Cantabrigian Rowing Club

Many members of Cantabs have been saddened to hear of the recent death of Chris Lloyd, a well-known figure in Cambridge rowing over many decades. Chris, with his wife Debbie, set up the Free Press Boat Club, now the X-Press Boat … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Cantabs A crew who won the Provincial Pennant at the Women’s Eights Head of the River! The crew raced hard in tough conditions, to finish 27th overall and the fastest Provincial crew by 15 seconds. This win … Continue reading →

Four Cantabs crews raced at Hammersmith Head, taking to the Tideway in preparation for the Eights Heads next month. There was a win for one of the two Women’s Intermediate 8+ crews, who were also the 5th fastest W8+ overall. … Continue reading →

Many Cantabs crews took to the water in the annual fancy dress event, Christmas Head. The race saw both notable performances as well as notable costumes. Of the women’s crews who raced, there were good performances including wins in: W8+ … Continue reading →

Three Cantabs men’s crews raced at the 2023 Fairbairn Cup, winning the Invitational 8+. The Senior Men had a good race, comfortably winning the Invitational 8+ event, and finishing 3rd overall, with only 2 seconds separating 1st and 3rd over … Continue reading →

Cantabs had 20 crews racing at the Winter Head, with the Senior Women’s Squad’s first 8+ maintaining their title of fastest women’s crew of the day. Other wins included: W Senior 8+ Club A 4- Mas 8+ MasD 4+ W … Continue reading →

Cantabs crews raced well at Cambridge Autumn Head on 14 October, winning in a variety of sweep and sculling categories. There was victory in mixed events, for both the Masters D 8+ as well as a Masters D 8x+ who … Continue reading →

There were good results at Pairs Head, along with some bad luck, in the first head race of the season for the Senior Squads which saw four 2nd place finishes. 6 Cantabs crews took to the Tideway for Pairs Head … Continue reading →

Entries are now open for The Cambridge Winter Head on Saturday 11th November, which will see racing for eights, fours and quads in British Rowing, CRA and Student categories. Please see https://cantabsrowing.org.uk/cambridge-winter-head-2023/ for details. The competition has been over-subscribed in … Continue reading →

On the 40th anniversary of women’s rowing in Town Bumps, the Cantabs women went +34 for the week, won an historic 7 set of blades and retained the Headship for the 6th consecutive year of racing. Cantabs was the most … Continue reading →