Keble College Boat Club

Keble College Boat Club
The club's boathouse (right) and blade colours
Home water
Founded c. 1870
President Maaike Van Swieten[1]
Captain
  • Men: Matt Lister[1]
  • Women: Hannah Coles and Eliza Argyropoulos[1]
Senior Member Roger Boden[2]
Head of the River
  • Men: 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2018[3]
University University of Oxford
Colours               
Website www.keblecollegebc.com

Keble College Boat Club (KCBC) is the rowing club of Keble College, in Oxford, United Kingdom.[4] The boat club is based in its boathouse on the Isis, which is shared with Jesus College. Most of the year is spent training at the boat club’s second facility at the Godstow stretch to the North.

History

For a college where rugby is the dominant sport, Keble has enjoyed comparative success on the river.

In Summer Eights, the men have held the Headship on eight occasions, regaining this position in 2018, after having last achieved it in 1977. Both the men's and women's 1st VIII crews have consistently raced in the top division of Summer Eights. The men's first boat is now Head of the River for Summer VIIIs, after bumping Christ Church and burying Oriel. The women's boat is now sixth position on the river, the second highest point a women's Keble crew has ever occupied, after reaching a peak of 5th on the river in 2017. The second and third boats often achieve blades in lower divisions.[5]

In Torpids, while Keble not yet achieved the Men's or the Women's headship, both first boats have enjoyed periods of success, especially in recent years. The women's first Torpid is currently at a peak of 5th on the River, after bumping in fourteen consecutive races. The highest position the Men have held was 2nd on the river, last held in 1988, before dropping to 33rd on the river, the position they occupied at the end of 2013 racing. Since then, they have risen 16 places across 14 races (2014 races & two days of 2018 races being cancelled), up to 17th on the river, achieving blades three times in their last four Torpids campaigns.[6]

The Women's first Torpid represented Oxford at the Henley Boat Races inter-collegiate race in 2017, where they defeated Jesus College, Cambridge.[7] They were also selected to represent Oxford in 2018,[8] but the race was unfortunately cancelled.[9]

Three Keblites occupied boat race crews in the 2017 Cancer Research UK Boat Race crews. Olympic gold medallist Ed Coode rowed for the college 1st VIII during his time at Keble in the late 1990s.

Keble M1 at Summer Eights 2005

Training, equipment, and fleet

KCBC is sponsored by Neptune Investment Management, providing funds for new boats and other equipment of a regular basis. In addition to the water training, the boat club uses the college gym and its own erg room.[10]

Coaching

Several coaches are looking after both senior boats and novice rowers. As of 2017-2018, the coaching team includes Tim Foster, Morgan Baynham-Williams, Jess Brown and Harry Brightmore.[11]

Fleet

There are also a number of fours, pairs, doubles, and singles available to students, who routinely train and enter fours and small boats into regattas in Michaelmas term.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Keble College Boat Club, Committee, retrieved 12 October 2018
  2. ↑ Oxford University Rowing Clubs (OURCs), Club Index, retrieved 20 August 2016
  3. ↑ Dudhia, Anu, Keble Men’s First Eight, retrieved 20 August 2016
  4. ↑ Keble College Boat Club, Main, retrieved 20 August 2016
  5. ↑ http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/bumps/kebl/index.html
  6. ↑ http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/bumps/kebl/index.html
  7. ↑ http://henleyboatraces.com/article/35/henley-boat-races-2017-racereport
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/HenleyBoatRaces/status/972941194220265472
  9. ↑ http://henleyboatraces.com/article/40/2018-henley-boat-races-relocated-to-eton-dorney
  10. ↑ Keble College Boat Club, Facilities, retrieved 20 August 2016
  11. ↑ https://entries.ourcs.org.uk/events/event/186/crew_lists/#club-kebl
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