR. W1 were term, and all the girls buzzing with were keen to see what excitement and ready we could do. to row the 6.7 km race Unfortunately we were The Neptunes Page 3 of 3 Big Plans and High Hopes MECBC has made right direction to the a lot of progress in this growth of the club. With a past year and this we new racing four the hope to build on. With members of MECBC can another novicing term increase the variety in approaching we are our training and even hopeful to obtain yet begin entering in races more enthusiastic girls to for smaller boats. row and support the club. As for training, Our new LBC’s have we are continuing to work many plans in place to with our Coach, Steve ensure a successful Sanders, building on the summer novice term. growing confidence and We will continue optimism within the boat to race off Cam this term club to start chalking up as much as possible, it’s those wins. The new nice to get out of the Captain has plans for bubble and let increasing the efficiency everyone experience of our land training, rowing in the wider world. consulting with a personal trainer to give Also, we are us the best advice on intending on buying a what each individual new four. Our old four is must work on to get the sturdy old girl but all who most out of their training have rowed in her would and to most effectively feel it is time for a new convert those hours of four. Training in small pain and sweat in the boats is beneficial to all gym into those winning and this we feel is an inches on the water. important step in the

This year on the 27t It would be a brilliant This promises to be a September there are day and we would host really excellent day and plans for a alumni an afternoon or we sincerely hope you regatta in Cambridge. evening social to give will come. We promise Each college is trying the current members a to make it a day to to get a boat together chance to meet with remember. I look to enter. What we the alumni. If you are forward to hearing from would like to know is if interested could you you and thank you for you would be please email me, your continued interest interested in being a [email protected]. and support in this part of it? wonderful club of ours. New Hall Boat Club Alumni Society

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W1 on the last day of Lent Bumps.