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The official home of the Cambridge University Boat Club | Training to beat Oxford in @theboatraces and @lwtboatraces
Cambridge, UK
Joined September 2011
WE ONLY WENT AND WON IT!!! . A massive congratulations to our Women's Blue Boat on a fantastic win. Hard luck to Oxford who pushed us all the way down the Ouse. Now onto the Men's Blue Boat race at 16:50 💪🏼. #WeAreCambridge.
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Two from two!!! . MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to our Men's Blue Boat on a fantastic win 🏆 Great racing from Oxford. #WeAreCambridge.
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Women’s Blue Boat WIN by 2 and 1/4 lengths in a time of 18:22.9, a new course record! 🎉🎉🎉 @theboatrace
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Every. Single. Race. Put THAT in the history books! For the third time EVER it’s a complete Cambridge sweep. 1993 🙌.2018 🙌.2023 🙌
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Race Day! HERE WE GO 🏁. Wishing our #lightblue crews the very best of luck. Row well, row hard, and enjoy the moment!. Please remember that the 2021 @Gemini Boat Race is a CLOSED event. Stay safe, stay away, and watch the races live on BBC1. #WeAreCambridge
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CAMBRIDGE WIN LIGHTWEIGHT MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BOAT RACES
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WHAT A WEEKEND! 🏆💙🏆. Two wins from two on the River Great Ouse, a brilliant way to mark our first year as one club. Thank you to all who made these races possible. #WeAreCambridge #yeahblue #lightblue #twofromtwo #cleansweep @theboatrace @Gemini @Cambridge_Uni
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Ever get the feeling you're supposed to be somewhere?.
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Huge congratulations to the Women’s Blue Boat for their 5th consecutive win, and Blondie for their 6th consecutive win! 🍾 🏆 @theboatrace
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Congratulations to Oxford who beat the Men’s Blue Boat by 2 and 1/4 lengths. Huge well done to our crew, who have worked incredibly hard this year! 🙌
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Today is the day. 7 months of preparation have led up to these races. Cambridge will race Oxford from Putney to Mortlake. 📺Tune in on the BBC from 2pm.🥂 Gather in fan parks along the course
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Thank you to Oxford for 4 fantastic races 🤝 . Our thoughts are with you - we’re wishing the members of your crews who were taken ill today a full and speedy recovery.
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Fancy meeting up with your crew in Cambridge? The Iris, Bates & Merivale Dinner is back after a three year break, taking place on Saturday 26 November! .Tickets on sale now:.
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Just posted a photo @ Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Victory for Blondie, who win by 3 lengths! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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The temperature gauge rose to zero degrees as we went out to cut through the glass in Ely this morning. #WelcomeToEly #MyHenleyResolution
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Cambridge Women win the @lwtboatraces by 6 lengths! 🍾 . Thanks to @OUWLRC for a great race 🤝
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Inspiring stuff from our athletes at #Munich2022 European Championships this weekend. Silver for Tom George & Ollie Wynne-Griffith in the M2-, gold for Freddie Davidson in the M4- and another gold for Imogen Grant in the LW2x. Looking forward to the World Champs in September!
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It’s a beautiful day for a Boat Race! ☀️ . Here’s the Women’s Blue Boat putting the finishing touches on 7+ months of intense preparation
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Freezing temperatures and Storm Arwen didn't stop our squads getting in some quality training this weekend!. 📸 @mike.cambridge. #rowing #aviron #rudern #rowingrelated #lightblue
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We are delighted to welcome all six crews to become members of CUBC. Here’s to a great night! 🥂
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Just posted a photo @ University of Cambridge
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Huge congratulations to our Lightweight Women on their win against Oxford! 🏆 . A hat-trick of wins in the last 3 years of racing, and even better now we’re back on the Tideway. Thanks to @OUWLRC for a brilliant race 🙌🏼. @BritishRowing @WorldRowing @theboatrace
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Mighty Lighties.Gold in every Lightweight women's crew boat, Silver in Champ LW1x, Bronze in W1x, 5th in Inter LW1x. 📸 @bucssport / @catherineking99
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Yesterday was another incredible day for @Cambridge_Uni on the Tideway. A huge thanks to everyone for the hundreds of messages of support and congratulations - we will reply to as many as we can!
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The Boat Race Company Limited today announced that The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge will be held on the Great Ouse at Ely in April 2021. The event will see the 166th Men’s and the 75th Women’s boat races. Read more about this here -
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Summer training vibes ☀️. Our athletes are all training through exams as well as some preparing for bumps racing with their college
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T-2 days. Like and retweet if you're supporting the #lightblues in the 2021 @Gemini Boat Races this Sunday!. 📸 @jjgiddens . #WeAreCambridge #yeahblue #lightblue. @theboatrace @PlayerLayer @ChapelDownWines @WainwrightAle @CamUniSport @Cambridge_Uni
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Great race by @cubcsquad alumni and 2020 president Freddie!.
An incredibly push in the 3rd 500m see our M4- pull into the lead. They keep up their "blistering pace" and carry it right through to the end, winning that all-important place in the A Final 🔥
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Men’s Blue Boat ✅.Women’s Blue Boat ✅.Goldie v Isis ✅.Blondie v Osiris ✅.Spare pairs ✅✅.Men’s Lightweights ✅.Women’s Lightweights ✅.Lightweight Spares ✅✅.Veterans’ Race ✅✅.2003 Reunion Sprint ✅
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📣 New (old) coach alert! 📣. CUBC is delighted to announce Patrick Ryan as Women’s Chief Coach. Paddy said "It has been a pleasure and an honour to have been working with these extraordinary student athletes for the last 8 years. To now lead the team is a true privilege"
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Tried to take a photo of the crew. But mist.
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🏆 WINNERS of the 2022 Lightweight Boat Races! 🏆. - Lightweight Women won by 15L in a time of 19:59:53.- Lightweight Men won by 5L in a time of 18:01:19 . Thanks to @OULightweights and @OUWLRC for fantastic races, and to our sponsors @ii_couk 🙌. @lwtboatraces @Cambridge_Uni
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Congratulations to our Lightweight Men on their win against Oxford! 🥇. We are so happy to have the title back with us 🎉. Huge thanks to @OULightweights for a fantastic race 👏. @BritishRowing @WorldRowing @theboatrace .📸 @nordincatic
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CUBC is sad to advise that, following direct government directives and measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the 2020 Boat Race has been cancelled. Our common concern is that all students, members, families and supporters remain healthy.
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Who else wants to be back out on the water? 🙋♂️🙋♀️. Lockdown training continues for our squads but we can't wait to get back on the water when it is safe to do so. #WeAreCambridge #yeahblue #lightblue #cambridge.
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Sunrise rows this time of year are 😍. 📸 Mike Taylor
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Freezing fingers and beautiful skies. 📸 Mike Taylor
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We would like to send our warmest congratulations to our former Head Openweight Men's Coach, Steve Trapmore MBE, for being named the Lead Coach for the Olympic Men's Sweep Programme with @BritishRowing. A fantastic achievement and good luck in your role heading into Tokyo 2021!
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It's race day morning! 🎉. Get ready for a fantastic day of racing & coverage from the BBC starting at 1350. There is also coverage on YouTube & other international channels. 1423 Women's Boat Race.1443 Blondie Osiris Race.1503 Goldie Isis Race.1523 Men's Blue Boat. @theboatrace
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🥇Gold Medal for Cambridge M2- in Belgrade🥇. Huge congratulations to students Tom George and Ollie Wynne-Griffith for their win at the first World Cup in Belgrade yesterday. 📸 Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images for British Rowing
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HUGE NEWS - CAMBRIDGE WIN MORE BOAT RACES!. Yesterday the reserve races were run as a closed event on the River Great Ouse in Ely. Goldie - 🏆 WIN - 6 lengths.Blondie - 🏆 WIN - 7 lengths.Women's spare pair - 🏆 WIN.Men's spare pair - Loss. #WeAreCambridge #yeahblue
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Rough water? No problem. All four of our crews battled it out in tough conditions yesterday, giving everything until they crossed the line.
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📢 LIGHTWEIGHT CREWS ANNOUNCED 📢. We are delighted to introduce our Men's and Women's Lightweight Boats in anticipation of the Lightweight Boat Races next weekend. The Lightweight women race on Sunday 20th March at 1325, and the Lightweight men race at 1425. 📸 @nordincatic
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A warm welcome to Autumn Mantell, new Assistant Women’s Coach!. Autumn said, “I’m honoured to have been offered the position. CUBC has built an amazing women’s program, and I’m looking forward to working with Paddy to build the next generation of successful CUBC athletes”.
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Our Blue Boats have been announced! Less than 4 weeks to go until the big day. Our reserve crews will be announced in the coming weeks, and the lightweight crews will be announced next week. @theboatraces
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🎉 A DOUBLE WIN *AGAIN* FOR OUR LIGHTWEIGHTS 👏. Huge congratulations to our women’s and men’s crews on their victories over Oxford in the 2023 Interactive Investor Lightweight Boat Races! . 📸 @nordincatic
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Blondie WIN by 2 and 3/4 lengths, in a time of 19:22.77, their 6th consecutive win 🎉🎉🎉 @theboatrace
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Ready to start a new week, less than 6 weeks to go until the Boat Race!. 📸 @nordincatic. @theboatrace
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BREAKING: Team Cambridge win the #mchlondonvirtualboatrace!. Thank you for supporting @Power2InspireUK
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T-3 days until Tokyo 2020 kicks off 🏁. What a great picture of all CUBC athletes and coaches, past and present, in the Olympic Village. We wish you all the very best of luck in racing over the coming weeks. #WeAreCambridge #yeahblue #lightblue #tokyo2020
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Motivation for 2015, 2 seat's rigger. Thanks for the support #headsup #lifeaintfair
http://t.co/XzWUQoZizY.
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📢 GB Feb Trials Roundup. ✅ Win in Men's pair .✅ Win in Lightweight Women's single .✅ Fastest non-Caversham Women's pair.✅ Fastest U23 Lightweight Men's single.✅ Fastest U23 Men's pair. Great performances, now back into eights ready for sparring next weekend. 📸 @allmarkone
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BREAKING: thanks to the help of @leazlemacweazle, the @CUBCsquad towing vehicle has been recovered. We're looking forward to its return but in the meantime, Lee will be getting a pack of @RivalKit_uk, some @ChapelDownWines and other bits and bobs. #thankyou #legend.
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As the dust settles on another Boat Race campaign, we want to thank everybody who has supported the club this year, whether through coaching, fundraising, organizing, parenting or simply shouting from the bank. 📸 @nordincatic. #lightblue
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Strong race Imogen! Bring on the semis!.
@imogendaisyg @CUBCsquad Imogen takes a comfortable 1️⃣ over the two other U23 World Champions in the race, leading all the way and winning her place in the A/B semi finals by over 2 lengths 👏
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This is a new one for us. @CUBCsquad's towing vehicle was stolen from SW12 overnight. It's the Light Blue Iveco Daily with a Goldie coloured tarp reg RV67 BSZ pictured below. If you see it, please let us or @metpolice know.
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NEWS: University of Cambridge Boat Clubs to combine.
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A huge amount of work goes on behind the scenes on Boat Race day. The CUBC crew members gave our trailer driver @karlofford a guard of honour as he left Mortlake to take our boats back to Cambridge last night. #ThankYou
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⛈️ Dramatic skies - forecasting a dramatic day? ⛈️. Here are our crews putting the finishing touches on 7+ months of intense preparation #prepaddle
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🎉 Today’s the day - the 2023 Gemini Boat Race 🎉 . The countdown is over. Excitement is building for what promises to be a sensational day of rowing. Be sure to tune into the BBC coverage which begins at 15.30 BST or stream live on @theboatrace YouTube channel. 📸 @row360
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📣 Every Cambridge Blue left Lucerne with a Gold medal 📣. Huge congratulations to all the Cambridge blues racing at World Cup 3 in Lucerne over the weekend. Every athlete, past or present with a Cambridge Blue left the regatta with a Gold medal. 📸 World Rowing / Getty Images
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"I chose a morning sport despite never being a morning person and loving a lie-in. This at least meant I was a glutton for punishment, which is a helpful trait in rowing.". Beautifully written by @tom_ransley .
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"I’ve learned about Tinder,”. “As the old bloke, I tend to drive the minibus. And they are all swiping away behind me. To be honest, considering they are fit, athletic, intelligent blokes they’re not very successful on it.”.
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We Are Cambridge. On September 1st, the official launch of the new CUBC will take place. Moving forward, CUBC will operate from this twitter account and will aim to continue to keep you up to data on all club news, developments, progress and events. #WeAreCambridge #OneClub.
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We're going to miss this legend. Congratulations to Steve on his upcoming High Performance Coach role with GB Rowing , which he will take up after the 2018 Boat Race. We cannot thank you enough for what you have done for the CUBC. Club records have fall…
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Reminder of our crews racing today ⬇️ . Our Women's Blue Boat race at 1600. Bow: Carina Graf .2: Rosa Millard .3: Alex Riddell-Webster.4: Jenna Armstrong.5: Freya Keto.6: Isabelle Bastian .7: Claire Brillon .Stroke: Caoimhe Dempsey.Cox: James Trotman
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CUBC is hugely pleased to announce that Rob Baker will be our next Head Coach. A winner of the Boat Races with @cuwbc, an International coach for Rowing Ireland, and a multiple Goldie and Henley winning coach, Rob brings huge depth of experience to the …
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📢 2023 Gemini Boat Race Spectator Info 📢 . Noon GMT | Fan Parks open .4:00pm GMT | 77th Women’s Boat Race.4:15pm GMT | 48th Women's Reserve Race: Osiris v Blondie.4:40pm GMT | 58th Men's Reserve Race: Isis v Goldie.5:00pm GMT | 168th Men’s Boat Race.5:30pm GMT | Presentations
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Views from the stern. 1️⃣8️⃣ days to go until the Gemini Boat Races. 📸 @row360 / @nordincatic. @theboatrace
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GOLD for 2019/20 CUBC President Freddie Davidson representing @BritishRowing at the @WorldRowing U23 Championships. Congratulations to Freddie and crew and Coach @rschambers10GB ..#WRU23Champs #GBRowingTeam.
Another GOLD for our men’s four 🥇🥇🥇🥇. They’re our THIRD World Champions of the day 🇬🇧. #WRU23Champs #GBRowingTeam
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The end of a historic week for CUBC. On Tuesday, September 1st, we were joined by Vice Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope, to mark the official launch of the new CUBC. 📸 Keith Heppell. #WeAreCambridge #OneClub #OfficialLaunch
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Our 2020 Boat Race Season has kicked off this week. ..We’re excited to have a huge group of trialists including returners from the double win in the 2019 Boat Race, College rowers who have been part of our Development Squad, school leaver & lots of other exciting new faces!
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The time-honoured tradition of throwing the winning coxes in the water continues 👋🏼🌊. Congratulations Ollie Boyne, Jasper Parish, Kate Crowley & James Trotman . 📸 Nordin Catic
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The Lightweight Boat Races take place today! . Women’s race - 14:13 .Men’s race - 15:13 . Spectators welcome from Putney to Mortlake. Live feed will be shown in London Rowing Club. Official video will be released in the days following the race. More to come…
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That winning feeling. Matt Edge celebrates after winning the Lightweight Men's Boat Race this year. 📸 @nordincatic
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Boats on boats on boats!.Our men's squad preparing for one of their first outings of the season. #lightblue
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Thanks to @MoleseyBoatClub for coming to Ely to do some hugely useful work with our crews this weekend...#rowingrelated #Molesey #WeAreCambridge #rowing
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👑 Your winning Lightweight Women's crew 👑. Cox: Amy Richardson.Stroke: Rosa Millard.7: Freya Sutcliffe.6: Brigid Kennedy.5: Miranda Clements.4: Catherine King.3: Casey Shepheard.2: Gemma King.Bow: Jodie Cameron. 📸 @lwtboatraces
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ICYMI: Yesterday, we acknowledged the athletes who were selected to represent Cambridge University Boat Club but did not get the chance to race @theboatrace . Full details 👉
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We could not be more proud of our very own Imogen Grant (BB 17' & 18', Blondie 16', Lightweight 16') who has been officially selected to race for Great Britain in the LW2x at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. An amazing achievement, Imogen!. #WeAreCambridge #tokyo2021 #olympics
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The beautiful College Boathouses on the River Cam...It is out of these boathouse that hundreds of Cambridge students learn to row every year...How many of them can you name?..#WeAreCambridge #rowing
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Men's squad out for a paddle in Ely. Not long now until the first Tideway weekend!
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📢 Cambridge pair selected for WC1 📢. Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George have been selected in the pair for World Cup 1 in Belgrade, accompanied by coach Rob Baker. They will be racing as GBR2 as part of the 52 athlete team. 📸 Ben Gurr
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Bowman of the 2019 Blue Boat Dave Bell (aka "The People's Champion") giving it some welly this morning.
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📢 CAMBRIDGE MEN. Bow: Matt Edge (@Catz_Cambridge).2: Brett Taylor (@QueensCam).3: Noam Mouelle (@Hughes_Hall).4: Seb Benzecry (@JesusCollegeCam).5: Tom Lynch (@Hughes_Hall)
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Sparring season has begun.Openweight men sparred with @leanderclub last weekend, and this weekend the lightweight men sparred with @londonrowingclub . 📸 @johndpreston7
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As with all rivers, the Tideway is a it of a beast. One minute it can be flat calm, the next minute it can get rough. We are grateful to the @RNLI for always keeping us safe out there. #RespectTheWater
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