2013 Potomac Challenge Cup

T HE C AMBRIDGE -O XFORD

Potomac Challenge Cup

T H E C AMBRIDGE S OCI ETY

OF

W ASHINGTON DC

The alumni of the University of Cambridge hereby challenge the alumni of the University of Oxford to row a match at or near Washington on the 21st of September 2013.

CAMBRIDGE MENS VIII C OX: J ENNIFER B ITTING, H UGHES S TROKE: DAVID W ILSON, G N. & C AIUS 7 : B ILL K YNES, S T. J OHN' S 6 : B ILL SAMII, D ARWIN 5 : C HRIS G REENROYD, S T. J OHN' S 4 : R ICHARD R UTHERFORD, C . C HRISTI

M IXED VI II A ARON COBLE, K ING'S COLLEGE: C OX H ÅVARD H ALLAND, W OLFSON: S TROKE P HILIP ROMANELLI, G IRTON: 7 M AE W U, Q UEENS’ : 6 K EDAR NARAYAN, C HRIST’ S: 5 A RIANE R OSEN, C LARE H ALL: 4

3 : M IKE G AW, P EMBROKE

R OBERT F ORTE, S ELYWN: 3

2 : B LAIR L APRES, D ARWIN

A TA A KINER, S IDNEY S USSEX: 2

B OW: J EFF P RYCE, P ETERHOUSE

W OMEN’ S IV C OX: A ARON C OBLE, K ING' S C OLLEGE S TROKE: A NYA J ONES, F ITZWILLIAM 3 : L AURA B LECHA, S T. E DMUND' S 2 : A LEXANDRIA R ICHART, C LARE H ALL B OW: E RIN W EBER, N EWNHAM

A LTERNATE: T IM C OONEY, D ARWIN

D ANIEL G ALLAGHER, CLARE C OLG. : B OW

P AST MASTER’ S I V J ENNIFER B ITTING, H UGHES: C OX D AVID W ILSON, G N. & C AIUS: S TROKE B ILL K YNES, S T. J OHN' S: 3 R ICHARD R UTHERFORD, C . C HRISTI: 2 J EFF P RYCE, P ETERHOUSE: B OW H UGH O ' N EILL, E MMANUEL: A LTERNATE

OXFORD MEN’ S VI I I

W OMEN’ S IV

C OX: P ILAR R IVETT, OXON S TROKE: N ICK H OLLAND, O RIEL 7 : P AUL H OLLAND, S T. C ATHERINE’ S 6 : F RANZ BAUERLEIN, S T. J OHN’ S 5 : G ILES H OWSON, BALLIOL

R EBECCA S CHNEIDER, O RIEL: C OX H AYLEY E VANS, P EMBROKE: S TROKE S OPHIE WALKER, S T H UGH’S: 3 M ARIA A LVA, S T. C ATHERINE’ S: 2 J ENNY B ROWN, E XETER: B OW

4 : D AN L AW, K ELLOGG 3 : G REG K INZELMAN, T RINITY 2 : N EIL R UIZ, S T. A NTHONY’ S B OW: D UNCAN S PENCER, C . C HURCH

E V E N T P RO G R A M M E 2 : 3 0 G ATHER AT W ATERFRONT 3:00 M ENS/MIXED VIII’S RACES 3:15 W OMEN’S IV R ACE 3 : 3 0 P AST M ASTER’S R ACE

R ECEPTION AT THE R ITZ- C ARLTON 3 : 4 5 T EAM PHOTOS 4 : 0 0 A WARDING OF THE P OTOMAC C UP 5 : 0 0 S ILENT A UCTION CLOSES 5 : 3 0

YÉâÇwtà|ÉÇá Éy g{x UÉtà etvx T HE ( T HAME S ) B O AT R ACE CAME ABOUT BECAUSE TWO F R IE ND S F RO M H ARROW S CHOOL , C HARL ES W ORD SWO RT H ( NE PHE W OF TH E C AMBRIDG E POE T W ILL IAM W ORD SWO RT H ), OF C HRIST C HURCH C O LL EGE , O XF ORD , AND C H ARL E S M ERRIVAL E OF S T .

J O HN ’ S , C AMBRIDGE , MET DURIN G T HE VACAT IO N IN C AMB RIDGE , WHERE W ORDSWO RT H ’ S F ATHE R WAS MASTER OF T R IN I TY .

W ORD SWORT H WENT RO WING ON THE C AM , AND T HE T WO SCHOOL F ELLO WS DE CID ED TO SET UP A CHALLENG E . O N F E BR UARY 10, 1829 A ME ET ING OF CUBC REQUE ST ED M R . S NO W OF S T J O HN ’ S TO WRIT E IMME D IATE LY T O M R . S T AN IFO RT H OF C HRIST C HURCH ST ATING : ‘ THAT THE U NIVERSITY OF C AMBRIDGE HEREBY CHALLENGE THE U NIVERSITY OF O XFORD TO ROW A MATCH AT OR NEAR L ONDON , EACH IN AN EIGHT OARED BOAT DURING THE ENSUING E ASTER VACATION .’

S T AN IFO RT H AND S N OW W E RE SCHOOLF EL LO WS AND BO AT ING C O MRAD E S AT E T ON . C ONSE QUENTL Y SO ME OF T HE ARRANGEM EN T S CHANGED SO THE F IR ST RACE EVEN TUALLY TO OK PL ACE ON

10 J UN E 1829 AT H ENL EY ON T HAMES . F OR THE N EXT 25

Y E AR S CONTESTS HAPPENED ON AN IRREG UL AR B ASIS , MOVING TO

L ONDO N FO R THE SE COND RACE IN 1836… AND NO W IT HAS M O VED TO THE P OTO MAC !

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