Updates

  • Movember – One Day Left

    As Movember, the month formerly known as November, draws to a close, so do the enthusiastic efforts of the UCL Boat Club. For the past month our senior men have been grooming their upper lips into the most splendid array of moustaches man has ever seen. While they were splendid examples of the raw man…

  • The First Steps

    The First Steps

    It has been over a month since the UCL Boat Club hosted an armada of interested, curious and naïve mostly straight-out-of-school prospective rowers at the boathouse early in October. The ones who were fooled by our overly friendly nature at the beginning of the year have in the meantime come to learn what rowing is…

  • Basel Head 2012

    Basel Head 2012

    I couldn’t help but smile to myself as I saw 16 rowers wearing ‘UCL’ with pride let loose inside a Swiss supermarket on our first day in Basel. And then, as we sat on the riverside eating our Swiss-style lunch, I saw that smile spread across the faces of all 22 members of UCLBC who…

  • Movember

    Movember

    You may have noticed the additional sprouting of moustaches on the male members of UCLBC this month, ranging from impressive, full and thick taches to somewhat questionable wisps. And you have probably wondered why such good-looking chaps would subject themselves to looking a little bit, well… silly for a month. You have probably heard talk…

  • Cambridge Head 2012

    Cambridge Head 2012

    On the 17th November, at the crack of dawn, 56 novice rowers travelled to Cambridge to partake in their first ever race; Cambridge Winter Head. 3 novice women’s crews and 2 novice men’s crews raced in 3 separate divisions throughout what would become a brilliant day. First up to tackle the misty Cam, was the…