Oxford Brookes University Boat Club

BROOKES RACE TO THREE PODIUM FINISHES AT European Universities Rowing Championship 2026 🇫🇷

The Women’s 8 kicked off the first race of the day repeating their performance in the prelim with a silver medal 🥈

The Men’s Four followed that up with a bronze medal 🥉

The Men’s Double raced in the B Final finishing second before they raced later in the Men’s 8.

The last race of the day for Brookes saw the Men’s Eight produce a back-to-back storming performance to win the gold medal 🥇

We would like to congratulate the 20 Oxford Brookes University athletes, past and present, on their selection for the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, taking place from 24–30 August 2026.

🇦🇺 Australia M8+ Alex Nichol

🇦🇺 Australia W-spare Taylor Caudle

🇬🇧 Great Britain M8+ David Bewicke-Copley

🇬🇧 Great Britain M2- Fergus Woolnough

🇬🇧 Great Britain M2- Matt Aldridge

🇬🇧 Great Britain M8+ Tom Bryce

🇬🇧 Great Britain M8+ Matt Rowe

🇬🇧 Great Britain M8+ Sam Nunn

🇬🇧 Great Britain M8+ Will Stewart

🇬🇧 Great Britain PR3 MIXED 4+ Frankie Allen

🇮🇪 Irland W4- Aisling Hayes

🇮🇪 Irland W4- Claire Feerick

🇮🇪 Irland M4- James Doran

🇮🇪 Irland M4x Ryan Spelman

🇳🇱 Netherland M4- Thijs Rukien

🇳🇱 Netherlands W4- /MIXED 8+ Tinka Offereins

🇸🇮 Slovenia M1x Filip Pfeifer

🇨🇭Switzerland M2- Patrick Brunner

🇨🇭Switzerland M2- Jonah Plock

🇺🇸 USA ML2X Jamie Copus

Good luck everyone

🏆 BROOKES athletes crowned U23 World Champions!

A huge congratulations to our Brookes athletes, who brought home three medals at the U23 World Championships.

Results:
🥇 Men’s Eight – Kai Schlottmann 🇬🇧
🥇 Mixed Eight – Pepijn Ermstrang 🇳🇱
🥈 Men’s Eight – Travis oneil 🇺🇸
6th Place – Men’s Coxless Four – 🇿🇦
11th Place - Men’s Coxless Quad - Pepijn Ermstrang 🇳🇱

An incredible achievement on the world stage. Well done to everyone involved!

Over 105 Brookes athletes competed at Henley Royal Regatta across student, intermediate and premier events last week.

Brookes had crews demonstrating tenacity from the get go. From crews racing from behind and rowing through to win their places in the next days competition, to demonstrating speed right up to finals day with an Oxford Brookes composite crew taking home the Grand, the depth and strength of our squad has been a staple in our performances this season.

We’ll see you for more next season 🇫🇷

GRAND CHALLENGE CUP WINNERS 2026

Congratulations to current Brookes athletes Sam, David and Tom on winning the Grand at Henley Royal Regatta.

These athletes, along with some of their Great Britain teammates representing their home clubs, have been a steadfast of the Brookes programme over the last decade and it is tremendous to see them continue to excel in the Premier events at the regatta.

HRR FRIDAY RACING SCHEDULE & CREW ANNOUNCEMENT

Tomorrow we have 11 crews racing across the day in student, intermediate and premier events:

PA ‘A’
Race 2 vs Newcastle Univ.
Race time: 09:05am | Boating time: 8:25am | Tent N

Goblets (Ta**us)
Race 14 vs J.N. Wincomb & T.W.K Digby
Race time: 10:05am | Boating time: 9:25am | Tent B

Visitors’
Race 27 vs Nautilus R.C. ‘A’
Race time: 11:10am | Boating time: 10:30am | Tent E

Prince of Wales
Race 29 vs A.A.S.R Skoll, NED
Race time: 11:20am | Boating time: 10:40am | Tent B

Temple ‘A’
Race 31 vs Durham Univ.
Race time: 11:30am | Boating time: 10:50am | Tent K

Bridge
Race 32 vs Nautilus R.C & Cambridge Univ.
Race time: 11:35am | Boating time: 10:55am | Tent K

Queen Mother
Race 43 vs Leander Club
Race time: 2:05pm | Boating time: 1:25pm | Tent M

Island ‘A’
Race 46 vs Cambridge Univ. ‘B’
Race time: 2:20pm | Boating time: 1:40pm | Tent K

Town
Race 58 vs Univ. of Washington, USA
Race time: 3:35pm | Boating time: 2:55pm | Tent LC

Queen Victoria
Race 61 vs A.A.S.R. Skoll, NED
Race time: 3:50pm | Boating time: 3:10pm | Tent K

Ladies Plate
Race 84 vs Cambridge Univ. & Harvard Univ., USA
Race time: 7:10pm | Boating time: 6:30pm | Tent L

QUEEN VICTORIA:
Ingrid Floen
Claire Murphy
Sofia Milivojevic
Sophia McDavid

Thank you to Home of UK Rowing 🤙 for the photos and for Ta**us Boat Club for all of their ongoing support!

HRR THURSDAY RACING SCHEDULE & HRR CREW ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tomorrow we have 10 crews racing across the day in student and intermediate events:

PA ‘A’
Race 1 vs Univ. Coll., Dublin, IRL
Race time: 09:00am | Boating time: 8:20am | Tent N

PA ‘B’
Race 15 vs Oxford Univ. ‘A’
Race time: 10:10am | Boating time: 09:30am | Tent N

Temple ‘A”
Race 24 vs St. Paul’s Sch.
Race time: 10:55am | Boating time: 10:15am | Tent K

Bridge
Race 40 vs Leander Club & Imperial Coll. London
Race time: 12:15pm | Boating time: 11:35am | TBC

Island ‘B’
Race 45 vs G.S.R. Aegir, NED
Race time: 2:15pm | Boating time: 1:35pm | Tent K

Island ‘A’
Race 59 vs Edinburgh Univ. ‘B’
Race time: 3:40pm | Boating time: 3:00pm | Tent K

Prince of Wales
Race 63 vs Tideway Scullers’ School & London R.C.
Race time: 4:05pm | Boating time: 3:25pm | Tent K

Temple ‘E’
Race 71 vs Syracuse Univ., USA
Race time: 5:50pm | Boating time: 5:10pm | Tent K

Ladies Plate
Race 77 vs Peterhouse, Cambridge
Race time: 6:30pm | Boating time: 5:50pm | Tent K

ISLAND ‘A’:
Piper Melnick
Sophie Reinehr
Lily Wilhelm
Lotte Martin
Katie Rice
Lucy Green
Millie Hurrell
Megan Walsh
Ella Shaw

PRINCE ALBERT ‘A’:
Oliver Joiner
Harry Fisher
Toby Tegg
Lorenzo Previati
Carwyn Davies


PRINCE OF WALES:
Sal Dunn
Pepijn Ermstrang
Thomas Driessen
Charlie Chick


LADIES PLATE:
David Knapp
Jamie Copus
Toby Lassen
Callum Gilbey
Connor Mcgillan
Richard Hawes
Niko Arnerich
Marine Arnerich
Victor Elkholti

Thank you to Home of UK Rowing 🤙 for the photos and for Ta**us Boat Club for all of their ongoing support!

HRR RACING SCHEDULE & CREW ANNOUNCEMENT

Tomorrow we have 6 crews racing across the day: 5 Temple Crews and Island ‘B’

Island ‘B’
Race 17 vs Newcastle Univ. ‘B’
Race time: 10:20am | Boating time: 9:40am | Tent K

Temple ‘D’
Race 24 vs Cambridge Univ. ‘A’
Race time: 10:55am | Boating time: 10:15am | Tent K

Temple ‘B’
Race 36 vs Yale Univ., USA
Race time: 11:55am | Boating time: 11:15am | Tent K

Temple ‘A’
Race 42 vs A.U.S.R. Orca (NED)
Race time: 2:00pm | Boating time: 1:20pm | Tent K

Temple ‘E’
Race 66 vs A.L.S.R.V. Asopos de Vliet (NED)
Race time: 4:20pm | Boating time: 3:40pm | Tent K

Temple ‘C’
Race 73 vs D.S.R.V. Laga ‘A’ (NED)
Race time: 6:05pm | Boating time: 5:25pm | Tent K

Announcing Temple Challenge Cup ‘A’:
Emma Joy
Mac Collins
Ethan Lennard
Julian Walsh
Michael Ciepiela
Aaron Fuchs
Andrew Manns
Ciaran Rushworth
Kai Schlottmann

Thank you to Home of UK Rowing 🤙 for the photos and for Ta**us Boat Club for all of their ongoing support!

Qualifiers done. Time for the duels.

Brookes have 12 crews competing at qualifiers for spots at Henley Royal Regatta this year. Good luck to all our crews racing tomorrow!

Island B:
Priscilla Russell
Emma Wistuba
Leah Reddy
Alice Dovey
Cliodhna Murtagh
Georgia Alexander
Rosie Giles
Ansty Van Romburgh
Gwennie Hunter

Island C:
Francesca Worsnop
Grace Patterson
Isabella Sheppard Wolfgramme
Daisy Janes
Sienna Taylor
Eva Briody
Rosie Michie
Beatrice Robertson
Francesca Reeves

Queen Victoria A:
Ingrid Floen
Claire Murphy
Sofia Milivojevic
Sophia McDavid

Queen Victoria B:
Rebecca Purves
Georgia Rattigan
Charley Crocker
Jaiya Sakharet

Temple B:
Charlotte Parr
Quinlan Dunn
Fred Fox
Luke Dillon
Archie Barker
Elliott Overnell
Finn Mosedale
Jamie Leppard
Monty French

Temple C:
Julia Ortiz Merzweiler
Archie Black
Tom Patrick
Alex Astbury
Joe Hoyland
Ruben Taylor
Cole Rooney
Ben Ferris
Jack Ribbens

Temple D:
Joey Mulligan
Harry Moule
Monty Wright
Jack Cushway
Victor Casas Mas
Magnus Fischer
Guido Antonelli
Eddie Ferris
Nick Combrinck

Temple E:
Erin Chequer
Louis Smith
Teddy Sherman
Oliver Lawton
Oliver Main
Max Mustoo
Joe Kocabas
Kory Rogers
Alex Fomin

Temple F:
Aiden Shilling
Lucas Fogh
Charlie Bryce
Matthew Harrison
William Chalk
Lucas Bredariol
Isaac Gadsby-Gower
Luke Davison
Oliver van Liefland

Prince Albert B:
Simphiwe Tshabalala
Noah Lowe
Max-Lennart Rosenfeld
Matt Peters
Harry Tolmie

Princess of Wales:
Pepper Howe
Katie Breeze
Niamh Kilgallen ( )
Sophie Haisman

Bridge:
Sofia Bernal
Katherine Kelly (Virginia Rowing )
Abi Newman
Lena Mills
Eliza Dawson
Beatrice Colclough
Meena Baher (LGRC )
Jenna Kempster-Taylor (Hartpury Uni & College BC )
Megan Culbert