On February 29th at 10.30 at the boathouse we will name two new boats: the pair/double Michael Potter, named after Professor Michael Potter, who was Treasurer of the Society for 25 years, and the new Women’s VIII Ashton Brown, named after the triple Blue and CUWBC President.
The Billygoats Society Committee is very keen to support and encourage the Boat Club not only through provision of equipment but also through supporting coaching and enabling off-Cam racing and training. This term we supported the Boat Club pre-Lent Training Camp in Norwich. Captain Andre Neto-Bradley reports:
2020 got off to an early start for FCBC, with our pre-Lent term Training Camp in Norwich from 10th-12th January. We had over 40 participants and four VIIIs on the water for each session, making this one of the largest and most inclusive training camps in recent memory, and with over 100km covered over the course of the three days it was an invaluable opportunity for promising novices and seasoned veterans alike to sharpen catches and get the Bumps campaign off to a running start.
Head coach Antony Moule was joined by Billygoats Alan Marron, Joao Moraes, and Nick Francis coaching from the launches over the three days. The excellent facilities at the Whitlingham Boathouse, home of Norwich RC, allowed us to run land training sessions for the squad when off the water setting out strength and flexibility conditioning routines for the term – important aspects of training to prevent injury. The camp has given our first two boats on each side a head start on training for Lent Bumps, and allowed for upskilling continuing novices. Hopefully this advantage will give us an edge over other college crews when we face off later in the term.
For many of the novices and seniors the weekend was also about team bonding both on and off the water, and evening mealtime saw us conduct some important research on the question of: ‘How many Cambridge undergraduates does it take to cook a pot of pasta?’
