Archive for the ‘Races’ Category

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON TRAVELS NORTH – Leading UK universities meet again on River Tyne

Posted by ULBC | Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | November 29, 2018

UL, Durham, Edinburgh & Newcastle will race this weekend, in our annual fixture on the Tyne, with UL attempting to defend last year’s Men’s & Women’s Eights titles. Rutherford Head sees four of the UK’s leading university rowing programmes test themselves against each other, at this early point in the season. Last season UL won both the […]

2 WINS, 4 FINALS, 6 SEMIS – UL at Henley Royal Regatta 2018

Posted by ULBC | Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | July 10, 2018

The University of London featured in six semi finals on HRR Saturday, with four crews contesting finals on Sunday and two composite crews taking home red boxes. ULBC had a very large entry with five student crews and three Great Britain composites racing across six events at HRR 2018. UL was still very well represented […]

RACING ABOUT TO BEGIN AT HRR – 5 student boats & 3 composites set to race

Posted by ULBC | Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | July 03, 2018

UL crews will be racing in the Visitors’, Prince Albert, Temple and Town Cups. With UL represented in three Great Britain composite entries. The University of London has a busy racing schedule. Two row overs also take place on Saturday, celebrating ULBC winning the Grand Challenge Cup in 1968 and UL & Leander Club winning […]

HENLEY ROYAL RACING & ALUMNI EVENTS – ULBC schedule for 2018 Regatta

Posted by ULBC | Races | July 01, 2018

WEDNESDAY Temple Challenge Cup: 10:15 University of London A vs. Pembroke & Clare, Cambridge 18:40 University of London B vs. Trinity College, Dublin Prince Albert Challenge Cup: 16:20 University of London vs. D.S.R. Laga, NED THURSDAY Visitors’ Challenge Cup: University of London vs. London R.C. & Leander Club FRIDAY Remenham Challenge Cup: Leander Club & University of London […]

THREE HWR VICTORIES FOR UL – ULBC win at HWR for the 22nd year in a row

Posted by ULBC | International, Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | June 25, 2018

The University of London won three events on Sunday afternoon at Henley Women’s Regatta, to secure a 22nd year straight of wins at HWR. UL won the Cathy Cruikshank Trophy for a fifth year in a row, with victory in Academic Fours, defeating Dutch opposition in the semifinal and Edinburgh University in the final World […]

UL CREWS READY FOR HWR – UL Women set to defend winning Henley Women’s record

Posted by ULBC | Races, Women's Squad | June 21, 2018

UL aims to continue it’s 21 year winning record at Henley Women’s Regatta this weekend. UL athletes will also be in action at World Cup II in Austria and at Marlow Regatta. World U23 Champion Charlotte HODGKINS-BYRNE (Royal Holloway) teams up with Lucy Glover (Edinburgh Uni.) in Championship Doubles. The UL crew in Championship Fours contains three of last […]

UL WIN WOMEN’S CHAMP EIGHTS – Gold for UL Women, Silver for UL Men at BUCS Regatta

Posted by ULBC | Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | May 08, 2018

The University of London took Gold in Women’s Championship Eights to be crowned British University Champions, with the UL Men taking the Silver in Men’s Champ Eights. Targeting the Eights events, UL came away with one Gold and three Silvers across the four Eights events. In Women’s Championship Eights the University of London took the […]

BUCS REGATTA 2018 – UL look to build on 2017 success

Posted by ULBC | Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | April 27, 2018

The University of London takes 36 crews to this weekend’s BUCS Regatta, looking to improve upon the eight Gold Medals won last year and add Gold in the Men’s & Women’s Championship Eights. ULBC will aim to defend the Men’s & Women’s Championship Quads and the Men’s & Women’s Championship Coxed four titles won in 2017. And after taking victory […]

GB TRIALS – UL athletes ready for Senior, U23 and FISU trials

Posted by ULBC | International, Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | April 12, 2018

Eighteen University of London athletes are set to be involved in this weekend’s GB Rowing Team Senior, U23 and FISU trials at Caversham In the Openweight Men’s Coxless Pairs event three UL pairs are racing for FISU selection. All six athletes have U23 World Championship experience and have five U23 World Championship medals between them. They are joined […]

HORR & WEHORR ’18 – Strong combined performances from UL Men & Women

Posted by ULBC | Men's Squad, Races, Women's Squad | March 14, 2018

For the first time ever the Men’s and Women’s Heads of the River were run on the same weekend, resulting in UL posting the best combined performance across the club for many years The Women’s Head of the River, on Saturday, saw the UL Women’s 1st Eight come 5th overall, edging rivals Oxford Brookes University […]