Brasenose College Boat Club (Oxford)
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| Established | terminus ante quem 1815 | ||||||||||
| Head of the River – Men | 1815, 1816, 1822, 1827, 1839, 1840, 1845, 1846, 1852-54, 1865-67, 1876, 1888-91, 1928-31 | ||||||||||
| Location | River Thames (known in Oxford as the Isis) | ||||||||||
| Sister college | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||
| Senior Member | Prof. Guy Houlsby | ||||||||||
| Men's Captain | Ed Matthews | ||||||||||
| Women's Captain | Becky Dawes | ||||||||||
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Brasenose College Boat Club (BNCBC) is the rowing club of Brasenose College, Oxford in Oxford, England. It is one of the oldest boat clubs in the world, having beaten Jesus College Boat Club in the first modern rowing race, held at Oxford in 1815. Rowing at schools such as Eton and Westminster School Boat Club predates this. In addition to the 1815 "headship", the club has won both the Summer Eights and Torpids headship many times, and has recorded numerous victories in most events at the Henley Royal Regatta.
The club's colours are black and gold, with black blades. The 1st VIII, however, may wear the distinctive "Childe of Hale" colours — red, purple and gold — which are traditional in Brasenose rowing.
Read more about Brasenose College Boat Club (Oxford): History, Headships At Torpids and Summer Eights, Blues - Brasenose Rowers Competing For OUBC or Other Blue Boats, Gallery
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