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Presentation Rowing Oar Trophy, Fitzwilliam House, 1st May Boat 1950
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Antique Rowing Oar, 1950 Fitzwilliam House, May Boat.
The full-length oar is an original traditional Cambridge University presentation rowing oar with gilt calligraphy and college insignia. It is a beautiful oar and in original condition. The calligraphy denotes the crew's names and weights with the oar once belonging to G. Marsden.
The calligraphy on this blade reads:-
Fitzwilliam House 1st May Boat 1950.
Bow E.W. Brown 10.12
2. J.B.W. Lowe. 11.12
3. R. Wilkinson. 11.12
4. K.H. Unger. 11.12
5. A.J. Braund. 13.0
6. A.W.W. Barker. 13.12
7. G. Marsden. 12.1
Str. D. Chamberlain. 12.12
Cox. J.D. Reynolds. 9.8
Bumped:- Kings II, Jesus IV, 1st & 3rd Trin:IV, 1st & 3rd Trin:III
Coaches:- Prof. E.H. Walker, T.W.W. Pemberton, R.F.A. Sharpley, G.R. Wace.
As the oar is full length (12 foot) shipping can be quite expensive. We have come up with an ingenious way to cut the oar so as to make shipping cheaper, the oar can then be easily reassembled. One of the images shows different images of an oar that has been cut down. It is cut by the leather sleeve so the joint is less visible or obvious. The oar can then be bolted together to make the oar one solid piece.
Please do enquire about the different shipping options.
PLEASE NOTE, The quoted shipping price is for the cut down oar except for England deliveries.
Any crew which records four consecutive bumps is said to have 'gained their oars'. The prize being a full-size oar decorated with the names of the full crew in gold lettering on the college colours for each rower. The cox is given a decorated rudder and the coach receives a decorated wooden shield with a mock-up of the bow end of a boat.
Both Oxford and Cambridge Universities host two university bumps races yearly, each lasting several days. The races are for eights (i.e. eight rowers and a cox), each representing one of the university's various colleges. One of the races is held in early spring and the other in early summer, in Oxford they are called 'Torpids' in the spring and 'Eights' in the summer, in Cambridge these are called 'Lent Bumps' and 'May Bumps'. The leading crews of the Lent Bumps go on to race the leading Oxford Torpids crews at the Henley Boat Races around Easter.
The first attested bumps race took place in Oxford in 1815 and was between two eights from Brasenose College and Jesus College. Twelve years later Lent Bumps racing commenced at Cambridge University. As the Isis and Cam are long narrow rivers, not ideal for normal side by side racing, Bumps racing evolved. The competing crews line up bow-to-stern in order, one behind the other with gaps of about 1½ boat lengths between them. The start of the race commences with the firing of a cannon, the idea to progress up their division by attempting to catch and Bump (touch) the boat in front whilst simultaneously trying not to be Bumped by the boat behind. The ultimate aim becoming top of the first division and "Head Of The River". When a bump has taken place both of the crews involved in the Bump pull over to the riverbank and take no further part in that race, allowing the rest of the division to pass. The only difference is in Torpids where the crew whose boat was Bumped has to continue racing (and is liable to be bumped again). It is possible to "over bump", if the 2 crews involved in the Bump have pulled over and the crew behind them manage to catch the boat that was in front of them, this is an "over bump".
Fitzwilliam began in 1869 as a non-collegiate institution, providing Cambridge education to undergraduates who were unable to afford membership of a college. It received in turn the names of Fitzwilliam Hall and Fitzwilliam House, and its members continually strove to enhance its standing. Fitzwilliam moved to its current site in 1963, and in 1966 it was granted a Royal Charter and became an independent college.
- Dimensions:Height: 6.11 in (15.5 cm)Width: 144.49 in (367 cm)Depth: 3.35 in (8.5 cm)
- Style:Sporting Art (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1950
- Condition:Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. All original. the oar has been cleaned and waxed.
- Seller Location:Oxfordshire, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 306661stDibs: LU975743721592
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Bow. E.C. Faircliff, 9.8.
2. E.G. Collins. 10.0.
3. G.E.P. Elwood. 9.8.
4. R. Middleton. 10.11.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SHIPPING.
As the oar is full length (12 foot) shipping can be quite expensive. We have come up with an ingenious way to cut the oar so as to make shipping cheaper, the oar can then be easily reassembled. One of the images shows different images of an oar that has been cut down. It is cut by the leather sleeve so the joint is less visible or obvious. The oar can then be bolted together to make the oar one solid piece.
Please do enquire about the different shipping options.
The Cambridge Scout Boat Club was formed in 1923 on CC Charlie Wood's advice. It was thought to be the only such club in the country. C T Wood had rowed at Shrewsbury School and was treasurer for '99 rowing club in its early days.
'There are three particular things we owe to C.T.Wood;… in 1923 he urged the formation of the Scout Boat Club, of which Fred Feary was the first Captain, and I a humble non-rowing member'. WTT Archaeology 1978
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Scouts I had the rare distinction of starting from last boat and reaching Head of the River in the town bumps without being bumped.
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