Downing College Boat Club

Downing College Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationCambridge, England
Coordinates52°12′38.61″N 0°8′6.51″E / 52.2107250°N 0.1351417°E / 52.2107250; 0.1351417
Home waterRiver Cam
Founded1863 (1863)
MembershipDowning College, Cambridge
AffiliationsBritish Rowing CUCBC
Websitedowningboatclub.co.uk
Notable members
Annabel Vernon

Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) is the rowing club for members of Downing College, Cambridge.

History

Despite the college admitting undergraduates in 1821, Downing's boat club did not form until 1863, with their first race being in the spring of 1864.[1] The men's 1st VIII did not feature regularly in the 1st division of the Lent and May Bumps until the 1960s. The club first became Head of the Mays in 1982, a position it lost in 1983 but then regained in 1984.[2] The head crew was coached by Downing alumnus Graeme Hall, who was the stroke of the Cambridge crew which won The Boat Race 1968 and again in 1969, and coached the British Men's VIII to win the silver medal in Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In 2018, the first indoor rowing training tank in the East of England was built in the club's boathouse.[3]

Honours

Boat Race representatives

The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in The Boat Race.[4][5][6][7]

Men's boat race

Women's boat race

The club has had several rowers achieving Half-Blue colours for the Lightweight Boat Races, including James Nash (Spare Pair 2026), Edward Townsend (Lightweight 2022), Gianluca Maffi (Spare Pair 2022, 2023, Lightweight Boat and President 2025), and Livia Lisi-Vega (Lightweight 2023).[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827-1999 ISBN 0-9538475-1-9
  2. ↑ "Boat Club History". Downing College Boat Club. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Downing College Cambridge unveils indoor rowing tank". The Times. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Crews & Results". Cambridge University Boat Club. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  5. ↑ Dodd, Christopher (1983). the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-948955-61-9.
  6. ↑ Wimbledon-Hill, William (1929). Oxford & Cambridge Centenary Boat Race. The Albion Publishing Company.
  7. ↑ Drinkwater/Sanders, G.C./T.R.B. (1929). The University Boat Race Official Centenary History. Cassell & Company Ltd.
  8. ↑ "CUWBChistory.org -- Crew Lists 2020s". Cuwbchistory.org. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "2025 Fixture Series: Five Cambridge crews in action against Thames Rowing Club". Cubc.org.uk. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
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