Durham University enjoyed its best result for 11 years at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 4s and 8s Head on the River Tyne, winning the Victor Ludorum in Men’s, Women’s and Overall categories over the weekend of February 18th and 19th.
Consisting of a time trial over 5km for Championship and Intermediate crews and 3km for Beginners the Head was being staged on the Tyne for a second successive year and attracted entries from Universities and Colleges across the UK.
From 24 entries Durham achieved 5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals, including
Gold in –
- Men’s Championship 4-
- Women’s Championship Lightweight 4-
- Women’s Championship 8+
- Men’s Championship 8+
- Women’s Championship 4+
Silver in
- Men’s Intermediate 4x
- Men’s intermediate 8+
and Bronze in
- Men’s Championship 4x
- Women’s Intermediate 8+
- Men’s Championship Lightweight 4-
- Men’s Championship 4+
Race results can be found here
The top 3 places in the Victor Ludorum for points accumulated over the weekend were –
Men
- 1st Durham University 401
- 2nd Imperial College 344
- 3rd Newcastle University 246
Women
- 1st Durham University 320
- 2nd Edinburgh University 315
- 3rd Newcastle University 302
Overall
- 1st Durham University 721
- 2nd Newcastle University 548
- 3rd Edinburgh University 495
Full Victor Ludorum results are available at on the BUCS website here.
Photos are available from AllMarkOne and video from Unirowing.
The success bodes well as Durham face up to rivals Newcastle in the Boat Race of the North and look forward to the Regatta season ahead.
BUCS 4s and 8s Head 2023