Hughes Hall Boat Club (HHBC) is the rowing club for members of

Hughes Hall, Cambridge Hughes Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. It is the oldest of the University of Cambridge's postgraduate colleges. The college also admits undergraduates, though undergraduates admitted by the college must b ...

. HHBC houses its boats in the boathouse. HHBC has a history of consistently impressing on several fronts. It has risen rapidly through the Cambridge College rowing ranks since its inception in the 1970s to become one of the most successful clubs on the river, frequently winning the prestigious accolade of Blades in the annual Lent and May Bumps Regatta. The Men's first crew won blades in the May Bumps in 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019, and 2022. DSC 9691-hughes-hall-m1-div3-sat

History

Hughes Hall first competed in the May Bumps in 1979 when the men started at 112th on the river and went down two places while the women started at 20th on the river and went down three places. The following year the men achieved HHBC's first ever bump on Sidney Sussex M6 but the women had to wait until 1999 to achieve their first May bump. In 2003 there was an official

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with the boat club of Lucy Cavendish College, an all-women's college of

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. The result was a combined club formally recognised by the

Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC) is responsible for the day-to-day running of college sport rowing, rowing in Cambridge. It is also responsible for organising May Bumps, May and Lent Bumps, Lent bumps which are the main races of the ...

as the "Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish Combined Boat Club". This combination was the only one of its type at Cambridge. Since the merging of the two college boat clubs, Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish have enjoyed significant advances marked by three squads winning blades during the May Bumps 2009, including a 10 place gain by M2. It was also the first time the boat club fielded four crews into the

May Bumps The May Bumps (also May Races, Mays) are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of M ...

. Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish have won the

Pegasus Cup The May Bumps (also May Races, Mays) are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of M ...

, awarded to the boat club that shows the largest cumulative advancement at the bumps, three times – in

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. They are the only club to have won the Pegasus Cup on more than one occasion. In October 2017 it was announced that the two college clubs were to separate. Hughes Hall admits many students on one-year degrees. As such, the boat club trains many novices each year. Top performers are often given opportunities in the first VIII. Hughes Hall is also known for producing many of those rowers who represent

CUBC The Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC) is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England. The club was founded in 1828 and has been located at the Goldie Boathouse on the River Cam, Cambridge since 1882. Nowadays, training primarily ...

at The Boat Race. In 2009 half the roster of

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, the 2nd Varsity boat, were from Hughes. This continued in 2010, including CUBC President Deaglen McEachern who was the first representative from Hughes Hall to hold this post. In the 2019 Boat Race, Dara Alizadeh was Light Blue president in the victorious Cambridge crew which also contained fellow Hughesian Grant Bitler.

Other appearances

In 2008, the women flew to

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Ireland to race in the Tribesman Head of the River race and qualified for the Intermediate Coxed Fours in 2008 at

Henley Women's Regatta Henley Women's Regatta, often abbreviated to "HWR" or "Women's Henley", is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. Chris Aistrop and Rosemary Mayglothling were jointly responsible for setting up the Regatta in June 1988 and Aistrop wa ...

. The Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish women also competed in the Women's Eights Head of River Race (WeHorr) for the first time in 2009. They were the only Cambridge college to enter two boats. The first VIII overtook five boats and came 144th out of 291. W2 placed 272nd.http://www.churchillboatclub.org.uk/news/w1_at_wehorr/

References

* CUCBC
Cambridge University Combined Boat Club

Hughes Hall Boat Club

Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club
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