BUCS Head, the universities’ winter race along the Tyne River in Newcastle, is set to be a stormy event; both the competition and wind will be stiff. Durham University Boat Club has been building towards this event with much anticipation, coming off the back of a very successful Christmas training camp in Seville.

The DUBC Women’s Squad will be fielding 2 VIIIs, with the same athletes doubling up into a coxless four, a coxed four and 3 quads later in the day. Their 1st VIII recently beat Newcastle at Tyne New Year’s head and will be looking to repeat the same feat and win a medal this weekend.

The Men’s Squad has entered 2 quads and 2 fours, the athletes of which will be joined by another 8 to race 3 VIIIs in the afternoon. With a tough field including Newcastle, Imperial, Edinburgh and many others they will be fighting tooth and nail for every second to vie for medals this weekend.

DUBC is also very proud to be entering 2 VIIIs and 2 quads from the Development Squad. After only taking the sport up at the start of the year, they will hope to add to the well-established tradition of DUBC Development Squad medalling at BUCS events.

The Boat Club has been uniformly performing at an extremely high level in training so far this season and is primed to deliver excellent performances across the board this weekend, despite the weather.