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Clare Novices - Results

Posted: Wednesday 02 December 2009, 4:05PM by Lisa Meegan

Last week's Clare Novice Regatta brought mixed fortunes for SSBC, but all in all was a successful event, with two crews progressing to the quarter-finals for the first time in recent years.

In the Men's Cup, Men's Novice A easily saw off Clare Hall A in the first round before beating Queens' B by 2.5 lengths in the second round. In their quarter-final, they came up against boathouse rivals Girton A. Unfortunately an early blade clash put Sidney behind, and a broken seat meant the crew were forced to complete the course with only 7 rowers. Despite this handicap, they were able to regain some of the ground they had lost, but ran out of time before reaching the finish, losing by 1.5 lengths.

In the Men's Plate, Men's Novice C were beaten in the first round by Queens' C by 4 lengths. In the Women's Cup, Women's Novice A were given a bye in the first round, and easily beat Trinity Hall A in the second round. Sadly they were also beaten in the quarter-final, losing by 2.5 lengths to Lucy Cavendish A.

With much stronger performances than we have seen in recent years throughout this term, SSBC is now looking forward to Thursday's Novice Fairbairns.

Full results can be found here.