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City Sprints

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City Sprints is an annual side-by-side 500m race that normally runs along the boathouses from Cutter Ferry footbridge to City of Cambridge Rowing Club.  This year, however, the race will be raced upstream on the Long Reach finishing at the Chisholm Trail Bridge.

The invitational regatta takes place on the Sunday before the May Day bank holiday.  This year the 2022 City Sprints will be held on Sunday 1 May.  We will be live-streaming coverage of the racing and will have a bar and spectator viewing area at the finish line.

Events will be held for each boat class across Open, Women’s and Mixed categories and in: 8+, 8x+, 4-, 4+, 4x, 4x+, 2-, 2x, 1x.

Events will be banded as follows:

  • Championship – crews containing members who in the past have rowed at national level events such as HRR, HWR, Wallingford and Met regattas or May’s 1st Division crews
  • Club – May’s 2nd Division crews or town crews that are neither Championship or Novice
  • Novice – any crew where all of the members of the crew have not started rowing prior to May 2021 or student crews rowing in the Mays 3rd division or below
  • Masters – Categories from Masters A to G as defined by British Rowing
  • Juniors – Categories from J13 to J18 as defined by British Rowing

Where an event has a large number of entries, the organising committee may band entries into student and CRA, or by creating bands based on past performance.  The organising committee reserves the right to change banding if they feel that a crew has been entered in a category that is too low.

Where an event has under 4 entries, the organising committee will offer competitors the option of racing crews of a similar speed by combining classes in order to provide more competition.

Racing take place in divisions with first commencing at 11:00am.  Crews will stay on the water until they are knocked out.  It is expected that racing will finish by 6:00pm.

Entries have closed the draw can be found here

Results can be found here

2022 Competitor Information

  • Race draw
  • Competitor Information
  • Risk Assessment
  • Numbers can be collected from the City of Cambridge Boathouse on the morning of racing.
  • Boats must be at the pre-division marshalling upstream of the Railway Bridge at least 30 minutes before the division start time.

Entries are now closed.

Events will be held for each boat class across Open, Women’s and Mixed categories and in: 8+, 8x+, 4-, 4+, 4x, 4x+, 2-, 2x, 1x.

Events will be banded as follows:

  • Championship – crews containing members who in the past have rowed at national level events such as HRR, HWR, Wallingford and Met regattas or May’s 1st Division crews
  • Club – May’s 2nd Division crews or town crews that are neither Championship or Novice
  • Novice – any crew where all of the members of the crew have not started rowing prior to May 2021 or student crews rowing in the Mays 3rd division or below
  • Masters – Categories from Masters A to G as defined by British Rowing
  • Juniors – Categories from J13 to J18 as defined by British Rowing

Where an event has a large number of entries, the organising committee may band entries into student and CRA, or by creating bands based on past performance.  The organising committee reserves the right to change banding if they feel that a crew has been entered in a category that is too low.

Where an event has under 4 entries, the organising committee will offer competitors the option of racing crews of a similar speed by combining classes in order to provide more competition.

Racing take place in divisions with first commencing at 11:00am.  Crews will stay on the water until they are knocked out.  It is expected that racing will finish by 6:00pm.

Any crew boat sharing must include the shell name on the entry form.  Wherever possible we would discourage significant boat sharing.

 

 

 

The v1 draw ‘trees’ are published here

2022 Results:

Will be published here

2021 Results:

Can be found here.

2019 Results:

Category Winner
 Mens Mas F/G 1x  Chesterton: Woodham
 Mens J17 1x  99’s: Mackenzie
 Mens 4+  St Radegund: Scruffy-looking nerf herders
Womens J15 1x Rob Roy: Lara
Womens 1x CCRC: Halliday
Mens J14/J15 2x Cantabs: Seamon
Mens J18 2x 99’s: Champkenzie
Mixed J16/J17 2x CCRC: Thomas and Tabitha
Mens 1x CCRC: N Paul
Womens 4+ Downing: W1
Mens J13/J14 1x Rob Roy: Fergus
Womens J13/J14 4x+ Rob Roy: WJ14 4x+
Mens 2- Chris & Seb
Womens J15/16 4x+ Rob Roy WJ17
Open 4x- Cantabs: O’Shea
Womens J14 1x Rob Roy: Ella
Mens Mas E/F/G 8+ Xpress: Hard-Pressed
PEM Invitational 8+ CCRC: M3 8+
Womens J16/J17 1x CCRC: Susie
Mens Mas C 8+ Xpress: XPBailey
Womens J13/J14 2x Rob Roy: Ella & Elana
Womens Band 2 8+ Downing: W2
Open J15 4x+ Cantabs: Sharrock
Mixed Club 2x CCRC: Wares 2x
Womens J15 2x Rob Roy: Grace and Elizabeth
Mens Band 2 8+ Clare: M2
Mens Band 3 8+ Caius: M3
Womens Band 1 8+ Clare: W1
Mens Band 1 8+ Downing: M1

Entry fees will be collected via Droplet.

If you have any questions or would like to request a row-through please contact eventsccrc[at]gmail.com.

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