Exeter College Boat Club (ECBC) is the boat club of Exeter College, Oxford, England. The Boat Club trains on the Thames on the Isis stretch in Oxford and at Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
The Boat Club competes primarily in Torpids and Summer Eights bumps races in Oxford. However, it also races at various external events, such as Wallingford Regatta.
The college has a boathouse on Christ Church Meadow which it shares with Brasenose College Boat Club.
Read more about Exeter College Boat Club: History
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