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Rowing at University in Cambridge

The College and University Clubs

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There are approximately thirty colleges in Cambridge, each of which has its own boat club. In addition there exists a body called the Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs, which comprises the University clubs; (There used to be three university clubs) CUBC (openweight men), CUWBC(openweight and lightweight women) and CULRC (lightweight men). However these have now all merged into CUBC. This body is mainly responsible for managing college rowing on the Cam and running any University races, such as the Lent and May bumps. The University fields six crews; two openweight mens, two openweight womens, one lightweight mens and one lightweight womens. There are also spare pairs and IVs for those who do not quite make the cut for the main VIIIs. They all start with large squads at the beginning of Michaelmas term, consisting of a combination of previous trialists returning, new trialists, and those fresh from Summer development squads. These are whittled down slowly through a rigorous selection procedure, involving large amounts of seat racing and erg testing, before final crews are selected. The real focus of this training is the race against Oxford, with only a matter of minutes deciding the outcome of months of hard work, so the pressure to win is immense.

The three main races on which college clubs focus are the Fairbairn Cup and the Lent and May bumps. The Fairbairn Cup was started by, and is still organised by, Jesus college in the 1920's, which is rowed over a distance of 2.7 miles (4300m), with the winner decided by times. There are in fact two races, for Novices and Seniors, and the event is open not just to Cambridge colleges, but many other clubs at the discretion of the race organisers, such as Black Prince, the boat club for First and Third alumni, and Boar's Head, for Queen's alumni. To find out more about this race visit the official site. More prestigious than this race are the Lent and May bumps, in which well over a hundred crews compete over four or five days of racing, find out how they work in our bumps guide. Town clubs are not allowed to enter Lent or May bumps races. However, there are many other opportunities for colleges to compete against the town clubs, and crews from across Great Britain and beyond, including some internationally renowned events such as the Head of the River race and, for some exceptionally good crews, the Henley Royal Regatta.

This is the section of the Cam where the boathouses can be found:




	The Cam with boathouses, click on the icons () for further details. View the full map here.

You can use this map to view the occupants of the various boathouses on the Cam, by clicking on the icons. Town clubs and those who do not have a fixed boathouse are grouped at the bottom of the page, or may be viewed by clicking the links on the map. To view the college lists alphabetically click here

1. Christ's College boathouse

1. Christ's College Boat Club

Christ's College Boat Club blade colours

Club Website
College Website

The club's blades: Dark blue with white stripes
Boat code: CCO




	One of the oldest boathouses on the Cam (not everyone can afford a new one) Click to view enlarged photo in the gallery.

Alumni race as the Crustaceans.

	Lent bumps		May bumps
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Current number of crews:	2	2	2	2
Most - Least (Average) during last 5 years:	2 - 2 (2.0)	2 - 2 (2.0)	3 - 2 (2.8)	2 - 2 (2.0)
Current position of 1st VIII:	19	15	23	17
Highest - Lowest (Average) over last 5 years:	9 - 19 (15.2)	10 - 15 (12.4)	15 - 23 (19.0)	9 - 17 (13.0)

Rowing at University in Cambridge

The College and University Clubs

1. Christ's College boathouse

2. St. John's College boathouse

3. Queens' College boathouse

4. Caius boathouse

5. Peterhouse boathouse

6. Fitzwilliam College boathouse

7. Trinity College boathouse

8. St Catharine's College boathouse

9. Goldie boathouse

10. Jesus College boathouse

11. Trinity Hall College boathouse

12. Girton, Sidney Sussex, Corpus Christi and Wolfson Colleges' boathouse

13. Clare boathouse

14. Pembroke College boathouse

15. Emmanuel boathouse

16. Downing College boathouse

17. Selwyn, Churchill and King's Colleges' boathouse

18. Cambridge '99 boathouse

19. Cantabrigian Rowing Club boathouse

20. City of Cambridge Rowing Club boathouse

21. Cambridgeshire Rowing Association boathouse