Captain's Log: Issue 15
23rd March 2022
Good evening Cygnets, this is your Captain speaking
Spring is in the air at last! It’s good to be enjoying the lighter mornings and the evenings opening out – I hope you’ve been able to make the most of the warmer weather, on the water and off! With Spring comes the final races of the Heads Season and an exciting weekend ahead with Head of the River and Veterans Head of the River Races to round it off.
Look forward to seeing many of you at the Boathouse and on the hard for this weekend’s events. Thank you to all of you who will be lending a hand at different points during the weekend.
Cygnet Crews
Good luck to our two Cygnet crews racing this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, looking forward to capping off the Heads Season with a good showing in the fairway down the full Championship Course. Having missed the last two years' races due to restrictions, it has been a long time coming, with a lot of training and hard effort in the meantime.
Head of the River Race, Saturday 26th March (10.00) Crew number 226 in the Noel Davidson.
Megan Eldred (cox), Matt Gutteridge, Cris Cabrera, Dominic Marshall, Pete Goldsworthy, Mustafa Ozyurt, Whit Mason, Rupert Bailey, Andy Stromberg
Veterans Head of the River, Sunday 27th March (12.30) Crew number 47 in the Noel Davidson.
Laurent Couacaud (cox), Paul Rawkins, Andy Rawkins, Richard Warne, Rhodri Walters, Mike Collier, Nick Wylie, Iain Golder, Brad Bryant
Welcome Back to RG Benrath
I know many of you will join me in offering a very warm welcome back to Mucha and our good friends from RG Benrath who will be arriving this week. Benrath are joining us for the race weekend and going off numbers 50 and 144 in Vets Head – please do give Benrath a good cheer and the warmest of welcomes back to the Boathouse. Looking forward to sharing many a beer and many a story in the clubhouse bar over the course of the weekend.
Boat Race Social 03 April 2022
With the University Boat Races coming up on April 3rd we will be opening up the bar and firing up the BBQ on Boat Race day. BBQ goes live at 1300 and the first race is at 14:20, so please join to cheer your favourite Blue – friends and family welcome too. Please contact Social Secretary Megan for more details.
Spring / Summer Training and Regatta Season
Final touches are being put on our summer season training plan and regatta racing, with much more detail to follow in the coming weeks. We are looking forward to building on the successes and commitment to winter training and seeing that pay off in our series of regatta on the Tideway, and off. Watch this space for updates on mid-week outings and the plan for summer racing.
Save the Date: 24 September 2022 – Centenary Ball Social Secretary Megan will be in touch with very exciting news about the big celebration in September, please save the date in your diaries and find out more here.
Last but not least…
I am pleased to announce the arrival of our newest arrival to the Cygnet fleet, with our new Cygnet launch (accompanied by a very impressive looking trailer), which had its maiden voyage this weekend. We have enjoyed many hard years of service from our previous launch, it has seen better days and has now been retired to calmer, drier waters. As ever we’ll be supporting the marshalling effort this weekend, with thanks to our launch drivers assisting on race days.
Rupert
Dates for your diary:
- 26th March - HoRR
- 27th March - Vets Eights
- 6–10th April - Training Camp
- 24th September - Centenary Ball
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