St Hugh's Boat Club

St Hugh's Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
Shared boathouse with Wadham and St Anne's and the St Hugh's blade.
LocationBoathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxford
Coordinates51°44′34″N 1°14′56″W / 51.742756°N 1.248819°W / 51.742756; -1.248819
Home waterThe Isis
UniversityUniversity of Oxford
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code SHG)
Websitewww.sthughsboatclub.co.uk

St Hugh's Boat Club (SHBC) is a rowing club for members of St Hugh's College, Oxford.[1] It is based on the Isis at Boathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxford and is affiliated to British Rowing.[2]

The boat club shares the boathouse building with St Anne's College Boat Club and Wadham College Boat Club and the club blazer is blue with white and yellow trim on the cuffs and lapels.[3]

History

The club was founded in 1891[4][5] with the club's boat was stored at the River Cherwell and only students "who can swim 50 feet" were permitted to use it.[5] Almost twenty years later, the boat club was able to buy and acquire its first boathouse - the Middle Cherwell Boat House.[5] After a period of financial trouble,[6] the Boat club was refounded in 1973.[7]

The newly rejuvenated club boasted 16 members coached by the members of the Brasenose College Boat Club with regular outings scheduled and a growing squad of Blues rowers. Two years later, in 1975, the St Hugh's Women's First VIII bumped Magdalen M4.[8] and became the first and only women's boat to successfully bump a men's crew. This event was the catalyst for the creation of the Women's divisions for Summer Eight's since 1976,[9] where St Hugh's was a strong contender. In 1979, St Hugh's W1 won the Boat Club's first Headship.[10][11] In 1980 the W1 were defeated by Somerville College Boat Club in the final.[12]

In 1981 Boris Rankov was the club's first representative in the men's Boat Race.[13]

After two years of slipping down the order, the Boat Club was able to win Headship back again in 1982 until 1984.[14][15] The Boat Club was also able to win Torpids Headship in the Women's division in 1986.[16]

Between 1989 and 1990 the current boathouse was constructed.[17]

In 2018 Beth Bridgman was the club's first representative in the women's Boat Race[18] and she also competed the following year.[19]

Honours

Boat Race representatives

The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in The Boat Race.[20]

Men's boat race

Key

  • + = coxswain

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sports & Music". St Hugh's College. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "British Rowing Affiliated Clubs, Competitions and Tours". British Rowing. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "St Hugh's Boat Club added a new... - St Hugh's Boat Club". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Annual Appeal 2024/25". St Hugh's College. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Sutori". www.sutori.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1952-1953 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu". issuu.com. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1973-1974 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu". issuu.com. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1975-1976 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu". issuu.com. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Oxford Bumps Charts". Earth Observation Data Group. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "1970s Oxford Rowing - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE". thames.me.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1979-1980 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu". issuu.com. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "History - SOMERVILLE COLLEGE BOAT CLUB". somervilleboatclub.weebly.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Dodd, Christopher (1983). The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-948955-61-9.
  14. ↑ "1980s Oxford Rowing - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE". thames.me.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "shug Women's Eights". eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "shug Women's Torpids". eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "Crews & Results". Oxford University Boat Club. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "Boat Race 2018: Cambridge have tallest ever Boat Race competitor". BBC Sport. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  19. ↑ "Boat Race: Oxford's Beth Bridgman seeks revenge after last years defeat". The Guardian. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  20. ↑ "Crews & Results". Oxford University Boat Club. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
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