Novice Men 1st VIII+ Place Second, solidifying their position as one of the top novice crews in the country Novice Women Place Fifth, overcoming crew changes and strong competition Senior Women VIII+ place second by only 10 seconds despite large field Senior Men smash targets of 80% of winning times, showing massive improvement from Cambridge [...]
Success at UCLBC's first race of the season, with all squads placing first.
Saturday 19th November marks the Cambridge Winter Head Race 2016. This race is crucial in numerous ways. This race indicates to the club the fitness level of our athletes. It indicates the commitment of our athletes. But most importantly, it indicates the progress of the club as a whole. Cambridge Winter Head 2015 was a [...]
Known as the biggest and most competitive head on the racing calendar, the Head of the River has been what all the UCLBC men have been training towards over the long winter. Entering four eights, each boat will be looking to paint the Tideway purple. Big time. Senior Men - 1st VIII Fresh from a [...]
The finale of the women's season brought with it yet another first for the Club, when all of our women’s boats qualified for Henley Women’s Regatta. Having moved down to Henley earlier in the week, the 3 coxed fours were raring to go come Friday morning and the time trials. Both Academic 4s qualified in their category [...]
As is becoming tradition, it’s been a long time since our last post so lots to quickly catch up on before talking about the main event that is just three days away now… Went to Avis, Portugal for training camp and the women retained the title of Milka Challenge Cup Champions (just…) Won a bronze [...]
Saturday the 14th March 2015 was the 75th Women’s Eights Head of the River Race and UCLBC crews made up 3 of the 300 entries. The two weeks leading up to the Head after BUCS Head were less than ideal (putting it mildly). Injuries took two of the first 8 from BUCS Head out of [...]
After the disappointment of finding out that the BUCS Head beginners category had been cancelled only two days earlier, the Novice squads were glad to put their hard work this term to good use, with a last minute entry for both eights into the UH Head. Rather than taking a coach up to Boston, Lincs, [...]
The trailer was loaded and the van packed ready for the seniors and novices to take on BUCS Head. However, the weather had other plans and with winds forecast to be around 30mph on the Sunday of BUCS Head, the organisers decided to move Sunday’s racing (the Championship and Intermediate categories) to Saturday and the [...]
Last Sunday (8th February), four of UCLBC’s senior women (Claire Garnett, Issy Powell, Jess Rankine and Georgia Statham) headed to the velodrome in the Olympic Park to compete in the team relay at the inaugural British Rowing Indoor Championships. Needless to say, the whole day was pretty exciting. Not only was it the first time [...]
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