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was good to see so many novices join us on the camp, and their technical abilityrapidly improved. All who attended had an excellent week and this gave the Lentterm training for both crews a kick-start. However, we were hampered by a lackof experience in both squads as we prepared for the bumps. Despite this, bothcrews acquitted themselves well, with W1 falling just one place to finish in 6thand M1 falling two places ending the week in 5th.A composite crew from Downing and Jesus travelled down to the Head of theRiver Race in London, but much to our disappointment, the race was cancelledat the last minute due to treacherous conditions (over the half of the crews theystarted did not finish). Two Downing men were also selected for the lightweightboat for the Henley Boat Races – George Blessley and, for the second consecutiveyear, Ian Sealey.The club celebrated a highly successful Segreant’s Day in April, with the usualfun regatta on the Long Reach. The headship crew of 1982 however dominatedthe races, causing a slight “embarrassment” to the younger members of the club.Yet this shows some hope for all of us, 25 years down the line! The Club also namedits three new boats – two Janousek pairs (“Susan Lintott” and “Barry Everitt”) anda new coxless four, which won in the University IVs (“Clive Anderson”).Throughout the May term the club struggled with a lack of participating oarsmenand women. However, those that remained rose to the challenge ahead of them forthe May bumps. M1 progressed week on week and there could be no doubt that bythe start of bumps week, the crew were as fast as they were going to get. Similarly,W1 who did not start the term with 8 women made significant progress once a crewhad been found. M2 made more progress than anybody thought possible, and thanksmust go to all those who coached them through this difficult period. At the end ofbumps week, M1 remained level in 9th place, W1 went down two to 11th place andM2 went down two to 7th place in Division two (with only three College 2nd boatsahead of them). Our women’s lower boats had a particularly successful week – W3finished up one and W2 finished up four, earning themselves blades and securing aposition in the women’s 2nd division. Such successes can only bode well for thewomen as they prepare for next year. Regrettably, due to a lack of men, the 4thmen’s boat had to be withdrawn from the bumps.The final action for the club saw a composite with the Cambridge UniversityLightweight Rowing Club racing in the Ladies Challenge Plate at HenleyRoyal Regatta. The crew, stroked by Ian Watson raced in the new Filippi VIII, namedthe “Keith Southan” in memory of the late Keith Southan (Captain of Boats1933–34). Unfortunately, the crew was drawn against Brown University, USA whoweighed in at 1 stone per man more. The crew had an excellent race, and despitea blistering pace being set, going off the start at 48 strokes per minute, we wereknocked out. (Brown obtained the fastest time that day and made it to the81
Semi Final). It was a pleasure to see so many Segreants supporting us onour Henley campaign and hopefully a Downing boat in the regatta will now be aregular occurrence.It is with regret that Alan Inns stepped down at the start of this year from hisrole as Chief Coach. Thanks go to him for his many years of hard work with theclub, and also best wishes for the remainder of his career in the sport. Ian Watsontook up the role of Chief Coach in October and particular thanks go to him. Hehas already started to make significant changes to the way we train and compete,which will certainly benefit the club in years to come. Thanks also go to ProfessorBarry Everitt and Dr. Susan Lintott and to all those ex-members of DCBC who,each year, give their time to coach club crews. And finally, good luck and bestwishes to the club for the coming year!Danby Science SocietyChairperson: Sonya PembertonDanby has had another successful year with many talks and social events, includinga garden party, Freshers’ Meal and quiz to test our scientific and general knowledge.Our guest speakers included Prof Peter Lipton who spoke on “Prediction andPrejudice” in scientific theories; Dr Faye Dowker who talked about the “Science ofTime”; Prof Lindsay Greer who discussed his work on metallic and other glasses; andProf Bill Clyne of this college who kindly brought a jet engine into the HowardBuilding to teach us about the Materials Science issues in optimising gas turbineengines, along with a rather noisy demonstration. This year also saw theintroduction of Danby Seminars where fellows of the college; Prof Barry Everitt, DrPeter Duffett-Smith, Dr Zoe Barber, Dr Paul Barker, Prof Chris Haniff, and Dr MarcusTomalin, gave short talks on their research interests. All this activity was roundedoff with the Annual Dinner, where the new committee was introduced to the society.I would like to thank my committee for all their help during the year and wish thenew committee, and particularly their chairperson Lauren Evans, best of luck fornext year. I am confident that they will continue to ensure the success of the DanbySociety, with help from its active membership.Womens’ HockeyThe women’s hockey team began the season newly promoted to the first division.The introduction of four very talented freshers helped the team to begin stronglywith an impressive victory against St. John’s in the league. We carried on oursuccess throughout the league season beating Jesus, Corpus/Peterhouse, Trinity,Newhall and Girton and drawing to St. Catherine’s and Churchill to give us a very82
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ContentsDowning College Association
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The President. Julian Childs MA
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President’s ForewordThe aim durin
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Cufflinks in solid silver£68 plus
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understanding! The music recitals i
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Development Director’s ReportThe
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‘Smaller’ building tasks includ
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1807: The Laying of the Foundation
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underpinned by shared secular exper
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the digging out of foundations; the
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Earl to give support to his nephew,
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Page 33 and 34: The Schieffelin Leprosy Research &
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Page 45 and 46: MarriageAndrew Macintosh (2003) mar
Page 47 and 48: ObituariesStephen Allcock (1952)Ste
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Page 53 and 54: Claire Louise Cutler, née Morgan,
Page 55 and 56: John Raynes (1954)We learned from J
Page 57 and 58: Martin Ward (1957)Martin Ward came
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Page 67 and 68: The Wilkins FellowsGODFREY MICHAEL
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