University rowing in the United Kingdom

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University rowing in the United Kingdom began when it was introduced to Oxford in the late 18th century.[1][2] The first known race at a university took place at Oxford in 1815 between Brasenose and Jesus and the first inter-university boat race, between Oxford and Cambridge, was rowed on 10 June 1829.[3][4]

Today, many universities have a rowing club and at some collegiate universities, Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and London, each college has its own club as well as a main university club. In contrast to the Oxford/Cambridge/Durham colleges, London colleges are members of British Universities and Colleges Sport in their own right, and thus compete in inter-university competitions. In Scotland, the rowing clubs of Glasgow University and Edinburgh University initiated an annual race in 1877, making this competition the second oldest in the United Kingdom. Competitive university rowing in Northern Ireland began in the 1930s with the formation of Queen's University Belfast Boat Club in 1931, whose first inter-varsity races were a triangular tournament against Glasgow University and University College Dublin in 1934–35 and who entered the Wylie Cup (which had been running between Irish universities since 1922) from 1937 to 1938.[5][6] The Welsh Boat Race began in 2006.

A 2016 article identified six university clubs which "dominate rowing among higher education institutions": Oxford Brookes, Imperial College, London, Newcastle, Durham and Reading. With the exception of Reading, these are all designated by British Rowing as High Performance Programmes, a scheme that also involves Edinburgh as well as three non-university clubs. . In more recent times Bristol has placed itself amongst the UK's leading progammes. In the UK the 'Championship' Progammes are: Brookes, Bristol, Durham, Edinburgh, Imperial, Newcastle and UL(London).[7][8]

BUCS[edit]

Crews can get very close to each other when overtaking at BUCS Head

Most universities compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships with a number of events over the year. For non-indoor events, boats are separated into Championship (where "BUCS points" are available), Intermediate and Beginner (for students in their first year of the sport).

On 16 June 2008, UCS (who represented the professional staff working in the sector) and BUSA (the body for competitive sport in the sector) merged to form "BUCS" – British Universities and Colleges Sport. Events from 2008/09 onwards therefore come under the BUCS banner, rather than BUSA, e.g. BUCS Regatta rather than BUSA regatta.

BUCS events contribute "BUCS Points" (for Championship boats) towards the (multi-sport) BUCS championship. Since 2011–12, a breakdown of points by sport has also been available. The highest ranked universities in rowing since then have been:

Year First Second Third
2018–19[9] Edinburgh (312) Newcastle (284) Queen's Belfast (121)
2017–18[10] Edinburgh (315) Newcastle (305) London (250)
2016–17[11] London (282) Edinburgh (267) Oxford Brookes (197)
2015–16[12] Newcastle (280) Edinburgh (218) Reading (185)
2014–15[13] Durham (269) Edinburgh (249) Newcastle (245)
2013–14[14] Imperial (256) London (157) Durham (155)
2012–13[15] Imperial (400) Durham (359) Newcastle (291)
2011–12[16] Durham (356) Newcastle (309) Reading (301)

BUCS Small Boats Head[edit]

The Small Boats Head is held in October. The event was introduced in 2006 and first held on the Trent in Nottingham, small boats having previously competed in the BUSA Championship Head.[17] The 2007 event, held in December, saw 4s included in the Small Boats Head and Durham compete for the first time, dominating the medal table.[18] In 2008 the event was again held in October but moved to the Witham in Boston, Lincolnshire,[19] where it now runs in conjunction with the GB Rowing Team 1st Senior/U23 Assessment.[20] The 2012 head saw Durham's dominance finally broken as, with only the double sculls racing, Imperial topped the medal table with a single gold, a silver and a bronze. Imperial won again the following year, with only the single sculls racing.

Note that as the Small Boats Head is an autumn event, the 4s and 8s Head and Regatta from the same BUCS season are held on the following year, e.g. the 2015 Small Boats Head is part of the 2015–16 BUCS season along with the 2016 4s and 8s Head and the 2016 Regatta.

Year Top of the Medal Table Number of medals
2018[21] Newcastle University Boat Club 9 (6 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
2017[22] Edinburgh University Boat Club 7 (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2016[23] Cambridge University Boat Club 6 (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
2015[24] Reading University Boat Club 3 (2 gold, 1 bronze)
2014[25] Reading University Boat Club 3 (2 gold, 1 silver)
2013[26] Imperial College Boat Club 3 (2 gold, 1 bronze)
2012[27] Imperial College Boat Club 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2011[28] Durham University Boat Club 4 (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2010[29] Durham University Boat Club 6 (4 gold, 2 bronze)
2009[30] Durham University Boat Club 10 (3 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze)
2008[31] Durham University Boat Club 9 (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
2007[32] Durham University Boat Club 12 (8 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
2006

BUCS Indoor Rowing Series (UIRS)[edit]

BUCS Rowing and British Rowing have managed an annual autumn indoor rowing series at a number of universities and other centres across the UK since 2010, when it started with 11 centres and ran from late November to mid December.[33][34] In 2016, thirteen centres hosted events from late October to the end of November.[35]

BUCS 4s and 8s Head[edit]

This is a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) head race which has been run in February or March since 2003 (originally as the BUSA Championship Head).[36] The event grew rapidly, becoming the largest university heads race in the world by 2007, despite the small boats being split into a separate head (see above) after the 2006 event.[17][37] It was held on the River Trent in Nottingham until 2009, when the decision was made to move the event to the River Nene in Peterborough, and to split the competition into 2 separate days, with Beginners racing over a shorter 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) course on one day, and Seniors racing on the longer course on the other. However, due to inclement weather, the event was cancelled.[38] The event was again held in Peterborough in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and was due to be held there in 2013. However, due to flooding, the event was moved to Boston that year,[39] with Newcastle topping the medal table.[40]

The 2014 event was cancelled due to bad weather,[41] It was held in Boston again in 2015, with racing on Saturday only for the intermediate and championship crews. Newcastle topped the medal table and won the men's Victor Ludorum while Durham, who were second in the medal table, took the women's Victor Ludorum and the overall Victor Ludorum.[42][43]

In 2015, BUCS sought a new host for a three-year period (2016–2018).[44] The event subsequently moved to the Tyne, hosted by Tyne United Rowing Club, Tyne Amateur Rowing Club and Newcastle University Boat Club in 2016. Newcastle won both the overall and men's Victor Ludorum, with Edinburgh winning the women's Victor Ludorm.[45] The first day of the 2017 event, also on the Tyne, had to be cancelled due to poor weather, but the second day (for senior crews) went ahead, with London topping the medal table and taking the Victor Ludorum. The 2018 event saw separate men's and women's Victor Ludorum awards, with London taking the women's prize and Newcastle taking the men's.[46] From 2019, the event was to be held for three years on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, hosted by the University of Bristol, Hartpury University Centre and Gloucester Rowing Club.[47] Newcastle took the Men's and Overall Victor Ludorum in 2019, with Edinburgh taking the Women's.[48] However, it reverted to the Tyne in 2020 after only one year.[49] The 2020 event was shortened due to bad weather, with only the intermediate and championship races taking place. Newcastle University topped the medal table with ten medals, four gold,[50] as well as winning the men's, women's and overall Victor Ludorum.[51] The 2021 event was cancelled due to COVID, but it returned to the Tyne for 2022 and 2023.[52] Newcastle took the overall and men's Victor Ludorum in 2022, with Durham taking the women's.[53] In 2023, Durham achieved a clean sweep with the women's, men's and overall Victor Ludorum.[54]

Year Top of Medal Table Number of Medals Victor Ludorum
2022 Overall: Durham University Boat Club
Women: Durham University Boat Club
Men: Durham University Boat Club
2022 Overall: Newcastle University Boat Club
Women: Durham University Boat Club
Men: Newcastle University Boat Club
2021 No race held
2020 Newcastle University Boat Club 10 (4 gold) Overall: Newcastle University Boat Club
Women: Newcastle University Boat Club
Men: Newcastle University Boat Club
2019 Overall: Newcastle University Boat Club
Women: Edinburgh University Boat Club
Men: Newcastle University Boat Club
2018 Women: Newcastle University Boat Club
Men: University of London Boat Club
2017 University of London Boat Club 12 (4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)[55][56] University of London Boat Club[57]
2016 Newcastle University Boat Club 16 (6 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)[58] Newcastle University Boat Club
2015 Newcastle University Boat Club 12 (6 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze) Durham University Boat Club
2014 No race held
2013 Newcastle University Boat Club 10 (5 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
2012 Durham University Boat Club 15 (5 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze)[59]
2011 Durham University Boat Club 13 (7 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)[60]
2010 Durham University Boat Club 10 (4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)[61]
2009 No race held
2008 Durham University Boat Club 14 (10 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)[62]
2007 Oxford Brookes University Boat Club 5 (4 gold, 1 silver)[63]
2006 Imperial College Boat Club[64]
2005
2004
2003
The start of a race at BUCS Regatta

BUCS Regatta[edit]

A 2 km regatta held (usually at Holme Pierrepont) over the May Day weekend. Points for the Victor Ludorum are awarded for finishing places in the finals (more points for champ events and bigger boats).

The regatta was first run (as the BUSA regatta) in 1994,[65] replacing the UAU 'Regatta' that had been a two-hour slot for University races in the Nottingham City Regatta. The first Regatta attracted 105 crews; by 2000 this had grown to 354.[66] The 2001 Regatta was the first to be held over two days, and attracted over 500 crews.[67] In 2006 the Regatta grew to three days with almost 1000 crews taking part.[68]

In its early years the Regatta was dominated by Nottingham, but in 2004 it was won for the first time by Durham.[69][70] In 2005 Durham were 1st again, followed by Reading University in 2nd place and University of London behind them in 3rd place. Durham's dominance continued until 2014, when London took the trophy, with Durham 2nd and Imperial College 3rd.

2014 also saw the introduction of separate Victor Ludorum trophies for men's and women's teams in addition to the overall trophy: Durham took the women's prize and Imperial the men's.[71] 2015 saw Durham retain the women's title and Newcastle the men's, with Durham taking the overall title. Newcastle's men retained their trophy in 2016 and Newcastle University won the overall trophy for the first time. The University of London won the 2016 women's trophy on gold medal count, having finished equal on points with Exeter.[72]

In 2008 the BUSA regatta was held at Strathclyde Country Park, as NWSC was not available that weekend.[73] Two weeks earlier, a BUSA Sprint Regatta was held at Cotswold Water Park, though the regatta had to be held as a time trial because the weather had prevented the course and stakeboats being laid.

Results[74]

Year Overall Victor Ludorum Men's Women's
2023[75] Durham University Boat Club Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Durham University Boat Club
2022[76] Edinburgh University Boat Club Edinburgh University Boat Club Cambridge University Boat Club
2021[77] Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Cambridge University Boat Club
2019[78] Newcastle University Boat Club Newcastle University Boat Club[79] Edinburgh University Boat Club[80]
2018[81] Newcastle University Boat Club Newcastle University Boat Club Newcastle University Boat Club/Oxford Brookes University Boat Club (tie)
2017[82] Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Oxford Brookes University Boat Club University of London Boat Club
2016[83] Newcastle University Boat Club Newcastle University Boat Club University of London Boat Club
2015[84] Durham University Boat Club Newcastle University Boat Club Durham University Boat Club
2014[71] University of London Boat Club Imperial College Boat Club Durham University Boat Club
2013 Durham University Boat Club[85]
2012 Durham University Boat Club[86]
2011 Durham University Boat Club[87]
2010 Durham University Boat Club[88]
2009 Durham University Boat Club[89]
2008 Durham University Boat Club[73]
2007 Durham University Boat Club[90]
2006 Durham University Boat Club[90]
2005 Durham University Boat Club[91]
2004 Durham University Boat Club[92]
2003 Nottingham University Boat Club[93]
2002 Nottingham University Boat Club[94]
2001 Nottingham University Boat Club[95]
2000 Nottingham University Boat Club[95]
1999 Oxford Brookes University Boat Club[95]
1998 ?
1997 Nottingham University Boat Club[96]
1996 Nottingham University Boat Club[65]
1995 Nottingham University Boat Club[65]
1994 Nottingham University Boat Club[65]

Other competitions[edit]

Head of the River Race[edit]

The Head of the River Race for men's eights, rowed on the Championship Course on the Tideway, awarded the Ortner Shield (named after Reading University coach Frank Ortner) to the fastest University Athletics Union (UAU) crew (later BUSA crew) from 1961 to 2005. The first winners were Reading, but the shield was dominated by Durham from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s, who also won the final shield in 2005.[97]

In 2006 the "University Prize" replaced the Ortner Shield. This was restricted to university and college crews of Senior 2 (now Intermediate 1) status or lower, with no higher-status entries from that institute, affiliated to British Rowing, Scottish Rowing or Welsh Rowing.[98] This was later renamed the Halladay Trophy, after Durham coach Eric Halladay, and joined by the Bernard Churcher Trophy, an unrestricted prize for universities from anywhere in the world – boats may only be entered for one of these trophies, even if eligible for both.[99]

Year Bernard Churcher Trophy Halladay Trophy
2017[100] Race cancelled
2016[101] Oxford Brookes Durham
2015[102] Oxford Brookes Durham
2014[103] Race abandoned
2013[97] No race
2012[104] Durham London
2011[105] Imperial Cambridge
2010[106] Oxford Brookes Newcastle
2009[107] Oxford Brookes First and Third Trinity, Cambridge
2008[108] Durham Oxford Brookes
2007[97] Race abandoned
2006[109] N/A Newcastle
Ortner Shield winners[97]
University Wins Years
Durham 20 1963, 1966–1976, 1978–1984, 2005
Imperial College 9 1987–1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000
Oxford Brookes 7 1994–1996, 1999, 2001–2003
Reading 3 1961, 1985, 1986
Nottingham 3 1962, 1964, 1965
University College and Hospital (UCL) 1 1977
Bristol 1 1992

Women's Eights Head of the River Race[edit]

The Women's Eights Head of the River Race is, like the men's counterpart, raced on the Championship Course on the Tideway. University crews from anywhere in the world compete for the University Pennant; from 1999 to 2005 there was also a separate prize for the top BUSA-affiliated crew.[110][111][112]

Year Winner[112]
2017 Cambridge Women
2016 Cambridge Women
2015 Cambridge Women
2014 Newcastle
2013 Reading
2012 Reading
2011 Oxford Brookes
2010 Durham
2009 Osiris (Oxford Women)
2008 Osiris
2007 Osiris
2006 Osiris
2005 Univ.: Cambridge Women
BUSA: Durham
2004 Osiris (Univ. & BUSA)
2003 Osiris (Univ. & BUSA)
2002 Race cancelled
2001 Cambridge Women (Univ. & BUSA)
2000 Oxford Women (Univ. & BUSA)
1999 Cambridge Women (Univ. & BUSA)
1998 Cambridge Women
1997 Cambridge Women
1996 Cambridge Women
1995 Oxford Women
1994 London
1993 Cambridge Women

University races[edit]

A number of university boat clubs have organised annual races between themselves. These include:

Some universities include rowing in multi-sport inter-university competitions:

Collegiate universities also hold inter-collegiate competitions. The include:

University boat clubs[edit]

University of Cambridge[edit]

Blade Club University/College Notes
Cambridge University Boat Club University of Cambridge
Cambridge University Women's Boat Club University of Cambridge
Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club University of Cambridge
Caius Boat Club Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Christ's College Boat Club Christ's College, Cambridge
Churchill College Boat Club Churchill College, Cambridge
Clare Boat Club Clare College, Cambridge
Clare Hall Boat Club Clare Hall, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College Boat Club (Cambridge) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Darwin College Boat Club Darwin College, Cambridge
Downing College Boat Club Downing College, Cambridge
Emmanuel Boat Club Emmanuel College, Cambridge
First and Third Trinity Boat Club Trinity College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College Boat Club Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Girton College Boat Club Girton College, Cambridge
Homerton College Boat Club Homerton College, Cambridge
Hughes Hall Boat Club Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge) Jesus College, Cambridge
King's College Boat Club King's College, Cambridge
Lady Margaret Boat Club St John's College, Cambridge
Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Magdalene Boat Club (Cambridge) Magdalene College, Cambridge
Murray Edwards College Boat Club Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Newnham College Boat Club Newnham College, Cambridge
Pembroke College Boat Club (Cambridge) Pembroke College, Cambridge
Peterhouse Boat Club Peterhouse, Cambridge
Queens' College Boat Club Queens' College, Cambridge
Robinson College Boat Club Robinson College, Cambridge
St Catharine's College Boat Club (Cambridge) St Catharine's College, Cambridge
St Edmund's College Boat Club St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Selwyn College Boat Club Selwyn College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex Boat Club Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Trinity Hall Boat Club Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Wolfson College Boat Club Wolfson College, Cambridge

University of Durham[edit]

Blade Club University/College Notes
Durham University Boat Club University of Durham
Collingwood College Boat Club Collingwood College, Durham
Grey College Boat Club Grey College, Durham
Hatfield College Boat Club Hatfield College, Durham
Hild Bede Boat Club College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
John Snow College Boat Club John Snow College, Durham
Butler College Boat Club Josephine Butler College, Durham
St Aidan's College Boat Club St Aidan's College, Durham
St Chad's College Boat Club St Chad's College, Durham
St John's College Boat Club St John's College, Durham
St Mary's College Boat Club St Mary's College, Durham
Stephenson College Boat Club Stephenson College Boat Club
Trevelyan College Boat Club Trevelyan College, Durham
University College Boat Club University College, Durham
Ustinov Boat Club Ustinov College
Van Mildert College Boat Club Van Mildert College, Durham

University of London[edit]

Blade Club University/College Notes
University of London Boat Club University of London
Imperial College School of Medicine Boat Club Imperial College, London
King's College London Boat Club King's College London
London School of Economics Boat Club London School of Economics
Queen Mary, University of London Boat Club Queen Mary, University of London
Royal Free and University College Medical School Boat Club Royal Free and University College Medical School
Royal Holloway, University of London Boat Club Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Veterinary College Boat Club Royal Veterinary College
St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals' Boat Club St Bartholomew's Hospital
University College London Boat Club University College London
United Hospitals Boat Club


University of Oxford[edit]

Blade Club University/College Notes
Oxford University Boat Club University of Oxford
Oxford University Women's Boat Club University of Oxford
Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club University of Oxford
Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club University of Oxford
Balliol College Boat Club Balliol College, Oxford
Brasenose College Boat Club (Oxford) Brasenose College, Oxford
Christ Church Boat Club Christ Church, Oxford
Corpus Christi College Boat Club (Oxford) Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Exeter College Boat Club Exeter College, Oxford
Green Templeton Boat Club Green Templeton College, Oxford
Hertford College Boat Club Hertford College, Oxford
Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford) Jesus College, Oxford
Keble College Boat Club Keble College, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Linacre College Boat Club Linacre College, Oxford
Lincoln College Boat Club Lincoln College, Oxford
Magdalen College Boat Club Magdalen College, Oxford
Mansfield College Boat Club Mansfield College, Oxford
Merton College Boat Club Merton College, Oxford


New College Boat Club New College, Oxford
Oriel College Boat Club Oriel College, Oxford
Osler House Boat Club Boat club for medical students.


Pembroke College Boat Club (Oxford) Pembroke College, Oxford
Regent's Park College Boat Club Regent's Park College, Oxford
Somerville College Boat Club Somerville College, Oxford
St Anne's College Boat Club St Anne's College, Oxford


St Antony's College Boat Club St Antony's College, Oxford
St Benet's Hall Boat Club St Benet's Hall, Oxford
St Catherine's College Boat Club St Catherine's College, Oxford


Pembroke College Boat Club (Oxford) Pembroke College, Oxford
St Edmund Hall Boat Club St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Hilda's College Boat Club St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hugh's College Boat Club St Hugh's College, Oxford
St John's College Boat Club St John's College, Oxford
St Peter's College Boat Club St Peter's College, Oxford
The Queen's College Boat Club Queen's College, Oxford
St Antony's College Boat Club St Antony's College, Oxford
Trinity College Boat Club Trinity College, Oxford
University College Boat Club (Oxford) University College, Oxford
Wadham College Boat Club Wadham College, Oxford
Wolfson College Boat Club Wolfson College, Oxford
Worcester College Boat Club Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College Women's Boat Club Worcester College, Oxford

Other English Universities[edit]

Blade Club University Notes
Anglia Ruskin Boat Club Anglia Ruskin University
Aston University Rowing Club Aston University
Bath University Boat Club University of Bath
University of Birmingham Boat Club University of Birmingham
Birmingham City University Boat Club Birmingham City University
Birmingham University Boat Club Bournemouth University
University of Bradford Rowing Club University of Bradford
University of Bristol Boat Club University of Bristol
Brunel University Rowing Club Brunel University
Chester University Rowing Club University of Chester
De Montfort University Rowing Club De Montford University
University of Derby Rowing Club University of Derby
University of East Anglia Boat Club University of East Anglia
University of East London Boat Club University of East London
Essex University Rowing Club Essex University
Exeter University Boat Club University of Exeter


Gloucestershire University Rowing Club Gloucestershire University
Harper Adams University Rowing Club Harper Adams University
University of Hertfordshire Rowing Club University of Hertfordshire


Hull University Boat Club University of Hull
Imperial College Boat Club Imperial College London
Keele University Boat Club Keele University
University of Kent Rowing Club University of Kent


Kingston Students Rowing Club Kingston University (Formerly Kingston University Boat Club )
Lancaster University Boat Club Lancaster University
Leeds University Boat Club University of Leeds


Leeds Beckett University Rowing Club
University of Leicester Boat Club University of Leicester
University of Lincoln Rowing Club
Liverpool John Moores University Rowing Club Liverpool John Moores University
University of Liverpool Boat Club University of Liverpool
St Peter's College Boat Club St Peter's College, Oxford
Loughborough Students Rowing University of Loughborough
Manchester University Boat Club University of Manchester
Newcastle University Boat Club University of Newcastle
University of Northampton Rowing Club University of Northampton
Northumbria University Boat Club Northumbria University
Nottingham Trent University Rowing Club Nottingham Trent University
Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Oxford Brookes University
University of Plymouth Rowing Club University of Plymouth
University of Portsmouth Rowing Club University of Portsmouth
Reading University Boat Club University of Reading
Roehampton University Boat Club University of Roehampton
Royal Agricultural University Boat Club Royal Agricultural University
Salford University Boat Club University of Salford
Sheffield Hallam University Rowing Club Sheffield Hallam University
Southampton University Boat Club University of Southampton
Southampton Solent University Boat Club Southampton Solent University
Sunderland University Rowing Club Sunderland University
University of Surrey Boat Club University of Surrey
Teesside University Rowing Club Teesside University
University of Warwick Boat Club University of Warwick
University of the West of England Boat Club University of the West of England
University of Westminster Boat Club University of Westminster
University of Worcester Rowing Club University of Worcester
University of York Boat Club University of York
York St John University Rowing Club York St John University


Northern Ireland[edit]

Blade Club University Notes
Queen's University Belfast Boat Club Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast Ladies Boat Club Queen's University Belfast
Ulster University Rowing Club University of Ulster at Coleraine

Scotland[edit]

Blade Club University Notes
Aberdeen University Boat Club University of Aberdeen
Dundee University Boat Club University of Dundee
Edinburgh University Boat Club University of Edinburgh
Glasgow University Boat Club University of Glasgow
Heriot Watt University Boat Club Heriot Watt University
Robert Gordon University Boat Club Robert Gordon University
Stirling University Boat Club University of Stirling
Strathclyde University Boat Club University of Strathclyde
University of St Andrews Boat Club University of St Andrews

Wales[edit]

Blade Club University Notes
Aberystwyth University Boat Club University of Aberystwyth
Bangor University Rowing Club Bangor University
Cardiff University Rowing Club University of Cardiff
Swansea University Rowing Club University of Swansea


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