Churchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College, Cambridge.
The club colours are pink and brown, chosen as they are Sir Winston Churchill's racing colours. In recent years, the club has become famous for its lurid pink racing shells. The men's 1st VIII started the trend in 2002, with the women taking delivery of their own in 2006. The trend has continued to the extent that the club now has a pink double scull. The women also sport pink splash-tops and lycra in the summer months.
Churchill College shares an unattractive but practical boat house, known as "Combined", with Selwyn, King's and The Leys School. The boat house is the farthest downstream of all the College boathouses, which is a natural advantage for early morning outings.
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“We shape our buildings: thereafter they shape us.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)
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—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)
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Geoff Carter: Why not?
Kidd: They have no bananas.
Geoff: They have no bananas?
Kidd: Yes, they have no bananas.”
—Jules Furthman (1888–1960)
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