Wolfson College Boat Club (Cambridge)

💥HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE REPORT💥

The 2026 Head of the River Race was a great success for the Wolfson Men this year. On a bright and slightly blustery but thankfully dry day, Wolfson M1 took to the Tideway and improved on their 2025 time (20:55.5) by over 30s (20:24.9). The day wasn’t without its drama, as a last minute substitute was needed, and thankfully WCBC’s own Hannah Robson was able to wolf down enough porridge and don a spare uni-suit (thanks Rob) and pair of Oakleys (thanks Josh) to allow us to row the full 6.8km without a hitch. It was a great way to top off an already incredible Lent Term 2026🙌🏻 A massive thank you from us all goes out to Andrew for coaching us whilst Ollie is preparing his Lightweight Women’s crew for the Boat Race this Saturday, and to Angelika for coming into the set-up and coxing us for the event. Bring on next term!😎💪🏻

💥W1 Lent Bumps 2026💥

Catch W1 racing in the W2 division on Tue (16:00), Thu, Fri and Sat (all 14:40)!💥
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Coach: Charalampos Michalakakis
From: Kythira, Greece
Secret skill: spies don’t spill their secrets🕵️

Cox: Jonny Rutherford
From: Warwick, UK
Secret skill: I have a Green belt in Jiu Jitsu!🥋

Stroke: Guðrún (Rune) Diljá Agnarsdóttir
From: Reykjavík, Iceland
Secret skill: I play the violin🎻

7: Hannah Snow
From: Somerset, UK
Secret skill: Before rowing, I played field hockey since I was 8🏑

6: Ellie Kent
From: Kent, UK
Secret skill: a kareoke queen!🎤

5: Louise Cavanagh
From: Hertfordshire
Secret skill: doing the worm/making whatsapp stickers🪱

4: Liz Mondry
From: Germany
Secret skill: great at flipping pancakes🥞

3: Aline Van Driessche
From: Belgium
Secret skill: I play the saxophone🎷

2: Francesca Eichacker
From: Germany/Italy
Secret skill: I can write with my left hand!!!✍️

Bow: F***y Seizilles
From: Paris, France
Secret skill: will bore everyone with stories about Bumps campaigns from the last 4 years🚣

💥M1 Lent Bumps 2026💥

Catch M1 racing in the O2 division on Tue (16:40), Thu, Fri and Sat (all 15:20)😎
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Coach: Oliver James
From: Stevenage, England
Fun fact: has a gold medal from the Rio paralympics as a cox🥇

Cox: Seravi Silva Harris
From: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fun fact: I can make calls in a Hermione Granger accent😎

Stroke: Struan Tait
From: England
Fun fact: been vegan since 2020🌱

7: Rohan Arora
From: Singapore
Fun fact: immune to blisters🩹

6: Gregory Mak
From: United States
Fun fact: I’ve walked on shipwrecks 100m under the sea🤿

5: William Pizii
From: Hereford
Fun fact: I’ve got 18 bumps (so far!)🚣

4: Benjamin Wishart
From: Australia
Fun fact: born and raised in Hong Kong🇭🇰

3: Tom Hollingsworth
From: Dorset
Fun fact: briefly front-page news in Varsity thanks to a college room hot tub party🛁

2: Aidan Michael McSharry
From: Kent, England
Fun fact: cat whisperer🐈

Bow: Ali Ross
From: Cornwall, UK
Fun fact: I have never been bumped during a regatta!🙅🏼‍♀️

💥W2 Lent Bumps 2026💥

Catch W2 racing in the W3 division on Tue and Wed at 14:40, and Fri and Sat at 13:20🤩
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Coach: Fredrik Rømming
From: Oslo, Norway
Secret skill: factory games🏭

Cox: Angelika Kwiatkowska
From: Lublin, Poland
Fun fact: broke my hand so often playing handball I accidentally became slightly ambidextrous🤾

Stroke: Sasha Hammond
From: London
Fun fact: I am a pilates instructor as a side hustle🧘‍♀️

7: Hannah Robson
From: Wiltshire
Secret skill: beating Pneumonia in time for Bumps😷

6: Ellie Hinds
From: Hertfordshire
Secret skill: boat races ;)

5: Cass Dawson
From: Aotearoa, New Zealand
Secret skill: sheep shagging🐑

4: Elizabeth Zazycki
From: Chicago, United States
Secret skill: rowing with a broken arm🤕

3: Olga Garcia Gallego
From: Spain
Fun fact: I have been living in the UK for almost a decade and I still can’t pronounce the word squirrel🐿️

2: Nena Nurbhai
From: Cambridge
Fun fact: I can do 21 pushups💪🏻

Bow: Talia Elgie
From: Hampshire, UK and Catalonia, Spain
Secret skill: organising subs🚣

Injured W2 member: Emma Helman
From: Toronto, Canada
Fun fact: I’m obsessed with teaching people the incorrect Cadillac ranch line dance🕺

💥M2 Getting on Race💥

M2 took part in the Getting on Race last Friday and had a great time but did not get on for this Bumps campaign. Not to worry, as you will certainly catch them in the May Bumps next term😎 The line up below is the crew that took part in the GoR!
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Coach: Andrew Knight
From: Cambridge
Fun fact: national finalist in Ballroom and Latin💃

Cox: Jia Rong P**n
From: Singapore
Fun fact: I can sleep through fire alarms and in construction sites😴

Stroke: David Gee
From: Alton, Hampshire
Fun fact: Ginger, left-handed and doesn’t like chocolate🍫

7: Jonas Jürß
From: Überlingen, Germany
Fun fact: looking for outing subs on Hinge🥰

6: César Noel Hernández Rivera
From: El Salvador
Fun fact: I broke my right arm three times as a child🩼

5: Leo Morad
From: London
Fun fact: N/A😶‍🌫️

4: Johnson Oh
From: Tokyo/Shanghai/Hong Kong
Fun fact: I’m great at planking💪🏻

3: Carmine Gargiulo
From: Italy
Fun fact: powered by coffee, driven by strokes☕️

2: Keane Farley
From: Johannesburg, South Africa
Fun fact: I do hard ergs to country music🤠

Bow: Francis Quinn
From: England, Newcastle Upton tyne
Fun fact: getting a PhD in synchronised movement and a minor in sleep deprivation📚

💥W3 Getting on Race💥

W3 took part in the Getting on Race last Friday and unfortunately did not get on, but they made history for WCBC as the first Wolfson W3 crew to take part in the GoR💥 This was the line up for the race:
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Coach: David Richardson
From: Yorkshire
Fun fact: I’m building an aircraft in my spare time✈️

Coach: Charles Norman
From: Henley-on-Thames
Fun fact: I love cross country skiing⛷️

Cox: Lucy Zhou
From: Sydney, Australia
Fun fact: I got a motorcycle licence just so I could update the photo on my driver’s licence🏍️

Stroke: Kyara De Oliveira Taborda
From: London
Secret skill: running 42km🏃‍♀️

7: Aparajita Naik
From: India
Fun fact: I’m imnune to caffeine, so most days I survive on sheer will power (and cake)💪🏻

6: Laura Jeffrey
From: Cambridge
Fun fact: Unlike most rowers, I feel most at home on the erg!💥

5: Basma AlGhamdi
From: Saudi Arabia
Fun fact: I wouldn’t mind eating plain yoghurt for the rest of my life, it’s my favourite food ever!🍽️

4: Andrea Sainz
From: Santander, Spain
Fun fact: I played handball in the national league🤾

3: Krissie Costa
Kindly joined us from Queen’s College Boat Club!

2: Irene Cecilia Soto Bajo
From: Madrid, Spain
Fun fact: I have been attacked by monkeys twice

Bow: Madeleine Brown
From: North Yorkshire
Secret skill: swimming in the Cam in December🥶