UL win 4+ at Ghent
Ghent on Saturday – UL 4+ wins – medals presented by the Belgian Prime Minister Ghent on Sunday – UL 4+ win gold & silver.
Read articleWorld Cup 1 – 2024
The first World Cup in Varese saw the start of the international racing season for ULBC alumni Emily Craig, Henry Fieldman, and Natalie Long. After dominating their heat by 7s, the GB lightweight double continued their unbeaten run in true style. Their final was equally impressive – Emily & Imogen (CUBC) won by over 6s…
Read articleWinter Heads & Fixtures
Most winter racing was cancelled because of the huge streams caused by the record winter rain. The squad finally managed to race at the Hammersmith Head. The Women’s first eight won, 3s ahead of Molesey; the Men’s first eight came third, the women’s second in 5th, men’s second 10th, and women’s third as 6th in…
Read articleGB Winter Trials
After a cut back November trial which only saw Olympic triallists racing, the first U23 trial of the year took place in Boston in February. Jessie Martin (paired with ICBC’s Lizzie Witt) finished 2nd overall, placing Jessie as fastest U23 bowsider. Ed Dallas (along with Freddie Middleton from TRC) & Jacob Ioras also raced, placing…
Read articleVolunteers needed to help the Trust
We are looking for help in a number of areas. In particular: Qualified Accountant The Trust is seeking a new Independent Examiner to replace Giles Monnickendam. The Trust is a charitable company and must produce and report financial accounts annually to Companies House and the Charities Commission. A full external audit of the accounts is…
Read articleULBC Trust News
In November 2022, Humphry Hatton took over from Zoe Parish as Chair of the Trust. Zoe has been a Trustee for seven years and Chair for the past five. We are very indebted to Zoe for all her hard work, particularly in the negotiations with the University on the future of the Club and the…
Read articleAutumn Term 2022
After a few weeks of pre-season training at the start of September, our season official kicked off on the 17th of September- the day of the scullers head. Scullers’ Head UL entered 25 scullers into the head, which is one of the highest UL entries into the event. Leading the way was Georgie Robinson Ranger who…
Read articleTyrian Highlights 2022
Metropolitan Regatta – Tyrian won the inaugural mixed alumni eights at the Met with a crew of Olympians and internationals. Two other Tyrian crews also competed. At Molesey this summer there were too many Tyrian crews to count , highlights included winning both women’s and men’s open eights in a triple bucket rigged shell. Rutherford Head…
Read articleReview of 2021-22
September 21 saw us without a chief coach and we were very grateful to Brian Young for stepping in and organising trials together with a band of volunteers. Our new chief coach Anthony Smith (Smithy) joined us in November and his assistant Tom Gale in January. The start of the new year saw the squad…
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New Coaching Team for UL
We are delighted to announce Anthony Smith, more usually known as Smithy, will become Chief Coach at ULBC from 20th November. Smithy’s current role is as Head coach at Lady Eleanor Holles School whose 1st Eight won Championship Women’s eights at the National Schools Regatta in 2019 and 2021. Previously he was at St Paul’s School where…
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