Postgraduate student Tessa Haining (Balliol 2023, MPhil Modern Languages) will row in the Oxford University Boat Club Women’s Blue Boat competing against Cambridge in the Gemini Boat Race 2024. Two other Balliol women are in the Oxford Women’s Squad 2024.

Rowing at number three, Tessa previously rowed for four years in the Harvard-Radcliffe Rowing crew. Asked what winning the Boat Race would mean to her, she says, ‘Would be incredible to bring the Boat Race trophy back to Oxford, and to contribute to the legacy of women’s rowing on both the national and international stage.’

Catherine King (Balliol 2023, DPhil in Cardiovascular Science) and Jennie Astley (Balliol 2022, DPhil Molecular and Cellular Medicine) are also in the Women’s Squad.

The Gemini Boat Race 2024 is on 30 March. The 78th Women’s Boat Race will start at 14.46 and the 169th Men’s Boat Race at 15.45. You can see the full timetable here and find out about the route, where and how to watch, and more on the Boat Race website.