Eton College Boat Club

Eton College Boat Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames, at Eton College, Windsor and at the Eton Rowing Centre on Dorney Lake.

History

The Club belongs to Eton College and was founded in 1840 although there are earlier references to rowing at the college (as early as 1791). In 1818, Eton challenged Westminster to a race and in 1829, a race actually took place. This race was known as 'The Challenge'. This race was reinitiated in 2019. The college has a significant record of producing a number of junior national champions and regatta champions and has won the Schools' Head of the River Race a record 14 times, the Queen Mother Challenge Cup at the National Schools' Regatta a record 20 times and the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta a record 15 times. Eton has also won the Ladies' Challenge Plate 24 times and the Visitors' Challenge Cup once.

Former pupils known as Old Etonians have their own rowing club called the Eton Vikings Club and include Matthew Pinsent, Constantine Louloudis and Ed Coode.

Honours

British champions

Key= J junior, 2, 4, 8 crew size, 18, 16, 15, 14 age group, x sculls, - coxless, + coxed

National Schools' Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

Schools' Head of the River Race

References

1. Eton Boating Song
2. Brasenose College Boat Club
3. National Schools' Regatta
4. Eton College
5. Thames Challenge Cup
6. St Hugh's College, Oxford
7. Bumps race
8. Eton Excelsior Rowing Club
9. Balliol College Boat Club
10. First and Third Trinity Boat Club
11. Winchester College
12. Dulwich College
13. List of rowing blades – School and university
14. Selwyn College, Cambridge
15. Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)
16. William Augustine Ellison
17. Joseph von Maltzahn
18. Philip Fleming (banker)
19. Eric Powell (rower)
20. Russell Carver