After joining forces with the women of Girton in 1941 to found CUWBC, countless Newnhamites took up the challenge of representing the university against Oxford. And though there may be a wider pool of colleges contributing women to the university club, NCBC representation in the CUW squads remains strong to this day. There are too many! Take me to 2022…
1941
Blue Boat:
V. J. Harwood
D. Mary Neal
May J. Haddock
Julia R. Weatherburn
Iris W. Preston
Joyce M. Reeve
Marjorie M. Sweeting (President)
Frances M. Drake
Margaret C. I. Southgate
1942
Blue Boat:
Cecily M. Houseman
Patricia M. Wallis
E. R. F. Layton
Iris W. Preston
B. D. Snape
May J. Haddock
Julia R. Weatherburn (President)
Margaret C. I. Southgate
1943*
Blue Boat:
Jean Emmett (President)
B. Tinker
J. Grove
V. J. Harwood
1945
Blue Boat:
Sylvia K. Sikes
Margaret D. Wise
Jeanne Heptinstall
2nd VIII:
Margaret Mence
M. Patricia Brown
Hilary Guest
Patricia A. Brooke
Jean M. Sawyer
Edna M. Skinner
3rd VIII:
B. Ball
M. Graham
J.K. Turner
1946
Blue Boat:
Ann Godwin
1947
Blue Boat:
Margaret J. Mence
Ann Godwin
1948
Blue Boat:
Ann E. Godwin
D. Muriel Clarke (President)
Rosalind Day
Barbara Bray
1949
Blue Boat:
Patricia A. Cruxton
Anne F. Jameson
Kathleen Scholes
D. Muriel Clarke
1950
Blue Boat:
G. Rosalind Mellor
Edith Peters
Cecily A. McDaniel (President)
Anne F. Sharp
1951
Blue Boat:
Cecily A. McDaniel
1952
Blue Boat:
Josephine A. Tuckwell
Cecily A. McDaniel (President)
1953*
Blue Boat:
D. Turk
B. Gilland
Anne E. Hall
1954*
Blue Boat:
Anne E. Hall
Ruth Bonney
Daphne Ward (President)
Margaret Ellis
1955*
Blue Boat:
Ruth Bonney
Josephine Bushell
Angela Thomas
Margaret Ellis
1956*
Blue Boat:
Jean Turnock
Celia Matthew
Celia Cox
Barbara Stokoe (President)
1957*
Blue Boat:
Hilary Jex
Ann Matthews
Betty Leedham
Jean Turnock
1958*
Blue Boat:
Pat Armstrong
Mary Dicker
Betty Leedham
Ann B. D. Bailey
Jean Turnock (President)
1959*
Blue Boat:
Mary Dicker
Pat Armstrong
Jennifer M. Dines
Anne Gibbs
Jane Robinson
1960*
Blue Boat:
Joan Warren
Janet Robinson
Gillian Beazley
Susan McCall
1961*
Blue Boat:
Susan McCall
1962*
Mays VIII:
Susan McCall
Mary C. Reid
1963*
Mays VIII:
Caroline Jackson
Mary Reid
Ruth M. Kidd
1964
Blue Boat:
Jean Hancock
Caroline Jackson
Ruth M. Kidd
1965
2nd IV:
C. Anne Robinson
Averil E. Wootton
1966
Blue Boat:
Julia Champion
Marian Longstaff
Anne Robinson
Penny J. Squire
Helen Worstead
2nd VIII:
Averil E. Wootton
Anne P. Scruby
1967
Blue Boat:
Marian Longstaff
Anne P. Scruby
Anne Robinson (President)
Penny J. Squire
2nd VIII:
Chris M. Outhwaite
1968
Blue Boat:
Penny J. Squire (President)
Chris M. Outhwaite
2nd VIII:
Sidney E. Welch
C. E. Gill Mobley
Katie (C. L.) Prince
A. M. Webb
K. K. Kazer
1969
Blue Boat:
Katie (C. L.) Prince
Sidney E. Welsh
C. E. Gill Mobley
1970
Blue Boat:
Susan Read
Marian Deakin
Jenny Heap
Lina Talbot
Susan Murray
1972
Blue Boat:
Linda Cartmill
Lina Talbot
Marian Deakin
1973
Blue Boat:
Catti Moss
Sally Visick
Vicky Markham (President)
Sue Wrenn
Sue Clarke
Laura Smith
1974
Blue Boat:
Catti Moss
Sue Wrenn
Vicky Markham (President)
Sue Clarke
1975
Blue Boat:
Sue Clarke (President)
Elizabeth Driver
Catherine Moss
Sally Visick
1976
Blue Boat:
Geraldine McNeil
Elizabeth Driver
Karen Morton
Pauline Wald
Debra Holton
Blondie:
Hazel Robinson
1977
Blue Boat:
Pat Harkness
1978
Blue Boat:
Susan Stoughton-Harris
Pat Harkness
1979
Blue Boat:
Helen M. Boutwood
Susan Stoughton-Harris
1982
Blue Boat:
Heather Brown
Blondie:
E. Newbronner
1984
Blue Boat:
Heather Brown
Blondie:
Jocelyn Court
Lightweights:
Sarah Wilshaw
1985
Blue Boat:
Jocelyne Court
Ali Rhind
Blondie:
Karen Laurensen
1986
Blue Boat:
Karen Laurensen
Blondie:
Anna Mary Young
Jo Burch
1987
Blue Boat:
Jo Burch
1988
Blue Boat:
Jo Burch
1989
Blondie:
Trudy Willmott
Elizabeth Renshaw
1992
Lightweights:
Samantha Lucy
1993
Lightweights:
Samantha Lucy
1994
Lightweights:
Victoria Newton
1995
Blue Boat
Ann Hairsine
Lightweights:
Lilly West
1996
Lightweights:
Lilly Smallwood
1997
Lightweights:
Rachel Sansbury
1998
Lightweights:
Naomi Kay
1999
Blue Boat:
Aimee di Marco
Blondie:
Jennifer Ablitt
Emma Church
Joanne Pascall
Frances James
2000
Blue Boat:
Anna Sloan
Aimee di Marco
Blondie:
Joanne Pascall
Lightweights:
Angela Tyrrell
2001
Blue Boat:
Joanne Pascall (President)
Anna Sloan
Blondie:
Emily Spence
2003
Blue Boat:
Rachel Smith
2004
Blue Boat:
Jess Stanley
Rachel Smith (President)
2005
Blue Boat:
Grace Neal
Lightweights:
Lourina Pretorius
2006
Blue Boat:
Jenny Reid
2007
Blue Boat:
Rachael Jefferies
Jenny Reid
Blondie:
Erin Weber
Lightweights:
Oluwatosin Farinre
2008
Blue Boat:
Erin Weber
Blondie:
Harriet Eldred
2009
Blue Boat:
Harriet Eldred (President)
Blondie:
Hayley Simmonds
2010
Blue Boat:
Sarah Allen
Blondie:
Claudia Catacchio
Lightweights:
Harriet Trayler-Clarke
2011
Blue Boat:
Ruth Blackshaw
Blondie:
Silvia Breu
2014
Blondie:
Tamsin Samuels
2016
Lightweights & Blondie:
Alexandra Wood
2017
Blue Boat:
Anna Dawson
Lightweights:
Ellie Thompson
2018
Lightweights:
Ellie Thompson
Blondie:
Pippa Dakin
2019
Blue Boat:
Ida Gørtz Jacobsen
Lightweights:
Chiara Avancini
Blondie:
Adriana Perez Rotondo
2021
Blue Boat:
Adriana Perez Rotondo
Lightweights:
Rosanna Barraclough
Evelyn Svingen
2022
Blue Boat:
Adriana Perez Rotondo
Caoimhe Dempsey
Sarah Portsmouth
Blondie:
Millie Hopkins
*No race vs. Oxford