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The Rise and Rise of UBBC
Over the last five years UBBC has seen an amazing growth and progress to become a university club whose name now stands along the best. This is not to diminish
the efforts of UBBC members throughout its long and colourful history, in fact were it not for those people UBBC would not be where it is today. However, the rise
and rise of the club since the coming of Gordon Trevett as Director of Rowing has become a talking matter among other clubs for some time considering where UBBC stood in the rankings previously.
We are talking here about a club who's teams and members have represented EUSA twice, winning bronze and gold on each occasion, numerous BUSA golds, BUSA coach of the year, and representation at international levels.
This season for UBBC has been one of rebuilding and yet in spite of this it has been one of real and promising success. Our novices this season have produced outstanding
results. The men won BUSA gold and with four of that original crew went on to qualify for Henley by securing a faster time than rowers with years
more experience. And the women who showed great spirit and pride to produce outstanding results throughout the season including a sensational Varsity victory. For
the senior women, the hard earned efforts of Lara and Carrie won them a BUSA bronze and for the senior men a BUSA gold and bronze, a win at Reading and 27th in the HOR.
Credit for the club's success lies in the fact that it's members, coaches, sponsors and alumni have continually pulled their resources together and worked extremely hard in an enduring spirit of teamwork. To the coaches who voluntary
put in hours of their time away from studies and a social life, to the sponsors such as John Rutley and Mr Roberts who provided financial support for our boats, to the alumni who continually support and attend our regattas and also provide
the club with equipment and to family and friends - we say thank you.
Henley Royal Regatta
This year's HRR saw some highs and lows as three Bristol crews qualified for the first time in UBBC history but two of which were knocked out on day one and the last on the following day.
Again the draw seemed to go against Bristol's way with the 1st VIII being drawn against the top British seed of Durham Uni and the 2nd VIII against Brookes 'A'. The 1st IV pre-qualified but were not seeded and had a hard field leading up to the final should they get through.
Futher disappointment occured the day before racing was to start with Richard Poole (bow 1st VIII) suffering from heat stroke which caused some reshuffling of the VIII's. The legendary Paddy Howlett who may have thought his Henley days over took up the mantle of super sub and sat in the 7 seat of the 2nd VIII.
Wednesday witnessed some gutsy performances by both VIII's but both were out-sized by their opponents and were defeated. The 1st IV were convincing winners with 5 lengths over a Durham College crew.
Thursday and the last Bristol crew took to the water. Two lengths down at the Barrier the boys fought back to 3/4 of length but the lead Brookes had in the initial stages proved too much to overcome and UBBC bowed out of Henley 08.
For the novices, the season 07-08 must be theirs. This includes both men and women squads who have raised the bar this season and the stakes for our future novice rowers are certainly going to be tough to equal. Credit to their coaches and I have to say the legendary John Rutley empacher - what a boat!
As for the seniors, well on the whole perhaps more lows than highs which made for some disappointment for those leaving this year. For those returning their is the chance to redeem and make ammends but for those going on to other clubs and hopefully bright futures then they will look back on a season that perhaps could have been more. Still as they say...its not about the destination but the journey.
For myself - my last season as coxswain of the 1st crew I shall look back on 3 years of wonderful success and an experience I could never forget. I would like to thank Gordon Trevett, my coach and mentor, and all the guys that I have had the opportunity of coxing.
Reading Regatta
UBBC Poll - Results
Thanks to all those who took part in the poll. The results were:
-67% of UBBC rowers said they wont be returning next year. However, this may indicate mainly senior rowers.
-The change that most UBBC rowers are looking for is a new boathouse followed closely by kit!
Metropolitan Regatta
Well a bit of a wake-up call for most UBBC rowers this weekend but some solid performances meant that medals should still come Bristol's way this summer. The men's IV had a good race in their final coming 5th and the Temple VIII narrowly missed out on a gold medal in the Senior 3 event. The coxless four had a great heat but couldn't carry on in the final. The novice men unfortunately were slightly outclassed in their race but with some crew changes this may have had some effect. The novice women's VIII up against some tough competition failed to qualify and the senior women's IV placed 5th in the repecharge
Reading Regatta - Alumni BBQ
The Alumni BBQ will be taking place again this year on the Saturday of Reading Regatta (14 June). If any friends or parents are coming along to support the crews we would be delighted if they could join us for a char grilled burger or hot dog and a beer. The rowers themselves are of course welcome although in the last few years they have had to decline the bbq on account of competing in the finals. Its tough, but...
BUSA Regatta 2008
UBBC has returned from
Strathclyde with its most successful BUSA ever, winning 2 gold, 2 silver and 2
bronze medals.
In the finals of Men's
Novice Eights, the novice 1st VIII stormed the start and maintained their decisive
lead all the way to the line. This allowed them to race as a junior VIII the
following day, where they had great success in reaching the finals and
finishing 5th.
The novice women also
achieved success, as they reached the final for the first time in recent years,
and achieved a very respectable 5th place. The following day saw the squad put
out a novice coxed four which, when faced with 4th place at 350m to go, decided
to open out and rampage through the field to take the silver, half a length
down on Imperial College.
A promising start was made
to the regatta season by the senior women, who won the bronze in Championship
Double Sculls. On Monday, Carrie Thomas finished 5th in the repechage of
Championship Single Sculls, whilst Lara Brock won the silver in the junior
event, making her the only UBBC athlete to return with two medals.
This regatta saw the senior
men enter a strong squad of three IV's and two VIII's. The junior coxed four
sailed through their repechage to finish 4th in the final, whilst the
championship coxed four finished 7th. The coxless four saw another championship
medal for Bristol as they brought home the bronze. The well-drilled 2nd VIII controlled their
field all Sunday, and saw off any challenge for the gold medal seemingly without
breaking sweat, while the 1st VIII improved on last years position to finish
4th in the championship event.
Varsity 2008 - Amanda Moore
The Varsity match against UWE is always a hotly contested event where feelings run high and reputations are at stake, so some exciting racing was definitely in store for the many spectators that turned up to enjoy the rowing (and the beer tent). It was a beautifully sunny day for the racing and at midday the competition got underway with two
'processional' races. The irst of these was the Bristol senior men's 2nd eight against a crew from City of Bristol Rowing Club. Bristol University dominated the race, winning comfortably and truly showing the class of their second eight.
Next were the women's alumni from both UWE and Bristol City, and once again Bristol City won easily, under-rating their opponents down the course and rowing at what looked to be a very solid and comfortable pace. Not bad for a crew that had had one outing in which to practise!
The first of the Varsity races that counted towards the overall victory was the novice men's race. In a
highly exciting race, Bristol took the lead at the start and held this firmly until the last bend, which was
in UWE's favour. UWE chose this moment to make their big push and really put the pressure on Bristol, closing the gap between the crews fast. Bristol responded and both crews sprinted for the line to reach an incredibly tight finish. Everyone was on tenterhooks as the verdict from the umpire was waited for. Eventually a victory of 4ft to Bristol was declared, a truly well deserved result for the hard working men's novices.
Next the women's novices took to the stage for another convincing Bristol victory.The Bristol novices led off the start with both crews rating very high in a determination to crush the opposition from the beginning. In the middle of the race, UWE managed to take advantage of the bend that was in their favour, to draw level with the Bristol boat, but if they were going to try to take the lead, this would have to be increased to a boat length's difference to counter the fact that the last bend was in Bristol's favour. UWE failed to get the lead they needed, and as the last bend swung back
to the Bristol girls' advantage, Bristol looked to be the more 'together' and settled of the two crews in the final sprint for the line. The final verdict was a victory of 1 and a half lengths for Bristol
First up for the seniors was the women's VIII. Both crews leapt off the start, rating at the same very high pace,
both trying to edge the lead. UWE managed to get a slight advantage, which they increased to 1 length whilst they had the inside of the bend in the middle of the race. Bristol then knew they'd have to come back extremely hard around the final bend in their favour if they were to get back on terms with UWE. Bristol put in a massive push to the finish line but sadly it was not quite enough to catch the UWE crew who, hardly surprisingly, would not relinquish their lead. The final verdict was a win of 1 length by UWE, but it was a creditable performance from Bristol who fought right to the line
The final race of the day was between the men's senior 1st eights. This extremely tightly fought race
started out once again with both crews going for the quickest start to try to steal the lead. UWE kept pace with the Bristol eight for the first 500m and from then on a painful side-by-side battle had begun. Bristol pushed hard to take advantage of their inside bend, but sadly didn't manage to get enough distance on UWE to counter their advantage on the final corner. Both crews sprinted for their lives to the finish line, but the UWE men played the course to their advantage and rowed Bristol down around the final bend. UWE won one of the tightest races of the day by
just a canvas.
BUSA Sprints 2008
Three Bristol squads entered the BUSA sprints this
year, held for the first time in the Cotswold Water Parks. UBBC again showed
great strength in depth, bringing home gold medals for the women’s novice VIII
and the men’s junior VIII, silver medals for the men’s championship VIII and
Carrie Thomas in her single scull, and a bronze for the men’s novice VIII.
Hamish Roots also won the
ARA Open S3 single sculls in the 3rd fastest sculling time of the
day.
Head of the River 2008 - Simon Wilson
Unlike last year, this year's HORR went off smoothly and without incident. In fact it was a great day
for racing and the results proved so. The novice's once again showed their
class in their respective division to come 8th and 30th and the 2nd VIII
despite having UWE steer into them and subsequently holding them up for at
least 20 seconds came in 3rd overall but 2nd out of the university crews in Division
4. The 1st VIII were chased down the course by a relentless Durham 2nd VIII to
come in 8th overall and 5th behind Durham, Oxford Brookes, Imperial and Reading.
 
This report marks the end
of my contribution to the UBBC website. Good luck to all our crews for regatta
season!
Race For Life - Cancer
Research
Emily Hill is taking part
in this year's Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Since many
of us have relatives and friends that have been touched by cancer it is an
extremely worthwhile cause.
Hi, I'm taking part in Race
for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Its on 18th May and its 3-mile
run around the downs. If you'd like to, please sponsor me -its really simple
all you have to do is to go to: http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/emily_hill
Its really quite an
important cause to me, so I would really appreciate the support.
Please join me in supporting
Race for Life and a fabulous cause!
Hammersmith Head - Simon Wilson
Another weekend of second place for the men's 1st and 2nd VIIIs was disappointing but against some tough
opposition from Tideway Scullers and a win against London RC A for the 1st VIII it was a good result at the end of the day. Credit also to the second VIII for such a good result despite losing their cox box before the race started.
Women's Head - Amanda Moore
The turbulent nature of the day's events fortunately did not reflect the conditions at this year's Women's
Head of the River. Windy but sunny weather made for some fairly good conditions for the race on the 1 st of March and the UBBC women put in a strong entry of 3 crews; 2 novice boats and the senior 1 st eight.
The day threw up some mixed results, especially for the senior boat, who had come from a successful, but
tiring, BUSA head the previous weekend. At the last minute, one of their key crew members found herself injured and unable to race, but after a hasty search for any unwitting victims who could possibly sub in, the brilliant Lizzie
Knowles, who rowed for UBBC all last year, was able to step into the breach. The women are eternally in Lizzie's debt for this amazingly gutsy decision to race at the last minute- certainly no mean feat- and they are extremely grateful to her. Although it would be nice to say that the seniors then stormed down the course and won their pennant, unfortunately the women's 1 st eight did not have the best row of their lives. This resulted in a rather average placing of 35 th in their senior 3 category of 58 boats; certainly not what they were hoping for. However, lessons have been learnt and the squad are moving forward from this with a hungry and positive focus for the summer, which will be kick-started by a camp over Easter.
The novice 1 st eight did
however have one of the races of their lives- or at least of their rowing
career so far! They picked crews off all the way down the course and are to be
heartily congratulated for the excellent result of 11 th out of 53 in their S4
category, and coming a very short distance behind the senior boat. After yet
another display of strength from the novice women, great things are expected
from them this summer.
Sadly the novice 2 nd eight
did not have such a positive experience on the Tideway. This legendary and
brutal stretch of water claimed another victim as their boat was damag d and
they were forced to pull out of the race. This experience was of course highly
frustrating (and a little bit chilly no doubt!) but the girls can at least have
the badge of honour of an epic Tideway story to tell, and they will certainly
be spurred on to race extremely hard whenever they next get the chance.
Reading University Head /
BUSA Head - Simon Wilson
Having a daunting weekend
of race after race the boys and girls of UBBC once again did the University and
themselves proud. Both seniors and novices performed equally well but that's
not to leave out the people behind the scenes such as George, who without, the
whole weekend wouldn't have been possible. Thanks also go out to the coaches
who took time out to make the long and ardous trip to both Reading and
Nottingham.
On the rowing side of
things, the first VIII came second behind ISIS on Saturday and second behind
Durham on Sunday. The second VIII came 3rd on Saturday and tied for second on
Sunday. The senior women couldn't row their respective decision on Saturday
morning and Sunday convincingly defeated UWE. The novice men's A boat came in
3rd despite having to row the very difficult Hudson and the men's B boat came
17th but were 1st in comparison to other B boats. The slick outfit that has
become the novice women came in 4th and 16th.
New Club Treasurer - Simon
Wilson
Matt Ridley joins the
Committee team as Club Treasurer having taken over from Rachel Cotton. The Club
would like to than Rachel for her time as Treasurer and wish her all the best
for the future.
Quintin Head - Simon Wilson
UBBC has once again won the
Quintin Head making it two years in a row. Three years ago the 1st VIII managed
to win their division but not overall. Last year the VIII won by 2 seconds with
a subsitute rower but this year with a full strength crew and all guns blazing
they stunned the field with a 10 second gap between their nearest competitor.
This was despite the fact that coxswain Simon Wilson called the finish 100m
before the actual line! with prompt response from the bank shouting "Keep
rowing!" the
VIII bound into action and raced the last ten strokes at 40.
There was also great
results from the 2nd and 3rd VIII and the men and women's novice VIII's. The
2nd VIII came a close second in their division and the 3rd VIII came in 3rd.
The women's novices put in a fantastic result and are looking great thanks to
the coaching of Alex Gerald, Georgina White, Emily Hill and some gutsy
performances on the part of rowers and cox. They came 3rd on the day losing
only by 3 seconds to first place.
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