Christ Church Boat Club

The club is reputedly one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world being founded before 1817. In 1817 the house crew won the title 'Head of the River' and in 1828 became the first Oxford crew to row against a crew from outside of the University, when racing Leander in London. In the inaugural 1829 boat race there were five rowers from Christ Church.^[5] This led to Oxford University Boat Club adopting Christ Church's dark blue, and also inspired the shade of Oxford Blue used as the official colour of the University.

Shortly after the admittance of women to the college, a crew was formed and raced for the first time in 1981. More recently three women competed in the 2019 boat race,^[6] and the Women's VIII went Head of the River in 2023 and 2024.^[7]

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Year	Races won
1846	Silver Wherries
1847	Stewards' Challenge Cup, Visitors' Challenge Cup
1848	Stewards' Challenge Cup, Silver Wherries, Ladies' Challenge Plate, Visitors' Challenge Cup
1850	Visitors' Challenge Cup
1851	Visitors' Challenge Cup
1852	Silver Goblets
1854	Silver Goblets
1883	Ladies' Challenge Plate, Visitors' Challenge Cup
1889	Ladies' Challenge Plate, Thames Challenge Cup
1908	Grand Challenge Cup, Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1909	Visitors' Challenge Cup
1912	Visitors' Challenge Cup
1920	Ladies' Challenge Plate
1926	Visitors' Challenge Cup
1931	Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1932	Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup

The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in the The Boat Race.^{[8][3][9][10]}

Men

Women

Year	Name
2017	Harriet Austin
2018	Sara Kushma
2019	Anna Murgatroyd

Men (Kellogg College)

Year	Name
2005	Joseph von Maltzahn
2008	Toby Medaris
2008	Charlie Cole
2009	Ante Kušurin
2010	Simon Gawlick
2013	Paul Bennett
2016	Leo Carrington
2021	Martin Barakso

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