Club News

CUBC congratulates Rosa Millard (LW’22, WBB ’23) on winning a bronze medal at the British Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Exmouth, Devon, over the weekend. Rosa qualified 5th on Saturday to make the top 8 who would contest the head to head races on Sunday. Battling rough conditions, Rosa took the win in her quarter…

A very wet Lough Rinn in Ireland played host to the 2023 Home Internationals, where Cambridge’s Gemma King led England to be the first nation to retain the Senior Men’s and Women’s trophies, along with the Junior Men’s and Women’s. Gemma led from the front with a comprehensive victory in the Lightweight Women’s Single, then…

In a great weekend for CUBC athletes, the stern pair of the 2023 Blue Boat won medals at the Under 23 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Men’s Coxed 4 In 3rd 500 metres into the race behind a fast-starting New Zealand and Italy, the 4 held steady and moved into 2nd at the 1000 mark…

CUBC congratulates its athletes who were this week named to Home Nations and U23 teams. Gemma King races in her fifth Home Internationals for England, racing lightweight single, lightweight double, and quadruple sculls. Her commitment and leadership to the England team has led to her appointment as both Women’s and Overall team captains. Luca Ferraro…

Luca Ferraro (King’s) joins his former pair partner Ollie Parish in having done enough in his heat to progress directly to the A-Final of his event at the U23 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Sitting at 7 in the GB 8, Ferraro’s crew were led off the start by the Australian 8 for the first…

The Women’s Eight (W8+) was one of the ‘races of the day,’ with cox Henry Fieldman (Blue 2013) and his crew taking the gold medal thanks to a sprint finish in the final seconds. Says Lauren Irwin, “Henry was just calling ‘Go now, go now!’ and we trusted every word that he said. Inching back,…