The Club wishes all students and alumni competing at Henley Royal Regatta 2025 the best of luck.
Wednesday
In the Temple heats, Cambridge took the win against Durham ‘B’ by a verdict of 3 lengths.
Thursday
Cambridge got out to a fiery start in the inaugural Bridge Plate Challenge, defeating Oxford Brooks ‘B’ by 3 3/4 lengths.
The second day of Temple heats saw a closely contested race with Cambridge edging out Durham ‘A’ by a margin of 3/4 length.
Friday
Bridge
In a nail-biting neck-and-neck race, Cambridge edged out Leander & Hartpury University by just one-third of a length in the final 200 metres to advance to tomorrow’s semi-finals .
Hambleden Pairs
In a commanding performance, Claire Collins and her former teammate Maddie Wannamaker, representing the New York Athletic Club, secured a victory over Upper Thames Rowing Club ‘easily.’
Elsewhere in the competition, Mia Freischem and Arden Berlinger were bested by the formidable Jurkovics twins of Croatia. Unfortunately, Carina Graf and Ellie Sillar were forced to withdraw from their race due to an injury sustained by Graf.
Temple
In a hard fought race, Cambridge narrowly missed out on advancing, finishing 3/4 of a length behind the Dutch crew from Delftsche Studenten Roeivereeniging Laga.
Saturday
Grand
Cambridge delivered a gutsy performance in the semi-final of the Grand Challenge Cup, taking on Olympic silver medallists Hollandia Roeiclub from the Netherlands. Putting in a monumental effort, they kept contact with the Dutch crew throughout, launching a fierce push in the closing stages of the race. In the end, they were narrowly edged out, with The Netherlands claiming victory by just one-third of a length.
Bridge
After their thrilling victory over Leander & Hartpury University on Friday, Cambridge entered the semi-finals with momentum. A fast start from Oxford Brookes saw Cambridge initially behind, before they clawed back in the second 500 metres of the race. The two crews then went stroke for stroke, and in the final seconds of the race both crews launched a sprint, producing one of the tightest finishes of the regatta. In the end, Brookes edged ahead by canvas at the line.
Hambleden Pairs
Claire Collins and her former teammate Maddie Wannamaker, representing the New York Athletic Club, will race in the final of the Hambleden Pairs after defeating Leander by 3 3/4 lengths.
Sunday
Collins and Wannamaker delivered a commanding performance in the final of the Hambleden Pairs, defeating Croatia’s Jurkovic twins by a clinical 4½ lengths. The American duo shot out to an early lead and with the Croatian pair struggling with their steering in the latter stages, the outcome was never in doubt. Earlier in the week, the Jurkovic twins eliminated Cambridge pair Berlinger and Freischem, but Collins and Wannamaker ensured a measure of revenge—clinching the Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup in style. Congratulations to both Collins and Wannamaker on an outstanding week!