Staff and Committee

Head Coach – Angelo Savarino

Angelo is NUBC’s Head Coach. His arrival at NUBC follows three successful years based at the Italy’s Paolo D’Aloja National Rowing Centre at Piediluco, Umbria, where he was Coach and Co-ordinator of the Italian Junior and Senior Women’s national teams, and Assistant Coach for the Italian Federation’s Rowing College. With Angelo as their coach, Junior Italian crews picked up five silver medals and one bronze at World Championships in 2003 and 2004. Prior to that time, from 1994-2002 he was Head Coach at Circolo Canottieri (Rowing Club) Lazio, where athletes under his tutelage collected two gold, two silver and two bronze World Championship medals, and no fewer than 14 Italian Championship victories.

E-mail: angelo.savarino@ncl.ac.uk

Boatman – Brad Jewell

Brad Jewell maintains and repairs NUBC’s boat fleet. With more than 10 years at NUBC he has become an invaluable resource both here and in his role as a member of the Friends of NUBC. Brad trained as a naval architect at Newcastle University and has designed and sold ships for most of his career. He has now turned his attention to smaller boats and has built up considerable expertise in the construction and maintenance of rowing craft.Brad can be seen here sporting the brilliant boat club blazer and tie at the Northumbrian University Boat Race 2008. Both items are clothing are available for purchase in the Kit section of the website.

President – Andrew Corrigan
Andrew is in his 3rd year of civil and structural engineering degree and his 3rd year of rowing. he started rowing competitively at NUBC in first year and quickly progressed on Angelos programme. last year he had a reasonably successful year coming 3rd at final trials in the single, but unfortunately missed out on a place in the u23 eight. Andrew had a successful BUSA regatta winning 3 gold’s in all 3 sculling events and ended the season with a pleasing win in U23 single at National Championships before taking time out to recover from a knee injury. Andrew is sereii looking forward for the year ahead and like Murray hopes to be part of a very successful Newcastle Senior Men’s Squad.

E-mail: andrew.corrigan@newcastle.ac.uk

Secretary – Richard Copsey

Richard is in his fourth year at Newcastle. He joined as a novice in his first year in which he competed in some of the top events in the country and has since moved into the senior squad. He enjoys the close knit and social squad at Newcastle. After a disappointing season last year mostly spent injured he is hoping for a successful and injury free year.

E-mail: r.j.copsey@newcastle.ac.uk

	Treasurer – Henry Hilder
	E-mail: henry.hilder@newcastle.ac.uk

Senior Men’s Captain – Mark Bowers

E-mail: mark.bowers@newcastle.ac.uk

	Senior Women’s Captain – Emily FieldEmily is in her third year, studying Civil Engineering. She joined the boat club in her first year of university as a novice, and continued to row as a senior during her second year. This year she has begun coaching the novice women, hoping to help other novice women experience the unbeatable rowing lifestyle.
	E-mail: emily.field@newcastle.ac.uk

Publicity – Emily Field

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Friends & Alumni Officers – Edward Ford & Murray Wilkojc

Murray is in his 3rd year of rowing at NUBC having started to row quite a few years ago at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh. He had an enjoyable and reasonably successful first year at the club where he got to race in a number big events for the first time and is looking forward to the year ahead, where he hopes to be part of a successful Newcastle Senior Men’s squad.

E-mail: m.a.wilkojc@necwastle.ac.uk