SPONSORSHIP

UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE
 Club President Development Officer Website
clarehall.captain@cucbc.org development@clarehall.cam.ac.uk www.srcf.ucam.org/chbc
Tel. +44 (0)1223 760 993
 Dear Friends,

It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the Clare Hall Boat Club. I hope you
will find this brochure interesting and that it will encourage you to support our club.

Since its creation in 1995 Clare Hall Boat Club has quickly established itself as
one of the most dynamic of the 32 college clubs that compete on the river Cam.
While the Clare Hall Boat Club may be young, it has become the largest and most
inclusive sporting club within the College. In recent years the Club has
experienced a string of remarkable successes, seeing three of its members go on
to row in the world famous Cambridge vs Oxford boat race, as well as numerous
wins for its men’s and women’s teams in Cambridge University events.

In order to maintain and build on its excellent achievements, the Club needs
urgent funding for various vital items, including a new men’s boat. We have there-
fore launched this appeal, and I'm delighted to say that the Governing Body of
Clare Hall has now agreed to provide up to £6,000 of matching support to help
support the boat club to achieve its goals.

I warmly invite you to explore this brochure and hope it will prove useful in
detailing the various sponsorship options available to you.

Sir Martin Harris

President
Clare Hall
University of Cambridge

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national backgrounds and research

CONTENTS
Clare Hall interests of its members.

In addition to visiting fellows and

CLARE HALL graduate students, Clare Hall wel-
A College for comes visiting life members returning
Advanced Study in the to Cambridge for periods ranging from
University of a few days to several months. Life
Cambridge. members include most former visiting
Page 2 fellows and former graduate students.
Their past experience, sometimes
from several earlier visits to Clare
CLUB HISTORY Hall, means that their presence in the
What it means to row College is a valuable contribution to
with Clare Hall social relations and continuity of the
Page 3 community.

The interaction between members of

SUCCESS In 1966 Clare College founded Clare Clare Hall is further encouraged by
Past College Stars Hall as a separate Institute for College seminars, lunchtime discus-
Page 4 Advanced Study, which in 1984 re- sions and formal lecture series. The
ceived its own Royal Charter as an latter includes the Tanner and Ashby
independent college in the University lectures, given by internationally re-
BENEFITS of Cambridge. Clare College was nowned scholars, which seek to ad-
How your company vance and reflect upon the scholarly
originally known as Clare Hall from
could benefit from the time of its foundation in 1326 up and scientific learning related to hu-
sponsoring us in the until 1856. Clare Hall now bears this man values. Other recurrent events
long term. name with pride as one of only three include art exhibitions, films and con-
Page 5 post-graduate colleges within the certs which supplement the wealth of
University. Although Clare College activities available in the University.
and Clare Hall are today separate
DETAILS institutions, there are close ties be-
Our sponsorship and
tween our two boat clubs and we
development plans
share the same boat house on the
explained.
river Cam.
Pages 6 - 8

Its unique informal character is a

defining value at Clare Hall. Unlike
CONTACT
How to contact us and other colleges in the University, Clare
details of our website. Hall does not have a high table at
Back Cover meals or a senior common room. The
College is instead defined as a single,
inclusive society and is by nature an
integrated whole. This encourages
interaction between graduate stu-
dents, distinguished visiting fellows
and other senior members, which is
also aided by the wide variety of

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Club History
Clare Hall Boat Club was established
in 1995 by a group of intrepid pio-
neers. The Club started with one crew
and one rather old (but much loved)
VIII. Since then CHBC has grown in-
credibly and in 2008 had the largest
participation rate of any Cambridge
college.
For rowers on the Cam, the early
morning training outings are all aimed
at the many competitions that take
place throughout the year. The annual
racing calendar for college crews is
highlighted by two principal events:
the Lent Bumps in February and the
prestigious May Bumps in June. The
Bumps are unique to Cambridge.
Side-by-side racing is not possible
over a long distance on the narrow
and winding River Cam, so the bumps
format was introduced in the early 19th
century as an exciting alternative. For
further information on this race,
please refer to the final section of this
brochure.
The 2005/2006 season saw the be-
ginning of a steady string of suc-
cesses for CHBC. With a new influx of
rowing, coxing and coaching talent
the Men’s 1st VIII was able to win
‘blades’ in the May Bumps for two
years a row – in the 2007 season with
spectacular gain of seven places in
the divisional hierarchy.
Due to its increasing numbers Clare
Hall was able, for the first time, to field
two men’s and two women’s crews in
the 2008 May Bumps. Each of the
four crews managed to hold or in-
crease their position within their divi-
sion. The Men’s 1st VIII missed the
chance of a third consecutive blades
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win by the narrowest of margins, but
the Women’s 1st VIII made good by
scoring a huge success. Thus another
blade, this time bearing the names of
the women’s crew members as well
as the boats they beat, now adorns
the walls of the Clare Hall common
room.
The 2009 May Bumps once again
saw remarkable success for the
CHBC. The women's VIII won blades
for the second year running, and the
men's VII once again managed to
bump three times, thus narrowly
missing another blades win. As an
indication of our excellent showing
this year, CHBC came second out of
31 clubs in the race for this year's
Pegasus Cup, awarded to the most
successful college in the Bumps
races.
“Rowing teaches dedi-
cation, perseverance,
For more information about Clare
team work and reward.
Hall’s past Bumps glories, go to our Seeing the pink sun-
website. rise over the trees that
flank the Cam, that first
hint of warmth as Win-
ter turns to Spring, and
the cloudless blue
skies of Summer make
the rowing year unfor-
gettable and the cold
mornings of Winter a
distant memory.”
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Building upon Success Cambridge University Women’s Boat

Club in 2008.

Inka has built on her rowing success

by winning titles for individual sculling
at regional and national levels. She
also recently received an award for
outstanding sporting achievement
from the College in recognition of her
contributions to the Clare Hall Boat
Club. Despite her demanding training
and academic programs, Inka has
consistently given back to the College
by coaching the Clare Hall Men’s
Boat, which has resulted in two con-
Dr Sarah Tasker secutive years of May Bump triumphs.
A past president of CHBC, Sarah’s
achievement in rowing has been truly
remarkable. At 39, a mother of two,
and halfway through her PhD at Clare
Hall, she decided to try out for the
Cambridge University Women’s Boat
Club.
“Despite the relatively
small size of the club,
CHBC has been a With a seven day training schedule
springboard for rising and a resting heart rate less than her
stars within the rowing age, Sarah was selected to row with
world. The openness the Cambridge University Women’s
of CHBC means that Lightweight Rowing Club against
anyone in the College Oxford at Henley. Cambridge won the
(as well as their part- race convincingly. Pete Marsland
ners) can have a go at Despite growing up close to the Boat
rowing, and in some
Race course, Pete only began rowing
cases this has lead to
three years ago after an injury forced
outstanding achieve-
ments.” him to quit rugby. Pete was a student
at Clare Hall in 2007/2008 where he
rowed for Cambridge in the Cambridge
vs Oxford Boat Race. Although no
longer a student at Clare Hall, Pete
once again rowed for Cambridge in the
2009 Boat Race and looks set to rep-
resent Great Britain in the 2012 Olym-
pic Games.

Dr Inka Borchers
Another outstanding athlete of Clare
Hall, Inka learnt to row at the college
in 2005 and went on to row for the

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Your Partnership with
CHBC
Your Name and Logo on all Rowing
Boats and Blades
The Club is happy to display your
company name and logo on one or
more of our boats and blades. In
races both on the Cam and across the
country we are often photographed
and have been featured in leading
newspapers. Over 1500 competing
students would see your name or
company logo during Lent and May
Bumps. These events attract huge
crowds of supporters which comforta-
bly reach into the thousands every
year and include officials and mem-
bers of the press. The famous Bumps
races would further increase the visi-
bility of your company.
Name and Logo on all Boat Club
Clothing
Your company name and logo can
feature on all kit worn by our rowers.
Splash jackets in particular are widely
worn off the river and would therefore
ensure your company additional pub-
licity in lectures, around Cambridge
and across the country.
Sponsorship Launch Party and
other Boat Club Events
A launch party, regular drinks eve-
nings and boat naming ceremonies
would pay tribute to your sponsor-
ship. The Boat Club benefits from
strong support from the College’s
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Development Officer who would as-
sist in attracting alumni and fellows
as well as current students to these
events thereby expanding your com-
pany’s visibility beyond the bounds of
the Club. Our annual May Boat Club
Dinner is the culmination of the
year’s hard work: a spectacular black
tie event attended by past and pre-
sent members of the Boat Club as
well as coaches. This would be an
ideal opportunity for your organisation
to meet many of the current students
of the University.
Private Tent at May Bumps
May Bumps is the big event on the
river Cam, where thousands of spec-
tators and rowers meet to watch the
college rowers compete. Cham-
pagne, nibbles etc. would be provided
in the Clare Hall tent whilst you sit in
prime position to watch the races.
Hire of College for Corporate Meet- “Rowing is synony-
ings and Events mous with Cambridge,
The excellent and accessible facilities and the river is a focal
of Clare Hall could be hired out for point for tourists, stu-
meetings or conference events. dents, residents and
commuters.”
Tubbing on the Cam
The members of the College crew
would be more than happy to take
members of your organisation out
onto the Cam to see what rowing in
Cambridge is actually like. For those
who have more experience in rowing
there is always the option of going out
in an VIII and rowing the river course.
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Sponsorship Options:
Annual
Our Invitation to You and Your
Organisation
Success and continued growth in
membership numbers has led to a
strategic review of the CHBC. To
compete with other University boat
clubs in terms of equipment and train-
ing opportunities we, like other
colleges before us, are now looking to
secure a sponsorship arrangement
that will benefit your organisation
while allowing CHBC to continue its
upward trajectory.
We wish to build on our past success
in order to remain a superior strength
and quality boat club. Therefore, we
are looking to join forces with a com-
pany that also values excellence, a
“A good strategy is
conscientious work ethic and consis-
essential to success in
tent delivery of outstanding perform-
rowing. Annual spon-
ances, in what we believe would be a
sorship would enable
us to plan our invest- mutually beneficial association.
ments in new equip-
ment and coaching If your company is interested in sup-
and help deliver yet porting the Club or would like to re-
more success for quest further information, please do
CHBC.” not hesitate to contact us. We are
keen to meet you in person and pre-
sent our goals and ambitions.
Full Sponsorship of CHBC
The cost of full sponsorship amounts
to £6,000 per annum.
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As the following pages illustrate, row-
ing is an expensive sport and even
more so for those crews who wish to
row well and compete at a high level.
A total of £10,000 per annum is the
approximate sum required to finance
Club equipment, professional coach-
ing and running costs for two boat
crews (the Men’s and Women’s 1st
VIIIs). The CHBC is fortunate that the
College is generously provides some
loaned financial support to help the
Club purchase new equipment as well
as a modest amount to cover some of
the basic running costs. We are there-
fore able to offer a more flexible spon-
sorship package of £6,000 per year
for three years. This would secure
your sole sponsorship of the Club and
enable us to better plan our invest-
ments in kit, equipment and coaching.
As a full sponsor, your sponsorship
would be exclusive, meaning that we
would not seek or accept sponsorship
from other companies. Your company
would be offered all the benefits
described in the previous section.
Alternative Sponsorship Routes
While we believe that the full spon-
sorship option is the most effective for
all parties concerned, we understand
that some potential individual or cor-
porate sponsors may be looking for a
smaller investment. See Sponsorship
Options: Equipment for more details
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Sponsorship Options: Equipment

We are currently able to offer the following sponsorship options as an alternative to
annual sponsorship.

Logo or Name place-

ment on our boats
YOUR LOGO
HERE

New Boat (£12,000)

Your company would help to finance a much needed new boat to replace our ageing
Men’s first boat. After many repairs the men’s boat can no longer be taken apart for
racing off the Cam. A new boat would enable us to race at other events across the
country and thereby make your logo even more visible.

Logo or Name placement on

all our blades

“Unlike many team

sports rowing relies not
only on the technical
ability and physical
prowess of its crew,
but also on good light-
weight equipment.”

Your Logo Here

Your Logo Here
Your Logo Here
Your Logo Here

New Blades (£250 per blade, £2,000 per Crew)

Your company would help to fund the purchase of much needed new racing blades
for the crews. Second only to the boat, the blades are a key component in ensuring
an effective racing VIII. Our current racing blades are over six years old and due to
their degrading condition make it difficult to row efficiently and competitively. Your
company’s logo or name would appear on each of the eight blades. These blades are
highly visible parts of crew equipment and feature prominently on team photos.

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Sponsorship Options: Equipment

Coaching (£25 per outing, £600 per term, £1,800 per year)
Rowing being a technically demanding sport, regular coaching is an absolute neces-
sity. Your company would help to provide a dedicated coach to train the Men’s and
Women’s boats to speed their development into the racing season. At the moment we
rely heavily on the generous help of our past rowing stars, and as such we cannot
guarantee a consistent coaching programme. Your sponsorship would help to secure
a dedicated coach for the crew to train us both on and off the river.

YOUR LOGO
YOUR L YOUR L YOUR LOGO
HERE YOUR LO
HE HE HERE
HERE

“Rowing kit is
extremely specialised.
Since rowers do not
face the way in which
they are moving, more
attention is paid to the
back of the garment for Logo or Name placement on all
wind and waterproof-
ing than with other Club Kit
sports.”

New Kit (£1,500 per Crew (8 Rowers 1 Cox))

Your company would help make our crews look and feel more professional by engen-
dering team spirit and recognisability when racing and training. Specialised rowing kit
is necessary for rowers to cope with the variable weather that the British Isles throws
at us; and being highly specialised it is unfortunately expensive.

Club kit is perhaps the most visible part of crew equipment. Worn both on and off the
river it would enhance your visibility as a company throughout Cambridge, London
and other cities that are regularly visited by our rowers. We wear our rowing kit with
pride, and would be equally proud to sport your logo and support our partnership.

Costs of these and other alternative sponsorship packages can be customised to suit
to your organisation’s needs and financial constraints.

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COMMITTEE:

Club President
The CHBC website is regularly accessed both by members of the Club and
clarehall.captain@cucbc.org
other rowers in Cambridge. Information is available to users on training, Contact:
racing, social events, the Alumni Society and committee contacts. In addi- CHBC President
tion, there is a link from the Clare Hall website which is visited by all Clare Hall Boat Club
College members, graduates and alumni as well as prospective students Clare Hall
and the general public. Your name and corporate logo would appear along Herschel Road
with links to your website. We could dedicate a page to your company and Cambridge
graduate recruitment opportunities could be incorporated as well. CB3 9AL

CLARE HALL STAFF:

Development Officer
development@clarehall.cam.ac.uk
Contact:
Development Officer
Clare Hall
Herschel Road
Cambridge
CB3 9AL
Tel. +44 (0)1223 760 993
Fax. +44 (0)1223 332 333

Contact

If you would like to discuss any of the information contained in this docu-
ment, if you have alternative ideas about sponsorship, or if you would just
like to know more about Clare Hall Boat Club, then please get in touch with
us.

Alternatively, if you would like to know more about Clare Hall or are inter-
ested in how to get involved with Clare Hall, please contact our
Development Office.

UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE
 Club President Development Officer
clarehall.captain@cucbc.org development@clarehall.cam.ac.uk UNIVERSITY OF
www.srct.ucam.org/chbc Tel. +44 (0)1223 760 993 CAMBRIDGE