CUCBC

The following guidelines have developed over time to establish a threshold between those who occasionally sub into town crews, and those who might use town clubs to avoid CUCBC rules and/or gain an advantage over other CUCBC clubs.

Firstly, if you learnt to row (or rowed with) a particular town club before starting university, you are free to row for that club without limitations and without affecting your eligibility for CUCBC competitions.

The following activities however are likely to render a rower ineligible for CUCBC events.

• Training with a town club as your primary club
• Racing under the town club name during term time (apart from genuine emergency subs)
• Training with a town club during non-student hours (rowing / sculling)

Occasional subbing for town club training outings is acceptable.

In any case though, if you have any involvement in a town club yet wish to compete in CUCBC comptitions please declare yourself at the start of each term. CUCBC will then confirm whether your particular circumstances are ok, and can answer any queries if they arise.

The guidelines above are an indication of how the CUCBC will treat situations that are declared. Formal rules will be agreed by the captains in due course.

There will be a memorial service for the late Revd. Ian Thompson on Saturday 13th Feb, 2:30pm in King's Chapel, with refreshments served afterwards in the Hall.

All are welcome, and no tickets are required.

You are welcome to wear rowing blazers if you wish - the service will be a celebration of Ian's life.

Please pass on this message to those in your clubs that may be interested in attending.

Thanks to all who came to the Novice Coxing Talk a few weeks back.

The slides from the talk are now available below.

The CUCBC Executive Committee 2009-10 have now been elected.

In an online vote, Captains approved the following amendment to the racing regulations by 22 votes to 4, with one declared abstention:

To renumber existing Regulation 2(d) as 1(d) but reword as follows:

"Postgraduate members of the University are eligible to compete for their College in CUCBC races until the end of the term in which they sit their viva voce or other final examination; this would normally be their first viva voce examination, except in cases where resubmission and a second viva voce are required by the University authorities, in which case the CUCBC should be satisfied that there has been no unreasonable delay inserted and in particular that Regulation 1a(iii) is satisfied. For the purposes of deciding eligibility, viva voce examinations completed during any period between University terms are considered as the previous term."

[This allows a postgraduate who is required to re-submit to compete in CUCBC events until the end of the term in which they are re-examined.]

The new weekend rowing restrictions were agreed by the Captains at the Easter Term 2009 Captains' Meeting.

• During Full Term: No rowing before 11am
• During Vacations: No restrictions

The weekend restrictions above now apply ALL year round.

The Lent Bumps 2009 took place Tuesday 24th - Saturday 28th February. Full information about the Lent Bumps 2009 can be found in the Lent Bumps section.

Final results are available: Men | Women
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Thank you all for a good week's racing - we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. See you in the Mays...