River Thames, UK. 13th December, 2015. Boat Race Trial VIIIs. Oxford University Boat Club. Trial VIIIs serve as an important learning experience and selection test for the sixteen rowers and two coxes chosen. It is the only occasion during the season that the squad members race side-by-side for the entire four and a quarter miles of the Championship Course in a simulation of The BNY Mellon Boat Race. The two Oxford crews taking to the water have been named ‘”Business” and “Pleasure”. Credit: Duncan Grove/Alamy Live News


Boat Race Trial VIIIs. Oxford University Boat Club. Trial VIIIs serve as an important learning experience and selection test for the sixteen rowers and two coxes chosen. It is the only occasion during the season that the squad members race side-by-side for the entire four and a quarter miles of the Championship Course in a simulation of The BNY Mellon Boat Race. The two Oxford crews taking to the water have been named ‘”Business” and “Pleasure”. Business (dark shirts) :- Bow) Thomas McGregor, 2) Charlie Thurston, 3) David Grant, 4) Rufus Stirling, 5) Leo Carrington, 6) Joshua Bugajski, 7) Will Geffen, Stroke) Nik Hazell, Cox) Olivia Cleary, Pleasure (white shirts, blue bibs):- Bow) Dominic Parr, 2) Guy Arnold, 3) George McKirdy, 4) James White, 5) Morgan Gerlak, 6) Ben McSweeney, 7) Jamie Cook, Stroke) Jorgen Tveit, Cox) Sam Collier


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