On the 12th and 13th August, USBC hit up Peterborough ‘International’ Regatta along with our friends at Molesey Boat Club for a weekend of racing, pizza and plenty of classic old-school tunes. Racing on Saturday, over a distance of 1000m, our women’s 4+ made up of Jasmine Bone, Jenna Charman, Megan Pearson and Sophie
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U23 World Championships 2017 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The 2017 World Rowing U23 Championships which took place on 19 – 23 July in Plovdiv featured three Surrey athletes who were selected to be part of the 56-strong Great Britain squad: Harry Glenister in the men’s quad, Ali Douglass in the men’s eight and George Stewart in the men’s coxed four. After a tough
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Molesey Regatta
Rounding off the 2016/17 season, USBC set out on home waters on 15th July to race at Molesey Regatta. With a mix of crews entered it was set to be a fun day for the squad. First to race was Holly Stemp and Rachel Pritchard, fondly known as Bant and Dec, in the women’s IM3 2x.
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Henley Royal Regatta 2017
This article is with reference to the USBC athletes competing at Henley Royal Regatta, including: Prince Albert Challenge Cup of Andrew Stevenson, Jonas Butvilas, Alex Law, Harry Grassom and cox Tsolo Swan The Ladies’ Challenge Plate U23 GB Eight including Ali Douglass and George Stewart The Prince of Wales Challenge Cup including Harry Glenister Following a
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Marlow Regatta 2017
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
