BUCS Regatta 2025
BUCS Regatta 2025
Team WinTech & King had an excellent weekend at a record-breaking BUCS Regatta, collecting 14 medals over four days of racing. Widely recognised as the national student rowing championships, Team WinTech & King cemented our status as one of the UK’s leading boatbuilders by supporting dozens of crews and enabling a variety of successes, including six overall victories. Oarsport were in attendance all four days of the regatta in the boating area supporting athletes and coaches.
Friday began with eight A-finals, from which our shells took three medals. The first was a bronze in the open beginner single, as Nottingham Trent raced to third in a WinTech Competitor behind Loughborough and Queen’s University Belfast. Next came our first gold of the weekend via Durham University in the women’s championship coxed four (King SE). This programme has had a long and storied history in elite women’s racing, and the 2025 cohort made good on that generational strength by seeing off the attentions of fierce local rivals Newcastle University and Imperial College.
Boat: King SE | Photography: AllMarkOne
Our last medal was also a gold and came from St Andrews University in the women’s beginner single (WinTech International). Hansine Marshall raced superbly to win by nearly 14 seconds over Edinburgh’s Beatrix Fooks and Bath’s Tolu Adelaja.
Boat: WinTech International | Photography: AllMarkOne
Saturday brought four medals and started exceptionally well with a silver in the opening A-final of the day. Reading University’s Joseph Bates took second place in a WinTech Cobra, narrowly losing out to Ben Furley of Bath University but managing to outwit teammate Robbie Collen. Reading have always performed exceptionally well in these events since switching to sculling only over a decade ago, and their 2025 BUCS results provided further evidence of their reputation as the UK’s leading specialist sculling centre.
Bronze followed around 30 minutes later in the women’s beginner quad, as St Andrews finished third behind Edinburgh University and Queen’s University Belfast (WinTech International). Our third gold of the weekend came in the A-final of the open intermediate lightweight pairs, as Nottingham University secured the win ahead of Surrey University and Queen’s University Belfast (WinTech Medalist). Our final medal of the day was via Durham University, who finished second in the women’s intermediate pair, sandwiched between two Newcastle University crews.
Boat: WinTech Medalist | Photography: AllMarkOne
On Sunday Team WinTech & King collected two medals. Both came from the same race, where our scullers won gold and bronze in the women’s championship single. Reading University’s Finnola Stratton took the win (WinTech Cobra SE), just under two seconds clear of Katie Mole of Birmingham University in second. After winning bronze at the U23 World Rowing Championships last summer, Finnola has continued to build momentum in 2025, finishing as the fifth-fastest U23 at the GBRT February Trials and now taking the top prize available to a student-eligible single sculler. In third was Nottingham’s Liv Bates (WinTech Cobra SE FLX), whose sculling exploits as a lightweight took her to Paris as the Olympic reserve in 2024.
Women's Championship 1x Winner - University of Reading
Boat: WinTech Cobra SE | Photography: AllMarkOne
The final day of racing on Monday saw us take five medals, starting with a gold in the first A-final of the day. St Andrews University stole away to victory in the women’s beginner double (WinTech International) ahead of two crews from Leeds University. In the following race for open beginner quads, Nottingham Trent finished third in a WinTech International, some ten seconds back on the winners from Bath University. We collected another bronze medal in the women’s beginner eight (WinTech Medalist) courtesy of Nottingham University, who finished third behind Queen’s University Belfast and Edinburgh University.
Women's Beginner 2x Winner - University of St Andrews
Boat: WinTech International | Photography: AllMarkOne
Our final two medals came in the open championship pairs and women’s intermediate coxed fours. The former resulted in a silver for Durham University’s Bob Bryden and Fredrik Reite (WinTech International), who were six seconds back on the University of London. In the women’s intermediate coxed fours, we rounded the weekend off in style by taking gold alongside Durham University in a King SE.
Women's Intermediate 4+ Winner - University of Durham
Boat: King SE | Photography: AllMarkOne
With all facets of the British weather cycle on display and thousands of students descending upon Nottingham to race the infamous Holme Pierrepont course, BUCS Regatta 2025 was another exemplary demonstration of high-quality student competition. We were delighted to support so many athletes to medals and look forward to watching their seasons progress throughout the summer.
