Acer Gary Nethercott (28 November 1977 – 26 January 2013)[1] was a British coxswain, Olympic silver medallist and double Boat Race winner.

[4] Nethercott took up rowing at Oxford University as a first year student but quickly switched to coxing when it became evident that his body type was more suited to that than pulling an oar.

David Livingston (Oxford) raced against his older brother James, and a last minute call up for Ben Smith (who joined the Cambridge Blue Boat from Goldie hours before the race after the original crew member was injured) meant that he competed against his brother Matthew, the Oxford president.

Both universities had extremely strong intakes that year, with Cambridge boasting several world champions and the Oxford crew including Olympic silver medallist Barney Williams.

[9] A boat was named in Acer Nethercott's honour on 31 May 2014 at the University College Boathouse on the Isis at Oxford at the end of the last day of Eights Week.