After a good first day at BUCS regatta a men’s beginner eight, a men’s champ coxless four, a women’s intermediate eight and a women’s beginner four were racing on the second day of the competition. BUCS started early for the beginner squad with their time trials in the morning. The beginner women’s four consisting
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BUCS Regatta (1) – Bold and Brave
After not being able to compete at BUCS Regatta last year due to issues with the entries, USBC was excited to finally compete at the regatta this year. Over the last two years, the club has progressed a lot towards a high-performance environment. Therefore, the whole squad, consisting of 30 athletes and 2 coaches, was
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Women’s Head of the River Race
On the 10th of March, the Women’s Head of the River Race was held on the Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney over the distance of 6.8km. Early in the morning on Saturday, the senior women’s eight consisting of Jasmine Bone, Ellie Stevens, Anika Piezka, Megan Pearson, Maddie Gardner, Megan Moloney, Sophie Hossack and Fiona
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BUCS Head 2018
On the 23rd of February, 29 of our Surrey athletes alongside coaches Sam Tuck and Iona Riley, travelled up north to Newcastle to compete at BUCS Head which was held on the weekend of the 24th of February. Upon arrival on Friday afternoon, the squad ventured to the Tyne Amateur Rowing Club to deload
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Met Regatta
The weekend of 3rd/4th of June saw Surrey head to Dorney Lake for one of the biggest events in the British rowing calendar, Metropolitan Regatta. On Saturday, the women’s eight, coxed by Joanna Walker, was first to race in a straight final. Jasmine Bone, Ellie Stevens, Jenna Charman, Fiona Norris, Rachel Pritchard, Sophie Hossack, Naomi
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Notts City Regatta
On Saturday 13th May, USBC sent 24 athletes to Nottingham City Regatta. Division 1 started with tough conditions and an extremely strong headwind. Being one of the first races of the day, our women’s IM3.2x got hit the hardest by the conditions, finishing 4th and narrowly missing out on their final. Next up, out women’s
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City of Bristol Winter Head
The City of Bristol Winter Head was held on Sunday 19th February 2017. Competitors had the option to race a long (3300m) or short (2300m) course on Bristol’s harbour. This was certainly a challenging course for our beginner athletes due to the weather and steering requirements, nonetheless, this race was a great opportunity to get
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USBC 2015-2016: The year so far…
After our successes last year, as a club we have significantly upped our game to improve on last year’s performance with the solid aims of making it to both Men and Women’s Henley, and of course smashing it at Head of the River in the spring. By introducing a new intermediate coach straight out of
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USBC 2014-2015: The Year’s Round-Up
After our successes last year we are determined to push even harder this year to achieve some of the best results the club has ever seen! The beginners had a slower start to the year with many of their first races being cancelled due to poor weather including BUCS Head. However, both men and women’s
