Last weekend five of our senior women went down to Henley to compete at Henley Women’s Regatta. Sarah, Harriet, Martha and Gigs were in the Aspirational Academic Coxless Fours and Nicole Lamb representing Sheffield in a composite boat in the Championship Eights. In order for the four to qualify for the race our girls had to complete a time trial, which they did in strong form, managing to qualify for the event. This was a big achievement as it’s the second time a purely SURC

SURC had a great weekend at BUCS Regatta which saw some fantastic racing and even a BUCS Medal. The Senior Women travelled to Nottingham this weekend to compete in BUCS regatta and came away with a number of exceptional results. Both the quad and the 1st eight were able to show there skill in the c finals of their respective categories which is the highest final the squad has achieved in living memory. As well as this the coxless 4 were able to come 10th in the championship c

After the unfortunate cancellation of White Rose Head, SURC paid a visit to the River Weaver and went head to head with Liverpool, Manchester and Lancaster. Despite the frustration of the cancellation, our Senior Women still went out with the same vigour and fight as they have done all season and pipped Manchester to the top spot in the eights by just 4 secs. This was one of the closest races yet and still demonstrates the SURC women’s dominance this term, maintaining our rec

SURC had a great time in York on Saturday, with members of all four squads taking part in BUCS Indoors. After a rocky start for the senior men at Dee Head 2 weeks ago, BUCS indoors proved a great success for the squad with the relay team (Sam Armistead, Matt Farrow, John Gunton and Luke Green) easily achieving a gold medal in a competitive field. In the individual events, our senior men picked up a bronze medal in the lightweight 2km championship (Matt Farrow) as well as 3 of

Our Senior Women came out fighting for the first race of the season. the squad showed an excellent attitude during pre-season and their lasting commitment paid dividends as they were able to finish 1st and 4th in the Band 2 Women’s Eights. Most notably, the ladies manged to pip a very experienced Royal Chester Crew to the line by 3 seconds which demonstrates the scale of the progress made this year. We hope to continue this winning trend as we move towards White Rose Head in