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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Fours Head of the River Race
Head season is well underway, and on Sunday the 12th of November, USBC sent 3 crews to the Tideway to compete in The Fullers Fours Head of the River Race. Every year the event attracts hundreds of crews from around the country, and this year was no different, with over 480 crews taking part in
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GB Early ID Trials
On Saturday 4th, George Stewart, Alex Law and Charlotte Gill headed to The Princess Royal Sports Arena to face the dreaded 2,000m ergo test. Alex was up first, racing against members of Leander, University of London and Oxford Brookes to name a few. His first 1k went exactly to plan and while he didn’t quite
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UIRS 2017
For the third year running, USBC hosted BUCS Indoors as part of the University Indoor Rowing Series 2017. Taking place at Surrey Sports Park on the 5th of November, over 100 athletes competed from USBC, Molesey Boat Club, University of Kent Rowing Club, Royal Holloway Boat Club, Roehampton University Rowing Club, Kings College London Boat
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USBC Take on Kingston Small Boats Head
Saturday November 4th saw USBC take on their first Head race of the season. Kingston small boats Head is a 5.3km race setting off from Hampton court palace and concluding just beyond Kingston Rowing club. USBC had crews in both Division 1 and 2 and made their mark in both. Our top women’s 4+ entered
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Peterborough ‘International’ Regatta 2017
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
