St Catherine's College Boat Club (SCCBC) is the rowing club of St Catherine's College, Oxford. Established in 1875 originally as St. Catharine's Boat Club, the club takes part in Torpids and Summer Eights and is affiliated to the British Rowing and Oxford University Boat Club and is sometimes referred to as St Catz BC.
History In 1868, the University established a society for non-Collegiate students, members of which in 1874 founded St. Catharine's Club; from this sprang St. Catharine's Boat Club (SCBC) in 1875. In 1919, the Boat Club changed the spelling to St. Catherine. The Boat Club became the SCCBC. In Oxford, SCCBC first took part in Torpids and Summer Eights in 1876.
Notable members The club achieved its first Blue in 1967 and first women Blues in 1976. Crews have participated in regattas, starting with an entry for the Wyfold Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1883. International representation began with the Commonwealth Games in 1958, and since 1986 SCCBC men and women have filled places in national crews.
Matthew Pinsent was the first Olympic Gold associated with the club, winning at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Since then, British Olympic gold medallist Andrew Triggs Hodge, and silver medallist Colin Smith have rowed for the college.
Honours 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 1967 P. D. Miller (cox) 1978 T. J. Sutton 1990 Rupert J. Obholzer 1990 Matthew Pinsent 1991 Rupert J. Obholzer 1991 Matthew Pinsent 1991 Neil Chugani (cox) 1993 Matthew Pinsent 1993 Philip A. Schuller 1994 Chris N. Mahne 1995 Laird St Reed 1996 Damien R. West 2000 Matt J. Smith 2001 Matt J. Smith 2002 Matt J. Smith 2004 Colin Smith
YearName 2005 Chris Liwski 2005 Andrew Triggs Hodge 2006 Colin Smith 2006 Bastien Ripoll 2007 Ante Kušurin 2007 Nick Brodie (cox) 2008 Jan Herzog 2008 Nick Brodie (cox) 2009 Colin Smith 2009 Colin Groshong (cox) 2012 Zoe de Toledo (cox) 2019 Augustin Wambersie 2021 Augustin Wambersie 2022 Angus Groom 2023 Freddy Orpin
Women's boat race YearName 2018 Morgan McGovern
References
External links Official website