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.

Not to be confused with First and Third Trinity Boat Club.

Trinity College Boat Club

Trinity College Boathouse (right) and rowing blade colours
Coordinates	51.7426°N 1.2486°W / 51.7426; -1.2486
Home water	The Isis
Founded	c. 1837 (1837)
Key people	Charlotte Green(President) Christopher Ferguson (Senior Member)[1]
Head of the River	Men: 1861-64, 1938, 1939, 1946-49
University	University of Oxford
Colours
Affiliations	Churchill College, Cambridge (Sister college)
Website	TCBC Website

The boat club is based in its boathouse on the Isis, which is shared with Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club (LMHBC) and Linacre College Boat Club.[1]

History

Rowing as an organised inter-collegiate sport became increasingly popular in Oxford during the early decades of the nineteenth century, with the first organised bumps races being held at around this time. A Trinity rower in 1831 by the name of James Pycroft detailed how the men within the team 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’.[2] 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’.[2] The reason behind this being that 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 Oxford’s 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 remained 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 Two in 1939. Several of Trinity’s ‘old boys’ rowed at this time and experienced being the best of the Oxford college teams 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.

Results

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

Men's Summer Eights Spoons: 2016

Equipment

Fleet

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

Blues

Trinity College Boat Club – University Rowers

Year	Name	Crew	Blue	Result
2020	Amanda Thomas	OUWLRC	Full Blue	Lost by 6 lengths
2019	Katherine Ferris	OUWLRC	Full Blue	Won by 2 and 1/2 lengths
2019	Charles Pearson	OUBC	Half Blue	Lost by 1 length
2019	Luke Robinson	Isis	Half Blue	Lost by 1 length
2019	Henry Smith	OULRC	Full Blue	Won by 2 and 1/4 lengths
2017	Henry Smith	OULRC	Half Blue	Lost by 1 and 3/4 lengths
2017	Alexander Miles	OULRC	Half Blue	Lost by 1 and 3/4 lengths
2017	Michael Di Santo	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 1 and 1/4 lengths
2016	Henry Smith	OULRC	Half Blue	Lost by verdict of easily
2015	Constantine Louloudis	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 6 and a 1/2 lengths
2015	Michael Di Santo	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 6 and a 1/2 lengths
2015	Emily Reynolds	OUWBC	Full Blue	Won by verdict of easily
2014	Constantine Louloudis	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 11 lengths
2014	Michael Di Santo	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 11 lengths
2014	James Fraser-Mackenzie	Isis	Half Blue	Won by 13 lengths
2013	Constantine Louloudis	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 1 and a 1/3 lengths
2013	Katherine Rollins	OUWLRC	Full Blue	Won by 4 and 3/4 lengths
2011	Constantine Louloudis	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 4 lengths
2011	Nat Upton	OUWBC	Full Blue	Won by 1 length
2010	Ellen Kempston	OUWBC	Half Blue	Won by 3 and 1/2 lengths
2009	Alexander Hearne	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 3 and a 1/2 lengths
2008	Henry Sheldon (President)	OULRC	Half Blue	Won by 2 and a 1/2 lengths
2007	Henry Sheldon	OULRC	Half Blue	Won by 1 length
2004	Rachel Gray	OUWLRC	Full Blue	Won by 3/4 of a length
2002	Charlotte Rooke (Captain)	Osiris	Half Blue	Won by 1 and a 1/2 lengths
2002	Katie King	Osiris	Half Blue	Won by 1 and a 1/2 lengths
2001	Katie King	Osiris	Half Blue	Won easily
2000	Katie King	Osiris	Half Blue	Lost by 1 and 3/4 lengths
1999	Melissa Carson (President)	OUWLRC	Half Blue	Won by 3/4 of a length
1998	Claire Booth	OUWLRC	Half Blue	Won by a canvas
1996	Nathan Tamblyn	OULRC	Half Blue	Won (Cambridge disqualified)
1996	Pete Richens	OULRC	Half Blue	Won (Cambridge disqualified)
1987	Rachel Barton	OUWLRC	Half Blue	Lost
1984	Joanna Armstrong	Osiris	Half Blue	Won
1982	Finlay Decker	OUWBC	Full Blue	Lost
1980	Christian Holland	OURFC	Blue	Won by 9 lengths
1978	John Chadwick	OULRC	Half Blue	Lost
1977	Mike Ridley	OULRC	Half Blue	Won
1952	Christopher Davidge	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by a canvas
1951	Christopher Davidge	OUBC	Full Blue	Lost by 12 lengths (Oxford Sank!)
1949	Christopher Davidge	OUBC	Full Blue	Lost by 1/4 of a length
1938	Henry Melvin Young	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 2 lengths
1937	Henry Melvin Young	Isis	Half Blue
1842	John Cox	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 13 seconds
1842	Edward Breedon	OUBC	Full Blue	Won by 13 seconds

See also

• Trinity College, Oxford
• Oxford University Rowing Clubs

References

1. "Trinity College: OURCs". OURCs. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
2. J. Pycroft, ‘Memoires’

• James Pycroft (1886). Oxford Memoirs: a Retrospect after Fifty Years. Richard Bentley. ISBN 117733948X.

External links

• www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/boatclub/