Cardiff Dominate the Welsh Varsity Boat Race 2008
The Welsh Boat Race between Cardiff and Swansea Universities saw both the Cardiff Men's VIII and Women's VIII dominating the River Taff for a double win last Wednesday. The ladies set off for their race first after the coin toss and face-off with rivals Swansea. After a strong start the Cardiff ladies fought hard and rowed through to victory before celebrating in true rowing style and throwing their cox, Maltie Hetherington into the murky river. The supporters then gathered round the banks of the river to cheer on the Men's VIII. After a strong start they took it to a new level and maintained a strong lead on Swansea throughout the race cruising accross the finish line to complete a double victory for Cardiff. We'd like to say a fantastic well done to everyone who raced and a massive thank you to all our sponsors and everyone who helped throughout the day. Bring on next year!
Scullers Head of the River 2007....
Last weekend the 54th Scullers Head was held with a few Cardiff University entries!! The Scullers Head is an annual event of 4.5 miles from Mortlake to Putley. Andy Haines came 6th in his category and Mike Haines came 14th. Emma Kinsella came 15th in her category. Lawrence Birdsey and Gareth Storey were also meant to compete on the day but were unable to due to illness and a broken boat! A great effort all round especially considering the horrible weather over last weekend!
01/12/07
Fullers Fours Head of the River
This weekend 550 crews flocked to London for the FUllers Fours Head of the River. The course which is 4 1/4 miles long from Chiswick Bridge to Putney Bridge attracts crews from all over the UK. Both womens and mens squads entered a coxless and a cours four and all crews performed well.
Both mens fours fininshed in the middle of their categories; a result with which they should be very plreaed and which stands them in good stead for the rest of the year. The womes first boat finished 9/15 achieving their target of top ten, following a close race with Edinburgh Uni down the whole course. The coxless struggled in a tough category yet still performed well. Both squads are now back in training.
5/11/07
Welsh Indoor Rowing...
This weekend Senior and Novice crews took part in the Welsh Indoor Championships held in Cardiff Bay. With a selection of rowers from around Wales attending, CURC competed well and came away with Gold Medals for both lightweight (Penny Challens) and Womens U23's (Sarah Faull), a silver for womens lightweight (Nikki Green) and a bronze medal for Womens U23 (Amy Nihad). For the men Kyo Bye won Gold in the Mens U23, silver for Andy Haines and bronze for Matt Wyman. In the lightweight Ollie Sidebotham won gold.
Later in the day, for the team events ex-club members Alex Bamford, Jake Lea-Wilson and Ben Thompson joined Kyo Bye to win another Gold medal.
A successful day all round!
The team events were meant to see the Boat Race 'Indoor event' between CURC and Swansea Univerisity but unfortunately Swansea pulled out at the last minute! We'll just have to wait till March for that outcome!
29/10/07
Success At Cardiff Small Boats Head!
The rowing season is now well underway for CURC. With the help of an initial promotional event at tiger tiger during Freshers week, the club saw over 100 new members sign up at the Sports Fayre.
Having had a successful last year, the womens and mens squads have once again got off to a flying start. With the introduction of a new mens coach Jon Cheesman and under the watchful eye of new Welsh coach Ian Shore, the squads have been performing well in training.
Cardiff Small Boats Head saw the Women perform particularly well. The coxed four won their category, the coxless four received fastest womens time of the day and Amy Nihad won novice womens sculls. The squads are already back in training for Fours Head in London on Nov 3rd.
22/10/07
CURC Coach Wins WARA Award!
Another trophy to add to a successful year in rowing, this time to recognise the man behind the womens squad success! For all the hard work that Womens coach Rodrigo Sanchez has put into the squad he was recently awarded Welsh Coach of the Year in recognition of the time he gives up to the club. Since joining the club, Rod has coached a squad of approximately 20 seniors and his most notable achievements to date have been Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at BUSA and more mportantly getting a Four to the quater finals at Henley regatta. All four of the girls in this boat had been coached by Rod from a beginners level.
CURC 24hr Ergo Great Success!
After a total of 24 hours on the ergo, members of the CURC Men's and Women's Squads were able to raise a fantastic amount of cash for 'Get Kid's Going' which provides sports wheelchairs for disabled children. The event took place on the steps of the Cardiff University Students Union. Special thanks go to all those at Get Kids Going, everyone who gave so generously, the Cardiff Union Sab Team for there great Support and the Athletes themselves for woking so hard. Watch this Space for many more charity events coming up!
