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A 3-foot Boat Race win took me to the Southern Ocean and offshore sailing
15th July 2025
Annie Lush rowed in the 2001 Boat Race, which saw a three foot win for the Light Blues - it remains the closest verdict in the history of the race. It was a moment which was in many ways set to change her life. It was the trigger for a sporting obsession: Team GB sailing at the London Olympics, winning four world championship titles, being part of the first all women’s crew in the Volvo Ocean Race and most recently, helping to launch the Magenta Project.
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Cambridge Women’s President Announced: Gemma King
08th July 2025
Gemma King has been a stalwart of the Light Blue women's squad for seven years, and is stepping up to lead the Cambridge women for The Boat Race 2026.
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Cambridge Men’s President Announced: Noam Mouelle
Noam Mouelle has been elected as Cambridge Men's President for the 2026 season. The Paris native told us about his journey through rowing and his Boat Race plans for this year... as well as atom interferometry!
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Henley Royal Regatta: Cambridge’s Grand Challenge
30th June 2025
Henley Royal Regatta Preview: Cambridge prioritise the Grand Challenge Cup and Bridge Challenge Plate, and Oxford are taking on the Visitor's Challenge Cup and Island Challenge Cup.
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Head in the Clouds: Meet Lilli Freischem
27th June 2025
The biggest change after the race has been the chance to spend more time with people in the department. I am really lucky to be part of such a supportive and social research community, and now that the schedule is a bit more flexible, it’s been great to join more of the events and just be around a bit more.
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From The Boat Race, to a puppy, then helping others go shoe shopping: meet Ollie Boyne
05th June 2025
Ollie Boyne joined us to tell Boat Race fans what life has been like since that Cambridge victory on Sunday 13 April, why he's missed his puppy, and how he's helping to redefine the shoe shopping experience.
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Pushing the boundaries of coaching: the Penny Chuter story
04th June 2025
Born into a world where many rowing clubs were for men only, Penny Chuter through talent and grit broke down barriers. To the teenager carrying her own oars into Berlin’s Soviet zone through Checkpoint Charlie to go and train with the East German women’s squad, to becoming the first paid female rowing coach in the UK and the first female head coach of a Boat Race programme.
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The Boat Race: most watched female sporting event in the UK this year so far
17th April 2025
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Veteran Boat Races 2025: Glorious conditions, a course record, and a disqualification
16th April 2025
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