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The End of the Island Rowing Podcast

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Rowing
Henley Royal Regatta
Olympics
2025 World Rowing Championships
Henley Women's Regatta
Filippi Boats
Reading University
Cambridge University Boat Club
Newcastle University
Boat Race
Cambridge University
Head Of the Charles
Oxford University Boat Club
Lauren Henry
BUCS Regatta
Filippi
Head Of the Charles Regatta
Leander Club
Oxford Brookes
Rutgers

From the world's premier rowing outlet comes: The End of The Island, proudly sponsored by Filippi Boats. Your one-stop shop for the latest and greatest from across the rowing circuit. Tune in for weekly(ish) insights, analysis and interviews.

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Fergus Mainland in conversation with Mark Wilkinson - Director of Rowing at The Windsor Boys' School and Jonathan Keir - Director of Rowing at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School.

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From the banks of Dorney Lake join Fergus Mainland, Tom Morgan, and Fraser Innes to recap the action from a spectacular and scorching day of NSR 2026.

This episode is sponsored by Filippi Boats.

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For the BUCS Regatta debrief, Fergus Mainland is joined by Will Hadland-Horrocks, Alex Darby, and Fraser Innes to unpick all the headlines from four days of racing in Nottingham.

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It's been more than four years since the last time we had a coaching panel and as the student world gets read for BUCS Regatta and the rest of the country gets set for Wallingford Regatta and everything else, this seems like a pretty good week to wel... more

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Recent Guests

Alex Darby
Commentator and former coach
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Episode: S14 Episode 10: BUCS Regatta 2026
Will Rand
Representative from Reading University
Reading University
Episode: S14 Episode 10: BUCS Regatta 2026
John Higson
Coach from Leander Club, associated with Edinburgh University
Leander Club / University of Edinburgh
Episode: S14 Episode 9: Coach Knows Best IV
Harriet Taylor
Coach from Leander Club
Leander Club
Episode: S14 Episode 9: Coach Knows Best IV
Morgan Baynham-Williams
Coach from Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University
Episode: S14 Episode 9: Coach Knows Best IV
Annie Anezakis
Last year's president and the first woman across the line in this year's women's boat race
Oxford University Boat Club
Episode: S14 Episode 8: The 2026 CHANEL J12 Boat Races Review ft. OUBC's Annie Anezakis and CUBC's Simon Hatcher
Simon Hatcher
First man across the line, winning his second boat race for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Boat Club
Episode: S14 Episode 8: The 2026 CHANEL J12 Boat Races Review ft. OUBC's Annie Anezakis and CUBC's Simon Hatcher
Camille Vandermeer
Cambridge Blue Boat rower, former US World Championship team
Cambridge University Boat Club
Episode: S14 Episode 7: The Boat Races 2026 | The Mega Preview Show
Julian Schöberl
Austrian rower in Oxford Blue Boat
Oxford University Boat Club
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Fergus Mainland
Host of The End of The Island podcast

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 87 ratings
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    Lovely to see a rowing podcast please keep on making it it’s fabulous

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    United Kingdom2 years ago
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    Possibly the best podcast ever created, can’t recommend any other, fabulous Scottish voice

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    mrventicake26
    United Kingdom6 years ago

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Strong community feel with insiders' perspectives from coaches and athletes.
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Episodes regularly highlight top crews and training strategies, making it a go-to for rowing practitioners.

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S14 Episode 2: BUCS Head 2026 ft. Durham, Newcastle, Strathclyde, and Birmingham
Q: What stood out about Durham's performance at BUCS Head 2026?
Durham demonstrated exceptional depth across nearly every boat class, with multiple crews at the top in championship events, and the men's and women's squads both showing pressure and consistency, which suggests a strong, long-term program ready to compete at Henley and Summer regattas.
S13 Episode 12: Trial VIIIs 2025 ft. The athletes and coaches from Oxford University BC & Cambridge University BC
Q: How was it out there from your perspective as president?
It was certainly drier than yesterday and sunnier as well. It was a great day out.
S13 Episode 12: Trial VIIIs 2025 ft. The athletes and coaches from Oxford University BC & Cambridge University BC
Q: How have you tried to ensure that it was as good a race as possible?
It's an opportunity of having different people in different seats and seeing how that works.
S13 Episode 12: Trial VIIIs 2025 ft. The athletes and coaches from Oxford University BC & Cambridge University BC
Q: Talk me through the race unfolding from your side of things.
It was a good time to get out on the championship course. We saw the blue skies this morning and the weather was great.
S13 Episode 12: Trial VIIIs 2025 ft. The athletes and coaches from Oxford University BC & Cambridge University BC
Q: How has the season started so far?
We started on the 30th of August, and Orba, two who were at the Worlds, were there day one, which has been very cool.

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