Cambridge UK Town Bumps
Tim Granger
results service for the Cambridge (England, UK, Europe, etc)
CRA Town Bumps. The first races were tonight - of rsr
regulars who I know which boat they're in, Anne (Harrison)
bumped and Jon (@durge.org) and I both rowed over, with
his crew chasing my crew.
The link is
http://www.robroyboatclub.org.uk/bumps/2002/
with a brief explanation of what bumps is at
http://www.robroyboatclub.org.uk/bumps/explain.html
Tim
Nick Suess
"Tim Granger" <tj...@ware.cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Just a quick plug; the Rob Roy website is hosting a bumps
> results service for the Cambridge (England, UK, Europe, etc)
> CRA Town Bumps. The first races were tonight - of rsr
> regulars who I know which boat they're in, Anne (Harrison)
> bumped and Jon (@durge.org) and I both rowed over, with
> his crew chasing my crew.
OK folks. That's a good cue.
I have kind of decided that 2003 is the year I come back to Cambridge and
row in the town bumps at the tender age of 55. So I'm a gun for hire. I know
folk at Rob Roy and 9s have both at times said to come any time and they'll
find me a seat, so now I plan to test their resolve on this issue. And I
have 12 months to make my travel plans.
Nick
Anne Harrison
"Tim Granger" <tj...@ware.cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> results service for the Cambridge (England, UK, Europe, etc)
> CRA Town Bumps. The first races were tonight - of rsr
> regulars who I know which boat they're in, Anne (Harrison)
> bumped and Jon (@durge.org) and I both rowed over, with
> his crew chasing my crew.
hmm, maybe you don't know which boat I'm in! Or maybe you just got it wrong,
we infact rowed over, coming to half a length of getting an over bump on Rob
Roy II, proving we are faster that the three crews in front of us (Cantabs,
City II, RR II) bit disappointing as we wanted a stab at City on Friday :-(.
Simon Wood
Also in Jon's crew, chasing Tim. Had a bit of a result, really, as I am still
alive this morning! Had expected to be shipped home in a black bag after last
night's race....
Well rowed Tim et al - if you could spanner wildly on today's start, and then
proceed to row slower than yesterday, we'll do our best to go a bit faster and
try to at least keep up!
;-)
Simon
Robert Ennals
>Just a quick plug; the Rob Roy website is hosting a bumps
>results service for the Cambridge (England, UK, Europe, etc)
>CRA Town Bumps. The first races were tonight - of rsr
>regulars who I know which boat they're in, Anne (Harrison)
>bumped and Jon (@durge.org) and I both rowed over, with
>his crew chasing my crew.
I'm rowing as a last minute sub in Free Press IV, and we bumped yesterday.
I'm racing on stroke side, having only rowed on that side twice before, so I'm
rowing like a complete muppet :-))
-Rob
Simon Wood
> row in the town bumps at the tender age of 55. So I'm a gun for hire. I know
> folk at Rob Roy and 9s have both at times said to come any time and they'll
> find me a seat
I have no doubt whatsoever you'd be most welcome at 99s in a years time, but as
these things are generally organised slightly less than a week in advance,
probably best to give us another yell a little nearer the time, if perhaps not
quite that near!!!
Although, if you like I could nip down to the boat bays tonight before everyone
arrives, and etch your name onto one of the seats in the Vet's VIII so you could
claim it next year...
There might also be some sort of 'seat-racing' to go through - a complicated
system of testing involving the calculation of the 'beer drinking capacity &
body weight' number. (As far as I can see, the higher both parts of this
expression are, the better)
oh, and as you probably wouldn't count as a 'ringer' you'd be especially welcome
;-)
(A ringer is someone who has competed for a non Cambridge townie club
(essentially) since January, by the way).
Cheers,
Simon Wood
Anne Harrison
will twist your arm to row for us!
Tim Granger
I did know, just got a bit confused last night - it was getting
late and I was feeling a little tired; hadn't yet had a drink to
restore my typical lactic/alcohol ratio. Apologies...
Tim
mike
> OK folks. That's a good cue.
>
> I have kind of decided that 2003 is the year I come back to Cambridge and
> row in the town bumps at the tender age of 55. So I'm a gun for hire. I know
> folk at Rob Roy and 9s have both at times said to come any time and they'll
> find me a seat, so now I plan to test their resolve on this issue. And I
> have 12 months to make my travel plans.
>
> Nick
and the bidding starts at £1.00 for Nick to row with robs
Mike
Vice Captain, 99RC
:)
Anne Harrison
> >hmm, maybe you don't know which boat I'm in! Or maybe you just got it
wrong,
> >we infact rowed over, coming to half a length of getting an over bump on
Rob
> >Roy II, proving we are faster that the three crews in front of us
(Cantabs,
> >City II, RR II) bit disappointing as we wanted a stab at City on Friday
:-(.
>
> I did know, just got a bit confused last night - it was getting
> late and I was feeling a little tired; hadn't yet had a drink to
> restore my typical lactic/alcohol ratio. Apologies...
never mind! I restored alcohol levels pre race at the beer tree! I few swigs
had the desired effect, calmed me down so I could project confidence to the
crew!
Tim Granger
Nick Suess <ni...@scull.com.au> wrote:
>I have kind of decided that 2003 is the year I come back to Cambridge and
>row in the town bumps at the tender age of 55. So I'm a gun for hire. I know
>folk at Rob Roy and 9s have both at times said to come any time and they'll
>find me a seat, so now I plan to test their resolve on this issue. And I
>have 12 months to make my travel plans.
Not that I'm going to enter into a bidding war but there are
plenty of clubs and plenty of boats, so I'm sure there will be
room for you somewhere!
Tim
Christopher Anton
> Just a quick plug; the Rob Roy website is hosting a bumps
> results service for the Cambridge (England, UK, Europe, etc)
> CRA Town Bumps.
Last time I did it in the 90s it was difficult enough fitting 4
divisions in before dark, how on earth do they manage with 5 these
days?
j...@durge.org
: Last time I did it in the 90s it was difficult enough fitting 4
: divisions in before dark, how on earth do they manage with 5 these
: days?
Racing starts at 6.05 and runs until 8.45. Divisions every 40 minutes.
The first one is split men/women. Men start first in the top few places,
women start in the bottom few places a minute later.
The women now row in eights which is great - the numbers have expanded
to fill the slots available.
Maybe some time in the future we might run it over 5 nights liike the
university do, so everyone gets 4 nights of racing with one division
sitting out a night each time. In my view we'd have to then change it to
3 full men's division and 2 full women's. More women, fewer men and this
would make things a bit fairer.
Jon (now having to do work having returned from the club - boo!)
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Nick Suess
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> There are far more nines people than robs on this newsgroup anyway, so we
> will twist your arm to row for us!
Please start twisting, Anne!
alexorig
Oh yeah and good luck for tonight.
Alex
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Anne Harrison
> Please start twisting, Anne!
Nines have a bar at the boathouse and Robs don't hows that for a start?
Nick Suess
>
> > Please start twisting, Anne!
>
> Nines have a bar at the boathouse and Robs don't hows that for a start?
And may I expect to find you propping up said bar???
Simon Wood
Actually very little room at the 99s bar for us young folk around bumps time
- see my earlier comments about veteran rowing selection policy...
I favour the comfy sofas (staggering distance from the bar) - very good to
crash out on after the racing.
Tim Granger
Anne Harrison <an...@workthisoutclevercloggsanneharrison.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Please start twisting, Anne!
>
>Nines have a bar at the boathouse and Robs don't hows that for a start?
So on a completely unrelated note, anyone got any figures about
relating club performance to club ownership of a bar? :)
Tim
j...@durge.org
: So on a completely unrelated note, anyone got any figures about
: relating club performance to club ownership of a bar? :)
Plenty of calories in beer - great training fuel!
Jon
Anne Harrison
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Tim Granger
Anne Harrison <an...@workthisoutclevercloggsanneharrison.co.uk> wrote:
>oh poo. the penalty of town bumps is alchocl, we wemnt up 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
...and obviously going to an after bumps party that finishes quite
early, unless you've got a computer online at the boathouse!
Tim
John Mulholland
Judging from the spelling, I favour the latter!
Don't share the alcohol with the spelling and grammar checker!
John Mulholland
Hexham Rowing Club
j...@durge.org
: oh poo. the penalty of town bumps is alchocl, we wemnt up 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Rowers and alcohol are always a great mix.
Last night we had:
- two people swimming the river, one naked, one losing his underwear in
the process
- a naked multi-club mixed eight out on the Cam (the spirit of
co-operation?)
- a drunken cox shouting 'SEX' at everyone who went by (who was that?)
Í'm sure others across the world have seen/done much worse.
Jon
Anne Harrison
almost carried me out! I'm glad he did as I am totally wacked today
particularly as I have just spent 2 hours taking apart an eight that looks
like it hasb't been sectioned for about 10 years!
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Nick Suess
<j...@durge.org> wrote in message news:ahrf97$3of$1...@dolphin.grid-zero.net...
> Tim Granger <tj...@ware.cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> : So on a completely unrelated note, anyone got any figures about
> : relating club performance to club ownership of a bar? :)
>
> Plenty of calories in beer - great training fuel!
>
chris harrison
@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk:
it's a good way of fundraising ...