While our USBC women were out in force competing at Henley Women’s Regatta, our senior men’s coxed four were showing their power at Marlow Regatta. Just six days before Henley Royal Regatta (HRR) qualifying, it gave a final chance to fine tune their engines and ready themselves for business – with the small chance of gaining
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Henley Women’s Regatta 2017
The 30th Henley Women’s Regatta saw USBC take its biggest squad yet to the prestigious Henley course in an attempt to qualify three boats. Each crew was required to time trial on Friday morning and first up was the Academic 8+ consisting of (from bow): Megan Moloney, Naomi Coleman, Sophie Hossack, Rachel Pritchard, Fiona Norris,
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HPASS Athlete Success
Three of Surrey’s finest athletes, Harry Glenister, Ali Douglass and George Stewart have all had great successes in the past few weeks. With Harry representing Leander in his single and Ali and George representing Molesey in their U23 pair, all 3 HPASS athletes headed to the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake in Caversham to face Rio Olympians
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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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BUCS Head
BUCS 4s and 8s Head was held over the weekend of the 26th of February 2017. This is a highly anticipated race for university rowing teams as it is a chance to compete against other universities and gain BUCS points for your university. This year saw one of USBC’s biggest turn outs with 8 crews
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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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Row the Length of the Thames
On Friday 11th November USBC embarked on the challenge to row the length of the River Thames. 9 hours and 360km later we had raised an amazing £418.86! We were overwhelmed by the support of friends, family and passers-by who donated so generously. We were delighted to be able to raise money for St. Luke’s hospice
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BUCS Regatta: The Start of the Summer Season
On 29 April 2016, the University of Surrey Boat Club (USBC) made their way to Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham to compete in three days of lane racing at BUCS Regatta. The weather for BUCS Regatta is notoriously known for being grey, wet and windy, and the weekend was no exception! Races were cancelled, boats were
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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
