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London, UK. 5th Dec, 2017. Boat Race Trial VIIIs (Eights) are the only opportunity either side have to race the full course from Putney to Mortlake with the Race Umpires, so provide an important test for rowers and coxes alike. They allow coaching teams to analyse the progression and potential and are often influential in final selection of crews for the Blue Boats. The first Trial Eights race was staged by Oxford 153 years ago in 1859 and Cambridge joined the tradition three years later in 1862. Credit: Duncan Grove/Alamy Live News
Boat Race Trial VIIIs (Eights) are the only opportunity either side have to race the full course from Putney to Mortlake with the Race Umpires, so provide an important test for rowers and coxes alike. They allow coaching teams to analyse the progression and potential and are often influential in final selection of crews for the Blue Boats. 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 crews for this year’s CUWBC (Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club Trial Eights are as follows: CUWBC Crew name: Wingardium Leviosa (Black sleeves, yellow hull). Darkin Carlotti Wesselmann Andrews Smith Sayre Goudet-Boukhatmi Grant Wrixon Crew name: Expecto Patronum. (White sleeves, white hull.) Caroe Perrin Pike Foster Barolak Zabell 7. Abigail Parker White Cox. Sophie Shapter
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