This year victorious Cambridge Men’s Blue Boat named their boat ‘1986’, in honour of the 1986 Blue Boat who ended 10 years of Oxford dominance. The 1986 crew contained two Fitzwilliam students, Ian Clarke (Veterinary Medicine) at bow and Carole Burton (Medicine) in the cox seat. This year’s Blue Boat was also coxed by a Fitzwilliam student, Sammy Houdaigui (MPhil in Real Estate Management). Both Ian and Carole have been Presidents of the Billygoats. The 1986 crew celebrated their 40th anniversary at the Boat Race this year and attended Cambridge’s boat naming the day before the race.
The 1986 crew at the boat naming (Ian Clarke far left, Carole Wright, nee Burton, in front)
Two Fitzwilliam Blue Boat coxes 40 years apart, Carole Wright, nee Burton, and Sammy Houdaigui (Ian Clarke looks on)
Ian Clarke with this year’s bow of the Blue Boat, Simon Hatcher