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Cambridge appoints Chief Coach for 2009 Boat Race

randolph — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:30:12 +0100

Update from The Boat Race website:

'Chris Nilsson has been appointed Chief Coach of the Cambridge University Boat Club. Chris joins the Club from his previous position as Olympic coach with Rowing New Zealand. He will lead the CUBC squad in the 2009 Boat Race campaign.

World University Championships 2008

randolph — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:22:52 +0100

GB University rowers won three medals - a silver and two bronzes - at the 2008 FISU World University Championships in Belgrade, on Sunday.

Earlier in the qualifying rounds, GB had qualified all eight boats for the A Finals - an excellent team performance. In those finals no boat finished lower than 5th in the world.

World Rowing University Championships 2008

randolph — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:16:53 +0100

Updated 2/9/08

The 10th World Rowing University Championships will be held at the Regatta Centre Ada Ciganlija, Belgrade from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th September.

British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) have posted an article and crew information on the BUCS website.

Impressive Polish University crews are new EUSA champions

randolph — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:26:50 +0100

Report from the EUSA host website:

University rowers arrive in Croatia for EUSA championships

randolph — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:22:00 +0100

From BUCS www.bucs.org.uk

A delegation of 65 have arrived in Croatia, Zagreb for the (European University Sports Association) EUSA Rowing Championships.

University and GB Rowing underpins Olympic medal table

randolph — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:33:41 +0100

From BUCS (formerly BUSA) at www.bucs.org.uk

University rowing was celebrating today after a record medal haul from the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park (16-17 August 2008).

Twenty university students and alumni took home five of the six Olympic medals, including two bronze, two silver and one gold - the biggest medal haul for GB rowing since 1908.

Karen Rothery, Chief Executive of British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) said:

EUSA 2008: provisional entries summary

randolph — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:06:57 +0100

The fourth European Universities Rowing Championships are being hosted by the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

The racing takes places 28th - 30th August at the Jarun Lake regatta course, approximately 4 km from Zagreb.

A summary of the race entries is now available from the host website

http://eucr.unizgrow.hr

Attention Alumni - University College London

agroves — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:14:23 +0100

University College London Boat Club are seeking to expand their Alumni club. If you've rowed for them in the past they would love to hear from you.

For more information please get in touch with

Stephanie Hawes, UCLUWBC President at womensboatclub@ucl.ac.uk

Sebastian Smith, UCLUMBC President at mensboatclub@ucl.ac.uk

BUCS: University Clubs briefing

randolph — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:07:08 +0100

BUCS are inviting all University Rowing Club representatives to a briefing on Sunday 14th September, 2008.

BUCS are flagging this up as a key diary date - discussions will cover:

event calendar
new online entry system
development of university rowing
election of new student representative for BUCS

The full agenda is available to download here.

North East rowers score historic double victory at Henley

randolph — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:45:48 +0100

Rowers from two of the region's Boat Clubs have put the North East firmly on the international rowing map with an historic double victory at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.