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
6ft
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
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
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 (Caius), M. Lovett (Clare), P.W.J Rutland (Girton), D. Howard (Corpus Christi), G.D.R Garforth-Bles (Sidney Sussex), C.J Morgan (Christ's), C.G.F Bourne (Trinity Hall), S.R Sutton (Sidney Sussex), E.C Grose (Corpus Christi)
2001
Lost
VIII
1.5
T.A.W Jarratt (St Edmund's), J.E.H Smith (Clare), J.E.N Price (Fitzwilliam), D. Tinkler (Downing), C. Sugihara (Corpus Christi), E. Richardson (Downing), R. Muir (Queens'), A.J Gilmore (Clare), C.R Bolton (Caius)
2002
Lost
VIII
5:33
2
M.B Suret (Clare), J.W Grundy (Trinity), A.J Barr (St Catharine's), A.F Ford (Fitzwilliam), G.J Brook (St Edmund's), J.D Wright (Trinity Hall), T.W Rose (Trinity), J.P D'Arcy (Pembroke), E. Nesbit (Darwin)
2003
Won
VIII
6:19
2.75
Mel Harbour (Peterhouse), Tim Steele (Robinson), Ross Cook (St Catharine's), Ed Peacock (Trinity), Andy Rankin (Emmanuel), Ross Williamson (Trinity Hall), James Wright (Trinity Hall), Edd Knowles (Emmanuel), Ellen Nisbet (Darwin)
2004
Lost
VIII
5:45
Canvas
G.W Wallis (St John's), G. Sills (Trinity), P.D Allen (Jesus), J.R Third (Corpus Christi), P.E Hayball (Queens'), C.A.F Read (Magdalene), N.R Thornton (Girton), T.C Keeling (St John's), S.C Daniell (Girton)
2005
Lost
VIII
6:07
4.5
E. Moll (Peterhouse), A.D Twigg (King's), N.P.J Grafton-Green (Peterhouse), J.R.W Hewitt (Girton), P.E Hayball (Queens'), J.C Williams (Corpus Christi), E. Deadman (St Catharine's), E.J Farnell (Churchill), L. Preece (Trinity Hall)
2006
Lost
VIII
5:26
5
G. Matmon (St Edmund's), C.P.L Meakins (Homerton), J.C Williams (Corpus Christi), S. Pancratz (Trinity), A. Hegarty (Jesus), D. Reading-Picopoulos (Clare), C.J Kerr (St Catharine's), G.J.A Hughes (Corpus Christi), C.H Logan (Sidney Sussex)
Jon Swain (Clare), Ed Nash (Caius), Sam Pettinger-Harte (Selwyn), James Wood (Trinity Hall), Jake Rowe (Trinity) (Granta Captain), Hugo Ventham (Homerton), George Hawkswell (Caius), Nicholas Rice (Magdalene), Juliet Armstrong (Trinity)
2018
Won
IV+
7:24
1
Jonathan Shoesmith (Peterhouse), Nicholas Rice (Magdalene), Hugo Ventham (Homerton), Thomas Roe (Emmanuel), Catriona Bourne Swinton Hunter (Magdalene)
2019
Lost
2-
Jan Helmich (Trinity Hall), Matt Webb (Robinson)
2020
Lost
2-
Canvas
Eryk Sokolowski (Fitzwilliam), Jack Reid (Girton)
2021
Lost
2-
1
Luke Andrews (Caius), Alexander Miscampbell (Queens')
2022
Won
2-
2
Hal Barrow (Corpus Christi), Gianluca Maffi (Downing)
2023
Won
2-
5
Gianluca Maffi (Downing), Jack Saville (King's)
2024
Won
2-
4
Jack Morley (Corpus Christi), Will Liu (St Catharine's)
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