FRIENDS OF SELWYN COLLEGE BOAT CLUB (formerly The Selwyn College Permanent Henley Fund) Chairman Hon Treasurer Hon Secretary
Stephen Spencer Brian Hornsby Ian Tillotson
(shw.spencer@hotmail.com) (brianjhornsby@gmail.com) (ian.tillotson@accenture.com)
We have changed our name! our purpose and objective that have been established over many years will remain unaltered. However we wanted a name that better captured what those were: a name that clearly indicates our role as former rowers helping and supporting each new year’s Selwyn College Boat Club. We would also like to offer new activities that are more inclusive and less formal. a regular year’s events would, therefore, look like this: October: the new SCBC Committee set up their year, especially funding requirements, with the Friends March: an informal gathering at a pub along the Thames during the Head of the river race June: a gathering at The Plough on a Saturday afternoon July: an informal presence at Henley September/October: a dinner every three years for the Triennial General Meeting.
There will also be more opportunities for Friends to get back into a boat, perhaps scheduled around specific dinners, but also other race events such as The Fairbairns. In particular we would encourage Friends, once they have checked with the overall captain, simply to turn up on the bank and support that day’s outings. In short, we would like to create chances for Friends to have some fun and to celebrate what the SCBC is about. We will let people know the details through Facebook and by email. The Committee would welcome other ideas or offers of involvement for deepening our engagement across the Friends. The Fund itself has had a good investment performance and been able to meet its commitments during 2017-18. There were no exceptional demands on it. equipment maintenance and off-Cam training were the main expenditures, with a trip to Chester in the first quarter. our accounts moved during the year to a June end-period to give greater clarity on costs in the relevant year. If readers would care to make a donation online, you can do so at http://www.selwynrowing.org.uk/alumni/donations/ as always, we are indebted to the current overall captain, Sam Pettinger-Harte, and his Committee for their support. Stephen Spencer
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Selwyn Calendar 2017–2018
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This season has proved to be the most difficult for a number of years for the first eleven. Last year saw the departure of a number of key players and a significant rebuilding of the team was needed, particularly in the defensive areas. new players who were regulars to the first eleven this season were fresher edson owusu-afriyie, second-year Jeremi Miller and master’s student Donato Melchiorre. Things looked very promising in our first match against the Selwyn old Boys XI, where we were unlucky to lose 4-3 against a side containing several members who were key players for the first eleven during their time at Selwyn. However, since then we suffered several injuries to players, including a three-month absence of Jeremi Miller and a long-term injury to emmanuel Goriola. With some promising performances in the Michaelmas Term, we were unfortunate to lose our first five games of the season in the Premier League of the Cambridge University association Football League, along with losing our first match of Cuppers. However, we rounded off the term with a victory in the CUaFL Plate against King’s to reach the semi finals. We started more positively in the Lent Term with a well-fought 0-0 draw against Churchill but one of our key midfield players, Joshua Brocklesby, sustained a serious ankle injury in the match which ruled him out for the rest of the term. We fought hard for the rest of the season to try and stay in the division, but we were unable to avoid relegation, as we lost our remaining three league games. We also made the final of the CUaFL Plate for the third time in four years but lost 1-0 to emmanuel after conceding a late goal that rounded off a disappointing season for the first eleven. The second eleven, however, enjoyed much more success, having secured another promotion by finishing as runners-up and they will be playing in division 3 next season. We are already looking
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