Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club

The 2009 VIIIs summer season ended with a great race to the line on Wednesday in The Temple Challenge Cup at Henley, against a very quick crew from Queens University Belfast.

CULRC has appointed Dave White as head coach for the 2009-10 season. Dave was the CULRC blue boat cox in 2007 and has been assistant coach for the 2008 and 2009 boat race campaigns. Dave will be working closely with Neil West, the CULRC performance director and other members of the CULRC performance committee.

Cambridge confirmed their position as the best lightweight student rowers in the country at the British Universities Championships. The VIII cruised through the heats and then put in a relaxed performance in the final to win by 4 clear lengths over Imperial who were followed by Birmingham, Nottingham, Oxford and Durham. The eight was the full Boat Race winning crew of Chris Kerr, John Kiely, Alistair Chappelle, Mark Aldred, George Blessley, John Hale, Iain Rist, Donald Evans and cox Liz Box.

CULRC beat OULRC in the 34th Lightweight Boat Race. In the golden afternoon sunshine of Henley, Cambridge rowed away from Oxford to win by three lengths in a time of 5:49.

CULRC's sole objective is to race and beat Oxford in the annual Men's Lightweight Boat Race held in Henley upon Thames.
We aim to attract the best lightweight or potential lightweight oarsmen and coxes in Cambridge.

Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club (CULRC) was founded in 1974 and has raced the Oxford lightweights in March or April every year since 1975.
Beating Oxford in the Henley Boat Races is the principal aim of the club, and we have done so on 21 of the 35 races so far.