The Blue Boat Crew

Joel Jennings

Joel Jennings

Date of Birth: 31/07/1987
College: Clare
Height: 1.95 m
Weight: 98.2 kg
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Birth Place: Wakefield
Home Town: Sheffield
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: British
Year Enrolled: 2010
Course: PhD Biophysics
Course Length: 3 Years
School: Eckington
Previous University / College: Clare (BA in Maths/Management)

Rowed with Goldie in 2009 and again as stroke in the winning 2010 boat. Sculled at City of Sheffield in 2004 before rowing at Clare College a year later. Stroked the Clare men’s second VIII to Blades in the 2010 May Bumps. His father and great-grandfather played professional Rugby League. Can rider a unicycle and supports Leeds United FC.

Mike Thorp

Mike Thorp

Date of Birth: 09/09/1990
College: Homerton
Height: 1.93 m
Weight: 88.4 kg
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Birth Place: Chester
Home Town: Chester
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: British
Year Enrolled: 2009
Course: History
Course Length: 3 years
School: King’s School, Chester
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Part of the 2010 Goldie winning crew, he first started rowing at King’s School in Chester in 2004. Won the 2008 Coupe de la Jeunesse with the GB Men’s team and the 2010 New Zealand Great Race. His ambition is to trial for the GB Olympic team. A former county cricketer and Chester FC footballer, he also acts as the fine art critic for the Varsity newspaper.

Dan Rix-Standing

Dan Rix-Standing

Date of Birth: 26/09/1990
College: St Catharine’s
Height: 1.97 m
Weight: 89.0 kg
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Birth Place: Camden, London
Home Town: London
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: British
Year Enrolled: 2009
Course: Natural Sciences
Course Length: 3 years
School: Westminster School
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Started rowing at Westminster School in 2004 and rowed in the 2008 Junior World Championships. Won the Fawley Cup at Henley in 2009 and finished in a record 6th place for a junior crew in the Four’s Head. Played in his college tennis and rugby teams and sang with the National Opera at the age of 13. A member of the Cambridge Union who enjoys street dancing in London.

Hardy Cubasch

Hardy Cubasch

Date of Birth: 27/10/1980
College: St. Edmund’s
Height: 1.96 m
Weight: 99.8 kg
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Birth Place: Sydney, Australia
Home Town: Brisbane
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: Australian / German
Year Enrolled: 2010
Course: Management
Course Length: 1 year
School: Brisbane Grammar
Previous University / College: University of Queensland

Rowed at 6 in losing 2009 Blue Boat. Missed out on winning with the Light Blues a year later due to a prolonged wrist injury, but recovered to gain a spot in the triumphant Goldie boat. Represented Australia at junior, U23 and senior level and was national schoolboy champion in 1998. Took silver in the U23 World Championships of 2003 in the eight and gold at the 2005 World Championships in the coxed pair. Avid follower of all major sports.

George Nash

George Nash

Date of Birth: 02/10/1989
College: St Catharine’s
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 97.4 kg
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Birth Place: Guildford
Home Town: Guildford
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: British
Year Enrolled: 2008
Course: Engineering
Course Length: 4 years
School: Winchester College
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Rowed in the 3 seat in the winning Blue Boat in 2010, having competed for Goldie in 2009. Won gold for GB in the coxless fours in the 2007 Junior World Championships and has ambitions to row in the Olympics. His aunt rowed for GB in the 1970s and his grandfather was a rugby captain at Cambridge. Has cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Supports Leicester Tigers.

Geoff Roth

Geoff Roth

Date of Birth: 02/09/1987
College: St. Edmund’s
Height: 1.95 m
Weight: 91.6 kg
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Birth Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Home Town: Edmonton
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: Canadian
Year Enrolled: 2009
Course: Land Economy
Course Length: 2 years
School: Shawnigan Lake School
Previous University / College: University of California, Berkeley

Rowed at 2 in the victorious 2010 Blue Boat as one of three Canadians in the crew. Started rowing in 2003 at his school and became a member of the Canadian Under-23 team (8+) from 2007 and 2009. Won the San Diego Crew Classic with Berkeley. A keen winter sportsman, he enjoys skiing, snowboard, ski-pole and playing ice hockey. Aims to row for the Canadian national team. Once restored a Mustang car with his father.

Derek Rasmussen

Derek Rasmussen

Date of Birth: 13/02/1986
College: Hughes Hall
Height: 1.96 m
Weight: 81.4 kg
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Birth Place: San Francisco, USA
Home Town: Darnestown, Maryland
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: American
Year Enrolled: 2009
Course: Economics
Course Length: 2 years
School: Northwest High School
Previous University / College: Wisconsin

The CUBC President who rowed at 7 in the winning Blue Boat of 2010. Started rowing at University in Madison in 2004. Won the Eastern Sprint and IRA National Championships in 2008, plus the U23 World Championship title with the American Eight. A Green Bay Packer NFL football and Milwaukee Brewers MLB baseball team fan who enjoys waterskiing and ski-poling. His main rowing ambition is to win The Boat Race again in 2011.

Dave Nelson

Dave Nelson

Date of Birth: 15/09/1983
College: Hughes Hall
Height: 1.85 m
Weight: 94.8 kg
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Birth Place: Brisbane, Australia
Home Town: Brisbane
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: Australian
Year Enrolled: 2010
Course: BA Economics
Course Length: 2 years
School: St. Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace
Previous University / College: University of Queensland

First rowed at school in 1996 and went on to represent Australia in the Junior Coxed Four in 2001 and the U23 Eight in 2005. Stroke of the Currumbin Mohicans surf boat crew and aiming for ‘Aussie Gold’ at the national titles. Enjoys hunting crocodiles and surfing. A keen cyclist, he cycled some of Europe’s toughest climbs whilst following the 2009 Tour de France.

Liz Box

Liz Box

Date of Birth: 02/03/1988
College: Hughes Hall
Height: 1.61 m
Weight: 52.6 kg
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Birth Place: Melbourne, Australia
Home Town: Stoke Poges
Living: Cambridge
Nationality: British / Australian
Year Enrolled: 2010
Course: Diploma of Theology
Course Length: 1 year
School: Beaconsfield High School
Previous University / College: Christ’s, Cambridge

Coxed Goldie to victory in 2010, having steered the successful Light Blues in the Lightweight University Boat Race the year before. Took up the sport in 2006. Also plays lacrosse and netball. Her father is Australian and she lived in Melbourne until the age of four.