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ROWING - CUWBC's Light Blues Impress at GB Rowing Team Trials

10 November 2016

8 of the CUWBC Squad travelled to Boston, Lincolnshire for the 1st U23/Senior GB Rowing Team Assessment of the season this weekend. The trials are the first step of the Tokyo Olympiad and towards the World Senior & U23 Rowing Championships in 2017. The assessment involved a 2000m on the ergometer (rowing machine) on...

MODERN PENTATHLON - Novice Varsity Match Report

1 November 2016

On the 23rd of October, Cambridge University Modern Pentathlon Club’s novice athletes took part in their first battle against ‘the other place’ in the novice varsity match. The club had a huge turnout out taking 13 new recruits who all performed incredibly well and put their newly learnt skills to the test with some great...

BASKETBALL - Cambridge Women vs Worcester

28 October 2016

The Cambridge Blues opened the season on Wednesday with a 67-60 win over the University of Worcester. The game saw rookies Jess Hunt, Emily Lees, and Stefania Mataragka debut with the Blues in an exiting game that kept both teams on their toes until the final whistle. The Blues stepped on the court with strength and energy...

CUWBC Crews for British Rowing Senior Championships

21 October 2016

Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club (CUWBC) will open their 2016/17 racing season this weekend with 6 crews attending the British Rowing Senior Championships at the National Watersports Centre, Nottingham. The Club will field three coxless fours on Saturday and three eights on Sunday. The crews will compete against...

Team Training Room Now Available For Open Sessions

3 October 2016

New for members this Michaelmas term we are introducing “Team Training Room Open Sessions” whereby members of the Fitness Suite can use the TTR under the watchful eye of a qualified coach to use the kit freestyle fashion. So if you wanted to work on your rope climbs or see what a prowler conditioning session is really like...

ROWING - Richard Chambers Joins the CUBC Coaching Team

13 September 2016

Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC) has announced the appointment of Richard Chambers to the role of Assistant Coach. Richard succeeds Ed Green who has moved to take on the task of building the rowing programme at Millfield School. 31-year-old Richard was born in Coleraine, Ireland. He started rowing at the Coleraine...

When Term Stops Our Sports Teams Don't

19 August 2016

It may be the summer holidays, but the University of Cambridge sports men and women are busy training hard for the season ahead, ready to take on their Dark Blue counterparts in a range of Varsity Matches over the next academic year. From swimming to Rugby, Cycling to Golf and Rowing to Netball, check out their training...

Olympic Golds for Cambridge Alumni

17 August 2016

If you haven’t been glued to your TV screens watching the Olympics, why not? We’re all still recovering from watching Greg Rutherford, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah all take home medals last Saturday, and last night’s cycling didn’t exactly help us to an early night either (three starts in the keirin anyone?). It has been a...

The End of the WEUFT for CUAFC

8 August 2016

In their fourth game at the WEUFT in China, CUAFC lost their semi-final 2-0 to the eventual winners, Renmin University. The team played well, executed their game plan, nullified their strengths and created three excellent chances. Sadly a lapse of concentration cost the Light Blues a goal from a set piece, and even though...

CUAFC Progress at the WEUFT in China

4 August 2016

Continuing their time at the WEUFT in China, CUAFC played Melbourne on Monday, a team that is in the middle of their season and so obviously on good form. It was a good game and could have gone either way until 10 minutes from time when the Light Blues found that the gruelling heat and humidity started to get the better of...

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