The 2010 Xchanging Boat Race on Saturday 3 April - the 156th Race in the series between Cambridge and Oxford Universities - will see 14 of the 18 oarsmen making their first appearance in the Race.

Only four Blues are set to return from the 2009 Race and three of those are in the Cambridge boat attempting to stop Oxford winning for a fifth time in six years. They include American club President Deaglan McEachern at 6 (pictured right), last year’s President and stroke Henry Pelly and Canadian bow Rob Weitemeyer.

The Light Blues also feature three rowers from the 2009 Goldie boat that lost to Isis - Englishmen Fred Gill and George Nash, plus American Code Sternal. The boat contains four Englishmen, three Americans and two Canadians.
 

Commenting on his selection for his second Race as Cambridge Chief Coach, Chris Nilsson said: “Last year we had five returning Blues, but it’s going to be a good crew with a combination of some international experience and exciting new talent. The choice of cox went down to the wire and it was a close thing between Ted Randolph and Liz Box.”

Had Liz made the boat, Cambridge would have been coxed by a female for four consecutive years, as Rebecca Dowbiggin steered the Light Blues in the last three Races.
 

Cambridge currently lead the series that began in 1829 with 79 wins to Oxford’s 75, with one Race declared a dead-heat in 1877. The Race will be screened live on BBC One television.
 

The 156th Boat Race is sponsored by Xchanging, one of the largest and fastest growing business processors in the world with a wide range of multinational customers in 42 countries and employing more than 8,000 people.

The company provides procurement, accounting, human resources and technology services across industries that include banking, insurance, manufacturing, retail and real estate among others. More details can be found at www.xchanging.com.
 

2010 Xchanging Boat Race Cambridge Crew

Bow Rob Weitemeyer (St. Edmund’s – Can)
2 Fred Gill (Hughes Hall – GB)
3 Code Sternal (Hughes Hall – USA)
4 Peter McCelland (Pembroke – Can)
5 George Nash (St. Catharine’s – GB)
6 Deaglan McEachern (Hughes Hall – USA)
7 Derek Rasmussen (Hughes Hall – USA)
Stroke Henry Pelly (St. Edmund’s – GB)
Cox Ted Randolph (Peterhouse – GB)
 

At the Weigh-In, Cambridge were the heavier crew at 760.4kgs (119 stone, 10lbs & 6ozs) with Oxford at 756.6kgs (119 stone 2 lbs).

 


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