Coming up!
We are looking forward to next term freshers week!
Schedule to be confirmed
- Michaelmas 2021
- TBC
- Cambridge
What is Modern Pentathlon?
Modern Pentathlon is an Olympic and Full Blue sport
comprising running, swimming, shooting, fencing and show jumping.
We have a wide range of abilities – anyone is welcome to join us whether they have never done any of the sports before or are a seasoned pentathlete.
Fencing
Epée fencing, one hit only!
Laser run
4x800m running with 10m laser shooting in between (similar to skiing biathlon).
Swimming
200m freestyle.
Horse riding
1m10 show jumping on borrowed horses.
Pentathlon in Cambridge
Weekly training
We train for all 5 sports every week during term time. Details are in the weekly email but a general timetable can be found below.
Competitions
Many fun competitions leading to Varsity against Oxford.
Training timetable (2021-22)
Wednesday
Swimming
- 7am to 8am
- The Leys' School
Fencing
- 4:30pm to 6:25pm
- University Sport Centre
Strength & Conditioning
- 6:30pm to 7:25pm
- University Sport Centre
Thursday
City Fencing
- 7:30pm to 9:30pm
- The Netherhall school
- Experienced fencers only
Friday
Swimming
- 7:30am to 8:30am
- The Leys' School
Sunday
Fencing
- 8:30am to 10:25am
- Sport Centre (fencing studio)
Meet the committee
My role is to make sure that the club runs smoothly and heads in the right direction! I coordinate with everyone in the committee to facilitate day-to-day organisation as well as planning for larger events. Message me if you have any questions!
Tads Sebastien Ciecierski-Holmes
President
My role is mainly to coordinate all of the training and run some of the sessions, along with Ben the men's captain. I'm also responsible for looking after the women's team generally and making sure everyone is having a good time and getting the most from the sessions. Feel free to contact me with any queries to do with training or Pentathlon generally!
Stephanie Gover
Senior Women’s Captain
I coordinate training in conjunction with the women's captains Steph and Pops. We put together training sets and try and provide motivation with weekly emails keeping everyone in the loop with how we're all training hard and improving. Come varsity we select the teams to take on and smash Oxford. #GDBO
Loïc Lannelongue
Men’s Captain
I am the armourer for the club which means I am in charge of all the kit to make sure all club’s members can train properly! This involves mainly looking after the shooting and fencing kit, keeping track of it when taken home by athletes and fixing epees.
Alex Moor
Armourer
Were you part of CUMPC too? We would love to hear about your experience, you can share it here!
Old Blues
In the words of Alice Watson, Old Blues President:
“CUMPC has fantastic links with its ever growing group of alumni (Old Blues). I am fortunate to be Old Blues President which involves supporting CUMPC and helping connect alumni and the current club. Sometimes this even involves helping with training camps abroad. We always look forward to meeting new CUMPC members throughout the year at Old Blues, BUCS, Varsity and Annual dinner. Willing Old Blues volunteers also help to provide support for BUCS and Varsity.
I was involved in the club from 2013-2017 so know many of the recent Old Blues. I would love to hear from any alumni that wishes to join our Old Blues mailing list.”
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
No, many people learn to ride when they start while others only train for Tetrathlon (run, shoot, swim, fence).
Yes! You can train for Tetrathlon. And even take part in the Varsity match with the Seconds team.
No! The club provides most of it. You just need trainers and swimming kit.
Then just train for fun!
Welcome to CUMPC brand new website! It’s still in development, so if you notice any bug or want to offer some suggestions, please let us know!
![It is with great sadness that we learned that the founder of CUMPC, Colin Peace, died at his home in Canada at the start of the month.
Colin started CUMPC in the late 1950s whilst studying veterinary science at Cambridge and, together with Anthony Wieler, his opposite number founding father in Oxford, launched the Modern Pentathlon Varsity Match in 1958. Colin was a giant of Modern Pentathlon and Pony Club Tetrathlon, both in the UK and then in Canada and he continued to be hugely supportive of Pentathlon and Pentathletes throughout his life. Colin was a regular visitor to the Varsity Match and he would plan his visits to the UK to include a trip to support the match whenever he could. We were particularly privileged to welcome Colin and his wife, Anne, to the 2018 Varsity Match at Tonbridge, marking the diamond anniversary of the event which he helped to create and which has given so much pleasure to so many and which has generated a multitude of lifelong friendships … and quite a few marriages … not to mention a handful of national, international and Olympic medals. Colin will be greatly missed by the Pentathlon family across all generations but his legacy lives on in the memories we share of, now, 64 Modern Pentathlon Varsity Matches.
Anthony recalls : ‘Colin was in the Royal Navy team for the inter services championship in 1955 when I was the only civilian participant and, as he was going to Cambridge after his National Service, my father [vice-president of the UIPM] urged us to bring teams from Oxford and Cambridge to the British championship in the following year … part of the early ‘civilianisation’ of GB Modern Pentathlon. My father much appreciated Colin's contribution to the success which Modern Pentathlon has enjoyed. It is my great regret to lose such a great friend and stalwart for Pentathlon’.](https://cumpc.soc.srcf.net/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
Interester in joining? Any questions? Feel free to reach out!
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