The Queen's College Boat Club
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| Home water | The Isis |
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| Founded | 1827 |
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| University | University of Oxford |
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| Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code QCO) Pembroke College, Cambridge (Sister college) |
| Website | www |
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The Queen's College Boat Club (abbreviated QCBC) is the rowing club for members of The Queen's College, Oxford. It is one of the oldest boat clubs in the world, being founded in 1827.
History[]
In 1837, the Club represented Oxford in a race against Lady Margaret Boat Club, representing Cambridge, and won. This event, held on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, is credited with leading to support from the town for the establishment of the Henley Royal Regatta.[1]
The club was last Head of the River in Eights in 1957, and in Torpids in 1958.
A women's boat first competed in 1981 after admission of women to the college. It has since risen to as high as 2nd on the river during the 2006 Torpids competition, and 10th on the river during Summer Eights 2005.[2]
In recent years the men's first and second boats have risen steadily through the rankings of Summer Eights with the first eight now positioned at 15th on the river and second eight at 51st as of 2019. Notably, both boats achieved 'blades' (bumping on each day of the competition) in both the 2015 and 2017 regattas.[2]
See also[]
- Torpids
- Summer Eights
References[]
- ^ Berkshire (Earl.), Charles Howard Suffolk and (1911). The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games.
- ^ a b "Queen's Crews". eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- Sherwood, W.E (1900). "Oxford rowing; a history of boat-racing at Oxford from the earliest times, with a record of the races; compiled principally from official sources". Frowde. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
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