John Gearing coaches the Ist VIII and is Director of Rowing.
Started rowing competitively at university in 1980 and went on to represent South Africa for seven years from 1982 to 1992 including representation at the World Championships and the semi-finals and finals at Henley. He has won five S.A.National Championships in the coxless four, three in the eight and three in the double sculls.
He started coaching in earnest in 1997 at the University of Natal and at Hilton College. Both the ladies’ and men’s crews achieved silver medals in the annual head race and the ladies’ eight also won gold at the national championships. In 2000 to 2006 he lived in Grahamstown where he coached Rhodes University men’s crews to three Boat Race victories and the women’s crew to two victories.
During this time his St Andrew’s crews achieved three gold medals in the eight and three gold medals in the four at the national championships as well as five first places in the S.A.Schools’ Boat Race. The St Andrew’s eight also made the semi-finals of the PE at Henley in their first ever overseas tour in 2005. He has also taken four St Andrew’s coxed fours to the World Junior Championships in different years (the only S.A. school to qualify a complete crew) with the best results being a bronze medal in 2003 and a fourth place in 2004.
He also coached the South African U23 lightweight pair to a seventh place in 2005 and a bronze medal in 2006 at the World Championships.

Teaches: English and Geography

Angus McChesney

Angus started rowing with Derby Rowing Club in 1982. He represented Britain in the World Juniors in 1984, the year that East Germany won all events - both boys and girls.
Rowing for Nottingham County RA he won the Nat Schools Championship rowing in a quad. He continued rowing, first for Imperial College and then in the University of London Squad. In the IC VIII he won the British Universities Championship. At Henley in 1988 his Imperial IV lost the final of the Visitors Cup to Durham University - coached by Donald Legget.
In 1990 his UL VIII reached the final of the Ladies Plate, only to be beaten by Harvard. He has been coaching for 15 years - eight with the Radley 1st VIII. For the last two years he also spent a few weeks a year with the Magdalen College VIII - with three OR's on board , helping them to move from seventh to Head of the River in Summer VIIIs.

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Teaches: Economics and Geography

Henry took up rowing when he arrived to study Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In his first year he rowed in the college Sixth VIII in the May Bumps, but by his second year he had progressed to the First May VIII which rowed over Head-of-the-River. By now he had come to the notice of one Donald Legget, and under his guidance went on to row in Goldie in 1995 (winning by 14 lengths) and the Blue Boat in 1996 (winning by 2 ¾ lengths).
During his time at Cambridge he also represented Great Britain at the World Under 23 rowing Championships in 1995, winning gold in the coxless IV and rowed at Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Ladies Plate in 1996.
On leaving Cambridge Henry rowed for and then, following a back injury, coached Crabtree Boat club, helping to guide them (again with assistance from Donald Legget) to back-to-back finals of the Thames Cup at Henley in 1999 and 2000.
Before coming to Radley, Henry coached J14’s at Hampton School. Every schoolboy crew he has taken to National Schools has medalled, but gold has eluded him to date. He hopes to put that right soon.

Teaches: Physics

Jean le Manac’h

Jean started coaching at Radley in 1984 , coaching the senior squad between 1985 and 1995. He took over the J16s in 1996. He was appointed Master in Charge of Rowing in 2000, a role he continued until 2007 when he handed over the task to John Gearing. Under his guidance the club has grown both in numbers and stature. For the last five years RCBC has, taking in all age groups, been the most successful rowing school in the UK.

Teaches: French and Spanish

John rowed in the Eton Ist VIII in 2000 going on to represent GB in the VIII at the World Junior Championships in Zagreb winning Bronze. He went up to University College, Oxford to read Russian and Spanish in 2001. He rowed for Isis in 2002 and at bow in the 149th Boat Race (with Henry Morris OR) in 2003 when Oxford won by just one foot – the closest verdict ever.
Married to Emily he is Assistant to the Chaplaincy.

Teaches: Spanish and Religious Studies

Ben learned to row at Peter Symonds School, Winchester in 1976. He was one of the founders of Brunel University BC and was in their 1st VIII in 1983 and 1984. He has also rowed for Midland Bank competing in the 1985 Head of the River Race.
He has been coaching Radley crews at J14, J15 and J16 level for the last 20 years, his crews collecting more than >their fair share of silverware in the process.

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Teaches: Design and Technology

While at Nuffield College, Oxford, Rob rowed for Linacre College from 1996 to 1999.  He came second in Christ Church Regatta as a novice crew in a wooden boat and using spoons!  He moved up the club rowing in the Ist VIII in the Summer VIII's in 1998.  Awarded an M Phil in 1999 he spent two years at the HM Treasury returning to Oxford to lecture in Politics. He came to Radley in 2004

 Teaches: Head of Politics 

With a grandmother living near the Tideway, John was introduced to the sport at an early age.
He took to the water as a Cox in 1975 for Lady Margaret BC, the club of St. John’s College, Cambridge. He has been coaching since 1979 and at Radley since he came to the college in 1981.Apart from rowing, John coaches rugby although in the past he has coached cricket, hockey and badminton.
John has been part of the J14 coaching team for the last few years, and this is his fifth year in charge. He sees their role as ensuring that boys get a sound introduction to the sport, as much competitive racing as possible, plus plenty of enjoyment in the process.

Teaches: Mathematics

Tim aka 'The Rev' began his rowing at Kings School Peterborough in the days when clinker IV's were still viewed as competitive boats. After King's he went up to Leeds to read Theology and became involved in the university crews at Leeds rowing in the six seat.
After a brief sojurn in the rowing-less wilderness of rural Northants he became Second Chaplain at Tonbridge School in 1986 and for six years ran a Junior Colts crew, still training though not racing in clinker boats!.
Moving to Durham School in 1992 Tim took over the girls crews , who became known as 'Bond's Lovelies' (because they knick-named him James Bond). and in 1999 also began coaching the junior double sculls.
Since arriving at Radley in 2002 he has coached 15.2 in 2003 (a great year winning J15 Second VIII's at the Schools Head and Gold at Nat Schools. This was despite or should I say in defiance of his coaching or was it as Donald Legget suggests the hand of God?)
He is easily recognisable at regattas and such places by a) the Greying beard or b) The whiff of Cherry and Vanilla tobacco from his Pipe.

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Alex Saunders

Alex took up rowing whilst at Brasenose College, Oxford, and spent a year captaining the Women’s 2nd VIII before moving up to the Women’s first VIII in her third and final year.
She took a marginal role in coaching J14’s at The Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, before becoming a more committed coach on arriving at Radley in 2005.

Teaches: English

Lucy took up rowing to have something to do at weekends whilst her husband James was off playing cricket.She joined Wallingford Rowing Club as a Novice in 2002. As a Senior, she has raced twice at Women's Henley for Wallingford (with little success!).
In 2004 she raced at the British National Championships and won the Gold medal in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls – with Esther Dingley. The same day in a Lightweight Quad she won Silver - with Esther and two girls from Thames Rowing Club. The following weekend representing England in the lightweight Double Sculls she came second in the Home Countries Championship.
Lucy, who came to Radley in September 2004, has trained for the Great Britain women's lightweight squad but is now focusing her efforts on her coaching and currently coaches the J14 1st 8 alongside John Nye.

Teaches: French and German

Charlie Milward

Charlie rowed as a J14 at St. Edwards. He returned to rowing in 1968 as a member of Clare College Rugby VIII in that year's Mays. In the Lents, his crew gained four bumps in four days, collecting his blade.
He started coaching at Radley in 2000 after his son rowed throughout his Radley career and he became aware just how much young people benefit from the discipline and team work that rowing demands.

Teaches: Physics

Stephen arrived at Radley in 2005 and is enjoying his second year as part of the J14 coaching team.  He read Classics at Queen's, Belfast before training as a teacher at Corpus Christi ,Cambridge, where he evaded coxing despite persistent requests - a pity given that what he would have learned would now be useful!
He came to Radley from Norwich School where he was master i/c badminton. He enjoys coaching the Shells as he also coaches them rugby.

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Teaches: Classics

Coaching Adviser: Donald Legget

Donald rowed at Radley 1956-60 and was Captain of Boats. At Cambridge he rowed in the 1962 Goldie Crew, the losing ’63 Blue Boat and the winning ’64 crew (the year he was Secretary of CUBC).
As a member of the Trinity Hall VIII in 1964 he won his oar and reached the semi-final of the Ladies Plate at Henley.
He was Captain of Leander in 1965 and then coached the Cadet Squad at Leander with Derek Drury to win the Thames Cup in 1968, ’69 and ’70. The stern 3 of the 1976 Olympic Silver Medal VIII came from this squad.
His coaching career has been long and distinguished. It started with B Social Scullers in the 50s (a pleasure missed by the web-editors by one term).
He has coached the CUBC and Goldie crews since he joined the Cambridge coaching team in 1968, as an amateur till 1995 and professionally since. Over the last 40 years he has coached an extraordinary diversity of crews – Junior Bronze medal scullers, Locke & Crooks to win the ’71 Goblets and represent the UK at the European Championships, Delafield & Crooks (OR) to reach fifth in the Double Sculls at the Munich Olympics and a trio of Bronzes for Hart & Baillieu (OR) at the ’73 to ’75 World Championships.
He has also achieved successes for crews at the U23s and at Henley – the two most notable of which were the Radley PE win in 1998, two years after he returned to Radley as a member of the coaching squad, and the CUBC/Mladost Coxless Four which won the Stewards in record time (6.22, which is also the PE record!) in 1995.

“My main aim is to increase the boys’ boat-craft and watermanship skills. My hope for the future is that when Radley oarsmen graduate to university or club rowing they will know how to care for the boats and able to make all the technical adjustments to riggers and blades that are so essential to improving performance. I know from talking to Mariners, many of them were surprised when they joined their university boat club that not having someone around to sort out the boats for them, proved quite difficult.”
Andy is an oarsman himself came to Radley in September 2004. He started rowing aged 13 when he went to King’s Canterbury. He continued at Aberdeen University where he was club captain in his second year, leading his crew to an undefeated season in 1994. Since 1998 he has been rowing with Upper Thames RC – as has his wife Nic who will be joining the J14 coaching squad next term. He spent a year working in Banff, Canada, before going to the International Boat Building College in Lowestoft in 1997. There he learnt the art of building traditional wooden boats.
“I had always wanted to work on the Thames so I was delighted to secure my first job with Henwood & Dean in Henley. I had a wonderful seven years with them working on every type of wooden craft from Canadian canoes to 50 foot cabin cruisers.