On Saturday September 16, 2006, Oxford and Cambridge alumni gathered at the Saugatuck Rowing Club in Westport CT for the 2nd Annual Oxford-Cambridge Alumni Boat Race.

The weather cooperated with us, and we had an enjoyable afternoon watching three crews race, followed by a BBQ at the Club enjoyed by 70 Oxford and Cambridge rowers and supporters.

Faced with a big imbalance in the number of rowers from each university, we ran a women's race in coxed fours, a men's race in eights (though Cambridge, having only 7 men present, had Julia Henderson double up in the eight as well as the women's four), and a mixed Oxford eight.

Cambridge won the women's fours and Oxford won the men's eights. Our hosts, Saugatuck, entered a fast men's eight that raced our mixed eight and also the Oxford eight, winning both races. In addition to providing the venue, Saugatuck provided boats, umpires in launches and four coxes who were familiar with that stretch of water.

We plan to hold this event next year at around the same time (early September). We will send out an announcement some time next spring... in the meantime get out on the water and/or the erg!

Special thanks to:

Nicoleta Mantescu, General Manager, Saugatuck Rowing Club

Saman Majd, Race Director (Christ Church, Oxford)
Widge Devaney, Cambridge Alumni Team Captain (Hughes Hall, Cambridge)

John Tepper Marlin, Tshirt Sponsorship Coordinator (Trinity, Oxford)
Nautica, Tshirt Sponsorship

Photos

www.flickr.com More Alumni Boat Race 2006 Photos

Plus more photos from Saman Majd:

http://web.mac.com/samanmajd/iWeb/Site/Oxbridge%20Alumni%20Boat%20Race.html