Trinity College Boat Club

Trinity College Boat Club (TCBC) is the rowing club of Trinity College, Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. The club's members are students and staff from Trinity College and, occasionally, associate members from other colleges.

The boat club is based in its boathouse on the Isis, which is shared with Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club (LMHBC), Linacre College Boat Club and Magdalen College Boat Club.

History

Rowing as an organised inter-collegiate sport became increasingly popular in Oxford during the early decades of the nineteenth century; the first organised bumps races was held at around that time. A Trinity rower in 1831 by the name of James Pycroft detailed how the men in the crew would pay for a college boat themselves, and would levy a rate upon all members of the college to help pay for it, "it being considered that the boat and its anticipated victories were for the honour of the college generally".J. Pycroft, ‘Memoires’ Even at the outset of rowing at Trinity in the 1830s, Pycroft records in his memoirs an incident in which a scholar named Thomas Lewin "had thoughts of joining the boat, but received a hint that it would not do"; because members of the boat club were known to be uproarious, riotous and generally interested in having a good time while they studied.

In 1838 Trinity join the records, which can still be seen in the college's boathouse, and moved up three places over the week's rowing from eighth to fifth. Trinity's first rowing Blues are both depicted in the earliest known depiction of a Trinity crew, from 1842. John Cox and Edward Breedon both rowed in the sixth boat race on the Westminster to Putney course in 1842.

Another nineteen years passed with rowing at Trinity growing in its importance within the college, until finally during the Eights in 1861, Trinity bumped University College, Brasenose College, Exeter and finally Balliol College to go Head of the River. The run of great rowing continued until 1865, which marked the beginning of a disastrous few years of racing at Trinity. However, the period at the head was matched with a similar stretch of dominance at the top of Division One, just a few months before the start of World War II in 1939. Several of Trinity's former members rowed at that time and experienced being the best of the Oxford college crews on the Isis.

In addition to this, past Trinity crews were involved in many regattas outside of the college, including the Henley Royal Regatta and the Thames Regatta.

Fleet c.1990 Janousek 8+ "Richard Hillary" 2000 Sims 8+ "Lady Elizabeth" 2003 Janousek 4+ "Judith Beloff" 2008 Stampfli 4+ 2008 Stampfli 8+ "Magnificat" 2008 Empacher 8+ "Parni" 2014 Filippi 8+ "Spirit of Myrtle" 2019 Hudson 8+ "De Jagerbomb"

Honours Henley Royal Regatta Thames Challenge Cup : 1894, 1898 Visitors' Challenge Cup : 1895, 1897 Wyfold Challenge Cup : 1896, 1928 Stewards' Challenge Cup: 1949 Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup : 1923 Ladies' Challenge Plate : 1923

Summer Eights Men's Summer Eights Headship: 1861–64, 1938, 1939, 1946–49 Men's Summer Eights Spoons: 2016

Boat Race representatives The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in The Boat Race.

Men's boat race

YearName 1842 Edward A. Breedon 1842 John C. Cox 1856 F. W. Elers (cox) 1857 F. W. Elers (cox) 1861 A. R. Poole 1862 A. R. Poole 1864 C. Roberts 1864 J. Parsons 1864 M. Brown 1865 H. Schneider 1865 M. Brown 1866 M. Brown 1879 T. C. Burrowes 1881 A. R. Paterson 1882 A. R. Paterson 1886 L. S. R. Byrne 1890 P. S. Tuckett 1893 H. Legge 1904 T. G. Brocklebank 1907 R. M. Peat

YearName 1921 F. B. Lothrop 1924 W. F. Godden 1929 P. D. Barr 1931 W. L. Garstang 1932 C. A. Chadwyck-Healey 1933 M. H. Mosley 1934 A. V. Suitcliffe 1935 A. V. Suitcliffe 1938 Henry Melvin Young 1938 Frank A. L. Waldron 1939 Frank A. L. Waldron 1946 R. M. T. Raikes 1947 T. D. Raikes 1948 Tony Rowe 1948 R. G. B. Faulkner (cox) 1949 Tony Rowe 1949 T. D. Raikes 1949 Christopher Davidge 1950 David Callender 1950 J. E. C. Hinchliffe (cox)

YearName 1951 David Callender 1951 Christopher Davidge 1952 Christopher Davidge 1953 J. M. Wilson 1954 J. J. H. Harrison 1955 J. M. Wilson 1956 N. Paine 2009 Alexander Hearne 2011 Constantine Louloudis 2012 Kevin Baum 2013 Constantine Louloudis 2014 Michael di Santo 2014 Constantine Louloudis 2015 Michael di Santo 2015 Constantine Louloudis 2017 Michael di Santo 2019 Charlie Pearson

Women's boat race YearName 2011 Nathaniel Upton (cox) 2012 Charlotte Trigle 2015 Emily Reynolds

Other blues Year Name Crew Blue Result1977 Mike Ridley OULRC Half Blue Won1978 John Chadwick OULRC Half Blue Lost1980 Christian Holland OURFC Blue Won1982 Finlay Decker OUWBC Full Blue Lost1984 Joanna Armstrong Osiris Half Blue Won1987 Rachel Barton OUWLRC Half Blue Lost1996 Pete Richens OULRC Half Blue Won (Cambridge disqualified)1996 Nathan Tamblyn OULRC Half Blue Won (Cambridge disqualified)1998 Claire Booth OUWLRC Half Blue Won by a canvas1999 Melissa Carson (President) OUWLRC Half Blue Won by length 2000 Katie King Osiris Half Blue Lost by 1 lengths2001 Katie King Osiris Half Blue Won easily2002 Katie King Osiris Half Blue Won by 1 lengths2002 Charlotte Rooke (Captain) Osiris Half Blue Won by 1 lengths 2004 Rachel Gray OUWLRC Full Blue Won by length2007 Henry Sheldon OULRC Half Blue Won by 1 length2008 Henry Sheldon (President) OULRC Half Blue Won by 2 lengths2010 Ellen Kempston OUWBC Half Blue Won by 3 lengths 2013 Katherine Rollins OUWLRC Full Blue Won by 4 lengths2014 James Fraser-Mackenzie Isis Half Blue Won by 13 lengths2016 Henry Smith OULRC Half Blue Lost by verdict of easily2017 Alexander Miles OULRC Half Blue Lost by 1 lengths2017 Henry Smith OULRC Half Blue Lost by 1 lengths2018 Luke Robinson Isis Half Blue Lost by 2 lengths2019 Henry Smith OULRC Full Blue Won by 2 lengths2019 Luke Robinson Isis Half Blue Lost by 1 length2019 Katherine Ferris OUWLRC Full Blue Won by 2 lengths2020 Amanda Thomas OUWLRC Full Blue Lost by 6 lengths2021 Katherine Ferris OUWLRC Full Blue Lost by 2 lengths2021 Luke Robinson Isis Half Blue Lost by 6 lengths 2021 Emma Hewlett Osiris Half Blue Lost by 7 lengths2021 Benjamin de Jager OULRC Full Blue Won by 1 lengths

Presidents

+YearName1984-85Jonathan Rose2011-12Matt Mair2012-13Charles McMillan2013-14Jonathan Ranstrand2014-15Katherine Wensley2015-16Lucy Martin2016-17Rob Jones2017-18Gemma Francis2018-19Ben de Jager2019-20Ben de Jager2020-21Charlotte Green2021-22Kate Adams2022-23Rose Faure2023-24Harry Walton2024-25Joshua Holloway2025-26Ivan Tolkachev

See also Oxford University Rowing Clubs

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