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| Location | Wallingford,Oxford |
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| Home water | River Thames |
| Founded | 1829 (1829) |
| University | University of Oxford |
| Affiliations | British Rowing |
| Website | oubc |
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Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) is therowing club for theUniversity of Oxford, England, located on theRiver Thames atOxford. The club was founded in 1829.
The prime constitutional aim of OUBC is to beatCambridge University Boat Club in the annualUniversity Boat Race andLightweight Boat Races on theRiver Thames.[1] OUBC's Openweight Men's squad currently trail Cambridge in the series by 86 races to 81, with 1 dead heat inThe Boat Race 1877, while the Openweight Women's squad trail Cambridge by 45 races to 30.[2] The Lightweight Men's squad trail Cambridge by 29 races to 19, and the Lightweight Women's squad trail Cambridge by 22 races to 17.[3]
The reserve crews are calledIsis (Openweight Men), Osiris (Openweight Women), Nepthys (Lightweight Men) and Tethys (Lightweight Women).
OUBC was one of five clubs which retained the right until 2012 to appoint representatives to the Council ofBritish Rowing. The others wereLeander Club,London Rowing Club,Thames Rowing Club andCambridge University Boat Club.[4]
OUBC's boat house on theIsis (as the Thames is known at Oxford) burnt down in 1999 and much archival material, including photographs, was lost. OUBC now rows from its new purpose-built boat house inWallingford, south of Oxford, following a successful fundraising appeal from 2004 to 2007. The boathouse was designed following a limited competition by Tuke Manton Architects LLP.[5] The club has the use of theRedgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake in southOxfordshire for training purposes, along with the GB Rowing squad andUniversity College Oxford Boat Club.
| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 1983 | Men 8+ |
| 1995 | Men 2+ (Isis) |
| 1996 | Men 2+ |
| 1997 | Men 4x |
| 1998 | Men 4x (Isis) |
| 2001 | Men 4-, Men 8+ (with Isis)[6] |
| 2011 | Open lightweight 2x (Isis)[7] |
| 2016 | Open 4- (Isis)[8] |
Key = 2, 4, 8 (crew size), x (sculls), - (coxless), + (coxed)
| Year | Races won |
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| 1843 | Grand Challenge Cup |
| 1844 | Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 1845 | Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 1846 | Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 1847 | Grand Challenge Cup |
| 1848 | Grand Challenge Cup |
| 1850 | Grand Challenge Cup,Stewards' Challenge Cup,Silver Goblets |
| 1851 | Grand Challenge Cup |
| 1852 | Grand Challenge Cup,Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 1853 | Grand Challenge Cup,Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 1888 | Silver Goblets |
| 1890 | Silver Goblets |
| 1892 | Silver Goblets |
| 1893 | Silver Goblets |
| 1965 | Thames Challenge Cup (Isis) |
| 1968 | Ladies' Challenge Plate (Cherwell) |
| 1973 | Britannia Challenge Cup (Isis) |
| 1981 | Grand Challenge Cup |
| 1989 | Stewards' Challenge Cup,Visitors' Challenge Cup (Isis) |
| 1995 | Visitors' Challenge Cup (Isis) |
| 1997 | Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 1998 | Visitors' Challenge Cup (Isis) |
| 2004 | Visitors' Challenge Cup |
| 2005 | Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 2006 | Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup |
| 2009 | Visitors' Challenge Cup (Isis) |
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