The 2023/24 season saw a few new faces pull up their dubious checkered all-in-ones for the first time, and even more very familiar faces continue their racing careers under the UL Tyrian banner. Our masters F group kicked off 2024 with Quintin Head, with the crew of Jeremy Page, Peter Brett, Ralph Humphrey, Salih Hassan,…
Read articleOn 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…
Read articleOn the weekend of the 9/10th of November, ULBC sent nine athletes to Boston for the season’s first U23/FISU/Senior trial. On the Saturday triallists completed their 2k ergo tests in Boston whilst the rest of the ULBC squad did the same at home. With 30+ PBs across the squad, this was the start of a…
Read articleOn the 27th October Women’s Captain Jessie Martin raced the Wingfield Sculls, this year raced from UL to London RC. Fresh off the back of a World Championship title and a new U23 world record in the 4-, Jessie took on the ‘Championship of the Thames’ for her first time, racing the likes of Imogen…
Read articleThis week saw the World U19, U23 and senior Championships take to St. Catherines, Canada. ULBC has 2 athletes racing- Jessie Martin in the British W4- (alongside Brookes and Durham crewmates), and Lina Kuehn in the Swiss W4-. Jessie’s crew sailed through their heat on Sunday in the fastest time of the day, and Lina’s…
Read articleThe Paris Olympic Games saw three ULBC alumni racing in Vaires-sur-Marne. Emily Craig raced in the GB lightweight women’s double, alongside Cambridge’s Imogen Grant. After an exceptional Olympiad where they remained unbeaten, Emily and Imo executed a full set of perfect races out in Paris. Banishing away any demons from Tokyo (where they missed a…
Read articleHenley Royal Regatta 2024 saw five UL crews racing, a plethora of purple support on the bank, and a full four seasons of weather. PA ‘A’, the men’s top boat, prequalified off a strong set of summer racing results. On the Tuesday, they comfortably beat Imperial by a length and a half, and then even…
Read articleIn mid-June, the squad descended back down the M4 to Henley and Dorney for another important weekend of racing. Due to an exam clashing with the HWR time trials, the women’s first eight made the unusual decision to race Marlow regatta in the men’s eights events this year (as UL ‘B’ alongside the Temple crew)…
Read articleFinal Olympic Qualification Regatta The Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta took place in Lucerne over the 19th-21st of May UL’s Nat Long was racing in the Irish women’s four, needing a top-two finish to qualify for Paris. After a comfortable second-place finish in the heat, Nat’s four rowed through the Danish four in the…
Read articleOn the 1st of June the ULBC squad raced at the Metropolitan Regatta, hosted at Dorney lake. In the final test of speed before camp, Henley women’s and Marlow, the squad had some great success and learned some tough racing lessons. Most notably, the men’s championship coxed four and women’s academic eight both returned home…
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