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 articleFor once not over Easter, over the 15th & 16th of April, 7 ULBC athletes travelled to Caversham for GB final trials. ULBC raced two women’s pairs; Emily Lindberg & Georgie Robinson Ranger as a senior/development crew, and an U23 pair of Phoebe Snowden and Jessie Martin. The pairs placed 8th and 12th (3rd…
Read articleThe Women’s and Men’s head of the river races happened in March, with strong results from both the men’s and women’s squads. WEHORR: The Women’s 8s Head of the River Race took part on the 4th of March ULBC boated three eights, with the third being a UL/Tyrian composite. WEHORR saw four of the first…
Read articleOn the 5th of February, the ULBC squad raced CUBC on the Championship course for the first set of UL boat race fixtures since early 2020 Women: Having been in the crew for a day, the first eight lined up first. Cambridge took the lead out the start, taking a canvas lead through the black…
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…
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