Wolfson College Boat Club (WCBC) is the
rowing club for members of
Wolfson College, Cambridge. The club was founded in 1968 as University College Boat Club and became Wolfson in 1973 (along with the renaming of the college). The club shares a boathouse on the
River Cam
The River Cam () is the main river flowing through Cambridge in eastern England. After leaving Cambridge, it flows north and east before joining the River Great Ouse to the south of Ely, at Pope's Corner. The total distance from Cambridge to ...
with the college boat clubs of
Corpus Christi,
Girton and
Sidney Sussex
Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife ...
. For the majority of the decade the club's men's and women's first boats have stood in Division 2 of the May and Lent bumps.
History
Starting as a mixed eight (4 men, 4 women), with a female coxswain. This was also the first time the Cam saw a female coxswain or a mixed crew, and caused some uproar on the river. In 1968 the crew made its way through the Getting-On race and into the May Bumps. In the 1969 May Bumps Wolfson claimed blades, managing to move up six positions with an over-bump. The 1970 Lents crew also won blades. In the 1970 Mays Wolfson commanded a sandwich position between the 4th and 5th divisions and was coached by Johan Schreiner - a Norwegian international oarsman.
In the 1971 Lents the club won blades once again.
In 2015 May Bumps, M1 and M2 won blades.
In 2018 May Bumps, M1, W1 and M2 (three out of four crews) won blades, with M1 moving up into division 1 and M2 moving up into division 3. M2's campaign also included a historic double overbump on the first day of the campaign. On the back of this Wolfson became the first club in Cambridge history to win both the Pegasus Cup and the
Michell Cup
The Michell Cup is a cup awarded annually at Cambridge University to the College boat club who has got the most points over the academic year. It was instituted in 1923 in the memory of Robert Williams Michell
Robert Williams Michell FRCS (25 Au ...
, as well as being the largest club to ever win the Pegasus Cup. This was also the first time Wolfson won either of the cups.
See also
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University rowing (UK)
References
External links
Wolfson College Boat ClubBumps Archive (1992-2005)
{{United Kingdom rowing clubs
Rowing clubs of the University of Cambridge
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Sports clubs and teams established in 1968
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Rowing clubs of the River Cam