Manchester University Boat Club
On Saturday 21st February, Trafford Rowing Club hosted the Head of the Bridgewater, welcoming clubs from across the region to race over the 3.2km course on the Bridgewater Canal. MUBC fielded five crews on our home stretch of water, producing a series of strong results across the day. The day began promisingly, with the sun […]
It might be the start of Semester 2 but our 25/26 committee have been hard at work so far this year! President – Matt MaceSocial Anthropology – 3rd Year Secretary – Sarah SharkeyMedicine – 3rd Year Treasurer – Neerav PatelElectrical and Electronic Engineering – 3rd Year Club Captain – Cajsa JönssonMedicine – 3rd Year Senior […]
As the academic year and 24/25 rowing season started to wind down, it was once again time for our annual summer ball. For the second year in a row, MUBC headed to Voco Hotel, Manchester to celebrate the success and progress of the past year! Here is a small selection of photos (more to come!):
Over early May bank holiday weekend (3rd-5th May), MUBC headed back to Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham for BUCS Regatta!! Here is the rundown from our captains: Senior Men The Senior Men’s 8+ were first to race, hitting the water with the excitement of being able to execute what they had been putting into practice since […]
Over the Easter break, MUBC headed to the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham for our annual pre-BUCS regatta training camp. With over 50 rowers in attendance it was a great opportunity to get those miles in and perfect those regatta starts!! Here are some photos!
A couple of weekends ago the men headed down to London for the final race of the 24/25 head season!! With over 3,000 rowers battling it out on the Tideway this was our biggest race of the season thus far. After the long drive down from Manchester, the Senior Men headed out for a Friday […]
Despite a lack of photographic evidence, the club had an incredibly successful weekend at Royal Chester Rowing Club, with the novice women’s first 8 Securing 1st place!! The senior women’s and senior composite 8’s also did incredibly, both come second in their bands. Unfortunately, due to damage to the boat, the novice men were unable […]
Over the weekend the women’s squads headed down to London to race the Women’s 8’s Head of the River Race 2025. It was the first time since 2022 that MUBC have been able to attend and considering it is the biggest women’s rowing race in the world it was a much anticipated race and the […]
On Saturday (29th February) the senior and novice men’s squads headed back to runcorn for another race. The sun was out and the boys were ready and raring to row the 6k, a great opportunity to prepare for HORR in a couple of weeks time. The day started with division 1 where we saw the […]
On the 22nd and 23rd of February, the squads were meant to be headed up to Newcastle for a weekend of racing at BUCS 4s and 8s head with the seniors competing on the Saturday and novices on the Sunday. However, due to forecasted winds of up to 50mph on Sunday (not to mention the […]