Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club (LMHBC) is a

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for members and staff of

Lady Margaret Hall Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located on the banks of the River Cherwell at Norham Gardens in north Oxford and adjacent to the University Parks. The college is more formall ...

(LMH),

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. It was founded in 1899.

History

LMHBC first competed in inter-college OURCs racing events in 1977, when a women's division was finally established (LMH was a women-only college for the first 100 years of its foundation). As the senior women's college LMH was placed first on the river for the inaugural women's division. The club has provided rowers for the

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, the

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, and the Isis Reserves Race. A former president, Monica Fisher (née Pring-Mill) was responsible for instigating some of the biggest changes in Women's Boat Race history, which raised the regularity and status of that event. For a period around 2010 three times World Lightweight Sculling Champion Peter Moir Haining coached LMHBC. The club is affiliated to

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Results

Chalk Arms recording rowing successes at LMH

Men's crews

Men's crews began competing for LMHBC in 1979/1980 (the year after LMH first admitted men). As a new boat, they entered the table at the bottom as 90th on the river. Over the following years, the Men's 1st VIII have gradually risen up the rankings. After first rowing in Division 1 as sandwich boat in 2017, the Men's 1st VIII finally secured their place in Division 1 for the first time in Summer Eights 2019. The men's second VIII are 57th on the river as of 2019. A men's third VIII is periodically fielded. The Men's 1st VIII have raced in the

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on several occasions.

Women's crews

The LMHBC women's first VIII had the Summer Eights headship in 1977, the inaugural year of women's inclusion in Summer Eights as recognised, distinct divisions. In 2017 it was 24th on the river. The LMH women's first VIII had the Torpids Headship in 1978 and was 25th on the river in 2019. The LMHBC Women's second VIII first raced in 1986 and was 59th on the river in 2017. A women's third eight is periodically fielded.

Recent Blues

Recent members of LMHBC selected for

men's crew for

The Boat Race The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. There are separate men's ...

include: * Zachary Thomas Johnson 2018 * Felix Drinkall in 2018 2019 2020 and 2021 * Oliver Perry in 2020 * Annie Anezakis in 2022

Blazer

The boat club has an ivory blazer with blue and gold piping and cuff rings bearing the

Beaufort portcullis A portcullis (from Old French ''porte coleice'', "sliding gate") is a heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood, metal, or a combination of the two, which slides down gr ...

device in blue on the left breast. This may be worn by men and women who have rowed in the first Summer VIII or first Torpid.

References

External links

Eights Week Chart, 1980–2008
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Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club Website
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1976 establishments in England Rowing clubs in Oxfordshire Rowing clubs of the River Thames