Salford University Boat Club

It has been many weeks since the University of Salford Boat Club appeared on these pages, but this does not mean that nothing has been happening. Quite the contrary, SUBC has had a fantastic couple of months, setting many club and personal bests. The beginning of this successful patch stretches as far back as 13^th March, with the Woman’s crew representing the University at Women’s Head Of The River coming 184^th in 21:45.47, as already reported some weeks ago, the fastest Salford’s women have done for many years.  Read the rest of this entry »

On the weekend of 14^th of March Salford University Boat Club (SUBC) women’s crew travelled down to London to participate in the annual Women’s Head of the River Race, which saw 300 crews taking part. The race itself is one of the largest and highly anticipated races in the British rowing calendar with crews taking part from as far afield as Zurich, Switzerland. Within some of the top competing crews there were Olympic athletes who rowed at Beijing and Athens. Read the rest of this entry »

Salford University Boat Club began the New Year with two victories at the Head of the Mersey race, held by Warrington Boat Club. After returning from Christmas well rested, and well fed, the club members were put through their paces at an intensive training week designed to burn off those Christmas puddings! Read the rest of this entry »

Between 22nd and 31st of January both Men’s and Women’s Squads took to the water for an intense week of training.  Since everybody was free of lectures following exams what better way to spend this time than at Agecroft for some long, day sessions on the river.

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Sunday 22^nd November

Last Sunday the men’s crew from Salford University Boat Club (SUBC) competed in the National Indoor Rowing Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.  Athletes from all over the country were on the entry list including the men’s GB squad who competed in the Open Heavyweight category.    Besides this, many universities were in attendance due to BUCS points being on offer.

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The season for Salford has begun again, although it could be said that it never really finished due to the multiple races entered in over the summer!, and it has got off to a flying start once more. The Fresher’s fair proved an extremely exciting event, and with a rowing machine handy, SUBC drew a good crowd and secured another brace of good, eager freshers, ready to try and become an athlete in one of the most demanding sports around.

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At the end of a successful academic rowing season, Salford University Boat Club decided on entering races around England over the summer break for the first time in many years. Both Men’s and Women’s crews were in action over the holidays, both with success and disappointment.

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