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. 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 CUBC Trial Eights are as follows: CUBC Crew name: Goons. (Dark sleeved shirts). Bell Rees Sullivan Mitchell Letten Alizadeh 7. Spencer Furey Davidson CoxHugh Spaughton Crew name: Goblins. (White sleeved shirts). Harris Kasas 3. Tom Strudwick Kuenning Fisher Elwood Hurn Meeks CoxHugo Ramambason
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