S13 Episode 12: Trial VIIIs 2025 ft. The athletes and coaches from Oxford University BC & Cambridge University BC

Join Fergus and Ed from Thames RC to dissect all the action from the 2025 edition of Trial VIIIs. 

On day 1, we chatted with Light Blue coaches Rob Baker and Paddy Ryan as well as athletes Gabriel Obholzer and Charlotte Ebel. From Oxford we hear from coaches Allan French and Mark Fangan-Hall and Presidents Heidi Long and Tobias Bernard.

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