St Catherine's College Boat Club (SCCBC) is the

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St Catherine's College, Oxford St Catherine's College (colloquially called St Catz or Catz) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. In 1974, it was also one of the first men's colleges to admit women. It has 528 un ...

. Established in 1875 as ''St. Catharine's Boat Club'', the club first took part in

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and

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in 1876. Notable people associated with the club include British Olympic gold medallists

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and

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and silver medallist Colin Smith.

History

In 1868, the University established a society for non-Collegiate students, members of which in 1874 founded St. Catharine's Club; from this sprang St. Catharine's Boat Club (SCBC) in 1875. In 1919, the Boat Club changed the spelling to St. Catherine. The Boat Club became the SCCBC. In Oxford, SCCBC first took part in

and

in 1876.

Notable members

The club achieved its first

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in 1967 and first women Blues in 1976. Crews have participated in regattas, starting with an entry for the Wyfold Cup at

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in 1883. International representation began with the Commonwealth Games in 1958, and since 1986 SCCBC men and women have filled places in national crews.

was the first Olympic Gold associated with the club, winning at the

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. Since then, British Olympic gold medallist

, and silver medallist Colin Smith have rowed for the college.

References

External links

Official website
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