People
OUBC Men
OUBC Women
PRESIDENT
Louis Corrigan
BA BM BCh Medicine, Wadham College
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PRESIDENT - OULRC
James Mason
Neuroscience MSc, St Hugh's College
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PRESIDENT
Ella Stadler
MPhil History of Science, Medicine and Technology, Exeter College
PRESIDENT - OUWLRC
Vicky Fletcher
BA English Language and Literature (Course II), Exeter College
Chief Operating Officer
Robin Bourne-Taylor
Robin has recently joined the OUBC as an interim operational lead. Robin rowed for Oxford in four Boat Races, winning in 2002, 2003 and as President in 2005. He also competed in Team GB at the Athens and Beijing Olympics. After rowing he joined the British Army where he was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for his leadership in Afghanistan. Since the military he has led a number of dynamic global businesses, including the role of Managing Director Right to Dream, a world-leading elite football academy in Ghana. At Right to Dream Robin ran the academy as well being part of a small executive team responsible for all commercial & media partnerships, a Danish Superliga Club and charities in the US and UK. Robin currently has his own business with another former OUBC President, Ben Burch, that supports the Military and Veterans' community in the UK.
ASSISTANT COACH
Brendan Gliddon
Brendan joined OUBC in 2018 having previously coached on the Thames Tideway at Westminster School and Imperial College London. He is originally from South Africa where he was head of rowing at the University of Cape Town and SA College School. He is an International Rowing Umpire and has coached U23 and FISU teams for South Africa and Great Britain, winning a gold medal in the Men's Eight again in 2023.
HEAD COACH
Allan French
Allan joined OUBC as Women's Head Coach in December 2023 from his role as Head of Rowing at Reading Blue Coat school. Before this he was Women’s Head Coach at Oxford Brookes University from 2012 to 2018 where during this time the programme was made a GB High Performance Centre for Women’s Rowing and Allan coached crews to multiple domestic and national titles. In 2016 Allan coached the GB Women’s Four to a bronze medal at the FISU World University Championships, the U23 Lightweight Women’s Quad to fifth place at the 2017 U23 World Championships and coached the GB Women’s Eight to a fourth place finish at the 2018 U23 World Championships.
ASSISTANT COACH
James Powell
James has been the Women's Assistant Coach since 2018. After rowing at Oxford Brookes University, James’ rowing and coaching careers have led him to success across a number of national and international events. Beginning his coaching career in Oxford, he moved on to work in Sydney, with eleven of the twelve crews he helped to support winning medals, including five golds, at major national events.
Admin, Management & Welfare
BOATHOUSE MANAGER
Austen Dorey
Austen started at OUBC in 2012. He was brought up on the River Thames and has been building and restoring boats since he could hold a chisel. He has developed an enviable skill base and is widely regarded as one of the finest boatmen in the country. Prior to joining OUBC, Austen was boatman of Shiplake College for twelve years and Abingdon School for three years.
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FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR
Diana Mountain
Diana rowed for Oxford in the early years of the women's lightweights, becoming involved again with the club in 2014 as OUWLRC Treasurer before taking over the central finance role for OUBC in 2020. She balances the books rather than a boat these days, fitting this around her various finance roles within the hospitality industry.
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WOMEN'S PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Catherine Tomkies
Catherine is a Gold Accredited Sports Physiotherapist with the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine, with over 20 years' experience. She was the Lead TASS Physiotherapist for Oxford, looking after a variety of younger athletes in Olympic sports including GB Under 23 and Catherine worked as a physiotherapist at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Team GB HQ at the World Winter Student Games. Since 2015, Catherine has worked for the AELTC covering the Wimbledon Championships each year. After four years with OUWBC from 2013-2016, we are delighted that Catherine has returned to OUBC in 2023 to work with the women athletes again.
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PERFORMANCE NUTRITIONIST
Gareth Nicholas
Gareth joined OUBC as the performance nutritionist working alongside the boat club and the wider Blues Performance Scheme at Oxford University. Having graduated with an MSc in Human Performance and with a post graduate IOC diploma in Sports Nutrition, Gareth has combined a 15-year career in commercial sports nutrition with being a performance nutrition practitioner.
As an SENR registered nutritionist, Gareth has worked across a number of team and individual sports but more recently leading the support for GB Rowing in both Olympic and Paralympic squads. His passion is delivering periodised and personalised nutritional strategies that focus on energy requirements and deliver performance.
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CLUB ADMINISTRATOR
Caroline Bramhall-Clay
Caroline joined us in 2017 and took over the administration of OUBC in 2018, liaising with athletes, coaches, the support team and the organisers behind the Boat Race. Before moving into the rowing world, Caroline worked at The Football Association for nine years, working across both the men and women’s youth teams, and with the England Senior Women’s team for five years.
PHYSIOLOGIST
Filipe Salbany
Filipe is both an expert beekeeper and an elite sports performance coach. He uses Critical Power concepts, scaling models, performance characteristics combined with Heart Rate training data to assess, modify and impact optimal performance. The work involves extensive lactate analysis to quantify ergometer/boat HR data to provide an optimal training stimulus adapted for each athlete.
HEAD S&C COACH
Tiahan Eeles
Tiahan has been a strength and conditioning coach for over 15 years, graduating with an MSc in 2010. He has led the physical preparation of all Blues Performance teams and elite athletes at Oxford University since 2020.
Prior to his time at Oxford he led programmes within universities, for semi-professional and professional club environments, including premier league football clubs working with academy prospects to international athletes. Being a member of OUBC is a challenge like no other, he particularly enjoys building a successful environment for our high performing student-athletes to thrive both on the water and academically.
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Executive Committee
The Executive Committee exists to support the President in the running of the Club
Chairperson – Anna Troup
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Senior Member – Regius Professor Sir John Bell
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Treasurer – Nick Brodieowed
BRCL Representative – Sara Kushna
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BRCL Representative – Seb Pearce
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Committee Member – Lynton Richmond
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