Gold for the University of Bath at the European Universities Rowing Championship 2025
Nine universities represented GB in Poland last weekend, bringing home three medals across three days of racing
The European Universities Rowing Championships took place in Bydgoszcz, Poland from 18 – 21 September. Travelling to represent the UK were University of Birmingham BC, University of Bath BC, University of Surrey BC, University of Sussex BC, University of the West of England BC, Queen’s University Belfast BC, Glasgow Caledonian University BC, Oxford University BC and University of Exeter BC.
The University of Bath shone through with gold in the Women’s Quadruple Sculls A Final, finishing the 1000m race in a time of 3:16.44 ahead of crews from the Czech Republic and Croatia. The boat was crewed by Ella Fullman, Beatrice Hughes, Rebekah Court and Freya Ridge.
Speaking on their win, South West GB Performance Development Coach Tom Selby said: “The Women’s Quad delivered one of the most exciting races of the EUSA regatta. The crew showed outstanding aggression and intensity in a fiercely close contest. In a thrilling final, they held their composure and powered through to secure the gold medal.”
Credit: EUSA Rowing
Bath took home a further medal in the Men’s Quadruple Sculls, when their Henley Royal Regatta Prince of Wales crew of Jack Norton, William Stradling, Ben Furley and Luka Halozan Hayley pushing across the line to snatch bronze from Germany’s Tech Uni of Dresden. This meant Bath finished seventh overall in the EUSA medal table.
The final GB medal of the weekend was brought home by Queen’s University Belfast BC, who won bronze in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls with Adam McKinley and Benedict Weis.
Credit: EUSA Rowing
Kathryn Mole and Claudia Rossington of University of Birmingham BC narrowly missed out on bronze in the Women’s Double Sculls A Final, placing .4 of a second behind Masaryk University (CZE).
The University of Surrey EUSA representatives
GB had two boats in the A Final of the Lightweight Men’s Pairs, with University of Surrey BC (William James Horsburgh Burns and Henry Clowes) placing fifth and Queens University Belfast BC (Felix Cook and Ewan Johnson) in sixth.
The Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls field saw three UK universities race in the A Final, with Ava Robertson (Glasgow Caledonian University BC), Hazel Wake (University of Oxford BC) and Florence Humphrey Weeks (University of Exeter BC) placing fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.
Making the Women’s Quadruple Sculls A Final alongside Bath, Ella Oldland, Darcie Nash, Amelia Flaxman and Cari Meredith of University of Birmingham BC finished in sixth.
Find full results for the GB crews on the EUSA website
