Manchester University Boat Club
After a season of three-word slogans, lockdowns, tiers, and isolation, it is with a great sense of pride that I am sitting here writing this race report. We have, like all boat clubs, faced a great many challenges over the last two years. It is then a real testament to the dedication of those athletes […]
A much anticipated return to the National Water Sport Centre saw a tremendous weekend of racing for MUBC at BUCS Regatta 2021. DAY 1: Despite some gloomy conditions on the water, three crews ventured out on the first day to put in a very strong effort to kick off the campaign. First up was the […]
Executive Committee President Lucy Loughlan Secretary Matthew Layton Treasurer Miara Pipe Captain Stan Schofield Auxiliary Committee Safety and Equipment Officer Tegan Pooley Press Relations and Fundraising Secretary Danny Crofton Wellbeing Officer Rebecca Meenagh Social Secretary Lauren Auchterlonie Recreational Rowing Officer Darioush Jalili Vice Captain (Coxes) Chloe Coomasaru Vice Captain (Senior Men) Ben Gompertz Vice Captain […]
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The upcoming season is shaping up to be a unique experience but is one that we are confident will be massively rewarding. Looking to build on strong foundations set in 2019/20, we are set to continue the ever-increasing success of the club and would love to take you with us on our journey. We are […]
This weekend saw our Senior squads race at BUCS head in Newcastle. Unfortunately due to high winds, the novice divisions had to be cancelled. After a 4 start, both squads headed up to Newcastle, and after rigging the boats everyone boated in good spirits for the first division First up was the women’s intermediate 8+. […]
Sunday 24th November saw us go back to Runcorn to race down the 750m time trial course at Novice Race Day. Hosted by Liverpool University Boat Club. As always it was a great day, which provided our novice crews with their first taste of racing, as well as the opportunity to learn essential skills such […]
Saturday the 9th of November saw all of our squads do incredibly well at BUCS indoors, hosted at Leed university. The day started off with the men’s open weight 2k, in which we had four entrants. They all put in very good performances with Felix Rummel and Tom Bobrowski securing first and second place retrospectively […]
UMIST Boat Club (as it was then called) was founded in November 1994 when UMIST changed its partnership with the University of Manchester and was required to establish independent sports teams from Manchester University. Prior to the foundation of UMIST Rowing Club, UMIST students used to compete as Manchester University, UMIST contributed about 20% of […]
Executive Committee President – Miles McEwan Degree- Material science and Engineering. Rowing history- Miles joined MUBC in 2016, having learnt to row at Bedford Modern School in 2011. Whilst his rowing performance peaked at 16 when he medalled at the National Schools’ Regatta, Miles is a veteran at the club with this being his third […]