Paris 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…
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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…
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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…
Read articleWorld Cup II
The 2024 Rowing World Cup II took place in Lucerne on the 24-26th of May. ULBC’s Emily Craig and Henry Fieldman raced in the LW2x and W8+, respectively. Having recovered from injury, Emily and doubles partner Imogen Grant returned to their winning form together, smashing their heat by 5s to qualify straight to the A…
Read articleBUCS regatta 2024
BUCS regatta took place on the 4-6th May up in Nottingham at Holme Pierrepont. The first day of racing saw the men’s eights race, along with a women’s pair and novice singles. In the men’s eights, following some last minute crew changes due to illness, the Championship 8+ placed third in the TT behind two…
Read article2024 European Championships
European Championships The 2024 European Rowing Championships took place on the 25-28th of April in Szeged, Hungary. Both Emily Craig and Henry Fieldman were selected as part of the British team. Unfortunately Emily had to withdraw from racing due to medical reasons, thus unable to defend her European title, however UL was still well represented…
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