Trinity College Boat Club

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Trinity College Boat Club
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Trinity College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Trinity College Boathouse (right) and rowing blade colours
Coordinates 51°44′33″N1°14′55″W / 51.7426°N 1.2486°W / 51.7426; -1.2486
Home water The Isis
Foundedc. 1837 (1837)
Key people
  • Harry Walton (President)
  • Christopher Ferguson (Senior Member)
  • Olivia Burgess (Secretary) [1]
Head of the River
  • Men: 1861-64, 1938, 1939, 1946-49
University University of Oxford
Colours  
Affiliations British Rowing (boat code TRO)
Churchill College, Cambridge (Sister college)
Website TCBC Website

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.

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The boat club is based in its boathouse on the Isis, which is shared with Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club (LMHBC), Linacre College Boat Club and Magdalen 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; the first organised bumps races was held at around that time. A Trinity rower in 1831 by the name of James Pycroft detailed how the men in the crew 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] because members of the boat club were known to be uproarious, riotous and generally interested in having a good time while they studied.[ citation needed ]

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 the sixth boat race on the Westminster to Putney course in 1842.[ citation needed ]

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 continued 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 II in 1939. Several of Trinity's former members rowed at that time and experienced being the best of the Oxford college crews on the Isis.[ citation needed ]

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.[ citation needed ]

Results

Equipment

Fleet

Blues

Trinity College Boat Club – University Rowers
YearNameCrewBlueResult
2021Benjamin de JagerOULRCFull BlueWon by 112 lengths
2021Katherine FerrisOUWLRCFull BlueLost by 212 lengths
2021Luke RobinsonIsisHalf BlueLost by 6 lengths
2021Emma HewlettOsirisHalf BlueLost by 7 lengths
2020Amanda ThomasOUWLRCFull BlueLost by 6 lengths
2019Katherine FerrisOUWLRCFull BlueWon by 212 lengths
2019Charles PearsonOUBCFull BlueLost by 1 length
2019Luke RobinsonIsisHalf BlueLost by 1 length
2019Henry SmithOULRCFull BlueWon by 214 lengths
2018Luke RobinsonIsisHalf BlueLost by 212 lengths
2017Henry SmithOULRCHalf BlueLost by 134 lengths
2017Alexander MilesOULRCHalf BlueLost by 134 lengths
2017 Michael Di Santo OUBCFull BlueWon by 114 lengths
2016Henry SmithOULRCHalf BlueLost by verdict of easily
2015 Constantine Louloudis OUBCFull BlueWon by 612 lengths
2015 Michael Di Santo OUBCFull BlueWon by 612 lengths
2015 Emily Reynolds OUWBCFull BlueWon by verdict of easily
2014 Constantine Louloudis OUBCFull BlueWon by 11 lengths
2014 Michael Di Santo OUBCFull BlueWon by 11 lengths
2014 James Fraser-Mackenzie IsisHalf BlueWon by 13 lengths
2013 Constantine Louloudis OUBCFull BlueWon by 113 lengths
2013Katherine RollinsOUWLRCFull BlueWon by 434 lengths
2012Lotti TrigleOUWBCFull BlueLost by 1/4 length
2011 Constantine Louloudis OUBCFull BlueWon by 4 lengths
2011Nat UptonOUWBCFull BlueWon by 1 length
2010Ellen KempstonOUWBCHalf BlueWon by 312 lengths
2009 Alexander Hearne OUBCFull BlueWon by 312 lengths
2008Henry Sheldon (President)OULRCHalf BlueWon by 212 lengths
2007Henry SheldonOULRCHalf BlueWon by 1 length
2004Rachel GrayOUWLRCFull BlueWon by 34 length
2002Charlotte Rooke (Captain)OsirisHalf BlueWon by 112 lengths
2002Katie KingOsirisHalf BlueWon by 112 lengths
2001Katie KingOsirisHalf BlueWon easily
2000Katie KingOsirisHalf BlueLost by 134 lengths
1999Melissa Carson (President)OUWLRCHalf BlueWon by 34 length
1998Claire BoothOUWLRCHalf BlueWon by a canvas
1996Nathan TamblynOULRCHalf BlueWon (Cambridge disqualified)
1996Pete RichensOULRCHalf BlueWon (Cambridge disqualified)
1987Rachel BartonOUWLRCHalf BlueLost
1984Joanna ArmstrongOsirisHalf BlueWon
1982Finlay DeckerOUWBCFull BlueLost
1980Christian HollandOURFCBlueWon by 9 lengths
1978John ChadwickOULRCHalf BlueLost
1977Mike RidleyOULRCHalf BlueWon
1956N. PaineOUBCFull BlueLost by 1 1/4 length
1955J. M. WilsonOUBCFull BlueLost by 16 lengths
1954J. J. H. HarrisonOUBCFull BlueWon by 4 1/2 lengths
1953J. M. WilsonOUBCFull BlueLost by 8 lengths
1952 Christopher Davidge OUBCFull BlueWon by a canvas
1951Christopher Davidge (P)OUBCFull BlueLost by 12 lengths (Oxford sank.)
1951 David Callender OUBCFull BlueLost by 12 lengths (Oxford sank)
1950David CallenderOUBCFull BlueLost by 3 1/2 lengths
1950J. E. C. Hinchliffe (cox)OUBCLost by 3 1/2 lengths
1949Christopher DavidgeOUBCFull BlueLost by 14 length
1949 Tony Rowe (P)OUBCFull BlueLost by 14 length
1949T.D RaikesOUBCFull BlueLost by 14 length
1948Tony RoweOUBCFull BlueLost by 5 lengths
1948R.G.B. Faulkner (Cox)OUBCLost by 5 lengtths
1947T.D RaikesOUBCFull BlueLost by 10 lengths
1946R.M.T RaikesOUBCFull BlueWon by 3 lengths
1939Frank WaldronOUBCFull BlueLost by 4 lengths
1938Frank WaldronOUBCFull BlueWon by 2 lengths
1938 Henry Melvin Young OUBCFull BlueWon by 2 lengths
1937Henry Melvin YoungIsisHalf Blue
1842John CoxOUBCFull BlueWon by 13 seconds
1842 Edward Breedon OUBCFull BlueWon by 13 seconds

Presidents

YearName
2011-12Matt Mair
2012-13Charles McMillan
2013-14Jonathan Ranstrand
2014-15Katherine Wensley
2015-16Lucy Martin
2016-17Rob Jones
2017-18Gemma Francis
2018-19Ben de Jager
2019-20Ben de Jager
2020-21Charlotte Green
2021-22Kate Adams
2022-23Rose Faure
2023-24Harry Walton

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References

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