History
Brasenose has a long history on the water. One of the forebears of the current first boat raced in the very first Henley Regatta in 1839. BNCBC won the Visitors' at Henley in 1851 (the first "Royal" Regatta) rowing as "Childe of Hale Boat Club" in an attempt to hide their identities. In 1868 the stroke, W. B. "Guts Woodgate", of the BNCBC Stewards' Cup entry told the cox to jump out of the boat immediately after the start of the race. The crew went on to win the race but the umpire disqualified the crew. Five years later, the Regatta Stewards changed the event to one for coxless fours, with BNC crews going on to record legal wins in the event.
In 1846 Oxford University Boat Club gave up their barge and this was then used by Brasenose for many years.
Past rowers include C.W. Kent, called the greatest stroke in the world in the 1890s, and BNCBC member Andrew Lindsay who was part of the Great Britain Olympic 8 that won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
A women's boat club was established with the admission of women undergraduates in 1974. The Women's VIII won blades in 2001 and is now competing with the best colleges, winning blades consecutively in Eights 2008 and Torpids 2009. Blues from OUWBC now join the list of College members to represent the University against Cambridge.
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