Cambridge University Boat Club
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Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
club of the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, England
England
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, located on the River Cam
River Cam
The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. The two rivers join to the south of Ely at Pope's Corner. The Great Ouse connects the Cam to England's canal system and to the North Sea at King's Lynn...
at Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, although training primarily takes place on the River Great Ouse
River Great Ouse
The Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. At long, it is the fourth-longest river in the United Kingdom. The river has been important for navigation, and for draining the low-lying region through which it flows. Its course has been modified several times, with the first recorded being in...
at Ely
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
. The club was founded in 1828. It has used the Goldie Boathouse
Goldie Boathouse
Goldie Boathouse is the fitness and administrative base of Cambridge University Boat Club, located on the river Cam in Cambridge, England. It was originally the University boathouse and was named after CUBC's President J. H. D. Goldie, who also gave his name to the University's second crew.The...
on the Cam since 1880.
CUBC is considered among the best university rowing clubs
University rowing (UK)
University rowing in the United Kingdom began when it was introduced to Oxford in the late 18th century. The first University Boat Race was held in 1829...
in Britain
United Kingdom
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, and the club races against the Oxford University Boat Club
Oxford University Boat Club
The Oxford University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in the early 19th century....
(OUBC) in The Boat Race
The Boat Race
The event generally known as "The Boat Race" is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the River Thames in London. It takes place generally on the last Saturday of March or the first...
on the Thames in London
London
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each year. It has produced several Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
-level rowers.
When rowing on the Thames, both the Blue Boat
Blue Boat
The Blue Boat is the highest level boat representing the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge in the Universities' annual rowing clash on the River Thames: The Boat Race...
and Goldie
Goldie (Cambridge University Boat Club)
Goldie is the second boat of the Cambridge University Boat Club, who compete in an annual rowing race against Isis on Boat Race Day each year. The boat is named in tribute to CUBC's legendary President John Goldie who also gave his name to the Goldie Boathouse...
boat from King's College School's Boat House
King's College School Boat Club
King's College School Boat Club is the rowing club of King's College School, Wimbledon, London, England.The club's boat house is based on the towpath in Putney, south-west London, on the River Thames. It was previously owned by Barclays...
.
CUBC is one of only five clubs which retain the right to directly appoint representatives to the Council of British Rowing. The others are Leander Club
Leander Club
Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...
, London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club is one of the oldest rowing clubs on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.It is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain. and its Patron is HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh....
, Thames Rowing Club
Thames Rowing Club
Thames Rowing Club is a rowing club situated on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1860.-Club colours:Red, white and black in stripes, the white stripe lying between the red and black and being of half their width....
and Oxford University Boat Club
Oxford University Boat Club
The Oxford University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in the early 19th century....
.
See also
- University rowing (UK)University rowing (UK)University rowing in the United Kingdom began when it was introduced to Oxford in the late 18th century. The first University Boat Race was held in 1829...
- Cambridge University Combined Boat ClubCambridge University Combined Boat ClubCambridge University Combined Boat Clubs is responsible for the day to day running of college rowing in Cambridge. It is also responsible for organising May and Lent bumps which are the main races of the Easter and Lent terms respectively....
- responsible for the day to day running of college rowing in Cambridge - Cambridge University Women's Boat ClubCambridge University Women's Boat ClubCambridge University Women's Boat Club is the University rowing club for women at the University of Cambridge. CUWBC field three crews to race against Oxford in the Henley Boat Races, these are the Blue Boat — the women's heavyweight VIII, the Lightweight Boat — the women's lightweight VIII and...
- Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing ClubCambridge University Lightweight Rowing ClubCambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club is the University rowing club for lightweight oarsmen at the University of Cambridge. In past years it has fielded two crews to race against Oxford in the Henley Boat Races: the lightweight Blue Boat and Granta, the lightweight reserve crew. CULRC has...
- List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews
College boat clubs
- Caius Boat ClubCaius Boat ClubCaius Boat Club is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.The Club rows on the river Cam, and like the other college boat clubs its prime constitutional aim is to gain and hold the headship of the Lent Bumps and May Bumps, now held in eight-oared boats, separately for...
- Christ's College Boat ClubChrist's College Boat ClubChrist's College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Christ's College, Cambridge. It inhabits the oldest wooden framed boathouse on the river, the nearest to Jesus Lock....
- Churchill College Boat ClubChurchill College Boat ClubChurchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College, Cambridge.The club colours are pink and brown, chosen as they are Sir Winston Churchill's racing colours. In recent years, the club has become famous for its lurid pink shells. The men's 1st VIII started the trend in...
- Clare Boat ClubClare Boat ClubClare Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Clare College, Cambridge. Prior to about 1930, the Clare 1st VIII spent most of its time near the boundary of the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Lent and May Bumps. It rose to take the headship of the Lent Bumps in 1939...
- Clare Hall Boat ClubClare Hall Boat ClubClare Hall Boat Club is the boat club for members of Clare Hall, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.-External links:*...
- Corpus Christi College Boat ClubCorpus Christi College Boat Club (Cambridge)Corpus Christi College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It represents one of the smallest colleges in Cambridge, meaning that as crews are selected from a small pool ability often varies from year to year...
- Darwin College Boat ClubDarwin College Boat ClubDarwin College Boat Club was founded in 1969 by its current President, Dr Chester White. Since then, DCBC has become a successful graduate boat club in Cambridge. The club mainly focuses on the training of cox, rower and coach and has extensive novice training programs.-External links:*...
- Downing College Boat ClubDowning College Boat ClubDowning College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Downing College, Cambridge. Despite the college admitting undergraduates in 1821, Downing's boat club did not form until 1863, with their first race being in the spring of 1864...
- Emmanuel Boat ClubEmmanuel Boat ClubEmmanuel Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The men's 1st VIII has stayed largely in the first division of the Lent and May Bumps for the last half-century, but fell as low as 21st in the May Bumps in the 1930s, and has been as low as 28th in the Lent Bumps...
- First and Third Trinity Boat ClubFirst and Third Trinity Boat ClubThe First and Third Trinity Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity College in Cambridge, England. The club formally came into existence in 1946 when the First Trinity Boat Club and the Third Trinity Boat Club merged, although the 2 clubs had been rowing together for several years before that date...
- Fitzwilliam College Boat ClubFitzwilliam College Boat ClubFitzwilliam College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Prior to the 1960s, Fitzwilliam House occupied a position near the bottom of the 2nd division or top half of the 3rd division of the Lent and May Bumps, even finding itself in the 4th division of the...
- Girton College Boat ClubGirton College Boat ClubGirton College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Girton College, Cambridge. Girton was originally a college for women only, but first allowed men in 1977. A men's crew first appeared in 1980 in both the Lent and May Bumps, rising to the 1st division in the Lent Bumps by 1995. Since then,...
- Homerton College Boat ClubHomerton College Boat ClubHomerton College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Homerton College, University of Cambridge...
- Hughes Hall College Boat ClubHughes Hall College Boat ClubHughes Hall College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Hughes Hall, Cambridge. It is more formally known by the Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs as the Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish Combined Boat Club after its merging with the boat club of Lucy Cavendish College, an all-women's...
- Jesus College Boat ClubJesus College Boat Club (Cambridge)Jesus College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Jesus College, Cambridge. Over the years, it has been consistently successful, with the 1st Men's VIII never having dropped below 12th place in the May Bumps and 11th position in the Lent Bumps...
- King's College Boat ClubKing's College Boat ClubKing's College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of King's College, Cambridge.-Men's results:The King's 1st men's VIII have spent most of their history in the second division of the Lent and May Bumps. In 1897, King's reached 4th in the Lent Bumps, but subsided back into the 2nd division...
- Lady Margaret Boat ClubLady Margaret Boat ClubThe Lady Margaret Boat Club , is the rowing club for members of St John's College, Cambridge, England. The club is named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, foundress of the College.- History :...
- Lucy Cavendish College Boat ClubHughes Hall College Boat ClubHughes Hall College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Hughes Hall, Cambridge. It is more formally known by the Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs as the Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish Combined Boat Club after its merging with the boat club of Lucy Cavendish College, an all-women's...
- Magdalene Boat ClubMagdalene Boat Club (Cambridge)Magdalene Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Magdalene College, Cambridge.Magdalene Boat Club was founded in 1828. Mountaineer George Mallory was Captain of Boats when MBC was widely recognised as the fastest boat on the River Cam....
- New Hall Boat ClubNew Hall Boat ClubMurray Edwards College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, up to 2008 known as New Hall. Murray Edwards is a college for women only. New Hall's early progress was good, taking the headship of the Lent Bumps in 1976, 1978 and 1980...
- Newnham College Boat ClubNewnham College Boat ClubNewnham College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Newnham College, Cambridge. Newnham is a college for women only. Members of Newnham have been rowing for a considerable time before the first women's bumps races. The first bumps for women started in 1974...
- Pembroke College Boat ClubPembroke College Boat Club (Cambridge)Pembroke College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Over the last century, crews from Pembroke have held the headship of the men's Lent Bumps on four occasions, and the headship of the men's May Bumps ten times...
- Peterhouse Boat ClubPeterhouse Boat ClubPeterhouse Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Peterhouse, Cambridge. It was founded on 29 April 1828 as St Peter's College Boat Club, but was renamed in 1873 to its present name...
- Queens' College Boat Club
- Robinson College Boat ClubRobinson College Boat ClubRobinson College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Robinson College, Cambridge. Robinson is one of the most recent colleges of Cambridge University and its men's and women's crews both appeared in 1981 for the first time. The men's 1st VIII rose steadily in the Lent Bumps and has been in...
- St. Catharine's College Boat ClubSt. Catharine's College Boat Club (Cambridge)St. Catharine's College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. In the Lent Bumps, the men's 1st VIII resided largely near the boundary of the 1st and 2nd divisions, but spent a few years in the top-10, reaching as high as 6th in the 1930s and in 1968...
- St Edmund's College Boat Club
- Selwyn College Boat ClubSelwyn College Boat ClubSelwyn College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Selwyn College, Cambridge.In the early days of the Lent and May Bumps, Selwyn spent a lot of time in the 2nd division, but rose sharply from the mid-1920s, reaching 3rd in the May Bumps throughout the early 1930s and 2nd in the Lent Bumps...
- Sidney Sussex College Boat ClubSidney Sussex College Boat ClubSidney Sussex College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in England. Founded in 1837, the club has spent most of its time in the 2nd division of the Lent and May Bumps, with brief times spent in the 1st division...
- Trinity Hall Boat ClubTrinity Hall Boat ClubTrinity Hall Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity Hall, a college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1827 it is amongst the oldest college boat clubs in Cambridge, England....
- Wolfson College Boat Club