St Hilda's College Boat Club

St Hilda's College Boat Club, Oxford (SHCBC) is a rowing club part of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in 1911.

Pioneers of women's rowing

St Hilda's College was the first college of Oxford to have women rowing on Thames, at the turn of the 20th century, with the boat club founded in 1911.[1][2] It was St Hilda's student H.G. Wanklyn who formed OUWBC and coxed in the inaugural Women's Boat Race of 1927, with five Hilda's rowers. In 1969, the St Hilda's Eight made Oxford history when they became the first ever female crew to row in the Summer Eights. They placed 12th.

In the 1980's, Hilda's rowers Alison Gill and Pauline Janson were Olympians.[3]

Present

In 2009, after men were first admitted to St Hilda's College, the men's boat began to steadily climb the Torpids and Summer Eights leagues.

In 2016 both W1 and M1 achieved 'blades' in Torpids.

Also in 2016, M1 was bumped for the first time in Eights ever, on their 28th race.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "St Hilda's Boat Club". sthildasboatclub.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. ↑ Clewlow, Ellie (1994). "The Ammonite".
  3. ↑ "Sporting excellence in the workplace by Alison Gill - Dialogue Review". Dialogue Review. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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