Steve Williams, winner of a breath-taking gold medal as part of the British men's four in Athens last summer, has been named in Leander Club's eight to face Oxford on the Tideway this weekend (Saturday 12 March, 2pm).
The fixture is part of the traditional build-up to the Boat Race, to be sponsored by Xchanging and to take place on Sunday March 27th, 2005.
Williams will line up alongside Alex Partridge - the man who would have been in the Athens four if he had not punctured a lung just before the Games - and Josh West, a Cambridge Blue who was also twice a world silver medallist with Williams in a GB four.
Olympians Ian Lawson, Matt Langridge and Christian Cormack are also in the Leander crew.
Crew lists:
Leander:
Bow Ben Lewis
2 Ian Lawson
3 Josh West
4 Rick Egington
5 Matt Langridge
6 Steve Williams
7 Alex Partridge
Str Tommy Burton
Cox Christian Cormack
OXFORD
(in alphabetical order)
Mike Blomquist
Robin Bourne-Taylor (President)
Jason Flickinger
Chris Liwski
Acer Nethercott
Peter Reed
Andrew Triggs Hodge
Joseph Von Maltzahn
Barney Williams