Despite the 2024 Presidents’ Challenge still pending, winter training is already well under way and three of the four squads are set to tackle the Championship course this weekend racing in the Head of the River Fours.

The Fours Head, as it’s known, is often the best opportunity to get an early form guide with crews from both Oxford and Cambridge on the water racing one another (albeit against the clock rather than head to head and in fours not eights).

While we’re not due to publish full squad lists for a few more weeks, here’s a great chance to get an early peek at this year’s triallists, you might see a few names you remember from last year (although perhaps not racing for the same club as you remember 😉).

If you’re in London on Sunday and want to cheer the crews out we’ve added their boating location in the final column.

Crew Number Category Club Crew Boating From
20 Op Champ 4- Cambridge University Edward Townsend (Downing), Gianluca Vartan (Homerton), Mathush Kanthurupan (Selwyn), Robert Peacock (Emmanuel) Crabtree
22 Op Champ 4- Cambridge University Lewis Gray (St. Catharine’s), Emile Czernuszka (Homerton), Freddy Markanday (Magdalene), Ben Jones (Magdalene) Crabtree
23 Op Champ 4+ Cambridge University Thomas Marsh (St. John’s), Tom Lynch (Hughes Hall), Kenneth Coplan (Hughes Hall), Noam Mouelle (Hughes Hall), cox: Ed Bracey (Wolfson) Crabtree
25 Op Champ 4+ Cambridge University Seb Benzecry (Jesus), Gus John (Wolfson), Luca Ferraro(King’s), Matt Edge (St. Catharine’s), Jake Intrater ( ) cox Crabtree
27 Op Champ 4+ Cambridge University Brett Taylor (Queens’), Sean Hayes (Jesus), Martin Amethier (Peterhouse),Dane Halkiw (Jesus), Savannah Adamo (Peterhouse) (cox) Crabtree
29 Op Champ 4+ Cambridge University Joe Travis (Jesus),Orlando Morley (Girton),Luke Beever (Emmanuel),Nikita Zoglo (St. Catharine’s):Ben Harding (Queens’) cox Crabtree
30 Op Champ 4+ Cambridge University Cameron Mackenzie (Gonville and Caius),Garret Overholser (Jesus),Tom Connor (Churchill),Joe Holey (St. Catharine’s),Ewan James (King’s) (cox) Crabtree
31 Op Champ 4+ Cambridge University Will Wauchope (Gonville and Caius),Matt Francis (Gonville and Caius),Harry Fieldhouse:Oliver Bercow (King’s) (cox) Crabtree
32 Op Champ 4+ Cambridge University James Maxen (Gonville and Caius), Harry Weston (St. Edmund’s), Christopher Hughes (Churchill), Robert McPherson (Emmanuel), Lucy Hall (Corpus Christi) cox Crabtree
49 W Champ 4- Cambridge University Clare Hole (St. Catharine’s), Molly Foxell (Pembroke), Carina Graf (Emmanuel), Carys Earl (Gonville and Caius) Thames RC
52 W Champ 4+ Cambridge University Iris Powell (Churchill), Jenna Armstrong (Jesus), Gemma King (St. John’s), Megan Lee (Lucy Cavendish), James Trotman (Sidney Sussex) cox Thames RC
55 W Champ 4+ Oxford University Tara Slade (cox), Lucy Edmunds, Annie Sharp, Juliet Russell, Tessa Haining St Paul’s Sch
57 W Champ 4+ Oxford University Joe Gellett (cox), Sarah Marshall, Freya Willis, Ella Stadler, Phoebe Mountain St Paul’s Sch
58 W Champ 4+ Cambridge University Jessica Spain (Queens’), Katy Hempson (Christ’s), Jo Matthews (St. John’s), Freya Sutcliffe (Jesus), Hannah Murphy (Girton) cox Thames RC
59 W Champ 4+ Oxford University Ellie Nanni (cox), Annie Anezakis, Julia Lindsay, Lilli Freischem, Maria Nielsen-Scott St Paul’s Sch
61 W Champ 4+ Cambridge University Helen Nielsen-Scott (Emmanuel), Rowan Saltmarsh (St. John’s), Annabel Stevens (Homerton), Georgia Gollogly (King’s), Kate Crowley (Sidney Sussex) cox Thames RC
211 Op Sen Acad 4+ Cambridge University Jack Morley (Corpus Christi),Sam Taylor (Clare),Janik Schuttler (St. John’s),Will Liu (St. Catharine’s), Greg Denjean (Emmanuel) cox Crabtree
290 W Sen Acad 4- Cambridge University Maddie Jackson (St. Edmund’s ), Livia Lisi Vega (Downing), Molly Cushing (Churchill), Arden Berlinger (Pembroke) Thames RC
412 W Sen Acad 4+ Oxford University Verity Black (cox), Katie Wellstead, Alexia Lowe, Tina Macaulay, Tara Sallaba St Paul’s Sch
414 W Sen Acad 4+ Oxford University Vicky Fletcher (cox), Erika Dutton, Polina Danilina, Ruby Mullin, Grace Glover St Paul’s Sch
416 W Sen Acad 4+ Cambridge University Lauren Britten (Magdalene), Margaux Riley (Gonville and Caius), Charley Craig (Gonville and Caius), Beth Merrifield (Homerton), Charlotte Heeley (Gonville and Caius) cox Thames RC
419 W Sen Acad 4+ Cambridge University Chinazo Okeke (Emmanuel), Lucy Havard (Gonville and Caius), Lihani du Plessis (Newnham), Alice Baines (Magdalene), Sam Clark (Hughes Hall) cox Thames RC
420 W Sen Acad 4+ Oxford University Fin Jordan (cox), Jojo Blyth, Leah Harper, Harriet Cooper, Indigo Buckler St Paul’s Sch