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| Location | S Esplanade W, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 57°08′11″N2°05′37″W / 57.136465°N 2.093705°W |
| Founded | 1865 |
| Affiliations | Scottish Rowing |
| Website | www |
Aberdeen University Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Dee, based at S Esplanade W, Aberdeen, Scotland. [1] The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. [2]
The club belongs to the University of Aberdeen and was founded in 1865. [3]
In 1881, an application for a boathouse was sent to the Finance and Fishery committee of the Harbour Board. [4]
Since 1996, [5] the club participates in the annual Aberdeen Universities' Boat Race against Robert Gordon University Boat Club, racing along a 3.5km stretch of the River Dee, [6] which it has won on a majority of the 30 occassions. [7] It is Scotland's second oldest boat race, [8] and has a mixed crew, unusually for rowing. [9] Three races are currently contested. [10]
In 2012, the club formed University Rowing Aberdeen (URA) in partnership with the Robert Gordon University Boat Club so that both clubs could share resources, funding, and coaching. [11]
The club has produced several national champions.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 2001 | Men 2-, Men L4x [12] |
| 2004 | Open Ltw 2x [13] |
| 2006 | Women Ltw2-, Women U23 1x [14] |
| Team | Years Won |
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| Aberdeen University | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, [15] 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, [8] 2007, [16] 2008, [17] 2010, [18] 2011, [19] 2017, [20] 2019, [21] 2020, [22] 2022, [6] 2023 [23] |
| Robert Gordon University | 2006, [6] 2009, [8] 2012, [24] 2013, 2014, [25] 2015, [26] 2016, [27] 2018 [28] |
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