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Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) is the rowing club for the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in 1829. The club was founded in 1829. The prime constitutional aim of OUBC is to beat Cambridge University Boat Club in the annual University Boat Race and Lightweight Boat Races on the River ...
BR Club Code Blade Oxford University Boat Club: 1829: OUB: Oxford University Women's Boat Club: 1927: OUW: Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club: 1975: OUL: Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club: 1984: OLW: Balliol College Boat Club: 1825: BAL: Brasenose College Boat Club: 1815: BRC: Christ Church Boat Club: 1817: CHB: Corpus ...
St Anne's College Boat Club; St Antony's College Boat Club; St Benet's Hall Boat Club; St Catherine's College Boat Club; St Edmund Hall Boat Club; St Edward's School Boat Club; St Hilda's College Boat Club; St John's College Boat Club (Oxford) St Peter's College Boat Club; Shiplake College Boat Club; Shiplake Vikings Rowing Club; Somerville ...
The Oxford men's reserve crew is called Isis (after the Isis, a section of the River Thames which passes through Oxford), and the Cambridge reserve men's crew is called Goldie (the name comes from rower and Boat Club president John Goldie, 1849–1896, after whom the Goldie Boathouse is named).
The 138th Boat Race took place on 4 April 1992. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridge cox Andrew Probert was the oldest competitor in Boat Race history at the age of 38 years and 86 days.
Regent's Park College Boat Club is the boat club of Regent's Park College, Oxford, a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. It is based in New College Boat House which it shares with New College Boat Club. The club was established shortly after Regent's Park became a permanent private hall of the university in 1957 and currently ...
The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965. It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race. [7] The race was umpired by George Douglas "Jock" Clapperton who had coxed Oxford in the 1923 and 1924 races as well as umpiring in the 1959 boat race. [9] [10] [11]
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race website – from 2002 to present, with biographies; British Rowing Almanack – from 1861 to present; Burnell, Richard D. (1979). One Hundred and Fifty Years of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race: an Official History. Precision Press. ISBN 978-0-9500638-7-4. Dodd, Christopher (1983). The Oxford & Cambridge ...