Women's Boat Race 2013
68th Women's Boat Race | |||
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Date | 24 March 2013 | ||
Winner | Oxford | ||
Margin of victory | 1 and 3/4 lengths | ||
Winning time | 7 minutes 11 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 41–27 | ||
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The 68th Women's Boat Race took place on 24 March 2013. The race, between crews representing Oxford University Women's Boat Club and Cambridge University Women's Boat Club, was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races. It took place on a 2 km (1.2 mi) stretch of water on 2012 Olympic venue Dorney Lake. Cambridge were the heavier of the crews and consisted of an all-British crew, while Oxford's boat included a Hungarian rower and an American cox. Oxford won the race by one and three-quarter lengths in a time of 7 minutes 11 seconds, their first win since the 2011 race. The victory took the overall record in the event to 41–27 in Cambridge's favour.
Background
The
Cambridge were led by Rob Baker who had previously coached
Crews
Trials for the crews were held in December 2012. Oxford's trial boats raced at Henley and were named Quick and Easy while Cambridge's trials took place at Dorney Lake with boats named Gin and Tonic.[8]
The weigh-in, held on 4 March 2013, took place alongside the men for the first time in the history of the event. It was also the first time the weights of the female crews were made public. The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 11
CUWBC's cox Esther Momcilovic had previously steered the Cambridge reserve boat Blondie, while Oxford's crew included three former Osiris participants in Amy Varney, Keane and cox Katie Apfelbaum. Cambridge's crew was entirely British while Oxford's included Hungarian Mariann Novak at bow, British/Germans Alice Carrington-Windo at two and Maxie Scheske at stroke, and American Apfelbaum.[11]
Seat | Cambridge |
Oxford | ||||||
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Name | College | Nationality | Weight | Name | College | Nationality | Weight | |
Bow |
Caroline Reid | Jesus | British | 10 st 1 lb 15 oz | Mariann Novak | Keble | Hungarian | 9 st 5 lb 13 oz |
2 | Fay Sandford | Gonville and Caius | British | 12 st 0 lb 6 oz | Alice Carrington-Windo | Kellogg | British/German | 10 st 11 lb 10 oz |
3 | Melissa Wilson | Gonville and Caius | British | 12 st 1 lb 11 oz | Mary Foord-Weston | Merton | British | 10 st 11 lb 10 oz |
4 | Jessica Denman | Clare | British | 11 st 2 lb 8 oz | Joanna Lee | Lady Margaret Hall | British | 11 st 2 lb 1 oz |
5 | Vicky Shaw | Selwyn | British | 10 st 9 lb 14 oz | Amy Varney | St Edmund Hall | British | 11 st 10 lb 0 oz |
6 | Claire Watkins | Clare | British | 10 st 13 lb 13 oz | Harriet Keane | St Anne's | British | 10 st 5 lb 7 oz |
7 | Emily Day | Emmanuel | British | 10 st 0 lb 9 oz | Anastasia Chitty | Pembroke | British | 10 st 9 lb 0 oz |
Stroke |
Holly Game | Girton | British | 11 st 2 lb 1 oz | Maxie Scheske | Magdalen | British/German | 9 st 6 lb 4 oz |
Cox | Esther Momcilovic | Clare | British | 7 st 13 lb 8 oz | Katie Apfelbaum | St Antony's | American | 8 st 5 lb 4 oz |
Source:[11] (P) – boat club president (Oxford's Bridget Fryer and Cambridge's Helena Schofield acted as non-rowing presidents) |
Race
Cambridge won the
Oxford's Foord-Weston said the conditions were "pretty grim" but their training at Dorney during the week running up to the race had prepared them for the "horrible winds".[15] Cambridge's number seven, Emily Day, said "it was pretty windy ... we had the race of our lives ... there's nothing we could have done that we didn't do."[15]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Boat Race – Results". The Boat Race Company Limited. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Henley Boat Races 2013 to be held at Dorney Lake". The Boat Race Company Limited. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "History of the course". Henley Royal Regatta. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Morrissey, Helena (4 April 2015). "Helena Morrissey: 'Tide turns in favour of boat race women'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Women's Boat Clubs appoint new chief coaches". The Boat Race Company Limited. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "New faces at CUWBC". The Boat Race Company Limited. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "New assistant coach for OUWBC". The Boat Race Company Limited. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Crews announced for the Women's Trial Eights". The Boat Race Company Limited. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Crews". Oxford University Women's Boat Club. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Experienced Sandford has new era hope for Cambridge University". Cambridge News. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Quarrell, Rachel (4 March 2013). "University Boat Race: men and women weigh in at same event ahead of Oxford and Cambridge race". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Light Blues aiming to retain trophy". Cambridge News. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ Rossingh, Danielle (21 March 2013). "Helena Morrissey Extends Equality Fight to Women's Rowing". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ Quarrell, Rachel (24 March 2013). "Clean sweep for Oxford over Cambridge at Henley Boat Races at Dorney Lake". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Oxford dominate Henley Boat Races 2013". The Boat Race Company Limited. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2015.