On the 6th of December the ULBC squad raced the annual ‘trial eights’ races on the Championship Course ahead of the ULBC Annual Dinner in the evening.
The men’s race was first, with crews ‘Mark’ and ‘Jeremy’ (Peep Show) putting on a gruelling and exciting race which saw the lead exchanging hands and blows traded multiple times. After 12 minutes side-by-side, ‘Mark’ edged out a lead, and claimed victory over ‘Jeremy’.
The Women’s race saw artists of the summer ‘Sabrina Carpenter’ take on ‘Charlie XCX’. After a close race to Hammersmith, ‘Sabrina’ emerged victorious.
The day then ended with a celebration of ULBC in 2024, and of ULBC Olympians throughout the years. The highlight of the dinner was the keynote speech from ULBC’s Olympic Champion Emily Craig, in which she spoke about the support the club has provided over the years, especially following her narrow 4th at the Tokyo Games, and her journey to turn that result around to have an unbeaten Olympiad and to be crowned Olympic Champion forever. Emily’s speech was recorded- you can watch it here.
A huge thank you to alumni Selena Jones and Tom Cross for umpiring the trial eights, Emily Craig for her moving speech, and Amanda Talboys for organising yet another spectacular club dinner.