Lady Margaret Boat Club

Nottingham City Regatta 🌲🦅

M1 - After an early 04:00 start in Cambridge M1 rowed early in the morning with a slightly chaotic and groggy time trial. But came together for a narrow but well fought victory taken at the line of the B Final. Thus M1 secured 1st place in the Notts City Academic 8+ category 🏅

W1 - Nobly/begrudgingly the women also had to wake up at 04:00 to do some May term revision in the Nottingham sunshine and cheer on the men. In the afternoon they rowed well and smashed the C final coming in first and securing 3rd place in the Academic 8+ category 🥉

M2 - With an ever-changing crew and a last minute suprise promotion (/demotion) from cox to rower M2 performed very well securing second place in the Academic 8+ category 🥈

Champs Head this weekend awaits as May bumps gets ever closer.

VL - 🦅

Congrats to all crews who rowed this term in Lent Bumps!!

W1 rowed hard throughout their bumps campaign against tough opposition. Notably they were assisted by some expert coxing. Holly was commended for her "stunning” steering by CamFM. W1 rowed over day 1 before being bumped by Trinity Hall, Newnham and Pembroke to finish 5th on the river. This term has brought some tough racing and some very strong opposition, but it has also shown their grit, commitment, and teamwork that defines our club and we are incredibly proud of how this crew has performed throughout the term.

M1 rowed over with the headship on the first two days only for heartbreak on the third day. A technical error within the crew brought the boat grinding to a halt 30 secs into racing, resulting in a rapid concession of the headship to Caius. Fuelled by a desire for revenge and redemption on the final day, Caius were made to work for it and M1 pushed them hard for the length of the course. Alas, it was not enough to reclaim our top position. While tough to take as a crew we credit Caius as worthy victors. We will be back.

W2 arguably worked hardest amongst all Maggie crews with not a single rest day over the five days of bumps. Despite being bumped on the first day by Caius W2, the girls fought hard as the sandwich boat between divisions. Their hard work was rewarded with a revenge bump on Caius on Friday. Sadly a very fast Eddie's W1 ended their week with a bump.

M2 - Despite a last minute crew change in stroke they put in a solid performance rowing over on the first two days. The crew was getting faster everyday but despite this got in the way of some very strong crews in Wolfson M1 and the blading Caius M2 to get bumped on the last two days.

M3 have rapidly improved as a crew over this term and started their campaign with two row overs. Friday they were bumped by a fast Anglia Ruskin crew and in the chaos of bumps got slowed down on Saturday to be eventually caught by Emma.

With Lent Bumps over, our crews are now looking forward to WEHoRR and HoRR.

The ultimate challenge of May Bumps awaits...

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Congrats to Gemma King for making the Blue Boat for a third consecutive year. Gemma will be rowing in the bow seat and is also women's president this year for CUBC. LMBC will be cheering on Gemma and all of the light blues along the Championship Course in London and tuning in from Cambridge! The women's blue boat race is scheduled for 2:21pm on Saturday 4th April. Yeah Cambridge!

Good luck to all our Maggie crews racing this week!
Here are your Lent Bumps Crews - 2026.

Can W1 chase down first placed Jesus for their college rowing glory? Can M1 keep their hands on headship?! Can W2 forge there way up division 2? Can M2 retain their second boat crown and smash their way up into division 1? Can M3 claim a first boat scalp on the river?!

Come down to the Cam and support the blazing red blades of the LMBC crews to find out this week! Yeah Maggie!!
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Lent Bumps 2026 have finally arrived and LMBC has five crews racing over the next five days! Be sure to come out and support the Maggie crews as we carve our way up the Cam in blazing red this week. Yeah Maggie!! VL 🦅

Newnham Head 2026
M1 - The boys continue to improve building heavily on their previous performance at Head to Head to come 2nd amongst all college VIIIs. The boys while happy insist next time...more and better
W1 - The crew put in a solid performance coming 9th amongst all women's crews. Their eyes firmly fixed on defending their 2nd position in Lent Bumps and challenging the black blades of Jesus.
M2 - The crew put in a big shove to secure 4th place amongst all 2nd boat crews. Their raw watts and ability to yam their way up the cam only beaten by a Clare crew snapping their blade.
W2 - The girls put in a very respectable performance in the high stream Cam conditions to finish 10th amongst all 2nd boat women's crews
M3 - Finally the boys of M3 put in a hearty and well fought row finishing the 2k on the high stream Cam in 8'52''.

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Winter H2H Women's Side Report:
Maggie have started the new term well with their first race of 2026.

W1 is well placed finishing 4th in their division and 7th fasted including city clubs looking to build for their bumps campaign.

W2 stole the show with a battling overtake on this double head race showing they are hungry for blood in Lent bumps. Also finishing a well placed 3rd in their division. For a lot of ex-novices this was the first taste of senior racing and a culmination of a lot of preseason training we look forward to seeing what our crews can do in the rest of this term.

Fairbairns Regatta - Seniors
Maggie red once again has been seen blazing downstream for the historic and longest annual race on the Cam with great success for our senior crews.
-M1 (4+) secured an impressive 2nd place only 8 secs behind Caius and 23 secs faster than 3rd place Pembroke
-W1 (8+) rowed hard with significant injuries plaguing the side and a brave novice stepping up to race for a very respectable 13th place
-M2 (8+) also came tantalisingly close to victory securing 2nd place in their division behind a fast Emma crew
- Lady Somerset - our alumni crews were also out in force with two 8+ racing which was great to see.

We look forward to seeing what our crews are capable of heading into Lents and the 201st yr of LMBC.

VL 🦅

Fairbairns Regatta - Novices
Maggie red has been seen storming downstream for the historic and longest annual race on the Cam with some ferocious rowing exhibited by our novice crews.
- NW1 were looking strong and posted a great time coming 6th overall
- NM1 coming hot off their Clare Novices victory managed to secure a very respectable 8th place
- NW2 showed great heart and worked hard to place 11th in their division
- NM2 showed the strength and depth of Maggie posting 4th place in their division

Congratz to our Novice Men (NM1) who stormed to victory this weekend in Clare Novice Regatta!!! 🦅
After walking past Lucy Cav, Homerton and Hughes Hall in the early stages our boys in Maggie red stormed past Trinity Hall in the semi-final to set up a rematch with Downing. The club that broke Maggie hearts last week at Emma sprints.
This time however the crew pulled together spectacularly and took Downing to the sword securing their first regatta victory by a length.

Huge effort from the guys and their coaches we look forward to seeing what they're capable of at Fairbairns and beyond...

LMBC takes on QErgs 2025
This weekend our novice crews sweated, screamed and smashed out the annual 8x500m erg relay. The Maggie crews can all be proud and were always showing impressive team spirit while fighting hard through the pain!

Our first crews both secured podium places in the finals with NM1 fighting hard for a very impressive 2nd place. NW1 secured 3rd position showing they should also be feared and have the power to push past their competition on the Cam. NM2 and NW2 also should be lauded for winning their divisions and show the depth and strength found within LMBC. NM3 put in a great showing and we look forward to seeing what these boys can do later this term.

Finally to end the day the mixed senior crew showed why they (at least for now) remain in charge with a dominating performance to finish as runners up in the senior division.

Thanks for a great event!