The Boat Race makes first crew announcements
The Boat Race has made it’s first crew announcements ahead of the Presidents Challenge tomorrow. In 2018 the race will be held on Saturday, March 24 with the men’s race staged for the 164th time, whilst the women’s race is in its fourth year on the Tideway and 73rd year overall. Although the announcement is 11 short of 4 full open weight crews and makes no reference to the reserve boats, here is what we have unpicked from the announcement:-
Imogen Grant of Cambridge at Henley Women’s Regatta
Oxford University Women
Katherine Erickson, President of Oxford University Women’s Boat Club, raced in Osiris in 2016
Eleanor Shearer – coxed in 2017
Morgan McGovern – 5th in the lightweight quads at the 2016 world championships – raced in Osiris in 2017
Rachel Anderson – competed for Oxford as a lightweight in 2017
Sarah Payne Riches -is the oldest at 40 yrs
Matilda Edwards -is the youngest at 19 yrs
Six nationalities: British, Australian, American, Dutch, Finnish and New Zealand.
Cambridge University Women – winners 2017
Daphne Martschenko – Cambridge President, last completed in 2016
Alice Whit – winner in 2017
Imogen Grant – winner in 2017
Myriam Goudet – winner in 2017
Thea Zabell – raced for Oxford in 2016
Olivia Coffey – American Olympic Spare in 2016, world champion W4x in 2015
Myriam Goudet – is the oldest at 29 yrs
Clare Pearson – is the youngest at 18 yrs
Five nationalities: American, Irish, British, German and New Zealand.
Oxford University Mens Boat Club – winners 2017
Iain Mandale – as President of the club with three consecutive victories in the reserve crew
Vassilis Ragoussis – stroked the winning Oxford crew last year
Will Geffen – Boat Race winner in 2015
Class Mertens – winner in 2017
Christian Coester is the oldest at 28 yrs
Tobias Schroder is the youngest at 18 yrs
Eight nationalities: German, British, South African, Australian, Italian, Canadian, American and Greek.
Cambridge University Mens Boat Club
Hugo Ramambason – President of the club, coxed in 2017
James Letten, the tallest man to row in the Boat Race
Charles Fisher – winner in 2016
Robert Hurn – ex-Yale
David Bell is the oldest at 30 yrs
Callum Sullivan is youngest at 18 yrs
Eight nationalities represented: Bermudian, Iranian, British, American, Italian, French, Japanese and Dutch.
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