Crews Announced for Trial Eights Test

OUBC and CUBC have confirmed the line-ups for their respective Trial Eights crews which will race on Thursday 13th December. Racing on the same day for the fourth year running, the Oxford trial will race first at 11:10am, with Cambridge following at 12:25pm on the actual Boat Race tide.

Oxford and Cambridge have confirmed the line-ups for their respective Trial Eights crews which will race on Thursday 13th December. Racing on the same day for the fourth year running, the Oxford trial will race first at 11:10am, with Cambridge following at 12:25pm on the actual Boat Race tide.

This is the only opportunity either side have to race the full course from Putney to Mortlake with the Race Umpires, so provides an important test for rowers and coxes alike; and allows both sets of coaching teams to analyse their squads progression and potential.

The crews for this year’s Trial Eights are as follows:

CAMBRIDGE

NAME OF BOAT: “Bangers”

Bow: Chris Snowden
2: Mike Thorp
3: Josh Hooper
4: Alexander Leichter
5: Ty Otto
6: Stephen Dudek
7: Milan Bruncvik
Stroke: Niles Garratt
Cox: Henry Fieldman

NAME OF BOAT: “Mash”

Bow: Rowan Lawson
2: Alex Ross
3: Jack Lindeman
4: Helge Gruetjen
5: George Nash
6: Grant Wilson
7: Alexander Scharp
Stroke: Alexander Fleming
Cox: Sam Ojserkis

OXFORD

NAME OF BOAT: “Hurricane”

Bow: James Stephenson
2: Oliver Bristowe
3: Joseph Dawson
4: Benjamin French
5: Karl Hudspith
6: Constantine Louloudis
7: Dr. Alex Woods
Stroke: William Zeng
Cox: Katie Apfelbaum

NAME OF BOAT: “Spitfire”

Bow: James Mountain
2: Maurus Wuethrich
3: Nicholas Hazell
4: Iain Mandale
5: Tom Watson
6: Samuel O’Connor
7: Alexander Davidson
Stroke: Malcolm Howard
Cox: Laurence Harvey