Cambridge '99 Rowing Club

Cambridge '99 RC
Location Cambridge, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°12′42.27″N 0°7′46.73″E / 52.2117417°N 0.1296472°E / 52.2117417; 0.1296472Coordinates: 52°12′42.27″N 0°7′46.73″E / 52.2117417°N 0.1296472°E / 52.2117417; 0.1296472
Home water River Cam
Founded 1899 (1899)
Captain Keith Garrett
Affiliations British Rowing, Cambridgeshire Rowing Association
Website www.nines.rowing.org.uk

Cambridge '99 RC "Nines" is a rowing club based in Cambridge, UK, with one of the largest active rowing memberships in the region. The club's colours are a distinctive sky blue, 'old gold' and green.

The club rows all-year round and has a strong competitive ethos. All members are encouraged to take part in racing and the club has a strong track record of developing novice rowers to a highly competitive standard.

Facilities

The club has a boathouse containing a dedicated free weights area, weights room, changing rooms, showers, toilets, a kitchen, a large fleet of boats, bar, committee room/lounge for relaxing, and training room with twelve ergs and a Wattbike.

Racing

The club competes all year round at local and major national events including Men's and Women's Tideway Head of the River Races, Women's Henley, Henley Royal Regatta and the National Championships.

The biggest race in the local calendar is the Cambridgeshire Rowing Association Bumps in which all club members participate. The men's and women's first boats currently both hold 3rd place within their categories.

Events

Each year Cambridge '99 Rowing Club runs two regattas.[1] The regatta in the spring[2] is for eights and mainly attracts local Cambridge College crews preparing May Bumps. The larger autumn regatta attracts crews from a wider area and includes races for a range of boat categories.

History

The club was founded in 1899 as a spin-off from the YMCA boat club after some members decided they wanted to smoke, drink and row on Sundays.

These days the club has a smoking ban in its boathouse but its members can still be found socialising and enjoying a drink together while long hours are spent on the water at weekends.

In 1990 CRA Bumping Races, the club was the first to hold the Head of the River position simultaneously in both the men's and women's events. In 2006 the club was the first to hold both first and second on the river simultaneously in the women's event.

References

  1. "About the club". Cambridge '99 Rowing Club. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. "Cambridge Nines Regatta - 24 May 2015". Cambridge '99 Rowing Club. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

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