St John's College Boat Club (Oxford)
British university rowing club
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St John's College Boat Club, Oxford (SJCBC) is a rowing club part of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in 1863.
- Women: 2013
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| Location | Christ Church Meadow, Oxford |
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| Home water | 51.743619°N 1.250184°W |
| Founded | 1863 |
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| University | University of Oxford |
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| Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code SJO) Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (Sister college) |
| Website | info |
Colours
The St John's College Boat Club colours are a white shield with blue cross upon a navy blue background. The Men's 1st boats race in all-white uniform with blue trim and the 2nd crews compete in all-blue with white trim. The Women's boats race in all-black with blue trim. The Boat Club flag consists of a lamb carrying a flag atop a navy blue cross set against a white background. The symbol of the lamb and flag is that of St John the Baptist, after whom the college was named.[citation needed]
History
Founded in 1862, the club was a regular competitor at the Henley Royal Regatta[1] and won the Ladies' Challenge Plate in 1909, defeating First Trinity, Cambridge in the final.[2]
In 1933, a group of undergraduates from the St Johns College Boat Club who were members of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists were involved in the ceremonial burning of a page of the Oxford Union minute book.[3] The page in question recorded the vote on 9 February 1933 in favour of a motion "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country."[3]
Honours
Henley Royal Regatta
| Year | Races won |
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| 1909 | Ladies' Challenge Plate |
Boat Race representatives
The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in the The Boat Race.[4][5][6][7]
Men's boat race
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Key
- + = coxswain