Welcome to JCBC
Welcome to the website for Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge. You'll find information about the club, the college crews and results here as well as the Fairbairn Cup races for novice and senior crews at the end of the Michaelmas Term.
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Fours Head 2009
Submitted by Dan on Fri, 20/11/2009 - 15:40One JCBC men's crew travelled down to the Tideway on Saturday 14th November with the intention of racing in the Fuller's Head of the River Fours. This crew had a put a great deal into training this term both with their University Fours crews and in this crew. The race was, however, unfortunately abandoned 10 minutes before crews were due to boat as the Tideway was deemed unrowable past Hammersmith due to high winds.
University Fours 2009
Submitted by Dan on Fri, 20/11/2009 - 15:37The men's side of the club entered three promising fours into the University Fours races this year. The two coxed fours were hit with incredibly bad luck in their first race and falling victim to leaves jamming the rudder (the rudder of the first IV even snapped off!) causing both crews to crash out before completing the race. The Coxless Four got off to a good start, even moving slightly inside station on LMBC until they had difficulty steering round First Post allowing a clear victory for LMBC.
Huntingdon Head
Submitted by Danny on Sun, 25/10/2009 - 08:23JCBC entered three men's fours into this year's 4.5km Huntingdon Head race and came home with a few pots to show for it.
Men's 1st Coxed Four - Winners of IM3 4+ and fastest crew of the day - 14:54
Good row, only crew to go sub 15 minutes.
(Danny)
Men's 2nd Coxed Four - 15:53
Men's Coxless Four - 16:35 (including a break to admire the scenery)
Full results available at http://www.huntingdonboatclub.co.uk/hotrres09.pdf
Cambridge Autumn Head
Submitted by Danny on Sat, 17/10/2009 - 18:01JCBC entered a number of fours for the first head race of the year, Cambridge Autumn Head, in preparation for University Fours in a few weeks time.
Men's 1st Coxed Four - 10:05 - Fastest College Four
Good row, but we can go faster. Much faster.
(Danny)
Men's 2nd Coxed Four - scratched due to illness
Men's 3rd Coxed Four - 11:35
Men's Coxless Four - 10:52
Women's 1st Coxed Four - 12:15
Boathouse Open Day
Submitted by Dan on Fri, 09/10/2009 - 14:14The Boathouse Open Day will be on Saturday 10th October, 13:30-16:30. Come along to try out rowing at meet the committee and other rowers and enjoy a BBQ. All are welcome whether or not you have rowed before!
Please sign up for a time slot (every half-hour) at the bottom of Caff steps if you are interested and we will meet you on the day underneath the arch in Chapel Court ('Boatie Arch').
Contact the Lower Boats' Captains for more details.
Welcome to Jesus
Submitted by Dan on Thu, 24/09/2009 - 13:33JCBC would like to welcome all the freshers to Jesus. We'd love for you to come and row with us, whether you've been rowing for years or have never seen a boat before! Rowing is a great way to get fit, meet people and have fun! There will be a full programme (including social events) for those new to rowing and we'd love for those who have rowed before to join the senior squad.
See the Learn to Row page for more information, contact the Lower Boats Captains or come along to the Boathouse Open Day (see below).
Cambridge Autumn Regatta
Submitted by Danny on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 10:20JCBC entered several boats into the Cambridge Autumn Regatta and put out good performances in every event.
Men’s IM3 Coxed Four: Beat Broxbourne RC, Beat First and Third, Lost to Cantabs in the final.
We took to the water for our first race in what was a completely scratch crew; needless to say some of the rowing up to the start was pretty atrocious. However we quickly pulled ahead of Broxbourne in the first round and finished ¾ of a length up without too many problems, much to our surprise. This meant we now found ourselves facing the only other college to have entered Cambridge Autumn, First and Third, in the final. We were certainly well matched – we pulled away by a quarter of a length at the start but didn’t increase our margin much throughout the race – we won by about ½ a length, much to Alexis’ delight (and Izzi’s disgust).
We rolled up to the final in the knowledge that we were facing a crew who had trained much harder than us (i.e. they had had some practice outings) and were probably fitter and stronger than us. So it wasn’t any great surprise when they dropped us off the start and went on to win by a couple of lengths. Despite this, for a scratch crew to reach the final of an IM3 event with 10 entrants, beating one of our main rivals along the way, is pretty pleasing for this stage of the season.
Men’s IM3 Coxless Pair: Beat Cantabs, Beat Durham School in the final
We had never rated higher than 18 before race day in this combination, and so the practice start on the way up to the start was a bit of a shock to the system. However we quickly dropped Cantabs off the start and pulled out to around 4 lengths before dropping the pressure; a good first row to settle the nerves. As soon as we had returned to the boathouse we got a phone call from the Durham School coach asking to bring forward the final, so we jumped straight back in the boat and headed back up the start. Durham held us off the start and we were only around half a length up when they brushed the bank, giving us a decisive lead. They then steered into our lane and some cunning steering from Christian meant they were rowing in our wash – we crossed the line around 2 lengths ahead to win what will be Christian’s last race for JCBC.
Men’s Novice 1x: Won two rounds, lost in the semi-final
Peterborough Summer Regatta
Submitted by Dan on Mon, 10/08/2009 - 21:45JCBC converged on Peterborough from all parts of England (and in one case, Germany) with the aim of winning some much needed ARA points. Two fours and an eight were entered on both the Sat and Sun as well as Henry Hughes rowing in Nov 1x on the Sunday. The conclusion to take from racing was quite simple – no rowing/training for 6 weeks and no practice outings does not make a four go very fast. Having said that the Nov 4+ won their heat on the Saturday and the IM3 4+ did likewise on the Sunday but both failed to qualify for the final.
The eight however was a different story – a practice outing on Saturday morning told us we could certainly move an eight better than we could a four. In the Nov 8+ race on Saturday we found ourselves in a two-horse race for 1st place with Nottingham RC – after literally being level the entire 1k course and leaving the other two eights around 20 seconds behind we were pipped to the post by about a foot. However the eight then redeemed itself by winning on the Sunday night by a large margin over City and Auriol Kensington. Henry Hughes also put out a very good performance in the single, dominating his heat and only finishing around 2 lengths off the winner in the final.
May Bumps 2009
Submitted by Dan on Sun, 07/06/2009 - 11:41The May Bumps 2009 took place Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th June. This year, JCBC was represented by five men's and four women's VIIIs. JCBC crew lists are available here.
Results will be posted here as the races progess.
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Starting 12th in Division 2 Bumped Emmanuel II, Wolfson, Anglia Ruskin |
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Starting 12th in Division 4 |
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Starting 12th in Division 5 Bumped Pembroke IV, Caius IV (technical) |
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Starting 2nd in Division 1 |
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Starting 15th in Division 1 |
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Starting 7th in Division 3 |
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Starting 16th in Division 4 |
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» May Bumps 2009 Race Reports
» CUCBC May Bumps
» Full Results
New Women's VIII
Submitted by Dan on Wed, 03/06/2009 - 18:39Jesus College Boat Club has received through the generosity of the Boat Club Trust a new Stampfli VIII to be used by the first women. The new boat was named The Prioress by Jonathan Collis, Jesus College Chaplain, at a ceremony on Saturday 16 May.
