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CUBC takes wins and medals at Met Regatta
The highlight of the weekend’s performances was Gemma King’s win in the 1x on Sunday, but medal performances were recorded on Saturday by Freya Keto – silver in Champ W1x in her second regatta in the 1x, and is looking forward to the Princes Royal Challenge Cup. Under sunny skies at Eton Dorney, CUBC athletes…
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2003 – the closest race of all time and the first time two pairs of brothers raced against each other
At Mortlake, the 2003 Boat Race trophy was presented by five-time Olympic gold medallist, Steve Redgrave, who declared that the race “will be the greatest we will see in any of our lifetimes”. The 149th Boat Race was so close it saw Oxford winning by just one foot in the closest race of all time,…
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CUBC Alumni take 3 European Rowing Championships
In a great weekend at Lake Bled, Slovenia, CUBC alumni took 3 European Championships and 3 silver medals in one of the key lead up events to the 2023 World Championships, which form the main qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Imogen Grant retained her European Championship inthe LW2x with double scull partner Emily Craig,…
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CUBC alumnus Louis Margot is aiming to circumnavigate the globe without an engine
2017 Goldie Louis Margot is ambitiously planning to circumnavigate the globe, and to set a Guinness World Record to surpass exisiting record of 5 years and 11 days. It was achieved by Erden Eruç between 2007 and 2012. Louis is aiming to knock over 2 years off this time. His interests in exploration were started…
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Congratulations to our alumni selected for European Rowing Championships
Today saw a number of our alumni selected to represent GB in the 2023 European Rowing Championships, which will be held in Bled, Slovenia, from the 25th to 28th May. They are: Women’s Lightweight Double Scull: Imogen Grant Women’s Eight: Henry Fieldman (cox) Men’s Pair: Tom George / Ollie Wynne-Griffith Men’s Coxless Four: Freddie Davidson
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Alumna Paige Badenhorst medals at World Rowing Cup 1
Congratulations to our 2022 Blue Paige Badenhorst (Magdalene), who took her first World Rowing Cup medal at last weekend’s regatta in Belgrade. Rowing in the South African W2x with Katherine Williams, Paige’s double contended for first with the Austrian double including Tokyo bronze medallist Magdalena Lobnig through the first 500, and stayed with the Austrians…
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CUBC takes 4th overall at the 20-23 BUCS Regatta
In a strong weekend for Cambridge, the CUBC placed 4th overall, with our women’s squad leading the charge with a 2nd in the Women’s Victor Ludorum, whilst the men’s squad placed 5th in the Men’s VL A summary of our medal wins: W Ch 4x Gold M Ch Lwt 4- Gold W Ch 2- Bronze…
