Henley Royal Regatta 2024
Henley Royal Regatta 2024 saw five UL crews racing, a plethora of purple support on the bank, and a full four seasons of weather. PA ‘A’, the men’s top boat, prequalified off a strong set of summer racing results. On the Tuesday, they comfortably beat Imperial by a length and a half, and then even…
Read articleHenley Women’s and Marlow regattas 2024
In mid-June, the squad descended back down the M4 to Henley and Dorney for another important weekend of racing. Due to an exam clashing with the HWR time trials, the women’s first eight made the unusual decision to race Marlow regatta in the men’s eights events this year (as UL ‘B’ alongside the Temple crew)…
Read articleUL 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 articleParis Olympic selection and qualification
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 articleMet Regatta
On 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 articlePoplar Regatta
Returning 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…
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