 He coxed the men's four, men's lightweight eight and women's eight at the 1994 Commonwealth Regatta representing Scotland.After going up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge University at the end of 1994, he was winning coxswain in the record-breaking CUWBC crew at the 1995 Women's Boat Race.This was quickly followed by coxing Trinity Hall BC to the headship in the May Bumps.