St Anne's College Boat Club

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St Anne's College Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's emblem
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
Boathouse (centre) (building shared with Wadham & St Hugh's)
MottoGood company, fast boats
LocationBoathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxford
Coordinates51°44′38″N 1°15′02″W / 51.744008°N 1.250652°W / 51.744008; -1.250652
Home waterThe Isis
Founded1908
Former namesOxford Home Students Rowing Club
Key people
Ben O'Donnell (president)
UniversityUniversity of Oxford
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code SAC)
Murray Edwards College Boat Club (Sister college)
Websitestannesboatclub.weebly.com

St Anne's College Boat Club (SABC) is a rowing club for members of St Anne's College, Oxford.[1] It is based on the Isis at Boathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxford.[2]

History

St Anne's students have been rowing since at least the 1890s. The two earliest photographs held by the college, that of the Oxford Home-Students (the predecessor to St Anne's College) were both taken on the river. The history of SABC since then is a long path that traces the formation of St Anne's College, the acquisition of a fleet, the fundraising and construction of the Boathouse, and the rise of the first Eight's to reach 1st Division (women) and 2nd Division (men). [3]

St Anne's students made up many of the women who rowed in the early women's boat races which started in 1927.[3] The first women's representative in the Boat Race was D. Morely, who rowed at the bow position in the pioneering inaugural race in 1927.[4][5]

Originally the boat club was restricted to an allocated space within the St John's College boathouse. In 1985 new boathouse plans were submitted with the help of a major donation from Peter de Savary. The boathouse was subsequently built in 1989/90, on a plot next to many other University boathouses on Boathouse Island. Current president is Ben O'Donnell. [6] The boathouse building is in three sections and shared with Wadham College Boat Club and St Hugh's Boat Club with St Annes's in the centre section.

In 2003, the club's first men's representative in the Boat Race was Matt Smith.[7]

Honours

Boat Race representatives

The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in The Boat Race.[8]

Men's boat race

Year Name
2003Matt J. Smith
2006Paul Daniels
2011Ben Ellison

Women's boat race

Year Name
1927D. Morely
1929Montgomery
1929Cattle
1929Fenning
1929Hammond
1929Francombe
1934M. Morant
1934M. C. Heathcote
1934A. Ebrand
1934L. M. Bristowe
1934S. Aldwinckle
1934L. Priestly
1934K. L. Box
Year Name
1936E. Johnstone
1936M. Beale
1936B. George
1936M. Lovegrove
1936P. Dolby
1936P. Walker
1936L. Dillon
2019Amelia Standing
2021Amelia Standing
2022Christine Cavallo
2022Amelia Standing
2022Joe Gellet (cox)
2023Esther Austin

See also

References

  1. "Sport". St Anne's College.
  2. "Club details". British Rowing.
  3. College Archives, St Anne's College
  4. "Women's Boat Race – Confetti, Streamers, and Toy Trumpets". Western Daily Press. 16 March 1927. p. 5.(subscription required)
  5. "Origins – The Women's Boat Race: The Early years". The Boat Race Company Limited. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. "The origins of the St Anne's boathouse". St Anne's College Boat Club.
  7. "Oxford edge thriller". BBC. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  8. "Crews & Results". Oxford University Boat Club. Retrieved 1 April 2026.