This year it was Lancaster’s turn to host the Battle of the Roses. A 750m long course along the river Lune was the venue for the 9 head to head races. Lancaster dominated against rivals York, winning 8 of the 9 races. With 20 roses points available from 6 races, Lancaster picked up an impressive 16 points. Despite the heavy rain LUBC enjoyed a good days racing and was for many club members their first taste of regatta style racing.   

Women’s Senior IV - WON
Men’s Senior IV - lost
Women’s Novice IV - WON
Men’s Novice IV - WON
Women’s Senior VIII - WON
Men’s Senior VIII - WON
Women’s Fresher IV - WON
Men’s Fresher IV - WON

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Lancaster University Boat Club made the shot trip to Chester to compete in the North of England Head over the weekend. This event has become one of LUBC’s favourite event of the head season, with crews looking forward to racing. LUBC rowed well and gained great positions within their divisions. The Men's S4 VIII were the 14th fastest crew of the day. Here are the results: 

Men’s S4 VIII – 2nd
Women’s S4 VIII – 2nd
Men’s Novice VIII – 7th

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Club Captain - Bel Green

Men's Captain - Tom Bibby

Women's Captain - Katy Hignell

Novice Captain - Adam Tullburg

Club Secretary - Ole Idland

Press and Publicity Officers - Charlotte Watts and Mary Merritt-Smith

Equipment Officer - Mark McVeigh

Kit Officer - Ian Bousfield

Safety Adisver - Matt Jones

Treasurer - David Abel

Social Secretaries - Dan Reeve and Karl Mulcahy

LUBC’s Women’s 1st VIII made the trip down to London to race on the Thames in the Women’s Head of the River Race over the weekend. Unfortunately the crew was unable to row their LUBC boat they had trained in due to various unpredictable events. However this did not hamper the women, as they managed an impressive overall position of 128th from 268 crews. Within their S4 division this correlated to 16th out of 55 crews. Encouraging signs from a crew with many members new to the sport.  

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On Sunday Lancaster University Boat Club traveled down to Nottingham to take part in the BUSA Head race. This event was for many members their first taste of racing on the water. Novice crews raced on the 3km course, while senior crews on a 5km course. The LUBC Men’s Novice VIII came an impressive 12th from 28, while the Women’s Champ IV came 13th from 17.

Times and positions of LUBC crews:

Men’s Senior IV - 5k: 20:10 (18th from 24).
Men’s Senior VIII - 5k: 18:18 (17th from 22).
Men’s Novice VIII - 3k: 11.58 (12th from 28).
Men's Novice IV - 3k: 13.52 (13th from 15).

Women’s Champ VIII - 5k: 20.23 (12th from 15).
Women's Champ IV - 5k: 22.25(13th from 17).

LUBC hope to build on the results at BUSA and looking forward to the rest of the Head season.

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Over the weekend Lancaster University Boat Club competed in its first event of the year, the British Indoor Erg Championships at Birmingham National Indoor Arena. For many LUBC members this was their first experience of racing. All members took part in individual 2km races with many promising times being recorded. In the team event (8x1000m) BUSA men came in 7th from 20 with a time of 3:18.4, BUSA Fresher men came 4th from 7 with 3:25.0. The Women's crew came home with their first medal of the year with a second place from 15 with a time of 3:50.4. A great first event of the year for LUBC.

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