 In 1996 Potts recorded a record-breaking win in the Goldie-Isis reserve race and won the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley Royal Regatta with CUBC (rowing as Goldie Boat Club).In 1998 he steered the record-breaking Cambridge Blue Boat in the Boat Race.Potts won a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships at St. Catharines, Canada in the coxed four with Jonny Searle, Jonny Singfield, Rick Dunn and Graham Smith.