Queens' College Boat Club (QCBC) is the rowing club for members of Queens' College, Cambridge. The men's club have won the May Bumps three times (1962, 1963 and 1968) and the Lent Bumps once in 1968.
History In the men's May Bumps, the 1st VIII took the headship for the first time in 1962, achieving the rare feat of four consecutive bumps to do so. This had only ever been achieved once before, by Lady Margaret Boat Club in 1950. Queens' retained the Mays Headship in 1963, and went head again in 1968 when they were also head in the Lent Bumps. In the men's Lent Bumps, the Queens' 1st VIII largely remained in the 2nd division until about 1910, when they moved up into the 1st division. With only occasional years where the 1st VIII dropped into the 2nd division, the club eventually rose to take the headship in 1968, but lost it the following year (dropping four places) and declined into the 2nd division by 1980. Since then, the form has been somewhat erratic, rising to 3rd in 1995 before plummeting into the 2nd division again by 2000. Queens' ended a good run of form in 2007, having risen back into the mid-1st division, they crashed down four places and were awarded spoons, dropping another three places the following year.
The Queens' 1st women first appeared in 1981, and rose as high as 2nd in the Lent Bumps and 4th in the May Bumps, but have yet to take a headship in either event.
In December 2009, the men became the first ever crew to win the Fairbairn Cup. This came after a term's racing in which Queens' also won the University IVs First and Second Men's divisions.
The current positions of the men's 1st VIII are 16th in the Lent Bumps and 14th in the May Bumps. The 1st women's VIII currently reside near the bottom of the 1st division in the Lent Bumps and May Bumps, being 15th and 17th, respectively.
Queens' Ergs The Queens' College Boat Club hosts the annual Queens' Ergs competition in the Michaelmas Term, an 8x500m indoor rowing relay race open to novices (those who have begun rowing that term) only. It usually attracts over 1000 rowers, and is one of the largest indoor rowing events in the United Kingdom.
Honours Henley Royal Regatta
YearRaces won 1912 Wyfold Challenge Cup 1955 Ladies' Challenge Plate 1962 Ladies' Challenge Plate 1963 Thames 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 1880 W. M. Warlow 1880 R. D. Prior 1886 G. H. Baker (cox) 1887 G. H. Baker (cox) 1889 T. W. Northmore (cox) 1890 T. W. Northmore (cox) 1931 G. Gray 1947 A. S. F. Butcher 1948 P. A. de Giles 1956 I. W. Welsh 1957 F. C. S. Clayre 1962 R. Walmsley 1963 P. J. Webb 1963 J. Maasland 1963 M. H. Beckett 1964 A. Simpson 1965 R. G. Ward 1966 R. G. Ward
YearName 1970 C. J. Dalley 1970 N. G. Hughes 1971 N. G. Hughes 1972 N. G. Hughes 1976 M. R. Gritten 1982 S. A. Harris 1983 S. A. Harris 1995 Miles P. C. Barnett 1996 Miles P. C. Barnett 2003 Kristopher Coventry 2004 Kristopher Coventry 2014 Ian Middleton (cox) 2015 William Warr 2015 Ian Middleton (cox) 2016 Ian Middleton (cox) 2017 Tim Tracey 2023 Brett Taylor
Women's boat race YearName 2019 Laura Foster 2022 Ruby Tew 2022 Grace Prendergast
References
External links Queens' College Boat Club