The Women's Boat Race Season 2018:
CUWBC Trial Eights
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River Thames between Putney and Mortlake
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The Trial Eights are the only opportunity either side have to race the full course Boat Race from Putney to Mortlake with the Race Umpires, so provide an important test for rowers and coxes alike; and allows both sets of coaching teams to analyse the progression and potential.
The first Trial Eights race was staged by Oxford 153 years ago in 1859 and Cambridge joined the tradition three years later in 1862. The first Trial Eights for the Women's Boat Race was in 2014, when their race moved from Henley to the Tideway.
The Trial Eights for Oxford and Cambridge were planned, as usual, to happen on the same day, but, due to injury, the event had to be postponed until January for OUWBC, and injuries on the Cambridge side made crew changes necessary.
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Expecto Patronum conjure up some Tideway magic to defeat Wingardium Leviosa
After triumphing in last year’s Boat Race, Rob Baker has been determined not to allow the momentum from a successful campaign to dwindle. Both of his Trial Eight crews were strong, packed full of experience and talent despite the notable omission of President Daphne Martschenko through illness.
The crews were named Expecto Patronum and Wingardium Leviosa, in a fairly obvious nod towards the Harry Potter series. Expecto Patronum won the toss and choose the Surrey station, which was a welcome boost after the loss of Paula Wesselmann earlier in the day.
Off the start, Leviosa were slightly quicker to reach the end of the Putney Embankment but the crews had drawn level by Barn Elms Boathouse. Keen to exploit their early bend advantage, Leviosa moved out to half a length passing Craven Cottage. Umpire Sir Matthew Pinsent repeatedly warned the Middlesex crew, as they made full and frank use of their station. The crews again converged passing Harrods Depository; Patronum showed the strength of their character to keep Leviosa in check before responding with a powerful push at Hammersmith Bridge. The composure of Patronum was evident as they drew longer and sat taller in choppier conditions passing St Paul’s School Boathouse, although they did incur the consistent wrath of Pinsent by continually slewing across the indistinguishable line that separates the two stations.
Patronum continued to draw away from Leviosa, establishing a clear-water advantage by Chiswick Eyot and pushing further ahead passing the Bandstand. Passing underneath Barnes Bridge, the lead became irreversible as Patronum controlled proceedings with a combination of impressive technique and questionable steering from Cox Sophie Shapter. Across the line, the result was given in favour of Expecto Patronum by two lengths.
Text with kind permission by The Boat Race Company
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Crew name: Wingardium Leviosa
Bow - Lucy Pike (Trinity Hall)
2 - Sarah Carlotti (Churchill)
3 - Pippa Darkin (Newnham)
4 - Emma Andrews (Pembroke)
5 - Tricia Smith (Christ’s)
6 - Larkin Sayre (Wolfson)
7 - Myriam Goudet-Boukhatmi (Lucy Cavendish)
Stroke - Imogen Grant (Trinity)
Cox - Sophie Wrixon (Darwin)Crew name: Expecto Patronum
Bow - Eve Caroe (Emmanuel)
2 - Millie Perrin (Trinity)
3 - Sally O Brien (Peterhouse)
4 - Laura Foster (Queens’)
5 - Kelsey Barolak (Homerton)
6 - Thea Zabell (Downing)
7 - Abigail Parker (Emmanuel)
Stroke - Alice White (Homerton)
Cox - Sophie Shapter (St Catherine’s) -
CUWBC Trial Eights (December 5, 2017)
OUWBC Trial Eights (January 21, 2018)Fixture CUWBC vs University of London BC (February 17, 2018)
Fixture OUWBC vs Molesey BC (March 4, 2018)The Cancer Research Women's Boat Race (March 24, 2018)
