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| CREWS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 156th BOAT RACE |
The 2010 Xchanging Boat Race on Saturday 3 April - the 156th Race in the series between Oxford and Cambridge Universities - will see 14 of the 18 oarsmen making their first appearance in the Race.
Only four Blues are set to return from the 2009 Race and three of those are in the Cambridge boat attempting to stop Oxford winning for a fifth time in six years. They include American club President Deaglan McEachern at 5, last year’s President Henry Pelly and Canadian bow Rob Weitemeyer. The Light Blues also feature three rowers from the 2009 Goldie boat that lost to Isis - Englishmen Fred Gill and George Nash, plus Canadian Geoff Roth. The boat contains four Englishmen, two Americans and three Canadians.
The Oxford boat feaures the Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, sitting next to each other at 3 & 4, plus President Sjoerd Hamburger, the giant 6’ 9” Dutchman who is the Dark Blues sole returning Blue. Also included is 20-year-old Ben Meyers from Kingston-Upon-Thames who was a development squad member last year and has risen to prominence in recent weeks to take the bow seat. The Oxford stroke is another Englishman, Charlie Burkitt from Nottingham. The Oxford boat is made up of three Americans, two Englishmen, one with dual British & Canadian nationality, and individuals from Germany, Holland and Ireland.
Commenting on his selection for his second Race as Cambridge Chief Coach, Chris Nilsson said: “Last year we had five returning Blues, but it’s going to be a good crew with a combination of some international experience and exciting new talent. The choice of cox went down to the wire and it was a close thing between Ted Randolph and Liz Box.” Had Liz made the boat, Cambridge would have been coxed by a female for four consecutive years, as Rebecca Dowbiggin steered the Light Blues in the last three Races.
Oxford Chief Coach Sean Bowden, who had three returning Blues in 2009, said: “This crew has the potential to be right up there with our better crews in recent years and is improving technically all the time.”
Cambridge currently lead the series that began in 1829 with 79 wins to Oxford’s 75, with one Race declared a dead-heat in 1877. The Race will be screened live on BBC One television.
The 156th Boat Race is sponsored by Xchanging, one of the largest and fastest growing business processors in the world with a wide range of multinational customers in 42 countries and employing more than 8,000 people. The company provides procurement, accounting, human resources and technology services across industries that include banking, insurance, manufacturing, retail and real estate among others. More details can be found at www.xchanging.com.
2010 Xchanging Boat Race Crews
Oxford
Bow - Ben Myers (Exeter – GB)
2 - Martin Walsh (Green Templeton – Ire)
3 - Tyler Winklevoss (Christ Church – USA)
4 - Cameron Winklevoss (Christ Church – USA)
5 - Sjoerd Hamburger (Oriel – Ned)
6 - Matt Evans (University – Can/GB)
7 - Simon Gawlik (Kellogg – Ger)
Stroke - Charlie Burkitt (Wolfson – GB)
Cox - Adam Barhamand (Wolfson – USA)
Cambridge
Bow - Rob Weitemeyer (St. Edmund’s – Can)
2 - Geoff Roth (St. Edmund’s – Can)
3 - George Nash (St. Catharine’s – GB)
4 - Peter McCelland (Pembroke – Can)
5 - Deaglan McEachern (Hughes Hall – USA)
6 - Henry Pelly (St. Edmund’s – GB)
7 - Derek Rasmussen (Hughes Hall – USA)
Stroke - Fred Gill (Hughes Hall – GB)
Cox - Ted Randolph (Peterhouse – GB)
At the Weigh-In, Cambridge were the heavier crew at 760.4kgs (119 stone, 10lbs & 6ozs) with Oxford at 756.6kgs (119 stone 2 lbs).
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