St Edward's School Boat Club is a

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club on the

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based at St Edwards School Boathouse on Godstow Road,

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. It is the rowing club belonging to

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(also known as Teddies).

History

St Edward's School Oxford 1st VIII Rowing Blade

Rowing is one of the sports available for pupils as an extracurricular activity at the School. Old St Edwards or OSE (former pupils) have their own rowing club called the Martyrs. The club is responsible for the founding of the

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which was first raced in 1947 as the "Colts and Third Eights Regatta". A teacher called Desmond Hill who was responsible for the rowing at the School invited teams from Shrewsbury, Bedford and

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to race against St. Edwards in Godstow. The club has won the coveted 'Triple' (Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, the Queen Mother Cup at the National Schools' Regatta and the Schools' Head of the River Race) on one occasion in 1984.

Honours

National champions

Key *M men, O open, W women, +coxed, -coxless, x sculls, J junior, 18 16 age group

Schools' Head of the River

National Schools' Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

References

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