Boat Race History

• 2023 – Cambridge Men’s Blue Boat

About Brett:

What course are you studying and what level?

I am studying Medicine and am in my 5th year

Why did you chose that course?

I want to be a doctor

When, where and why did you start rowing? And what do you love about the sport?

I first started rowing indoors at primary school when they first started the club and wanted to join as my dad had rowed at school and university. I was better at the sport relative to the other sports I did at school which is the main reason I kept going with it

What was your first rowing club and coach?

Rob Roy Boat Club and Enya Meadows

What or who was the earliest sporting inspiration you remember as a child?

Probably coaches at school and the club

How has rowing and being part of the Boat Race squad impacted your life?

Has helped me make a lot of friends and kept me somewhat fit

If you weren’t a rower, what sport do you think you’d excel at?

I’d probably play more tennis

What is your favourite non-academic book?

With the End in Mind by Dr Kathryn Mannix

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