_D5A1029Boat Race Trial VIIIs (Eights) are the only opportunity either side have to race the full course from Putney to Mortlake with the Race Umpires, so provide an important test for rowers and coxes alike. They allow coaching teams to analyse the progression and potential and are often influential in final selection of crews for the Blue Boats.

The first Trial Eights race was staged by Oxford 153 years ago in 1859 and Cambridge joined the tradition three years later in 1862.

The crews for this year’s Oxford Men’s Trial Eights are as follows:

STABLE (white sleeves).
Bow. Jonathan Olandi
2. Charles Buchanan
3. Will Cahill
4. Alexander Wythe
5. William Geffen
6. Anders Weiss
7. Iain Mandale
Stroke. Vassilis Ragoussis
Cox. Zachary Thomas Johnson

STRONG (Blue sleeves).
Bow. Luke Robinson
2. Angus Forbes
3. Nicholas Elkington
4. Benedict Aldous
5. Tobias Schroder
6. Joshua Bugajski
7. Claas Mertens
Stroke. Felix Drinkall
Cox. Anna Carbery _D5A0864Boat Race Trial VIIIs (Eights) are the only opportunity either side have to race the full course from Putney to Mortlake with the Race Umpires, so provide an important test for rowers and coxes alike. They allow coaching teams to analyse the progression and potential and are often influential in final selection of crews for the Blue Boats.

The first Trial Eights race was staged by Oxford 153 years ago in 1859 and Cambridge joined the tradition three years later in 1862.

The crews for this year’s CUBC Trial Eights are as follows:

CUBC

Crew name: Goons. (Dark sleeved shirts).
Bow.Dave Bell
2.Peter Rees
3.Callum Sullivan
4.Reggie Mitchell
5.James Letten
6.Dara Alizadeh
7. Spencer Furey
Stroke.Freddie Davidson
CoxHugh Spaughton

Crew name: Goblins. (White sleeved shirts).
Bow.Rob Harris
2.Piers Kasas
3. Tom Strudwick
4.Gerard Kuenning
5.Charles Fisher
6.Patrick Elwood
7.Rob Hurn
Stroke.Finn Meeks
CoxHugo Ramambason

Boat Race Trial VIIIs (Eights) are the only opportunity either side have to race the full course from Putney to Mortlake with the Race Umpires, so provide an important test for rowers and coxes alike.  They allow coaching teams to analyse the progression and potential and are often influential in final selection of crews for the Blue Boats.

The first Trial Eights race was staged by Oxford 153 years ago in 1859 and Cambridge joined the tradition three years later in 1862.