Keble College Boat Club (KCBC) is the rowing club of Keble College, in Oxford, United Kingdom. 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 In Summer Eights the Men's and Women's first VIII crews have consistently raced in the top division. The men have held the Headship on eight occasions, most recently in 2018, and are currently in third position on the river. The women's boat is now eighth position on the river, after reaching a peak of fifth on the river in 2017. The second and third boats regularly achieve blades in lower divisions.

In Torpids, while Keble has 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 fifth on the River, having peaked at fourth on the river in 2019. The highest position the Men have held was second 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 26 places to sixth on the river, achieving blades in five of their last eight Torpids campaigns.

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

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.

Coaching Several high-class coaches are looking after both senior boats and novice rowers. Recent coaches include among others Harry Brightmore and Freddie Davidson, as well as Tim Foster, who also rowed for Keble.

Training and equipment In addition to the water training, the boat club uses the college gym and its own erg room. KCBC is sponsored by Child Bereavement UK. The club has a fleet of eights. 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.

Honours Henley Royal Regatta YearRaces won 1958 Visitors' Challenge Cup 1960 Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup 1962 Visitors' Challenge Cup

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 1878 G. F. Burgess 1880 F. M. Hargreaves 1903 F. T. H. Eyre (cox) 1920 M. H. Ellis 1921 M. H. Ellis 1936 M. A. Kirke (cox) 1955 I. A. Watson (cox) 1959 D. W. Shaw 1960 I. L. Elliott 1960 J. R. Chester 1961 I. L. Elliott 1961 G. V. Cooper 1961 J. R. Chester 1962 N. D. Tinne 1962 D. D. S. Skailes 1962 R. A. Morton 1962 C. M. Strong (cox) 1963 R. A. Morton-Maskell 1963 R. C. T. Mead 1963 D. D. S. Skailes 1963 C. M. Strong (cox) 1964 J. Leigh-Wood 1964 D. W. Steel 1964 R. C. T. Mead 1964 D. D. S. Skailes 1964 D. G. Bray 1964 M. J. Leigh (cox) 1965 W. R. Fink 1965 M. J. Leigh (cox) 1966 F. C. Carr 1966 C. H. Freeman 1966 J. K. Mullard 1966 P. G. Tuke 1967 C. H. Freeman 1967 J. K. Mullard 1967 C. I. Blackwall 1967 P. G. Saltmarsh

YearName 1968 D. G. C. Thomson 1968 P. G. Saltmarsh 1968 W. R. Fink 1969 F. J. L. Dale 1969 H. P. Matheson 1969 J. M. Duncan 1969 W. R. C. Lonsdale 1969 P. G. Saltmarsh 1970 F. J. L. Dale 1970 A. J. Hall 1970 W. R. C. Lonsdale 1971 D. Hunt 1971 A. J. Hall 1971 F. J. L. Dale 1972 A. J. Hall 1972 M. G. C. T. Baines 1973 S. G. Irving 1973 A. J. Hall 1975 C. J. A. N. Money-Coutts 1975 R. S. Mason 1976 R. S. Mason 1976 A. J. Wiggins 1977 M. M. Moran 1977 R. S. Mason 1977 C. J. A. N. Money-Coutts 1977 A. J. Wiggins 1978 M. M. Moran 1979 A. J. Wiggins 1979 M. J. Diserens 1980 M. J. Diserens 1989 Calman A. Maclennan 1991 Calman A. Maclennan 1992 Calman A. Maclennan 1993 B. D. Robertson 1994 Andrew S. Gordon-Brown 1994 D. Robert H. Clegg 1995 Hugh S. Corroon

YearName 1995 D. Robert H. Clegg 1996 Ed J. Bellamy 1996 D. Robert H. Clegg 1996 Benjamin Mann 1996 Jeremy W. Howick 1997 James B. Roycroft 1997 Jordan Irving 1998 James B. Roycroft 1998 Jurgen Hecht 1998 E. R. Coode 1999 Martin Crotty 1999 Morgan A. L. Crooks 1999 Colin von Ettingshausen 1999 Neil J. O'Donnell (cox) 2002 Gerritjan Eggenkamp 2005 Jason Flickinger 2007 Terence Kookyer 2011 Alec Dent 2014 Storm Uru 2015 William Geffen 2015 Thomas Swartz 2016 Morgan Gerlak 2016 Josh Bugajski 2017 Matthew O'Leary 2017 Josh Bugajski 2017 Olivier Siegelaar 2018 Will Geffen 2021 Joshua Bowesman-Jones 2024 Harry Glenister 2026 Harry Geffen

Women's boat race YearName 2016 Ruth Siddorn 2018 Renée Koolschijn 2019 Renée Koolschijn

See also University rowing (UK) Keble College, University of Oxford

References

External links Keble College Boat Club Oxford University Rowing Clubs A General History of Oxford College Rowing Oxford Bumps Charts