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 |