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An American citizen will lead the Cambridge crew into next year’s Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging, which begins in earnest next week.

On Tuesday afternoon a stream of Year 7 and 8 pupils stepped from the spring sunshine into the dimly-lit dining halls of St John’s and Corpus Christi Colleges to write a letter to their descendants, not to be opened for a hundred years.

Tom Chigbo, who was voted in last term as next president of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Students’ Union (CUSU), has been talking about his plans for his new role. Tom, 21, will take over from Mark Fletcher, who read land economy at Jesus College, in July.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Tideway produced white-capped waves with the wind against the tide on Wednesday morning and both Boat Race crews braved the elements, presumably with the thought that it could happen on Race day.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Blue Boat crew have weighed in lighter than the Oxford crew butÌýare confident after an excellent run-in to the 155th Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging.

Seven students from Sidney Sussex College are touring schools and colleges in Merseyside this week to encourage more pupils to think about applying to Cambridge.

Cambridge and Oxford Women’s Eights are in their final week of preparation in advance of the 64th Women’s Boat Race which takes place over the Royal Regatta course at Henley-on-ThamesÌýon Sunday.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Blue Boat will race a Tideway Scullers' School crew comprising the world's eight foremost heavyweight male scullers on Wednesday 18th March.

Cambridge and Oxford Boat Clubs have unveiled the crew line-ups to contest this year’s Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging, which will take place on Sunday 29 March at 15:40.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Chancellor of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥, HRH Prince Philip ̽»¨Ö±²¥Duke Of Edinburgh, was in Cambridge yesterday for a series of engagements.