Crews 2000s:
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BB = Blue Boat; Bl = Blondie; LW = Lightweights.
President: Aimee di Marco (Newnham)
Hon. Secretary: Rhiannon Turner (or Rachel Dickie?)
Date of races: 26th March at Henley
Result: Oxford by 2 ¼ lengths in 6 mins 18 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Anna Sloan (Newnham)
2: Lara Scattergood (Girton)
3: Karen Moorhouse (Girton)
4: Clover Powell (Peterhouse)
5: Clare Jackson(Clare)
6: Caroline Ng (Trinity)
7: Aimee di Marco (Newnham)
Stroke: Elizabeth Davidson (Darwin)
Cox: Simon Cope (Christ’s)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs, Andy Silk, Pete Convey, Dave Abensour, Tony Nelder, Mike Muir-Smith, Ron Davies, Caedmon Marriott.
Date of races: March 26th at Henley
Result: Blondie by 1 ¾ lengths in 6 mins 27 secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Kate Robson (Pembroke)
2: Nikki Evans (Corpus Christi)
3: Jenny Baker (Selwyn)
4: Martha Jones (Peterhouse)
5: Jo Pascall (Newnham)
6: Rhiannon Turner (Gonville & Caius)
7: Hannah Cornfield (Trinity)
Stroke: Emily Longmore (LMBC)
Cox: Rachel Wallis (Girton)
Captain: Alex Stout (Emmanuel)
Date of races: March 26th at Henley
Result: OUWLRC by 2 ½ lengths in 6 mins 22 secs
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Helen Nakielny (Gonville & Caius)
2: Alex Stout (Emmanuel)
3: Emily Booker (Trinity)
4: Matilda Gosling (Christ’s)
5: Kate Allen (Corpus Christi)
6: Angela Tyrrell (Newnham)
7: Ceri Jones (King’s)
Stroke: Ruth Jenkins (Robinson)
Cox: Francis Neal (St Catharine’s)
Spares: Eve Roodhouse (St Catharine’s) and Liz Kistruck Jesus)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Tony Nelder, Rich Marsh, Paul Cunningham, Ron Davies, Adrian Cassidy, Tony Baker, George Gilbert.
President: Joanne Pascall (Newnham)
Date of races: March ?? at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham (because of foot-and-mouth disease at Henley)
Result: Cambridge by 3 feet in 7 mins 27 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Annie Lush (Emmanuel):
2: Karen Hansen (Jesus):
3: Sarah Cottell (New Hall)
4: Joanne Pascall (Newnham):
5: Rachel Gill (Girton)
6: Natasha Lane (King’s)
7: Liz Kistruck (Jesus)
Stroke: Anna Sloan (Newnham)
Cox: Hermione Piggott (Girton)
Coach(es):
Date of races: March ??at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham (because of foot-and-mouth disease at Henley)
Result: Osiris easily in 7 mins 32 secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Ellis Ponsonby (Gonville & Caius)
2: Valerie Nierlich (Sidney Sussex)
3: Sarah Cochrane (Trinity)
4: Jessica Spalding (Emmanuel)
5: Lauren Cannon (Magdalene)
6: Sophie Keay (New Hall)
7: Sarah Langslow (LMBC)
Stroke: Nathalie Walker (LMBC)
Cox: Emily Spence (Newnham)
Injured: Louise Allcock
Spares: Nicki Cooper-Harvey (Jesus), Emily Eadington (Pembroke), Laura Biddle (Selwyn) and Sophie Hill ( LMBC)
Coach(es):
Captain: ?
Date of races: March ? at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham (because of foot-and-mouth disease at Henley)
Result: Cambridge by 3 lengths in 7 mins 37 secs
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Sarah Styche (Emmanuel)
2: Amelia Walker (Gonville & Caius)
3: Lucy Algeo (Jesus)
4: Jo Hammond (Robinson)
5: Julia Warren (Emmanuel)
6: Beth Davidson (Darwin)
7: Lisa Frawley (Gonville & Caius)
Stroke: Sarah Tasker (Clare Hall)
Cox: Ben Scott (St Catharine’s)
Spare: Jessica Spalding (Emmanuel)
Coach(es):
President: Elizabeth Kistruck (Jesus) non-rowing president
Date of races: 24th March at Henley
Result: Oxford by 2 ½ lengths in 6 mins 2 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Sarah Langslow (LMBC)
2: Nic Gardner (Magdalene)
3: Katy Williams (Sidney Sussex)
4: Sarah Molton (Darwin)
5: Mary Hood (Downing)
6: Sarah Cottell (New Hall)
7: Ruth de las Casas (Peterhouse)
Stroke: Julia Parker (Emmanuel)
Cox: Sarah Holliday (Gonville & Caius)
Coaches: George Maitre, Damo, Ron Needs, Tony
Date of races: 24th March at Henley
Captain: Emily Eadington (Pembroke)
Result: Osiris by 1 ¾ lengths in 6 mins 9 secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Natalie Walker (St Edmund’s)
2: Cassandra Chisholm (Jesus)
3: Claire Edis (Emmanuel)
4: Anna Mallam (St Catharine’s)
5: Caroline Cowan (Darwin)
6: Candice Chinneck (New Hall)
7: Catherine Vigrass (Gonville & Caius)
Stroke: Emily Eadington (Pembroke)
Cox: Elizabeth Grose (Corpus Christi)
Spares: Sarah Bailey (St Catharine’s), Ulrike Muench-Klever (Homerton), Sarah Taylor (Trinity), Zara White (Pembroke) and Matt Findlay (Sidney Sussex)
Coach(es):
Date of races: 24th March at Henley
Result: OUWLRC by 4 lengths in 6 mins 6 secs
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Lynn Hutchings (Lucy Cavendish)
2: Sarah Mee (Trinity Hall)
3: Hannah Cadman (Girton)
4: Emma Read (Clare)
5: Kelly Clark (Girton)
6: Jessica Evans (New Hall)
7: Zoe Arthur (Trinity Hall)
Stroke: Lindsey Arrick (Clare)
Cox: Alexander Lee (Trinity)
Spares: Zara White (Pembroke) and Sarah Taylor (Trinity)
Coaches: Tony Nelder, Mandy Hunt, George Maitre, Tim Wooge, Ron Davies, Tony Goodman, Kieran West, Michael Gifford
President: Ruth de las Casas (Peterhouse)
Hon. Secretary: Emily Eadington
Date of races: March 30th at Henley
Result: Oxford by 3½ lengths in 6 mins 35 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Rachel Smith (Newnham)
2: Julia Parker (Emmanuel)
3. Ruth de las Casas (Peterhouse)
4: Annabel Vernon (Downing)
5: Clare Philbrick (LMBC)
6: Nicola Gardner (Magdalene)
7: Cassandra Chisholm (Jesus)
Stroke: Catherine Dovey (Girton)
Cox: Elizabeth Grose (Corpus Christi)
Coaches: Gerry Hughes, Merv, Adrian Cassidy, Oli Watkins, Mich, Pete, Rhiannon
Date of races: 30th March at Henley
Result: Osiris by 2 lengths in 6mins 43secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Sally Painter (Trinity)
2: Charlotte Black (Queens’)
3: Hannah Woodcock (Jesus)
4: Emily Beach (Selwyn)
5: Ruth Harbit (Fitzwilliam)
6: Candice Chinneck (New Hall)
7: Laura Rous (Sidney Sussex)
Stroke: Anna Mallam (St Catharine’s)
Cox: Nick Acock(Emmanuel)
Spares: Clare Paddison (LMBC) and Catharine Carus (Sidney Sussex)
Coach(es):
Captain: Karen Hartshorn (LMBC)
Date: March 30th at Henley
Result: OUWLRC by 2 lengths in 6 mins 51 secs
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Karen Hartshorn (LMBC)
2: Katharine Gardiner (New Hall)
3: Kathryn Farmer (Girton)
4: Mary Twitchett (Emmanuel)
5: Claire Langrishe (Clare)
6: Kate Billings (Emmanuel)
7: Merryl Lawry-White (St Catharine’s)
Stroke: Kathryn Pontin(Jesus)
Cox: Louisa Beringer (St Catharine’s)
Coaches: George Maitre, Oli Watkins, Beth Davidson
President: Rachel Smith (Newnham)
Vice-President: Clare Philbrick
Hon. Secretary: Laura Sutcliffe (Clare)
Date of races: March 21st at Henley
Result: Oxford by 4 lengths in 6 mins 6 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Jess Stanley (Newnham)
2: Camilla Waugh (LMBC)
3: Anna Reinicke (Darwin)
4: Patricia Keegan (Peterhouse)
5: Nicola Payne (Jesus)
6: Rachel Smith (Newnham)
7: Jennifer Northover (Emmanuel)
Stroke: Kate Hillier (Jesus)
Cox: Meadhbh Boyle (Lucy Cavendish)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs
Date of races: March 21st at Henley
Result: Osiris by ½ length in 6 mins 16 secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Chloe Baker (LMBC)
2: Rachael Hanley (Homerton)
3: Alla Doubrovina (Trinity)
4: Laura Massey (Clare)
5: Elizabeth Laws (Pembroke)
6: Catherine Sutherland (Homerton)
7: Emily Thompson (Magdalene)
Stroke: Celia Bryant (Pembroke)
Cox: Laura Sutcliffe (Clare)
Coach(es):
Captain: Sarah Cochrane (Trinity)
Date of races: March 21st at Henley
Result: OUWLRC by ¾ length in 6 mins 8 secs
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Helen Umpleby (Girton)
2: Ella Palmer (Darwin)
3: Hannah Peel (Magdalene)
4: Sarah Cochrane (Trinity)
5: Uli Forster (LMBC)
6: Hannah Buckley (Queens’)
7: Emma Court (Sidney Sussex)
Stroke: Tamsin van der Ven (Darwin)
Cox: Renae Domaschenz (Darwin)
Coach(es):
President: Kate Hillier (Jesus)
Vice-President: Jess Stanley
Hon Secretary: Alla Doubrovina
Date of races: 26th March at Henley-on-Thames
Result: Cambridge by 2 lengths in 6 mins 27 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Alla Dubrovina (Trinity)
2: Grace Neal (Newnham)
3: Joanna Wood(Gonville & Caius)
4: Louise Hopper (Jesus)
5: Kat Graham (Emmanuel)
6: Jennifer Ronnie (Magdalene)
7: Kate Hillier (Jesus)
Stroke: Matilda Pauls (St Catharine’s)
Cox: Susan Hutchings (Trinity Hall)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs.
Captain: Patricia Barker (King’s)
Date of races: 26th March at Henley
Result: Osiris by 1 ¾ lengths in 6 mins 41secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Joanna Robinson (Clare)
2: Rachael Robinson (Jesus)
3: Francesca Sanjana (King’s)
4: Jennifer Hawton (Jesus)
5: Lisa Taylor (Selwyn)
6: Lorna Collins (Girton)
7: Charlotte Clifton (Girton)
Stroke: Patricia Barker (King’s)
Cox: Junaid Fukuta (Jesus)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs
Captain: Helen Taylor (Girton) then later Emma Davis (Emmanuel)
Date of races: 26th March at Henley
Result: OUWLRC by ½ length in 6 mins 55 secs
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Fiona Parry (Jesus)
2: Kate Smith (Peterhouse)
3: Cat Hart (Christ’s)
4: Hannah Craik (Girton)
5: Lourina Pretorius (Newnham)
6: Sarah Farquhar (Emmanuel)
7: Renae Hope (LMBC)
Stroke: Chloe Baker (LMBC)
Cox: Emma Davis (Emmanuel)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs
President: Lorna Collins (Girton)
Vice-President: Lourina Pretorius (Newnham)
Hon Secretary: Jude Lowson (Pembroke)
Date of races: Sunday April 1st at Henley
Result: Oxford by ½ length in 5 mins 44 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Hannah B. A. Bill (Pembroke)
2: Gillian McFarland (Gonville & Caius)
3: Janine H. Lumley (Downing)
4: Jennifer Hawton (Jesus)
5: Jenny Reid (Newnham)
6: Lucy Wordley (Gonville & Caius)
7: Elselijn Kingma (Trinity Hall)
Stroke: Elizabeth R. Woolley (Emmanuel)
Cox: Rebecca Dowbiggin (Emmanuel)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs, Kat Astley, Pete Convey, Mel Harbour, Nick Acock, Rob Milner, Ron Davies
Date of races: Sunday April 1st at Henley
Result: Osiris by 2 ½ lengths in 5 mins 54 secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: C. S. Collas (Emmanuel)
2: Kaia T. O’Hare (Magdalene)
3: Jennifer R. Tavernor (St Catharine’s)
4: Lorna Collins (Girton)
5: Philippa Rock (LMBC)
6: Hannah J. Stratford (LMBC)
7: Samantha J. Polak (Pembroke)
Stroke: A. Guenevere Bradbury (Jesus)
Cox: James Appleton (Girton)
Coach(es):
Captain: Sarah Farquhar (Emmanuel)
Date of races: Sunday April 1st at Henley
Result: Cambridge by a canvas in 6 mins
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Kristina C. Marshall (Jesus)
2: Emma N. Mitchell (St Catharine’s)
3: Hayley A. Palmer (Trinity Hall)
4: Lilie Weaver (Trinity)
5: Lucy Rackley (Pembroke)
6: Sarah Farquhar (Emmanuel)
7: Constanza V. S. Panbianco (St. Edmund’s)
Stroke: C. (Katie) R. A. Smith (Pembroke)
Cox: Kathryn J. Coffin (Jesus)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs, Mel Harbour, Pete Convey, Rob Milner and Kat Astley
President: Lucy Wordley (Gonville & Caius)
Vice-President: Janine Lumley (Downing)
Hon Sec: Claire Hansell (Fitzwilliam)
Date of races: April 1st at Henley
Result: Cambridge by ½ length in 4 mins 6 secs.
Due to the weather all races were shortened and the crews started from the Upper Thames Rowing Club.
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Hannah Stratford (LMBC)
2: Sonia Bracegirdle (Corpus)
3: Anna Simpson (Corpus)
4: Rachael Jefferies (Newnham)
5: Jenny Reid (Newnham)
6: Lucy Wordley (Gonville & Caius)
7: Elselijn Kingma (Trinity Hall)
Stroke: Guinevere Bradbury (Jesus)
Cox: James Appleton (Girton)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs, Andy Nield, Nick Acock, Kat Astley, Tom Withnell, Renae Domaschenz, Pete Convey, Ron Davies, Mary Twitchett
Date of races: April 1st at Henley
Result: Osiris by 1 length (time not taken)
Due to the weather all races were shortened and the crews started from the Upper Thames Rowing Club.
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Alice Wordley (Queens’)
2: Sarah Johnson (Emmanuel)
3: Lizzy Jackson (Trinity Hall)
4: Anne Waller (St Edmund’s)
5: Katie Cranleigh (Queens’)
6: Erin Webber (Newnham)
7: Anita Davies (Churchill)
Stroke: Kat Lange (Pembroke)
Cox: Ian Wright (Queens’)
Coach(es):
Captain: Lucy Rackley (Trinity)
Date of races: April 1st at Henley
Result: OUWLRC by 1 length in 4 mins 11 secs
Due to the weather all races were shortened and the crews started from the Upper Thames Rowing Club.
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Sarah Rose (Lucy Cavendish)
2: Jennifer Gulliver (Girton)
3: Helen Ralston (Trinity)
4: Oluwatosin Farinre (Newnham)
5: Lucy Rackley (Trinity)
6: Lillie Weaver (Trinity)
7: Claire Hansell (Fitzwilliam)
Stroke: Fran Rawlins (Trinity)
Cox: Eleanor Goodfield (Fitzwilliam)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs, Nick Acock, Rob Milner, Ron Davies, Mary Twitchett
President: Claire Hansell (Fitzwilliam)
Vice-President: Fran Rawlins/ Gillian McFarland?
Hon Sec: Eleanor Goodfield
Date of races: March 23rd at Henley
Result: Oxford by ½ length in 6 mins 38 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Anna Simpson (Corpus Christi)
2: Chiara Ferrara (King’s)
3: Stephanie Jacquot (Trinity Hall)
4: Erin Weber (Newnham)
5: Samantha Bennett (Pembroke)
6: Inka Borchers (Clare Hall)
7: Elselijn Kingma (Trinity Hall)
Stroke: Louise Connell (LMBC)
Cox: Steffi Warrillow (Emmanuel)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs, Trish Barker, Trish Keegan, Adam Scrivner, Lene Northwood, Gordon Hamilton, Kat Astley, Nick Acock
Date of races: March 23rd at Henley
Result: Osiris easily in 7 mins 9 secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Fionnuala Ratcliffe (Clare)
2: Evgenia Ilyinskaya (Darwin)
3: Katie Wood (Girton)
4: Sabrina Stewart (Gonville & Caius)
5: Rachel Croft (Trinity)
6: Laura Creek (Pembroke)
7: Alice Wordley (Queens’)
Stroke: Harriet Eldred (Newnham)
Cox: Chris Burfiend (Churchill)
Spares: Zoe Rutherford, Jennifer Bromley, David Dufton
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs
Captain: Fran Rawlins (Trinity)
Date of races: March 23rd at Henley
Result: Cambridge by 1/3 length in 7 mins 1 sec
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Chloe Swords (Fitzwilliam)
2: Julia Summers (Trinity)
3: Sarah Allen (Peterhouse)
4: Fran Rawlins (Trinity)
5: Jocelyn Williams (LMBC)
6. Jenny Davenport (St Edmunds)
7: Claire Hansell (Fitzwilliam)
Stroke: Camilla McCorkell (Queens’)
Cox: Abigail Fox (Trinity)
Spare: Charlotte Allen
Coaches: Roger Silk, Ron Needs, Nick Acock, Adam Lister, Rob Milner
President: Harriet Eldred (Newnham)
Vice-President: Louise Connell
Hon Sec: Thomas Walton
Date of races: 22nd March 2009 at Henley
Result: Oxford by 1 ¼ lengths in 6 mins 24 secs
Crew: Blue Boat
Bow: Fionnuala Ratcliffe (Clare)
2: Evgenla Ilylinskaya (Darwin)
3: Jennifer Burrows (Magdalene)
4: Susannah Cass (Magdalene)
5: Hermione Tuck (Magdalene)
6: Anna Railton (Pembroke)
7: Katie Cranleigh Swash (Queens’)
Stroke: Harriett Eldred (Newnham)
Cox: Stephanie Warrillow (Emmanuel)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Trish Barker, James Appleton, Lene Northwood, Gordon Hamilton, Ron Needs.
Date of races: 22nd March 2009 at Henley
Result: Blondie by 1 ½ lengths in 6 mins 50 secs
Crew: Blondie
Bow: Stephanie Caird (Clare)
2: Eva-Maria Hempe (LMBC)
3: Katie Wood (Girton)
4: Nicola Pocock (Clare)
5: Laura Creak (Pembroke)
6: Rachel Croft (Trinity)
7: Joanne Gaston (Gonville & Caius)
Stroke: Hayley Simmonds (Newnham)
Cox: Christopher Burfiend (Churchill)
Coach(es):
Captain: Sarah Allen (Peterhouse)
Date of races: 22nd March 2009 at Henley-on-Thames
Result: Oxford by 2 ½ lengths in 6mins 30secs
Crew: Lightweights
Bow: Anne O’Leary (Downing)
2: Elizabeth Polgreen (Downing)
3: Sarah Lilley (Fitzwilliam)
4: Rachel Smith (Magdalene)
5: Sarah Allen (Peterhouse)
6: Jennifer Davenport (LMBC)
7: Mary Bjorkegren (Christ’s)
Stroke: Edwina Surtees (Christ’s)
Cox: Jessica Temple (Fitzwilliam)
Coaches: Roger Silk, Rob Milner, James Appleton, Kat Astley