The End of the Island Rowing Podcast

It's been more than four years since the last time we had a coaching panel and as the student world gets read for BUCS Regatta and the rest of the country gets set for Wallingford Regatta and everything else, this seems like a pretty good week to welcome some fantastic minds to the show.
Fergus Mainland welcomes Edinburgh University BC's John Higson, Oxford Brookes University Boat Club's Morgan Baynham-Williams, and Leander Club's Harriet Taylor to chat summer preparations, squad management, their coaching inspirations, and some of their highlights from over the years.
This episode is sponsored by Filippi Boats.
Filippi are one of the most instantly recognisable rowing boat brands in the world. Since inception in 1980, they've carried crews to over 400 medals at World Championship and Olympic level and have a network of dealers across the globe.
They pride themselves on an ability to custom-create shells of the highest specification, suitable for Olympic champions and novice athletes. Today, the running of the boatyard is undertaken by David Filippi; the yard employs 60 technicians and produces just over 1100 boats each year which supply Federations worldwide.
Visit https://www.filippiboats.com/to learn about what they can do for you.

 
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Join Fergus Mainland in conversation with Oxford University BC's Annie Anezakis and Cambridge University BC's Simon Hatcher for our look back on this year's Boat Races. We hear form both athletes about their respective races, the campaigns leading up to this year's racing and so much more.
This episode is sponsored by Filippi Boats.
Filippi are one of the most instantly recognisable rowing boat brands in the world. Since inception in 1980, they've carried crews to over 400 medals at World Championship and Olympic level and have a network of dealers across the globe.
They pride themselves on an ability to custom-create shells of the highest specification, suitable for Olympic champions and novice athletes. Today, the running of the boatyard is undertaken by David Filippi; the yard employs 60 technicians and produces just over 1100 boats each year which supply Federations worldwide.
Visit https://www.filippiboats.com/to learn about what they can do for you.
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With just a couple of days to go until racing kicks off on Saturday, join Fergus Mainland, Camilla Hadland-Horrocks, Tom Morgan, and Ed Evans for the only preview you need to listen to ahead of this weekend's Boat Races. We give our predictions and thoughts ahead of the flags dropping but we've also got some great guests too.
Hear from OUBC President Heidi long and Austrian international Julian Schöberl as well as the two Cambridge coaches Rob Baker and Paddy Ryan alongside Gabriel Obholzer who makes his Cambridge debut.
This episode is sponsored by Filippi Boats.
Filippi are one of the most instantly recognisable rowing boat brands in the world. Since inception in 1980, they've carried crews to over 400 medals at World Championship and Olympic level and have a network of dealers across the globe.
They pride themselves on an ability to custom-create shells of the highest specification, suitable for Olympic champions and novice athletes. Today, the running of the boatyard is undertaken by David Filippi; the yard employs 60 technicians and produces just over 1100 boats each year which supply Federations worldwide.
Visit https://www.filippiboats.com/to learn about what they can do for you.
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In today's special episode Fergus Mainland is joined by Tim Levell, Programme Director of TimesRadio and Pete Andrews, Head of Sport at Channel4 to chat about the broadcast of the 2026 CHANEL J12 Boat Race.
This episode is sponsored by Filippi Boats.
Filippi are one of the most instantly recognisable rowing boat brands in the world. Since inception in 1980, they've carried crews to over 400 medals at World Championship and Olympic level and have a network of dealers across the globe.
They pride themselves on an ability to custom-create shells of the highest specification, suitable for Olympic champions and novice athletes. Today, the running of the boatyard is undertaken by David Filippi; the yard employs 60 technicians and produces just over 1100 boats each year which supply Federations worldwide.
Visit https://www.filippiboats.com/to learn about what they can do for you.

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In this week's episode, Fergus and Tom are joined by Seb Benzecry and Zoë Hayes to debrief all the action from Head of the River Race 2026. Tom also caught up with athletes from Imperial College  Boat Club and Stu Head of London Rowing Club, who reflect on a strong Tideway showing. 
This episode is sponsored by Filippi Boats.
Filippi are one of the most instantly recognisable rowing boat brands in the world. Since inception in 1980, they've carried crews to over 400 medals at World Championship and Olympic level and have a network of dealers across the globe.
They pride themselves on an ability to custom-create shells of the highest specification, suitable for Olympic champions and novice athletes. Today, the running of the boatyard is undertaken by David Filippi; the yard employs 60 technicians and produces just over 1100 boats each year which supply Federations worldwide.
Visit https://www.filippiboats.com/to learn about what they can do for you.
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