Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club

Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club (CULRC) was the University rowing club for lightweight male oarsmen at the University of Cambridge, principally to race against Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club (OULRC) annually in the Lightweight Men's Boat Race.

Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club

Location	Cambridge, United Kingdom
Home water	River Cam and River Great Ouse
Founded	1974 (1974)[1]
Affiliations	British Rowing
Website	www.culrc.org.uk
Acronym	CULRC
Events
Henley Boat Races
Notable members
Roderick Chisholm (rower) Nick English Tom Middleton Mark Aldred Simon Case

In April 2020 it was agreed that CULRC would combine with the openweight men's club CUBC and the women's club CUWBC into one club.^[2] The merger took place on 1 August 2020. CUBC now selects a lightweight men's Blue Boat from the men's squad to represent Cambridge at the Lightweight Boat Races.

History

The club was founded in 1974 by Richard Bates and raced against Oxford in 1975.^[3] These races were the basis on which the Henley Boat Races were later founded. For more than twenty five years Robert Greatorex presided over the club. In recent years, the club fielded two crews each year, the lightweight Blue Boat and Granta, the lightweight reserve crew. The reserve boat, Granta, raced Oxford's equivalent, Nephthys, from 2000 until 2007 and restarted racing Oxford in a pairs race in recent years.

For a brief period in 1999 - 2002 there was an active old boys club "Farmer" whose finest race was beating the 1999 Nephthys crew by 2L.^{[citation needed]}

The Blue Boat crew have the right to wear a distinctive uniform. As a half blue sport, they wear a unique Cambridge blue and white striped blazer with the club insignia on the chest pocket. This blazer design has been retained by the Blue Boat upon merger with CUBC. Blue Boat oarsmen who go on to win a round of the Temple Challenge Cup or Prince Albert Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in the same season as their Boat Race are awarded Discretionary Full Blues and are entitled to wear a Cambridge blue blazer with the club insignia on the chest pocket. Granta members who race in the Reserve race against Nepthys are entitled to wear the Granta Colours blazer, the same design as the Blue Boat but without the club insignia on the chest pocket.

Past Crews

This is a list of CULRC/CUBC crews who have raced the men's lightweight boat race against Oxford ^{[4][5][6] [7]}

Date	Result	Winning time	Winning margin (lengths)	Crew (rowers are listed left to right in boat position from bow to stroke, followed by the cox)
1975	Won			R. Bates, T, Rossiter, N. Burnet, D. Reddaway, D. Dumbell, R. Greatorex, J. Barter, M. Archer, A Elgood
1976	Lost			P. Summers, P. Watson, M. Rockel, I. Pritchard, F. Suess, R. Greatorex, J. Watson, J. Hare, A. Narula
1977	Lost			I. Pritchard, W. Bradbury, J. Hutton, D. Jennings, P. Summers, J. Hare, F. Suess, P. Watson, J. Till
1978	Won	5:48	+2⁄3	P. Ainsworth, B. Booth, N. Thomas, S. Phillips, A. Parks, P. Munro-Faure, P. Watson, A. Hay, P. Smith
1979	Won	5.39	+2⁄3	J. Chauncy, S. Trowell, A. Dunlop, B. Booth, J. Ambrose, D. Jennings, C. Hyatt, S. Worth, A. Bustany
1980	Won		2	Steve Jones, Steve Brown, Simon Bowden, Ian Nissenbaum, Neil Smilth, Dale Jennings, Tony Williams, Rob Robinson, Alan Bustany
1981	Won		Canvas	Rob Howlett, Rory Seaton, Simon Bowden, Steve Brown, Simon Cole, Charlie Winslade, Steve Jones, Chris Harris, Joe Sell
1982	Won		1⁄3	Jeremy Arnold, Ian Brown, James Cox, Chris Harris, Ewen Wigley, Ric Paige, Dave Pocock, Steve Jones, Julien Hartley
1983	Won	6:53	3	Adrian Manning, John Stephenson, Ed Piggott, Richard Millett, David McGinnis, Tim Lucas, Steve Jones, Guy Eastaugh, Henry Dunlop
1984	Won		1+1⁄3	Jeremy H.Boardman, Tim Raffle, Nicholas E.S.Bugg, Martin White, Stephen Kirkpatrick, Stephen Williams, John Stebbing, Neil S.P..Blundell, Henry W. Dunlop.
1985	Won		6 ft	Piers Copham, Andrew Hobart, Bruce Braithwaite, David Wright, Andrew Kelly, Martin White, Roberto Townshend, Paul Sansome, Andrew Holmes
1986	Won		2	Mark Binns, Ian Cammack, Andrew Hobart, Jerry Dawes, Henry Elkington, Julian Hanson, Rod Peters, Chris Jacob, John Benford
1987	Won	6:09	1⁄2	Charlie Rowley, John Wilson, Mark Ingham, David Calder, Richard Morgan, James Irvine, Jeremy Dawes, Rod Hiorns, Keven Mentzel
1988	Won	5:50	1⁄2	B. Potterill, A.C King, A.D Oberreit, R.P.D Foster, P.J Gordon, R.E Hiorns, A.G Hobart, J.P.H Entwisle, Miss J.A Horne
1989	Won	5:51	4+1⁄2	P.H Gillespie, C.I Pritchard, A.J Rowell, D.R.P Vye, C.J Meyrick, M Cross, B.R Potterill, R.P.D Foster, N Harris
1990	Won	6:40	4+3⁄4	P.H Gillespie, A.J Bird, D.J Lipson, A.R Wiliams, D.M.P Height, A.G Goyder, T.W Owen, C.I. Pritchard, K.V Haslett
1991	Won	6:39	1⁄3	P Woodburn, R Rayward, J Milne, M Dickinson, R Williams, R Quickfall, S Johns, M Tovell, R Reeve
1992	Lost	5:40	2+1⁄2	D.H.B Burgess, A.R Kennedy, P.J Woodburn, R.P Tett, N.L.G Hopley, J.S Riley, A.H.R Stewart, M Tovell, F Pritchard
1993	Won	5:39	1⁄2	S.A.S Walker, C.K Vincent, S.C.R Donne, S Jose, A.J Kuropatwa, C Harris, D.H.R Burgess, M.J Webb, S.Patel
1994	Lost	5:35	3⁄4	Andy Jones, George Gilbert, Hari Jayram, Tim Rollingsonn, Zac Peake, Matt Webb, Sim Fuller, Oliver Kuropatwa, Ian Cragg-Hine
1995	Won	5:29	1⁄3	Mike Lea, Dan Oldfield, J. Smallwood, Matt Rayham, M.R Clarke, Rod Chisholm, Matt Webb, Wayne Baker, Laura Marx
1996	Lost	NRO disq		Charlie Tavener, Tom Killick, Tom Middleton, Mike "Buck" Rogers, Hari Jayaram, Edwin Truesdale, Jamie Sporle, Bruce Perry, Jason Yeung
1997	Lost	5:49	1	Jon Key, Tom Killick, Dave Lowish, Martin Hoather, Trond Bustnes, Justin Slater, Dan Darley, Bruce Perry, Zack Taylor
1998	Won	5:45	1⁄2	David Tait, Marten Brelen, Bruce Perry, Alex O'Reilly, Nick de Pennington, Martin Hoather, Tom Latter, Tom Killick, Laura Watkins
1999	Lost	5:31	1+1⁄2	James Porter, David Tait, Dave Lowish, Mike Rogers, Nick de Pennington, Matt Arnold, Tom Latter, Matt Newland, Brad Parr
2000	Won	5:40	2	Chris Wright, Alex Aiken, Pete Forester, Luke Lewis, Garan Jenkin, Jamie Bottomley, Nick English, Jon Hickey, Alice Johnson-Marshall
2001	Won	6:33	4	Alex Brooks, Chris Morgan, Andy Adams, Alex Knott, Nick English, Jamie Bottomley, Charlie Bourne, Alex Higham, Eleanor Griggs
2002	Lost	5:21	2	Rob Ennals, Oli Watkins, Simon Case, Alex Higham, Lawrence Taylor, Ian Craig, Charles Bourne, Jamie Bottomley, Vanessa Murrie
2003	Lost	5:55	1+1⁄4	Alex Summers, Joe Grundy, Jeremy Boote, Charlie Reid, Alex Hamilton, Doug Perrin, Lawrence Taylor, Owen Richards, Holly Rogers
2004	Lost	5:36	1⁄2	Doug Perrin, Alex Summers, Andy Hudson, Geoff Ball, Simon Kerr, Nick Armitage, Geoff Roberts, Tom Dyson, Rebecca Dowbiggin
2005	Lost	5:51	3	Colin Prue, Alex Summers, Simon Evans, John Winny, Tim Perera, John Prendergast, George Wallis, Tom Dyson, Dyfan Howells
April 1, 2006	Lost	5:18	2+1⁄4	Rafael Mora, Ed Pain, Emmanuel Moll, Jon Winny, John Davies, Will Buttinger, Ian Sealey, Callum Stewart
April 1, 2007	Lost	3:44	1	Christopher Kerr, Sam Thompson, Ian Sealey, James Fulcher, George Blessley, Jon Stockton, Charlie Pitt-Ford, Will Calvert, Dave White
March 23, 2008	Lost	6:15	2+1⁄2	John Kyffin, James Fulcher, Ben Thomas, Peter Herrick, Alex Markham, George Blessley, Mark Aldred, Christopher Kerr, Ted Randolph
March 22, 2009	Won	5:49	3	Christopher Kerr, John Kiely, Alistair Chappelle, Mark Aldred, George Blessley, John Hale, Iain Rist, Donald Evans, Elizabeth Box
March 28, 2010	Won	5:28	2 ft	Christopher Kerr, Matt Lawes, Christopher Bellamy, Iain Rist, Charlie Pitt-Ford, Tom Coker, Alistair Chappelle, John Hale, Ruth Coverdale
March 27, 2011	Lost	5:54	Canvas	Sam Blackwell, Charlie Adams, Rupert Price, Sam Hayes, Christopher Bellamy, John Hale, Piran Tedbury, Olli Lupton, Katie Phillips
March 25, 2012	Won	6:00	3⁄4	James Wedlake, Martin Kubie, Simon Morris, Matthew White, Charlie Pitt-Ford, Piran Tedbury, Rupert Price, Nicolas Kernick, Michael Hook
March 24, 2013	Lost	6:49	1+2⁄3[8]	William Handy, Christopher Kerr, Nikodem Szumilo, Nicolas Kernick, Andrzej Hunt, James Wedlake, Simon Morris, William Kenyon, Jonathon Dean[9]
March 30, 2014	Won	5:30	3+1⁄2[10]	Greg Street, Emanuel Malek, James Green, Andrei Lebed, Nikodem Szumilo, William Hayes, Giovanni Bergamo Andreis, Andrzej Hunt, Callum Mantell[11]
April 5, 2015	Won	5:55	4 ft[12]	Tim Rademacher, Thomas Wileman, Moritz Matthey, Lawrence Clare, Charlie Cullen, Archie Wood, Raffaele Nicholas Russo, Tom Chess, Alistair Nelson[13]
March 19, 2016	Won	6:19[14]	Easily[15]	Ben Mackworth, Thomas Wileman, Jamie Brown, Sam Philpott, Theo Clark, Charlie Cummins, Charlie Cullen, Giovanni Bergamo Andreis, Sneha Naik[16]
March 26, 2017	Won	6:07	1+3⁄4	Chris Jones, Robbie Sewell, Zenas van Veldhoven, Charlie Cummins, Ben Mackworth, Sam Philpott, Jamie Brown*, Giovanni Bergamo Andreis, Dom Hall
March 19, 2018	Won	6:26	1⁄3	Calum McRae, Julian Sproßmann, Zenas van Veldhoven*, Neil Paul, Theo Weinberger, Felix Koninx, Ben Mackworth, Sam Philpott, Juliet Armstrong
March 23, 2019	Lost	17:44	2+1⁄4	Peter Taylor, Teague Smith, Freddie Markanday, Sam Armstrong, Daumantas Kavolis, Tom Roe*, Jonathan Vibhishanan, Michael Diggin, Jack Mason
March 15, 2020	Lost	18:50	3+1⁄2	Luke Andrews, Matthew Edge, James Crossley, Eytan Cortissos, Daumantas Kavolis, James Lee, Ben Wood, Teague Smith*, Jamie Bailey
May 23, 2021	Lost	14:19	1+1⁄2	Cameron Mackenzie, Fred Gillard, Sam Kitto, Eytan Cortissos*, Freddie Scott, Rob Peacock, Calum McRae, Matthew Edge, Holly Beveridge
March 20, 2022	Won	18:01	5	Harry Fieldhouse, Zuhri James, Freddie Markanday, Orlando Morley, Ed Townsend, Cameron Mackenzie, Ben Wood, Matthew Edge*, Felix Craig-McFeely
March 20, 2023	Won	18:17	11	Thomas Heppel, Sam Taylor, Sam Clarke, Joe Holey, Gianluca Vartan, Harry Fieldhouse*, Ben Jones, Lewis Gray, Tteja Senthilnathan
March 29, 2024	Won	20:15	5.5	Emile Czernuszka, Sam Taylor, Gianluca Vartan, Harry Fieldhouse, Ben Jones*, Freddie Markanday, Thomas Heppel, Lewis Gray, Ben Harding
April 12, 2025	Won	17:34	4.5	Jeremy Wilkinson, Gianluca Maffi*, Will Morris, Josh Moore, Ben Isherwood, Janik Schüttler, Theo Hatcher, James Richards, Isabella Fiske-Harrison

• Denotes President

Reserve crews (Granta)

This is a list of CULRC/CUBC Granta crews who have raced the Lightweight Reserve Race against Oxford.

Date	Result	Race Type	Winning time	Winning margin (lengths)	Crew (rowers are listed left to right in boat position from bow to stroke, followed by the cox)
2000	Won	VIII	5:50	2.75	A.P Harrison, M. Lovett, P.W.J Rutland, D. Howard, G.D.R Garforth-Bles, C.J Morgan, C.G.F Bourne, S.R Sutton, E.C Grose
2001	Lost	VIII		1.5	T.A.W Jarratt, J.E.H Smith, J.E.N Price, D. Tinkler, C. Sugihara, E. Richardson, R. Muir, A.J Gilmore, C.R Bolton
2002	Lost	VIII	5:33	2	M.B Suret, J.W Grundy, A.J Barr, A.F Ford, G.J Brook, J.D Wright, T.W Rose, J.P D'Arcy, E. Nesbit
2003	Won	VIII	6:19	2.75	Mel Harbour, Tim Steele, Ross Cook, Ed Peacock, Andy Rankin, Ross Williamson, James Wright, Edd Knowles, Ellen Nisbet
2004	Lost	VIII	5:45	Canvas	G.W Wallis, G. Sills, P.D Allen, J.R Third, P.E Hayball, C.A.F Read, N.R Thornton, T.C Keeling, S.C Daniell
2005	Lost	VIII	6:07	4.5	E. Moll, A.D Twigg, N.P.J Grafton-Green, J.R.W Hewitt, P.E Hayball, J.C Williams, E. Deadman, E.J Farnell, L. Preece
2006	Lost	VIII	5:26	5	G. Matmon, C.P.L Meakins, J.C Williams, S. Pancratz, A. Hegarty, D. Reading-Picopoulos, C.J Kerr, G.J.A Hughes, C.H Logan
2016	Won	IVx-		2[17]	Barney Plummer, James Green, Haofeng Xu, Brennan Heames
2017	Won	VIII	5:38	3.5[18]	Jon Swain, Ed Nash, Sam Pettinger-Harte, James Wood, Jake Rowe, Hugo Ventham, George Hawkswell, Nicholas Rice, Juliet Armstrong
2018	Won	IV+	7:24	1	Jonathan Shoesmith, Nicholas Rice, Hugo Ventham, Thomas Roe, Catriona Bourne Swinton Hunter
2019	Lost	2-			Jan Helmich, Matt Webb
2020	Lost	2-		Canvas	Eryk Sokolowski, Jack Reid
2021	Lost	2-		1	Luke Andrews, Alexander Miscampbell
2022	Won	2-		2	Hal Barrow, Gianluca Maffi
2023	Won	2-		5	Gianluca Maffi, Jack Saville
2024	Won	2-		4	Will Liu, Jack Morley
2025	Won	2-		Easily	Alex Tocher, Peter Crossley

International representation

• 2016 Rio — Mark Aldred GBR LM4-
• 2014 World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam — Mark Aldred GBR LM4- - Bronze
• 2013 World Rowing Championships, Chungju — Mark Aldred GBR LM2- - Bronze
• 2012 London — Roderick Chisholm (rower) Aus LM2x - 13th place ^[19]
• 2008 Beijing — Roderick Chisholm (rower) Aus LM4- - 9th place ^[19]
• 2004 Athens — Nick English GB LM4- - 13th place ^[20]
• 2000 Sydney — Tom Middleton GB LM2x - 14th place ^[21]

See also

• University rowing (UK)
• Cambridge University Combined Boat Club - responsible for the day-to-day running of college rowing in Cambridge
• Cambridge University Women's Boat Club
• Cambridge University Boat Club