St Chad's College Boat Club

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St Chad's College Boat Club
St Chads College Boat Club Blade.svg
Motto Lingala: Non vestra sed vos
Location Durham, England
Coordinates 54°46′17″N1°34′28″W / 54.771519°N 1.574545°W / 54.771519; -1.574545 (St Chad's College Boat Club)
Home water River Wear
Founded1906;119 years ago (1906)
Affiliations British Rowing
Website www.stchads.ac.uk/college/common-rooms/jcr/sport/boat-club/

St Chad's College Boat Club (SCCCBC) is the rowing club of St Chad's College at Durham University on the River Wear in England. [1]

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SCCBC is a registered Boat Club through British Rowing with the boat code BTL [2] and is a member organisation of Durham College Rowing with boat code 'SCH'. [3]

In Durham, the club is a regular participant at Durham Regatta [4] , races across the north east, Durham College Rowing events, occasionally the Head of the River Race in London [5] [6] and occasional charity events. [7]

The college's boat house is located on college-owned land on the banks of the River Wear, below the college's original home at 1 South Bailey, now part of St John's College. In 2016, the boat house and landing stage were completely replaced.

1911 Fatality

On Friday 24 February 1911, a crew from St Chad's Hall began to take on water during poor weather (not regarded by the club as a reason to panic in itself) but became increasingly submerged – and soon 'completely swamped' – after the nervous crew, while trying to 'get her out of it', swerved the boat with badly timed strokes. [8] Two students, Lionel Michelsen and Jesse Parsons (neither of whom could properly swim), got into difficulties after trying to swim to the shore at Pelaw Wood. Michelsen was rescued by the coach of a nearby Hatfield crew, while Parsons died in the incident, with other students either swimming to shore or picked up in the water by a passing St John's boat. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ St Chad's College Boat Club. "SCCBC Website" . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  2. ↑ British Rowing Registration. "British Rowing" . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Durham College Rowing. "Durham College Rowing Member organisations" . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Durham Regatta Results. "Durham Regatta Results (2013 - 2024)" . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Head of the River Race Results (2009). "Results 2024, SCCBC start 381, finish 386" (PDF). Retrieved 11 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Head of the River Race Results (1989). "Results 2024, BCBC start 284, finish 352" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ The Northern Echo, 16 June 2004. "Students complete rowing challenge for charity" . Retrieved 17 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. 1 2 "The Boating Fatality". Durham University Journal. 20 (4): 82–83. 8 March 1911. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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