High Point Rowing Festival Race Report On the 3rd October, 10 EUBC athletes travelled to High Point in North Carolina for the Autumn Rowing Festival. Upon arrival we spent a couple of days soaking up the sun and getting used to the beautiful but unique shape of Oak Hollow Lake! Following training mornings, we spent the afternoonsexploring High Point, including trips to the impressive University Campus and meeting their mascot Prowler the Panther! On the 5th October we arrived to the course ready to take on the 3 races of the Autumn Rowing Festival. The first was a 4.7k side by side race, with an unusual twist. Around 2.5k in, crews were required to spin around a huge yellow duck before building back up to speed to take on the last 2k of the race. The second race was a 3.4k race, followed by a final, exciting race - the 300m dash. Results: The Edinburgh Women’s first 8+ lined up against 2 High Point University Crews for the ‘Duck Race’. They had a strong start and following a clean turn around the duck ended up with a win of a few lengths over the 2 High Point University Crews. The second race shaped up to be an exciting one - Edinburghagainst a fleet of Duke Crews – Duke A, B and C. Edinburghhad a quick start, opening up a lead of a length over Duke A. However, Duke A started to pick up momentum coming into the final bend, where they moved across Edinburgh to take the inside line. After some close racing and touch of blade clashing, Duke A stretched out a narrow lead of 2 seconds to win this race ahead of EUBC. The final race of the day was the short 300m dash, where 7crews lined up to try and take home the Lenny Peters Cup. After a close race Edinburgh claimed victory over the othercrews! Spraying champagne over the trophy on the red carpet was a great and memorable way to finish off this extraordinary weekend. Overall, we had a fantastic time, and would love to thank the High Point Rowing Festival and the Lenny Peters Cup for their generous invitation to compete in this fantastic event. A further thank you to High Point University for lending us the crew’s boat and all the equipment we used to compete.

Our senior squad raced at Rutherford Head on the River Tyne on Saturday the 30th of November, 2024. Results: Men's 1st 8+ - 1st and fastest time of the day. Men's 2nd 8+ - 6th Women's 1st 8+ - 2nd Women's 2nd 8+ - 4th Men's 4x - 1st Men's 4+ - 3rd Women's 4+ - 1st Women's 4+ (b2) - 1st Women's 4- - 4th

Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th November 2024 - Boston, Lincolnshire

An outstanding regatta for EUBC which saw a record 54 Edinburgh University student athletes qualify 7 boats for Henley Royal Regatta in the following events: Prince Albert Challenge Cup – Student Men’s 4+ (2), Temple Challenge Cup – Student Men’s 8+ (2), Island Challenge Cup – Student Women’s 8+ (3). PA A, Temple A and Island A all prequalified for the regatta. PA B, Temple B, Island B and Island C went through Qualifiers where all four crews succeeded on their goal to qualify into racing week. 4 of these athletes only learnt how to row at the start of this season, and a total of 19 learnt to row at the university. An amazing set of results to begin the regatta and really showing the strength and depth through of all our squads this year. Highlights include: - Every athlete qualified to race, - Three crews in the Island (Student W8+) - the most out of any club, - Island B through to the Friday of the regatta, the furthest an EUBC women’s crew has ever progressed at HRR! Tuesday Racing: Temple A vs. Nereus B, NED – lost by ½ length Temple B vs. Nereus A, NED – lost by 1 length Prince Albert A vs La Salle University, USA – won by ¾ length Prince Albert B vs Cambridge – lost Wednesday Racing: Island A vs. University of London B – won by 1 and ¾ length Island B vs. University of Iowa, USA – won by 1 and ¼ length Island C vs. Oxford Brookes B – lost by 1 length Thursday Racing: Island A vs. Oxford University – lost by ½ length Island B vs. Schøll, NED – won by 1 and 1/3 length Prince Albert A vs. Oxford Brookes A – lost by 1 and ½ length Friday Racing: Island B vs. University of London A – lost by 1 and ½ length Alumni Results: We’re also very proud of all our alumni who raced with their current respective clubs. A special mention goes out to three of our alumni on their notable achievements: Phil Garnier – Britannia Challenge Cup (Thames RC), Jane Hardie – Wargrave Challenge Cup (Thames RC), James Doran – Grand Challenge Cup (Oxford University/Oxford Brookes). Congratulations to everyone who raced! While Henley marks the end of the EUBC season, we still have a number of athletes seeking selection for the Scotland and GB Rowing Teams this summer and wish them the best of luck with testing and racing!

The weekend of 21st-23rd June 2024 saw 24 EUBC athletes compete across four events at Henley Women’s Regatta, culminating in a win in the Development 4+ for the second year in a row, Final in the Aspirational Academic 8+, Quarter-Final in the the Championship 8+ and a close Heat in the Aspirational Academic 4-. The Colgan Foundation Cup (Aspirational Academic 8+) A mix of our women’s first and second eights, this crew had a fantastic run through the regatta. Nickleby Simmonds (cox) led his crew of Maddie Fatani, Freya Hughson, Clara O’Doherty, Catriona Taylor, Olivia Schmidt, Lucy McLean, Beatrice Beever and Isla MacCallum through a series of exciting races and into the Final. They faced Oxford Brookes ‘A’ and after leading for the first 1km of the course, the Brookes crew fought back and took the win by 3/4 of a length. This is the first time an Edinburgh University crew has made it to a W8+ Final at Henley Women’s Regatta. TT result - 2nd 1st Heat vs. Newcastle ‘A’ Quarter Final vs. UC Dublin ‘A’ Semi Final vs. U.S.R. Triton (NED) Final vs. Oxford Brookes ‘A’ The Ron Needs Cup (Championship 8+) The other half of our first and second eights stepped into the boat together for the first time on Friday afternoon in the time trial, where Patrick Moody (cox), Grace Bake, Josephine Briggs, Izzy Clements, Olivia Burns, Grace Dawson, Sophie Morgan, Lily Young and Charlotte Glasby set down a good performance and placed 6th. They raced a Newcastle/Tyne composite crew in the first round on Friday evening and won by 2L. Then progressing to the Saturday, the girls had a hard-fought race in the Quarter Final where the Oxford Brookes ‘A’ crew won by 3/4 of a length. TT result - 6th 1st Heat vs. Newcastle/Tyne Quarter Final vs. Oxford Brookes The Cathy Cruikshank Trophy (Aspirational Academic 4-) After a solid time trial (5th place), Lauren Cole, Olivia Holdcroft, Imogen Sargent and Megan Bromham raced in the first round of the AA4- event where they faced strong in the ASR Nereus ‘A’ crew. The girls had a good race which included a brief encounter with the booms, but swiftly recovered and worked their way back through the course. After an incredibly impressive sprint they unfortunately just ran out of water and were beaten by 1/3 of a length. TT result - 5th 1st Heat vs. ASR Nereus The Frank V Harry Cup (Development 4+) Starting as they meant to go on, Katie Robertson, Millie Drury, Erica Watt, Grace Chapman and Theo Murphy (cox) won the time trial in the Dev4+ and continued to dominate the event as the weekend progressed. Posting the fastest times in each round, they signed off a spectacular weekend with a win in the Final against Upper Thames RC by four and a half lengths. Katie, Millie and Theo have all come through the beginner programme this season, with Grace having only come out of the beginner programme last year, and Erica, still a junior and in her first year of study at Edinburgh. This is the second consecutive year that EUBC has won The Frank V Harry Cup at Henley Women’s Regatta! TT result - 1st 1st Heat vs. Vesta RC, Quarter Finals vs. UC Dublin Semi Final vs. Saint Andrews Uni Final vs. Upper Thames All of these crews now re-group into three eights for Henley Royal Regatta in The Island Challenge Cup and we wish them the best of luck going forward!