St John's College Boat Club (Oxford)
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| Location | Christ Church Meadow, Oxford |
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| Home water | 51°44′37″N 1°15′01″W / 51.743619°N 1.250184°W |
| Founded | 1863 |
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| Torpids Headship |
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| University | University of Oxford |
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| Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code SJO) Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (Sister college) |
| Website | info |
St John's College Boat Club, Oxford (SJCBC) is a rowing club part of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in 1863.
Colours
The St John's College Boat Club colours are a white shield with blue cross upon a navy blue background. The Men's 1st boats race in all-white uniform with blue trim and the 2nd crews compete in all-blue with white trim. The Women's boats race in all-black with blue trim. The Boat Club flag consists of a lamb carrying a flag atop a navy blue cross set against a white background. The symbol of the lamb and flag is that of St John the Baptist, after whom the college was named.
History
Founded in 1862, the club was a regular competitor at the Henley Royal Regatta[1] and won the Ladies' Challenge Plate in 1909, defeating First Trinity, Cambridge in the final.[2]
In 1933, a group of undergraduates from the St Johns College Boat Club who were members of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists were involved in the ceremonial burning of a page of the Oxford Union minute book.[3] The page in question recorded the vote on 9 February 1933 in favour of a motion "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country."[3]
Honours
Henley Royal Regatta
| Year | Races won |
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| 1909 | Ladies' Challenge Plate |
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
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Key
- + = coxswain
See also
References
- ↑ "Henley Royal Regatta Entries". Henley Advertiser. 21 June 1873. p. 8. Retrieved 31 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Henley Regatta". Staffordshire Sentinel. 9 July 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 31 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 Horan, David (2000). Oxford: A cultural and literary companion. Interlink Books. pp. 168–169. ISBN 9781566563482.
- ↑ "Crews & Results". Oxford University Boat Club. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ↑ Dodd, Christopher (1983). The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-948955-61-9.
- ↑ Wimbledon-Hill, William (1929). Oxford & Cambridge Centenary Boat Race. The Albion Publishing Company.
- ↑ Drinkwater/Sanders, G.C./T.R.B. (1929). The University Boat Race Official Centenary History. Cassell & Company Ltd.
