This was the Greate Ouse Marathon from Denver sluice near Downham Market to Ely, a distance of 22km.  Crew members ranged in age from 17 (Peter Batley, subbing for his father Dr Richard Batley) to 54 (Fellow and pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Ian Leslie).  They completed the race in the fastest time of 1 hour 39 minutes, beating 25 other crews.  After refreshments in Ely they then rowed on to Cambridge, covering about 55 km in total.  Two things were certain at the end of the day, firstly that they all had very sore hands and secondly they slept well that night!

Fellows crew rowing as 'Champion of Thames': cox Guy Naylor, str Mike Housden (2008 MCR President), 7 Derek Taylor (Clare Hall), 6 Ian Leslie, 5 Nikon Rasumov (Darwin), 4 Nick Gay, 3 Duncan Bull (2009 Boat Club Captain), 2 Peter Batley, bow Luke Skinner.

Photograph by davidbougheyphotographic.