Final 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…
Read articleReturning to the Docks for the second year now, the UL squad took on Poplar Regatta on the 19th of May. The day saw some great success and close racing amongst other London-based clubs, and offered another opportunity for the squad to test speed ahead of Met. ULBC entered 3 men’s coxed fours, 2 women’s…
Read articleThe 2024 Rowing World Cup II took place in Lucerne on the 24-26th of May. ULBC’s Emily Craig and Henry Fieldman raced in the LW2x and W8+, respectively. Having recovered from injury, Emily and doubles partner Imogen Grant returned to their winning form together, smashing their heat by 5s to qualify straight to the A…
Read articleBUCS regatta took place on the 4-6th May up in Nottingham at Holme Pierrepont. The first day of racing saw the men’s eights race, along with a women’s pair and novice singles. In the men’s eights, following some last minute crew changes due to illness, the Championship 8+ placed third in the TT behind two…
Read articleEuropean Championships The 2024 European Rowing Championships took place on the 25-28th of April in Szeged, Hungary. Both Emily Craig and Henry Fieldman were selected as part of the British team. Unfortunately Emily had to withdraw from racing due to medical reasons, thus unable to defend her European title, however UL was still well represented…
Read articleGB U23/senior trials saw Jessie Martin racing a pair with Leander’s Philippa Emery, supported by UL cox Sophie Wrightson. After winning the time trial by 1.8s over a top development Leander pair (that won in February), they posted the fastest semi-final time by 2s. In the final, Jessie and Philippa led through the middle 1000m,…
Read articleThis year at Henley saw the UL men qualify 3 men’s eights in the Temple Challenge Cup for the first time, and the women racing in the Hambleden, Town, Princess Royal, and the Island. Supported by a sea of purple on the banks, ULBC athletes made the final in the Hambleden pairs, semi-final in the Town,…
Read articleOn the 16-18th June, the ULBC women raced at Henley Women’s regatta. The women fielded two eights, a single, and two composite pairs this year, in the Championship 8+, 2- and 1x categories, and the Aspirational Academic 8+. Overall a successful weekend for the squad, the highlight being a win in Championship Pairs for final…
Read articleBUCS regatta took place over the Bank holiday weekend, from the 29th April to the 1st of May. ULBC came home with 8 medals overall after an exciting and eventful weekend of racing. The women won gold in championship coxless fours, a silver in championship eights, a bronze in championship coxed fours, and a bronze…
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