BUCS Regatta 2025 Review – View from the Finish Tower
May 6, 2025
As the sun sets on the final day of Europe’s largest student rowing event, it’s time to reflect on the first four-day BUCS Regatta. More
Author: Lara Robinson
Lara Robinson
Having first sat in a boat aged 13 at Stratford upon Avon BC, Lara's love for the sport has only gone from strength to strength. Now Women's Captain at City of Oxford RC and in her second season writing for JRN, she primarily covers student and club level women's rowing alongside her day job as a neuroscience researcher at the University of Oxford.
BUCS Regatta 2025 – Women’s Championship Lightweight Singles Preview
May 1, 2025
Last year, the Women’s Championship Lightweight Singles saw just six entries, resulting in a straight A-final. Despite lightweight rowing now being virtually erased from the
BUCS Regatta 2025 – Women’s Championship Coxless Fours Preview
April 29, 2025
The Women’s Championship Coxless Fours is an event that often attracts huge talent from around the Universities of the UK, and this year is no
GBRT April Trials 2025 – Women’s Senior Doubles Preview
April 11, 2025
It’s that time of year again when the best of the senior team hopefuls get their chance to race invite-only trials to win an all-important
In conversation with Oxford’s Annie Anezakis – a true dark blue
March 15, 2025
Sitting down on a rainy Monday afternoon outside a central Oxford cafe, Annie Anezakis brought the essence of the Melbourne sunshine to our conversation. It
Women’s Eights Head of the River Race 2025 – View from the Towpath
March 10, 2025
As one of the most anticipated events in the women’s racing calendar, Women’s Eights Head of the River truly attracts the masses. It was no
BUCS Head 2025 – Women’s Championship Coxless Fours Preview
February 20, 2025
The trip up to Newcastle this weekend signifies the first chance for university crews to test themselves against one another, in the form of BUCS
Hammersmith Head 2025 – Women’s Intermediate Eights Preview
February 18, 2025
Now just three weeks out from Women’s Eights Head of the River (WeHORR), crews up and down the country are looking for every opportunity to
GBRT February Trials 2025 – Women’s Senior Pairs Preview
February 6, 2025
As winter racing rumbles on in the background, the priority for these athletes has become the pair, ready to ship up to Boston for the
The Boat Race 2025: Trial Eights – Oxford Men
December 18, 2024
As the calendar year draws to a close, Oxford University Boat Club’s openweight men today wound up for their first big-ticket event of The Boat
In Conversation with Tom Mackintosh – from Gold to Dark Blue
December 2, 2024
With Olympic Gold, two World Rowing Cup Golds and a Henley Royal Regatta red box in the trophy cabinet, you’d think that New Zealand’s Tom
Fours Head of the River 2024 – Women’s Club Quad Preview
November 18, 2024
With the darker mornings truly upon us and winter closing in, head season rumbles on. Squads up and down the country are more settled into
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