History
Founded in the summer of 1893 with the aim of representing St Cuthbert's Society at collegiate level, SCSBC is one of the oldest and most distinguished of Durham's collegiate clubs. The year after its founding the Club won its first trophy, the Challenge Pairs at Durham Regatta and has remained competitive amongst the college clubs throughout its history.
In its early years the club was most successful in sculling, with H.S.S. Jackson, E.C. Summers, H. de l’Isle Booth and T.M. Falconer enjoying success. Between the world wars the Club went into a decline but after World War II returned. The sculling success was continued by Tom Bishop and Pete Brett.
The Club made their first visit to the Tideway in 1966 for Head of the River Race. A notable success came in the mid to late 1980s, with the crew of Henry Blackshaw, Daniel Tomlinson, Chris Lawrence and Tim Pitt coxed by Patrick Hurley going from Novices to Elite status in one year, and the women's crew of Elaine Hamilton, Vicky Foulsham, Elspeth Lindsley and Dawn Cox, coxed by Patrick Herlihy almost repeating the feat and going to Women's Henley.
The club's highest finishes on the Tideway are 137th at HORR (1993) and 102nd in WeHORR (1994).
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