Cambridge wouldn’t be Cambridge without rowing, and here at Selwyn our Boat Club was founded at the same time as the college itself in 1882. After some choppy waters in recent years, our rowers are back to fine form – and the club captain Joel Kendall (SE 2020) takes us through the year’s highlights.
May Bumps 2024
Off the back of an excellent 2023 May bumps campaign, it’s a pleasure to report that SCBC continued to grow in 2024. Overall, the five crews went up 10 places, getting bumped just once, which is one of the best results to date
Head of the River Race
The men’s 1st VIII+ travelled to London to compete in the Head of the River Race. After a successful term, we were looking forward to see how they would match up against the rest of the country. They overtook a good few crews before Hammersmith, finishing in a time of 18:40, gaining over 80 places. Photo: Ben Rodford Photography
Lent Bumps 2024
Continuing Selwyn’s great form, the Men’s 1st and 2nd VIII+’s both earned their blades bumping Churchill I, Christ’s I, Caius II and Lady Margaret II and Churchill II, St. Catharines II, Lady Margaret III and Clare Hall I respectively. The Women’s 1st VIII+ had a tough campaign and very narrowly missed out on a bump on a fast Homerton crew. The club gained 10 places making this one of the most successful campaigns to date.
Fairbarns 2024
The 2023/24 academic year got off to a great start with a win for the Women’s 1st Novice boat at Fairbairns as the fastest Women’s Novice crew with successful results also for our senior and alumni crews.
The college is thrilled to report that fellow Dr Marta Halina, a member of the Cambridge Department of History & Philosophy of Science, has been awarded a Pilkington Prize.
The college's 3-minute thesis competition is an annual highlight: a chance for students to explain their academic work to an audience in 3 minutes with the help of just one slide.
Alongside the offer letters sent out to our prospective new undergraduate students, selected offerholders also received invitations to our bridging course. We are running this initiative for the second time, following a successful pilot scheme in September 2024.
