The following people were awarded JCR Sports Colours at the Sports Formal on Tuesday 1st May. We would like to thank them all for their hard work and commitment to VMBC over their time at University.
FULL COLOURS:
William Stagg - for services to the Exec as President, commitment to the Men's 1st VIII and 1st IV, coxing the women's 1st VIII at Women's Head of the River Race 2012 and most importantly, a victory in Novice Single Sculls at Admiral's Regatta 2011.
Robbie Edwards - for services to the Exec as Boatman and Novice Development Captain, commitment to the Men's 1st VIII and dedication to all aspects of coaching.
Charlie Brunt - for services to the Exec as Men's Captain and commitment to the Men's 1st VIII and 1st IV.
Andy Wood - for services to the Exec as Treasurer, commitment to the Men's 1st VIII and dedication to coaching.
Nick Young - for services to the Exec as Treasurer and dedication to coaching.
Mike Harrap - for services to the Exec as Sponsorship Secretary, dedication to coaching, commitment to the Men's 1st VIII and 1st IV.
Kate Bowden - for dedication to coaching, commitment to the Women's 1st VIII and 1st IV and on many occasions, doing significantly more than was ever expected of her.
Anmol Sandhu - for services to DCR as Regatta Secretary and commitment to the Women's 1st VIII.
Ben Page - for services to the Exec as Webmaster, commitment to the Men's 1st VIII and generally giving his life and soul to the club.
Greg Caster - for services to the Exec and Women's Squad.
Lindsay Martin - for services to the Exec and sustained commitment to rowing, coxing and coaching.
Alex Trickle - for services to the Exec and commitment to the Men's 1st VIII.
HALF COLOURS:
Lauren Day - For coxing the Men's 2nd VIII at Head of the River Race 2012.
Amy Lambert - For commitment to the Women's 1st VIII.
Lee Zowghi -for services to the Exec and commitment to the Men's 1st VIII.
Iain McKenzie - for sustained commitment to rowing, coaching and coxing.
Olivia Atkinson - for sustained commitment to rowing, coaching and coxing.
Simon Zieleniewski - for commitment to the Men's 1st VIII and 1st IV.
Sports Colours 2012
2012 AGM
On the 24th February our club's annual AGM was held. On the 17th March the following members will assume the detailed executive roles as follows:
President - Andy Durnan
Men's Captain - Anna Fawcett
Women's Captain - Jess Barton
Novice Development Captain - Tom Hallett
Safety and Coaching Officer - Harry Inman
Treasurer - Dan Thompson
Secretary - Hannah Bolt
Enterprise Officer - (Mike Harrap)
Boatmen - Patrick Clark and Ben Gascoigne
Social Secretary - Liddy Felton
Webmaster - Gavin Birch
President - Andy Durnan
Men's Captain - Anna Fawcett
Women's Captain - Jess Barton
Novice Development Captain - Tom Hallett
Safety and Coaching Officer - Harry Inman
Treasurer - Dan Thompson
Secretary - Hannah Bolt
Enterprise Officer - (Mike Harrap)
Boatmen - Patrick Clark and Ben Gascoigne
Social Secretary - Liddy Felton
Webmaster - Gavin Birch
York Small Boats Head and Senate Cup
After a back injury caused the college’s racing crew at Tees Small Boats Head to pull out, Tyne United Small Boats Head became the first race for the club this year.
On Saturday 5th November a men’s Novice IV (Page, Gascoigne, Thompson, Trickle with Anna Fawcett) and a women’s IM3 IV (Barton, Clark, Bowden, Shepherd with cox Will Stagg) raced the 5km racecourse on the Tyne.
The women’s IV gave a strong race, passing the Castle crew in front as they crossed the finish line, taking away both tankards for fastest women’s IM3 crew and pennant points for fastest college women’s IV. The scratch men’s IV finished third overall in their category, and were the second fastest novice college crew.
On Sunday the 20th November, VMBC travelled to the city of York for the yearly Small Boats Head, a 3km head race, and the 3rd race of the pennant series.
In a very foggy division 1, a women’s IM3 IV (Bolt, Macdonald, Stevenson, Bangert with cox Lydia Smith) and a men’s IM3 IV raced (Crosland-Mills, Stagg, Harrap, Durnan with cox Vicky Goodwin).
The women’s crew put in a solid start, holding off a Sheffield University crew for most of the course, while the men’s IV produced a strong start to the season, overtaking DARC immediately and pulling past Sheffield University in the last section of the race.
Division 3 saw another women’s IM3 IV (Barton, Shepherd, Clark, Bowden coxed by Clem Keily-Baxter) and a Novice 1x (Stagg) competing. The IV suffered technical difficulties with the rudder cable snapping and bow’s gate bursting open, however still managed to set a decent time from the course.
The entire head had 389 finishing crews, with the fastest time set by a Leeds Uni IM2 coxless quad at 10:11.3, and the slowest time as 18:32.0 by a women’s novice coxed quad.
The men’s IV rated overall at 59th, and as the 4th fastest IM3 IV, and 5th/15 men’s college IV’s with a time of 11:53.8 for the entire course. The women’s IV’s ranked 6th and 10th out of 13 college women’s IV’s, with times of 14:09.1 and 14:38.8 at positions 279 and 311. The novice scull finished 243rd, with a time of 13:43.8, as the fastest of 2 college sculls and 7th/12 in the category.
VMBC has made a solid start to the season in the Pennants series and with more races in the next few weeks, all crews will be fighting for further successes.
On Saturday 5th November a men’s Novice IV (Page, Gascoigne, Thompson, Trickle with Anna Fawcett) and a women’s IM3 IV (Barton, Clark, Bowden, Shepherd with cox Will Stagg) raced the 5km racecourse on the Tyne.
The women’s IV gave a strong race, passing the Castle crew in front as they crossed the finish line, taking away both tankards for fastest women’s IM3 crew and pennant points for fastest college women’s IV. The scratch men’s IV finished third overall in their category, and were the second fastest novice college crew.
On Sunday the 20th November, VMBC travelled to the city of York for the yearly Small Boats Head, a 3km head race, and the 3rd race of the pennant series.
In a very foggy division 1, a women’s IM3 IV (Bolt, Macdonald, Stevenson, Bangert with cox Lydia Smith) and a men’s IM3 IV raced (Crosland-Mills, Stagg, Harrap, Durnan with cox Vicky Goodwin).
The women’s crew put in a solid start, holding off a Sheffield University crew for most of the course, while the men’s IV produced a strong start to the season, overtaking DARC immediately and pulling past Sheffield University in the last section of the race.
Division 3 saw another women’s IM3 IV (Barton, Shepherd, Clark, Bowden coxed by Clem Keily-Baxter) and a Novice 1x (Stagg) competing. The IV suffered technical difficulties with the rudder cable snapping and bow’s gate bursting open, however still managed to set a decent time from the course.
The entire head had 389 finishing crews, with the fastest time set by a Leeds Uni IM2 coxless quad at 10:11.3, and the slowest time as 18:32.0 by a women’s novice coxed quad.
The men’s IV rated overall at 59th, and as the 4th fastest IM3 IV, and 5th/15 men’s college IV’s with a time of 11:53.8 for the entire course. The women’s IV’s ranked 6th and 10th out of 13 college women’s IV’s, with times of 14:09.1 and 14:38.8 at positions 279 and 311. The novice scull finished 243rd, with a time of 13:43.8, as the fastest of 2 college sculls and 7th/12 in the category.
VMBC has made a solid start to the season in the Pennants series and with more races in the next few weeks, all crews will be fighting for further successes.