St Hugh's Boat Club

The club was founded in 1891^[4][5] with the club's boat was stored at the River Cherwell and only students "who can swim 50 feet" were permitted to use it.^[5] Almost twenty years later, the boat club was able to buy and acquire its first boathouse - the Middle Cherwell Boat House.^[5] After a period of financial trouble,^[6] the Boat club was refounded in 1973.^[7]

The newly rejuvenated club boasted 16 members coached by the members of the Brasenose College Boat Club with regular outings scheduled and a growing squad of Blues rowers. Two years later, in 1975, the St Hugh's Women's First VIII bumped Magdalen M4.^[8] and became the first and only women's boat to successfully bump a men's crew. This event was the catalyst for the creation of the Women's divisions for Summer Eight's since 1976,^[9] where St Hugh's was a strong contender. In 1979, St Hugh's W1 won the Boat Club's first Headship.^[10][11] In 1980 the W1 were defeated by Somerville College Boat Club in the final.^[12]

In 1981 Boris Rankov was the club's first representative in the men's Boat Race.^[13]

After two years of slipping down the order, the Boat Club was able to win Headship back again in 1982 until 1984.^[14][15] The Boat Club was also able to win Torpids Headship in the Women's division in 1986.^[16]

Between 1989 and 1990 the current boathouse was constructed.^[17]

In 2018 Beth Bridgman was the club's first representative in the women's Boat Race^[18] and she also competed the following year.^[19]

• University rowing (UK)
• Oxford University Boat Club
• Rowing on the River Thames