Summary
Since 1984, Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club (CUWBC) has been taking oarswomen (the majority of whom are in their second or third year and who noviced at their college) and turning them into top-class athletes. The program is pretty rigorous, but the rewards are tremendous.
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You may be wondering if it’s possible to pursue rowing and coxing beyond college level whilst at Cambridge if you ‘only noviced since coming to Cambridge’ or whether it is solely the preserve of internationally experienced rowers; is one year of rowing enough to get you into a Boat Race crew?
Crews race at local events and at the National Championships, as well as some going to Women’s Henley and the famed Henley Royal Regatta. Following a long holiday CUWBC reconvenes and trialling starts in earnest. Crews train from mid-September to the end of Michaelmas term which is marked by the Trial Eights race at Henley (where the Women’s Boat Races are currently held). A January training camp kicks off the final run-in to the Boat Races (which are held around the same time as the men’s Boat Race at Easter), and around this time the final selection of crews is made.
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