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 articleAfter 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 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…
Read articleWe 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 articleIn 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 articleAfter 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 articleMetropolitan 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 articleSeptember 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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