St Catharine's College Boat Club

As Michaelmas term came to a close, SCCBC's action on the water had only just began, with a total of 9 crews competing in Fairbairns. Thursday saw three novice men's crews compete and one novice women's crew. A special shout out to NM1 who finished 4th out of all the novice crews. NM2, NM3 & NW1 also put in a strong midtable performance. After such a successful novices campaign from our LBCs, the real triumph is that almost all our novices are staying on for senior rowing next term.

On Friday it was the seniors' turn to take to the water, with another 4 college crews and one alumni 4+ competing. After a rocky start to the term, W1 finished in a strong 5th in the senior IVs, and the M1 IVs crew came 7th in their category. The M1 VIII finished as the 10th fastest Cambridge college crew, and were almost a minute faster than the boat they will be chasing in Lent Bumps! M2 were the 6th fastest 2nd boat, beating an M1 boat, and the Alumni 4+ had a fun race and beat several crews despite not spending even a minute in the boat together before the start line. After a less than glorious Lent campaign last year, this Fairbairn's result was a solid performance and hopefully the signs for Catz regaining the Marconi Cup in Lents!