Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs

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Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC) 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.

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Foundation of the CUCBC

Historically, only men's rowing existed at Cambridge University, and all of the races and river rules were controlled by the Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC). Newnham College Boat Club was the only rowing club for women from its founding in 1893 until Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (CUWBC) was founded in 1941. [1] [2] Separate women's races began in the 1970s, controlled by the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club. The two organising bodies had differing rules of the river and arrangements for racing, leading to many potential problems. Initially, the number of women racing was small, but it soon grew to a similar number as that of the men. A vote was held on passing control for the women's racing to the CUBC in the 1980s, thereby bringing all control to a single entity, but this proposal was rejected by members of the CUBC. By the mid-1990s, the CUCBC was founded to oversee all river regulations, for rowers of both sexes, on the River Cam and to control the bumps races and various other events. This also had the effect that the CUBC and CUWBC were then free to concentrate on The Boat Race and Henley Boat Races respectively.

CUCBC Exec Committee

The CUCBC Committee for 2013-14 () consists of:

PositionHolderCollege
CUCBC ChairDr David MundayKings
CUCBC Senior Treasurer/WebmasterDr Dan WilkinsJesus
CUCBC Honorary SecretaryTom GrimbleRobinson
CUCBC Junior TreasurerHenk-Jaap WagenaarPeterhouse
CUWBC Honorary SecretaryLottie MeggittGirton
CULRC Honorary SecretaryWilliam HayesSt Catharine's
CUCBC Coxing RepresentativeMat BryanDowning
CUCBC Events SecretaryPhilip GarsedClare

There also exists a Senior Committee with responsibility for strategic and longer-term issues affecting University and College rowing on the Cam.

CUCBC Run Events

CUCBC runs four main events during the course of the academic year:

Clubs

NameBlade
Addenbrooke's Intercollegiate Boat Club AIBC Blade.svg
Anglia Ruskin Boat Club ARBC Blade.svg
Caius Boat Club CBC Blade.svg
Cambridge University Boat Club Cambridge University Blade.svg
Christ's College Boat Club ChCBC Blade.svg
Churchill College Boat Club ChurchCBC Blade.svg
Clare Boat Club ClBC Blade.svg
Clare Hall Boat Club CHBC Blade.svg
Corpus Christi College Boat Club (Cambridge) CCCBC Blade.svg
Darwin College Boat Club DarCBC Blade.svg
Downing College Boat Club DCBC Blade.svg
Emmanuel Boat Club EBC Blade.svg
First and Third Trinity Boat Club FaT Blade.svg
Fitzwilliam College Boat Club
Girton College Boat Club GCBC Blade.svg
Homerton College Boat Club HCBC Blade.svg
Hughes Hall Boat Club HHBC Blade.svg
Jesus College Boat Club JCBC Blade.svg
King's College Boat Club KCBC Blade.svg
Lady Margaret Boat Club LMBC Blade.svg
Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club LCCBC Blade.svg
Magdalene Boat Club MBC Blade.svg
Murray Edwards College Boat Club MECBC Blade.svg
Newnham College Boat Club NCBC Blade.svg
Pembroke College Boat Club PemBC Blade.svg
Peterhouse Boat Club PCBC Blade.svg
Queens' College Boat Club QCBC Blade.svg
Robinson College Boat Club RCBC Blade.svg
Selwyn College Boat Club SCBC Blade.svg
Sidney Sussex College Boat Club SSBC Blade.svg
St Catharine's College Boat Club (Cambridge) SCCBC Blade.svg
St Edmund's College Boat Club SECBC Blade.svg
Trinity Hall Boat Club THBC Blade.svg
Vet School Boat Club
Wolfson College Boat Club WCBC Blade.svg

References

  1. "Race History". Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. "Crew Lists 1940s". Cambridge University Women's Boat Club 1941 - 2014. 7 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2015.