Ledge Head

Reet thar, moi luvva?!

Gurt's well excited, ain't it? Not only has another cracking CBRC Head Race gone off well, but all them Bristol rowers have been packing away the medals.

Full list of all them lovely winners below.

• S2 8+ Evan Bickmore, Rob Beever, Charlie Jones, Morgan Specht, Charley Breen, Colin Davis, Dan Brawn, Andy Porter, Ruth Cullingford (cox)
  

• VetB 8+ Chris Sparrow, Martin Kelly, Martin Downey, Graham Davidson, Dylan Lang, Dominic Hall, Jack Mellor, Mike Murphy, Nicole Canty (cox)
  

• WS2 8+ Katy Lancaster, Caroline Richards, Kate Knowles, Tracy Ford, Jihan El-Labany, Bekki Kedward, Emma Watson, Rachael Wright, Diego Colantoni (cox)
  

• WS3 8+ Bronwen Daniel, Natalie Perumal, Jessica Voremberg, Corina Brocksopp, Lauren Obrentz, Nadia Balhi, Katy Lancaster, Kirsty McGaul, Diego Colantoni (cox)

• WNV 8+ Emily Kingston, Anne O'Loghlen, Emma Drew, Jennifer Owsley, Issica Baron, Clara Kukulska, Caroline Barker, Lucy Imeson, Geoff Watson (cox)

• S2 4x Mike Murphy, Aaron Pascovitch, Will Downey, Sean Bathe-Taylor
  

• S4 2x Jack Mellor (composite with Crabtree BC)
  

• J18 2x James Pentlow, Jake Sobstyl
  

• WJ12 2x Catherine Street, Ellena Murphy
  

• S2 1x Mike Duffy
  

• J18 1x Jake Sobstyl
  

New Course records:

• WS2 8+ 12:14.31

• S2 4- 11:02.13
  

• S4 2x 12:2329 (CoBRC/Crabtree)
  

Nice one to all the harassed organisers (Crush wasn't as wobbly as you'd have thought considering the rugby result on Saturday night) & volunteers for getting it all to run smoothly.

Come to Bed, mister!

Yes folks, a tantalising evening of treats and fun awaits one and all this Saturday night (16th Feb) in Bedminster. It's Zoe's birthday of course! Come along and share in the mirth.

The amusement begins at 8pm at The Princess of Wales (Westbourne Grove), then moving on to Quinns (East Street) at 8.30pm.

Classic Bedminster games await, such as the "did you say my girlfriend was fat..? Are you calling me a liar" game, and the "Pin the Pole to the pole" contest. Prizes for the shiniest white trainers and best tattoo ensemble.

See you there!

Contender! Ready! Gladiator?

Now while Gurt doesn't personally own any of these new fangled gadgets like a wireless with pictures or one of them telephones that aren't tied to the wall (although admittedly many an hour was once spent with noses pressed up against the glass watching Jet bounce around the arena) news has reached Gurt's cakeholes that Sky are intent upon re-launching the (somewhat) classic Gladiators series

But surely they can't be expecting all those once lithe and fit bodies to be up to the challenge these days? And the answer seems to be no.

Producers are a-hunting for some 21st century Gladiators to throw hapless contestants all over the matting.

Can City of Bristol rise to this challenge? Of course! There's been a whispering in the air that a certain fiery-haired fox might be the ideal candidate. Not only could she probably take down any foolish individual intent on stardom who got in her way with her bare hands, but of course after all that practice powering herself along (in one of those 'other' boats) she's now fully trained in using one of those giant cotton buds.



Then of course there's the possibilty of being taken down by two sisters at once...
More power to the mighty Maunders! Appearing on your boxes soon, maybe?

Diego and Madonna

Morning oarsfolk of Bristol. During my usual eavesdropping on the Ladies' squad tea session, my ears suddenly perked up to a conversation I can only assume was about 'my favourite footballer'. Bekki was heard cooing about a certain 'Diego', with his "hand of God", his "incredible dribbling" and apparently "you should see what he can do with his left foot". "For a short, fat bloke, he's incredibly talented".

Yes folks, it appears that the CBRC love machine has cranked into action once again. With Valentine's Day on the horizon, BetLush is frantically assessing who will get together next. Is there anyone left who is single???