On Saturday, 30 March, M1 raced the Head of the River Race. For the SSBC boys, this was a full day of adventure, much more than just the rowing itself. This is bowman Tim Schmalz’s immersive account of the events […]
Winter League is a town league with monthly time trials raced between the A14 Road Bridge and the Railway bridge, 2.6km in total. 175 crews raced today in glorious sun that made it feel like the first day of summer. […]
Sidney’s women’s and men’s first boats excel in 2019 Lent Bumps. With a net result of +2 for the women and +3 for the men, SSBC is on the rise. Read about the eventful four days of racing and celebrate […]
Day 1 Queens’ II had been the target right from the very beginning of term: with every outing, every erg, our only goal was to bump them on Day 1. After weeks of training, the big moment finally arrived – […]
It sounds boring when a regatta goes exactly the way it was expected to go, but Sidney M1’s day at Pembroke Regatta was anything but. Ranging from dreamlike practice starts over dreamy wait periods in the warm spring sun to […]
M1 raced in the Fairbairn Cup at the end of a long, hard, training-filled Michaelmas Term. The race took place on the Friday after week 8. The Final Preparation A week before the race we were facing our last few […]
Day 1 M1 trained throughout Easter Term with only one target in mind: to bump Pembroke II. Delays earlier in the day meant there was no time to run through our usual race warm-up. We arrived at our station near […]
After a chastening first day and redemption of sorts yesterday we lined up chasing Eddies M1 (who bumped us on day 1) and chased by Pembroke M2 (who bumped Christs M2 yesterday), expecting a tough race. In spite of a […]