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AddressStorey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DG, United Kingdom
Phone +44 1223 332000
Hours Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM Wed
Founded1869
ColorGrey, Red
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TuitionDomestic tuition 3,375 GBP, International tuition 5,330 GBP
Parent organizationsThe Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Notable alumni James Norton
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Alicia Kearns
Beth Rigby
David Starkey
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Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all backgrounds a chance to study at the university.

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Boat Race: the First woman picked to referee men's Oxford-Cambridge rowing device

Feb 16,2020 10:02 am

Sarah Winckless is Chairman of the 166th men's race in March

A woman will referee The Men 's Oxford-Cambridge-boat-race for the First Time in its 166-year history.

Sarah Winckless , a former student at Fitzwilliam College , Cambridge, will officiate at the race on The River Thames in London on 29. March.

you umpired The Women 's boat race in the year 2017 and the race in the previous year umpired the reserve men.

"The First female referee in charge of the Boat Race is a real honor and responsibility," She Said .

The referee is the most important job is to shout instructions to the crew, to ensure that you Miss not collide

rowers Winckless, 46, took part in three Olympic Games and won a bronze medal in Athens in 2004 with doubles partner Elise Laverick .

she was awarded an MBE in The Queen 's Birthday Honours 2015 for services to sport and Young People .

Elise Laverick (left) and Sarah Winckless third place in The Women 's double sculls final of the 2004 Olympic Games

rowing"There are 10 rules of the boat race so, what you need to do is sound relatively easy," Miss Winckless said.

"However, in the moment, in the competition on the course, it could be a high-pressure situation. "

Miss Winckless be The First woman to referee responsible for The Men 's race, The Boats must pass under the Central arches of the Two Bridges - Hammersmith (in the picture) and Barnes

The Rules of the race, the crews must keep to their stations (the Middlesex or Surrey side of The River ), unless you have an advantage of "clear water", if you, if you want to, you can use The Opposite station.

Both teams must row through the centre arches of the Two Bridges , where they together often come dangerously close.

The referee has to try the task, to be sure, neither crew commits a "foul" with the warning not to hold you to your own ideal Line .

The boat race was first televised by the BBC, in the year of 1938, when the Oxford Boat Race

source: The Boat Race

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Source of news: bbc.com

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