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RUGBY FIVES - Double Gold for CURFC at the British Universities Championships

24 November 2016

CURFC sent a squad of 5 players to the British Universities and Student Fives Championships (BUSF): Ed Kay, Ben Beltrami, Matt Shaw, Andrew Boyd and Jeremy Manger. Ed Kay was defending his Singles title from 2015; Ben & Matt were defending the Doubles title they had won the previous two years. Freshmen Jeremy and...

ROWING - CUWBC Produce Fastest Coxless Four at Fours Head

15 November 2016

Cambridge fielded the fastest women’s coxless four of the 2016 Fours Head of the River, winning the elite category by The Cambridge crew of Myriam Goudet (Lucy Cavedish), Melissa Wilson (Lucy Cavendish), Holly Hill (Downing) and Alice White (Homerton) covered the 4 ¼ mile course from Mortlake to Putney in 20:02, over 30...

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...

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