Report: W2 May bumps 2023
W2 bumps report… Blades!!! And a spot in division 3 for the first time in a decade. A brief summary of the week: On day one, despite best efforts for free speed from dyed armpits and Sidney gaining on Christs […]
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Report: Champs Eights Head 2023
Results:Joe Shaw, W1 cox: Best cox (pot) for his line around Ditton corner W1: 4th in Mays W2 division M1/2: 8th in Mays M2 division W2: 7th in Mays W4 division despite some difficulties mid race (flapjack fuelled perseverance) W3: […]
Report: Head of the Cam 2023
Sidney entered a scratch women’s and non-binary crew into Head of the Cam during Easter rowing week. This composite of W1 and W2 members blended well together and managed to place second in the Mays division 2 category.
Report: W2 Lents bumps 2023
Day one: After a Valiant start, W2 managed to get a whistle on Queens W3. Unfortunately poor clearing from a bump ahead meant a re row just after Newnham bridge. W2 had an equally strong start and managed to get […]
Report: Winter Head 2022
Winter head was a 2.5km time trial race from the motorway bridge to the P&E. Four Sidney crews took part in this race with the results as shown below. M1 Sidney’s M1 arrived at the boathouse with a scratch crew. […]
Report: May Bumps 2022
W1 Rowbridge had termed the crew a force to be reckoned with, predictions landed on this crew to emerge stronger than any Sidney crew had in recent years. Following blades in Lents, division one and earning fastest women’s crew on […]
Report: Last day of Lent Bumps 2020
Here it is, the slightly belated last report from Lent Bumps 2020. — And don’t you dare complain, Joe Shaw (dear Captain), it had nothing to do with me. It is a thankless job, chasing hung-over boaties for a report. […]
Report: Third day of Lent Bumps 2020
The OVERVIEW: Another day has past on the river Cam, and Sidney is proving impressively consistent across boats. W2, true to their habits, put the bump in the bag as fast as they could. These girls apparently don’t like endurance […]
Report: Second day(s) of Lent Bumps 2020
In accordance with Bumps tradition, out of the five days of Bumps, one day is a rest day. The rest day does not occur on the same day in all divisions: As the first boats (division 2) rested their bodies […]
Report: First day of Lent Bumps 2020
Yesterday, on Tuesday 25 February, Marked the beginning of Lent Bumps 2020. Sidney competed with three crews: W1, M1 and W2. M2 participated in the Getting On Race, but despite a strong row which they could all be proud of, […]