Came to Cambridge because it was the best academically for his course. Took up rowing at school to get fit for rugby. Went on to win bronze in the junior men’s four at the 2005 World Junior Championships. Has a younger brother and sister. His brother won a silver medal for Great Britain in the 2006 Coupe de La Jeunesse in the men’s eight. His father, Jamie MacLeod, competed as a rower for Great Britain in two Olympic Games. Alastair was in Cambridge’s Development Squad last year and did not trial for Goldie or the Blue Boat.

Doug is studying for a Post Graduate Certificate in Education at Cambridge. There will be an element of family rivalry for Doug, whose father and grandfather both rowed at Trinity College, Oxford. A former school under-14 high jump champion, Doug was a silver medallist with the GB lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2005 U23 World Rowing Championships in the Netherlands. He was also a member of the GB lightweight men’s four finishing sixth at the 2006 U23 World Rowing Championships in Belgium. Doug was President of the Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club in 2004.

Rowed in Goldie in 2004 and 2005 and then took a year off last year because he wanted to see “another side” of the University. Was a junior world medallist (eight) and a national champs gold medallist in 2003. Competed at the Munich Regatta in 2003 taking gold in the pair. Formerly a Coupe de la Jeunesse gold and silver medallist in 2002. Was also in the GB men’s four at the 2005 World U23 Championships. Decided to take up rowing at school because he was “rubbish” at football and cricket. His mother and father have both recently taken up rowing.

Wanne is carrying out research for a PhD in Plant Science at Cambridge. His research will look at carbon allocation within plants, such as maize, looking at ways of ensuring the most nutritious parts of plants are in the bits that are being harvested for consumption. Wanne has a BSc and MSc in Plant Sciences from Wageningen University in his native Netherlands. He studied classical music while at high school, training on the violin and recorder at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. Wanne took up competitive rowing at university in the Netherlands, rowing in the freshman’s eight at Wageningen and was President of the university boat club in 2004 and 2005. His brother, Peter, rows at the Okeanos club in Amsterdam.

Oli already has a BA and MPhil in Economics from Cambridge. He has a Dutch father and English mother and lived in Holland until he was eight years old. Took up rowing at Cambridge and rowed for his college in 2003 and was part of the Goldie crew in 2004 and 2005. Won the Head of the Charles with Cambridge in 2004. Has raced competitively as a sailor in the Laser and 29er. In 2005/6 Oli took a year out from rowing and decided to try his hand at boxing. He boxed once for Cambridge against Trinity College, Dublin, in a Private Match and says he enjoyed the experience.

Tobias enrolled to study Modern Languages in 2005 but decided to concentrate solely on his studies in his first year. Having now decided to try out rowing, Tobias could potentially emulate his Great Uncle Kenneth Garnett who was a Boat Race winner with Cambridge in 1914 but who then died during the First World War. Previously, Tobias has won gold at the Coupe de La Jeunesse with Great Britain in the coxed four in 2004 and was in the British eight at the 2005 World Junior Championships. Tobias was a member of the GB National Youth Sailing Squad but preferred rowing because he wanted to be involved in a team sport. His younger sister, Amelia, has continued in sailing and competed this year in the European Junior Championships. Tobias has sung in choirs at school and has performed Evensong at various locations. He is now part of a close harmony group in Cambridge. There is a tradition in the family of studying at Cambridge and particularly at Trinity College.

Already has a double major in Economics and Anthropology from Dartmouth College in the USA. His second BA at Cambridge will help him focus more on the elements of finance and maths. Was “forced” (his word) into rowing by his mother after failing to make the golf team. Was an Eastern Sprints bronze medallist. At High School had previously been voted Most Valued Player in the sport of swimming. Saw a Dartmouth Alumni compete in the 2002 Boat Race and was inspired. His mother is a University Professor and his father is a Real Estate Manager who was also a talented American Football player. Both parents still live in Toledo.

David, a philosophy student, took up rowing at King’s School, Chester, inspired by established national rowers like Tom James, this year¹s Cambridge President. Has previously competed for GB winning the GB v France match and achieving bronze in the Coupe de la Jeunesse. David, a former 1500m runner, was part of the Cambridge Development squad from the summer of 2006 onwards and was a Prince Albert Cup (coxed four) semi-finalist at Henley Royal Regatta.. His sister, Kate, rowed in the 2002 Cambridge Lightweight women¹s crew.

Cox of the 2005 and 2006 Goldie crews, winning both and setting a course record in 2005. Won the Ladies’ Plate at Henley Royal Regatta (2005), and has won both the Elite Men’s and Women’s coxed four events at the Four’s Head. He is also boxing for Cambridge. Having won his first bout, he looks to secure the featherweight spot, and a victory, at this year’s 100th Boxing Varsity Match. Russ began steering boats at Brown University, where he coxed for four years. Currently building on his 2005 MPhil. in Chinese Intellectual Property Law as a PhD Candidate in the Oriental Studies department, focusing on Sino-America Petroleum Resources Conflict Prevention. Looking to pursue employment in China post-Cambridge.