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Excellence in coaching knows no gender: the Penny Chuter story
21st February 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
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The 2025 Boat Race Fixture Series: the full list
31st January 2025
Enjoy live invitational rowing racing ahead of the 2025 Boat Race: each year Oxford and Cambridge select top opponents from the UK and beyond for a series of short match races along the Boat Race course. Whether you’re a supporter, fan, pundit or just love a good day out, you’re in for some great racing action and this page will tell you how you can get involved.
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What’s the point in cities hosting major events?
27th January 2025
Iain Edmondson has had a career in legacies: making sure major events have clear and specific benefits that flow to host cities. He's now joined the Boat Race board to help us do a better job of hosting 'London's Party By The River'. Ever been curious about how these benefits are calculated? Read on.
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From the Pandemic to President- Luca Ferraro’s five year Boat Race journey.
24th January 2025
"For a lot of people, their potential runs a lot deeper than what they think" says Cambridge Men's President Luca Ferraro. How did the Covid era at CUBC affect his approach to rowing, and leadership?
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“The Boat Race is older than New Zealand as a country” – a Kiwi in Oxford
06th January 2025
Tom Mackintosh, the Oxford University Boat Club President for 2025, is a rarity. A President who has never rowed a Boat Race; a man who took Olympic gold in the eight, then moved into the single and won World Championship bronze in the slowest and loneliest of boats.
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Blending experiences to create a team culture – Annie Anezakis
04th December 2024
In conversation with Oxford's women's President, Annie Anezakis. From a Covid-disrupted undergraduate degree in the USA, to Graduate Entry at Oxford University.
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