The Queen's College Boat Club (abbreviated QCBC) is the rowing club for members of The Queen's College, Oxford. It is one of the oldest boat clubs in the world, having been founded in 1827. They also represent Wycliffe Hall.

History In 1837, the club represented Oxford in a race against Lady Margaret Boat Club, representing Cambridge, and won. This event, held on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, is credited with leading to support from the town for the establishment of the Henley Royal Regatta.

The club was last Head of the River in Eights in 1957 and in Torpids in 1958.

A women's boat first competed in 1981 after admission of women to the college. It has since risen to as high as 2nd on the river during the 2006 Torpids competition and 10th on the river during Summer Eights 2005.

In recent years the men's first and second boats have risen steadily through the rankings of Summer Eights with the first eight now positioned at 16th on the river and second eight at 52nd as of 2023. Notably, both boats achieved 'blades' (bumping on each day of the competition) in both the 2015 and 2017 regattas.

The Women's first boat recently achieved 'blades' in Torpids 2023, breaking the QCBC women's record by rising 6 places in a single bumps campaign. Their success was followed by achieving 'blades' a second time in their Summer VIIIs campaign. Once again breaking another record by securing double blades in a year, a first for the women’s side in the boat club’s history.

Honours Boat Race representatives The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in The Boat Race.

Men's boat race

YearName 1839 Stanlake Lee 1869 T. S. Baker 1870 T. S. Baker 1871 T. S. Baker 1887 A. F. Titherington 1914 G. W. Titherington 1921 P. C. Mallam 1922 P. C. Mallam 1923 P. C. Mallam

YearName 1924 P. C. Mallam 1927 H. T. Kingsbury 1946 J. M. Barrie 1947 A. Palgrave-Brown (cox) 1949 A. Palgrave-Brown (cox) 1956 K. L. Mason 1957 K. L. Mason 1976 S. G. H. Plunkett

See also Torpids Summer Eights

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