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 […]
Racing
Report: Emma Sprints 2022
Emma sprints regatta was a head-to-head race primarily aimed at novices. The crews race 500m down the reach and it is customary to dress up in outfits for this head-to-head race. This year Sidney had a women’s and men’s novice […]
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: QErgs 2022
Early in Michaelmas, the novice boats competed in an erg competition called Queens’ Ergs (QErgs). This is made up of eight 500m sprints carried out on an erg by all members of the crew as quickly as possible. Three Sidney […]
Report: Uni IVs 2022
Uni IVs was a knockout competition, with the two boats in each race starting 100 yards apart near Baitsbite Lock and continuing to just before the railway bridge (around 2km). W1 Uni IVs began as every good day does, with […]
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: Champs Head 2022
The long awaited Champs head race summary is here! W1 and M1 both competed in this 1.45k time trial. W1 got off to a slower start than normal but picked it up in time for Ditton corner which was taken […]
Report: 99’s Regatta 2022
Back in May, three Sidney crews rowed in 99’s regatta. This was a crew-against-crew 1000m race up the reach. M2 Starting off with M2 who first raced Fitz M3. M2 lead off the start, with the gap growing until the […]
Report: XPress Head 2022
Rounding up SSBC’s 2021/22 race reports, Fizz McNally shares one final race in which W1 obtained headship as the fastest women’s crew on the river: Xpress head. This race was midway through easter term, and everyone knows how tricky it […]
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. […]