College Record 2014

Unfortunately the weather in Hilary Term limited training time and caused the
cancellation of Torpids. Once conditions improved on the river, however, our novices
and seniors continued to train hard, and several rowers were able to compete in
a number of external regattas in our preparation for Summer Eights, including
Worcester Regatta, Oxford City Bumps and Women’s Head of the River.
The Club fielded six strong boats in Summer Eights 2014 and gained a net total of
seven places. The highlight was M3 getting blades in men’s division 5 – the result of
many years of investment on the men’s side of the boat club – by bumping St Benet’s
Hall, Queen’s II, Wadham III, and Pembroke III. M4 and W1 got an impressive
three bumps each, W2 bumped up twice, but despite strong performances from
M1 and M2, they were bumped down two and three places respectively by very
powerful crews behind them.
The men’s third boat celebrate after winning blades on the Saturday of Summer Eights. Back row, left
to right: Wybo Wiersma, Mark Nixon; middle row, left to right: Matthew Chang, Duncan Palmer, Nan
Liu, Jan Ahrend, Giovanni Mezzano, Maurits Kroese, Matteo Gianella-Borradori; front row, top to
bottom: Oscar Yang, João Sousa Pinto
WCBC was also wonderfully represented at the University level, with a total of
eight trialists. Alexandra Bridges, Cynthia Eccles and Nicky Huskens rowed with
the Oxford University Women’s Lightweight Rowing Club; Lea Carrot coxed with
the Oxford University Women’s Lightweight Rowing Club; Miriam Driessen and
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