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Read more at: Catching up with Melissa Wilson

Catching up with Melissa Wilson

Melissa Wilson has gained three Blues rowing for the University, and this year rowed as part of the Blue squad in the historic 2015 Boat Race, racing on the Tideway on the same course as the men for the first time. As part of this event, Melissa was interviewed by Women’s Health Magazine, and in May, she and Holly Hill won...

Read more at: CUWBC in the 1960s

CUWBC in the 1960s

The early '60s were hard years for CUWBC and in 1963 there was also a very hard winter and the Cam froze over, so much so that there was skating on it, and so the women had very few opportunites to row races, although they did manage one against Bedford Ladies in November 1963. Their wonderfully supportive coach, Canon...

Read more at: CUWBC in the 1950s

CUWBC in the 1950s

In the later 1950s it was difficult for the women who rowed for Cambridge University against Oxford because, just before the Varsity race in 1955 the Oxford women's crew went over a weir in their boat and were banned from the Isis, so they could not row against Cambridge that year. As CUWBC was only informed of this on the...

Read more at: Cambridge Half Marathon 2015 - Our Review

Cambridge Half Marathon 2015 - Our Review

I could hardly believe it when I woke up bright and early on the 8th March. How had the Cambridge Half Marathon come around again so quickly? I’m always so blasé when I sign up and it seems an absolute age away, but then it sneaks up on you and the next thing you know you’re awake at 7am on a Sunday, pinning your number on...

Read more at: Farewell Fenner's

Farewell Fenner's

On the 31st July 2013, the University of Cambridge Physical Education Department bade a fond farewell to Fenner’s Gym on Gresham Road, which first opened in 1951. As we packed up crate upon crate of medicine balls, exercise mats and a plethora of other sporting equipment, staff members began to reminisce about the stories...