March 4, 2009 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamIndoor RowingRowing & RegattaPartners#YourStoriesArchive Boat Race Crews Announced Rowing Community Oxford & Cambridge have named their crews for this year’s Boat Race. Oxford’s crew has a distinctively Olympian feel to it with five members of the crew having rowed in this year’s Olympics. Cambridge’s crew on the other hand contains many rising British rowers. Follow this year’s Boat Race in our Boat Race section. ADVERT Oxford Cambridge Michael Plotkowiak [POL] Rob Weitemeyer [CAN] Colin Smith [GBR] Henry Pelly [GBR] Alex Hearne [USA] Deaglan McEachern [USA] Ben Harrison [USA] Peter Marsland [GBR] Sjoerd Hamburger [NED] Ryan Monaghan [USA] Tom Solesbury [GBR] Hardy Cubasch [AUS] George Bridgewater [NZL] Tom Ransley [GBR] Ante Kusurin [CRO] Silas Stafford [USA] Colin Groshong [USA] Rebecca Dowbiggin [GBR] Coach Sean Bowden Coach Chris Nilsson Reserve Crews Isis (Oxford): Mike Valli, Douglas Bruce, Tim Farquharson, Alec Dent, David Hopper, Justin Stangel, Colin Keogh, Martin Walsh, cox: Adam Barhamand Goldie (Cambridge): James Strawson, Dan O’Shaughnessy, Code Sternal, John Clay, Shane O’Mara, Joel Jennings, George Nash, Fred Gill, cox: Helen Hodges ADVERT