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Queens’ Ergs Race Report

“Just like thunderdome” – Comet 260 third fastest women’s novice boat in Queens’ ergs

Queens’ ergs is somewhat of a rite of passage for any novice rower in Cambridge, and this year’s results go to show that our novices will be a force to be reckoned with during the coming terms.

The girls of “Silver Arrow” and “Comet 260” were the first to brave the storm of chants, music and yelling of the “arena”, averaging a split of 2.04.2 min (Silver Arrow) and 1.54.8 min (Comet 260) respectively. Ranking 3rd in their division, Comet 260 proceeded to the finals. Here, the crew impressed by taking over half a second off their average split (now 1.54.2 min), and were rewarded with a 3rd place behind Churchill and St. Catherine’s. “Nimbus” came 4th in their division (tied with St. Edmunds), with an average of 2.05.1 min.

This year, MECBC also teamed up with Girton Boat Club to enter a mixed senior crew (which proves that the mixture of excitement, frenzy and post-erg baked goods that is Queens’ ergs lures back even those who should know better). With an average split of 1.39.3 min, they came 10th in their division.

Queens’ ergs has once more been a fun, exhilarating and (to be cliché for just one moment) maybe even inspiring experience for both novices and seniors. Thanks to everyone who provided mental support for our competitors, especially the Lower Boats Captains Georgie, Mollie and Natalie. Finally, and most importantly, a huge cheer and WELL DONE!! to all of us who participated, especially our novices.

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MECBC announces Barclays sponsorship

MECBC are delighted to announce that Barclays have agreed to sponsor the boat club very generously for the coming year.

The funds that we receive from Barclays will enable the club to compete in more races, buy more equipment, and pay for more and better coaching for all standards of rowers. In return, new kit sporting the Barclays logo will be worn by our girls and Barclays may also be hosting an event in College this term.

It is an essential goal of the club to make rowing accessible to everyone, and the help received from all corners enables this by keeping termly subs as low as possible for our members and subsidising racing kit. It is very hard, worrying about how many races to participate in due to lack of funds.

The boat club hopes that this will be the start of a long relationship benefiting both parties, and would like to thank Barclays very much for the sponsorship.