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CANOE - Trip to North Wales

15 June 2016

The weekend of the 4/5th June a group of 16 paddlers from CUCC made the journey up to North Wales for a weekend of thrills and spills on the Tryweryn. This weekend was a little bit different to most since Dan and I had our Moderate Water Endorsement assessment, the final step in becoming a qualified whitewater coach. This...

DANCESPORT - Varsity 2016 Match Report

23 May 2016

The 43rd Dancesport Varsity Match took place on Saturday May 14th, 2016 at Iffley Road Sports Centre, Oxford. Varsity is uniquely different to all other Dancesport competitions that CUDT have been to so far. Each side enters two teams of nine couples to compete in the Varsity Match (A Team) and Challenge Match (B Team). In...

IN MEMORIAM - John Marks 1924 – 2016

5 May 2016

The University of Cambridge Sports Centre is saddened to hear that Dr John Marks recently passed away, aged 92. It is a huge loss to the University as he has given so much to so many people over many decades. In 1977, Dr Marks was admitted as one of the first male Fellows at Girton College, shortly after the College...

MODERN PENTATHLON - Varsity 2016 Match Report

2 April 2016

The EY Modern Pentathlon Match took place on 25th and 26th March at Tonbridge School. 2016 saw the Cambridge Ladies victorious, and the Gentlemen narrowly defeated. Each team consisted of 6 athletes with particularly notable performances from fresher Henry Choong and 5th year vet Alice Watson. The competition commenced on...

#PullTogether for Cancer Research UK and Project Ely

18 March 2016

Patricia Smith is Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club Lightweight Captain and has been part of the squad training to race at the Henley Boat Races and The Cancer Research UK Boat Races. She won’t have recovered in time from an injury to race in the boat races this year, but is still leading the way to support the new...

CANOE - National Student Rodeo 2016

14 March 2016

Mention the National Student Rodeo to any paddler who has experienced one and you will quickly get an idea of what a crazy event it is. The combination of kayaking, a white-water course, hundreds of students, two nights of partying and a new theme (this year’s being ‘Christmas’) seems to be unbeatable in making for an...

RIDING - Seconds Qualify for Regional Championships

23 February 2016

The CUET Second Team have had a fantastic season competing in their mini league, culminating in ending top of the league and progressing to the Regional Finals. BUCS Equestrian competitions take the form of combined dressage and show jumping rounds (judged both on style and faults) on randomly drawn horses provided by the...

CLIMBING - BUCS Bouldering Competition

22 February 2016

On Saturday the 20th of February six of Cambridge’s strongest climbers made the trek to Sheffield to take part in the BUCS National Bouldering Competition. As usual the qualifiers were split into two sessions and each university was asked to nominate two route judges to judge the session they were not competing in. Jemima...

KORFBALL - South East Regionals

6 February 2016

Both korfball teams had an enjoyable day last weekend at the BUCS regionals tournament in Kent on Saturday 30th January. After a successful prelims held here in Cambridge in November in which CUKC’s first and second teams qualified in first and second place respectively, everyone was looking forward to taking on some new...

BASKETBALL - CUWBbC vs University of Birmingham

27 January 2016

The Blues blew Birmingham out of the water in their game on Wednesday night. After a long journey to the away match, their determination prevailed and they won decisively with a final score of 63-30. Cambridge definitely hit the ground running with a three pointer from captain Michelle Quay in the first minute, her first...

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