Trinity College Boat Club


Trinity College Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity College, Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. The club's members are students and staff from Trinity College and, occasionally, associate members from other Colleges.
The boat club is based in its boathouse on the Isis, which is shared with Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club and Linacre College Boat Club.

History

Rowing as an organised inter-collegiate sport became increasingly popular in Oxford during the early decades of the nineteenth century, with the first organised bumps races being held at around this time. A Trinity rower in 1831 by the name of James Pycroft detailed how the men within the team would pay for a college boat themselves, and would levy a rate upon all members of the college to help pay for it,‘it being considered that the boat and its anticipated victories were for the honour of the college generally’. Even at the outset of rowing at Trinity in the 1830s, Pycroft records in his memoirs an incident in which a scholar named Thomas Lewin ‘had thoughts of joining the boat, but received a hint that it would not do’. The reason behind this being that members of the boat club were known to be uproarious, riotous and generally interested in having a good time while they studied!
In 1838 Trinity join the records, which can still be seen in the college’s boathouse, and moved up three places over the week’s rowing from eighth to fifth. Trinity’s first rowing Blues are both depicted in the earliest known depiction of a Trinity crew, from 1842. John Cox and Edward Breedon both rowed in Oxford’s sixth boat race on the Westminster to Putney course in 1842.
Another nineteen years passed with rowing at Trinity growing in its importance within the college, until finally during the Eights in 1861, Trinity bumped University College, Brasenose College, Exeter and finally Balliol College to go Head of the River. The run of great rowing remained until 1865 which marked the beginning of a disastrous few years of racing at Trinity. However, the period at the head was matched with a similar stretch of dominance at the top of Division one, just a few months before the start of World War Two in 1939. Several of Trinity’s ‘old boys’ rowed at this time and experienced being the best of the Oxford college teams on the Isis.
In addition to this, past Trinity crews were involved in many regattas outside of the college including the Henley Royal Regatta, and the Thames Regatta.

Results

Men's Summer Eights Headship: 1861-64, 1938, 1939, 1946–49,
Men's Summer Eights Spoons: 2016

Equipment

Fleet

Trinity College Boat Club – University Rowers
YearNameCrewBlueResult
2020Amanda ThomasOUWLRCFull BlueLost by 6 lengths
2019Katherine FerrisOUWLRCFull BlueWon by 2 and 1/2 lengths
2019Charles PearsonOUBCHalf BlueLost by 1 length
2019Luke RobinsonIsisHalf BlueLost by 1 length
2019Henry SmithOULRCFull BlueWon by 2 and 1/4 lengths
2017Henry SmithOULRCHalf BlueLost by 1 and 3/4 lengths
2017Alexander MilesOULRCHalf BlueLost by 1 and 3/4 lengths
2017Michael Di SantoOUBCFull BlueWon by 1 and 1/4 lengths
2016Henry SmithOULRCHalf BlueLost by verdict of easily
2015Constantine LouloudisOUBCFull BlueWon by 6 and a 1/2 lengths
2015Michael Di SantoOUBCFull BlueWon by 6 and a 1/2 lengths
2015Emily ReynoldsOUWBCFull BlueWon by verdict of easily
2014Constantine LouloudisOUBCFull BlueWon by 11 lengths
2014Michael Di SantoOUBCFull BlueWon by 11 lengths
2014James Fraser-MackenzieIsisHalf BlueWon by 13 lengths
2013Constantine LouloudisOUBCFull BlueWon by 1 and a 1/3 lengths
2013Katherine RollinsOUWLRCFull BlueWon by 4 and 3/4 lengths
2011Constantine LouloudisOUBCFull BlueWon by 4 lengths
2011Nat UptonOUWBCFull BlueWon by 1 length
2010Ellen KempstonOUWBCHalf BlueWon by 3 and 1/2 lengths
2009Alexander HearneOUBCFull BlueWon by 3 and a 1/2 lengths
2008Henry Sheldon OULRCHalf BlueWon by 2 and a 1/2 lengths
2007Henry SheldonOULRCHalf BlueWon by 1 length
2004Rachel GrayOUWLRCFull BlueWon by 3/4 of a length
2002Charlotte Rooke Osiris Half Blue Won by 1 and a 1/2 lengths
2002 Katie KingOsiris Half BlueWon by 1 and a 1/2 lengths
2001 Katie KingOsirisHalf BlueWon easily
2000 Katie King Osiris Half BlueLost by 1 and 3/4 lengths
1999 Melissa Carson OUWLRC Half BlueWon by 3/4 of a length
1998 Claire Booth OUWLRC Half BlueWon by a canvas
1996Nathan Tamblyn OULRC Half BlueWon
1996 Pete Richens OULRC Half Blue Won
1987Rachel Barton OUWLRC Half Blue Lost
1984 Joanna Armstrong Osiris Half Blue Won
1982 Finlay Decker OUWBC Full Blue Lost
1980 Christian Holland OURFC Blue Won by 9 lengths
1978 John Chadwick OULRC Half Blue Lost
1977 Mike Ridley OULRC Half Blue Won
1952 Christopher Davidge OUBC Full Blue Won by a canvas
1951 Christopher Davidge OUBC Full Blue Lost by 12 lengths
1949 Christopher Davidge OUBC Full Blue Lost by 1/4 of a length
1938 Henry Melvin Young OUBC Full BlueWon by 2 lengths
1937 Henry Melvin Young Isis Half Blue
1842 John Cox OUBC Full Blue Won by 13 seconds
1842 Edward Breedon OUBC Full Blue Won by 13 seconds