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W1 kicked off the Lent term season last weekend with Winter Head to Head, a race organised by City of Cambridge Rowing Club that involves a 2km piece raced twice: from the Railway Bridge to the A14 Motorway bridge and back. The crew started training together only 10 days earlier, after a competitive crew selectionContinue reading “Winter Head Race Report”

A Big Congratulations to the 4 men who raced in the CUBC Trial VIIIs on Monday (Henry Meek, James Letten, Ben Ruble, and Patrick Eble); Gem Schofield coxing the CUWBC Lightweights over the weekend; Myriam Goudet and Melissa Wilson in the CUWBC open weights; and Olivia Jamrog rowing for the CUWBC Lightweights, as well! And aContinue reading “Strong showing from Hughes Hall and Lucy Cavendish in the University Trial Races”

Novices Women The novice women absolutely smashed it at Fairbairns! NW1 came 6th among the W1s and NW2 came 4th among the W2s. Unprecedented success for the club! Congratulations to all for your hard work and commitment during this term. You have now officially graduated to seniors! Men NM1 had an awesome race in FairbairnsContinue reading “Fairbairns – Race Report”

The NM1 guys did really well today in the Clare Novices Regatta! They started the first race of the day with a glorious 4 lengths win against Pembroke, looking strong and calm throughout. Then they went up against Clare and managed to hold them side by side throughout most of the race and did notContinue reading “Clare Novices’ Regatta – Race Report”

Our senior women’s VIII raced today in Winter Head coming 2nd in their division, 3rd Cambridge College and 5th women’s eight across all divisions, beating a lot of big Cambridge colleges, London crews and town clubs. A determined start and high rate first third brought us to overtake Pembroke at the Plough and leave themContinue reading “HHLCBC finish strong in Winter Head”

Congratulations to all the novice crews that participated today in the Emma Sprints! NM1 (owls) started their first race against Christ’s at a good pace but then freaked out in the middle but still put up a good fight till the end. Second race against Emma was much calmer and smoother that gave them theContinue reading “Novices take to the river for their first race at Emma sprints”

You are cordially invited to this term’s Boat Club Dinner, on Saturday 26th of November, which marks the last day of Clare Novices Regatta. HHLCCBC will be celebrating a great term of rowing, both for our seniors and for our unprecedentedly many novices! Join us for pre drinks at the Lucy Bar at 6:45pm andContinue reading “Have you booked your ticket yet? HHLCC Boat Club Dinner to be hosted at Lucy Cavendish”

What an exciting evening for Hucy! NW2 smashed their division coming first and went home with prosecco. NW1 finished 7th overall anNM1 finished fourth in a very close final, and NW1 finished 7th overall. Our novices are already making us proud! Big thank you to our wonderful Lower Boats Captains for organising the training andContinue reading “HHLCBC novices put on strong performance at Queen’s ergs”

The Hughes Hall Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club (HHLCCBC) had a very successful summer, winning 4 regattas over 3 months. The boat club, consisting of Hughes Hall and Lucy Cavendish students, entered the following events, with the success detailed below: A) St. Neots Regatta, July 24th 2016* W.IM3.VIII+ (won) B) Sudbury Regatta, August 8th 2016*Continue reading “HHLCCBC rows through the summer with success”