Joining the Club
The Lady Margaret Boat Club is open to all members of St. John's College, Cambridge. Each year we take on a large number of new members, the vast majority with no previous rowing experience at all. Usually around a third of all freshers sign up to try rowing or coxing in their first term, and many choose to continue throughout their degree, which makes rowing a great way both to meet other freshers and to make friends with people from other years.
You don't need any previous experience to try rowing with LMBC - the vast majority of members learn to row within the club, mostly in Michaelmas term when there are races against other colleges specifically for new rowers. With around 10 novice crews (each with 8 rowers and a cox) in a typical year, we cater for people of all abilities, and since the time commitment varies hugely across those crews, it's up to you how much time you want to put in. In recent years Lady Margaret has been especially successful at teaching novices to row, with our top novice boats winning both the men's and women's Fairbairns races in 2008. Furthermore, all our other boats also finish top of their classes regularly in novice events.
Rowing is also a very sociable sport. A key part of novicing is going on formal hall swaps with boats from other colleges, and the end of term boat club dinners are half the reason why lots of people row, so it's not all lycra and early mornings as the myths would have you believe!
If you are interested in learning to row or cox at LMBC, email the men's or women's lower boats captains James or Pippa for more info and most importantly to try some rowing for yourself. Or come along to our stall at the college freshers' fair!
Those with previous rowing experience are welcomed straight into the senior squad. For further details contact the men's or women's captains Matt or Bryony.
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Past Race Reports
Queen's Ergs 2008
Queen's Ergs 2007
Queen's Ergs 2005
Intense sprint racing on rowing machines
Clare Sprints Regatta 2007
Clare Sprints Regatta 2006
A side by side knock out tournament
Fairbairn's 2008
Fairbairn's 2007
Fairbairn's 2004
A timed distance race where good technique goes a long way
