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History

The club has a rich history dating back to its inception in 1909 including Henley wins for both men and women, many national university championship golds and a long standing series of match races against Balliol College, Oxford.

The following documents contain all the current information on the history of the University of Bristol Boat Club. Clearly there are some pretty large gaps! If you have any information on UBBC that you think would be a nice addition to the club history - please get in contact with the club captain.

• 1909 to 1979
• 1979 to 1989
• 1989 to 1999
• 1999 to 2009

Key Dates

• 1909 - University and Boat Club founded, rowing down at Saltford.
• 1927 - University Boat House opened at Saltford.
• 1954 - Men's 1st VIII win the UAU Championships. 7th at HORR out of 232 entries.
• 1955 - Men's 1st VIII win the UAU Championships. 9th at HORR out of 227 entries.
• 1956 - Men's 1st VIII win the UAU Championships. 8th at HORR.
• 1957 - Men's 1st VIII win the UAU Championships.
• Missing records...
• 1991 - Men's 1st VIII win the UAU Championships.
• 1991 - Men's 1st VIII win the 'Henley Prize' at Henley Royal Regatta, renamed the Temple Challenge Cup the following year.
• 1995 - First Varsity match against the University of the West of England.
• 1998 - Women's 1st VIII win the College Eights event at Women's Henley.
• 2007 - Men's 4- wins EUSA in Banyoles, Spain.
• 2010 - Women's 1st VIII wins Academic Eights at Women's Henley.

Squads

UBBC has four main squads who train seperately. Men's seniors, women's seniors, men's novices and women's novices. The senior squads are for athletes who have previous rowing experience at a competitive level and the novice squads are for anyone with no previous rowing experience.

Boathouse and Facilities

UBBC has been based at Saltford (between Bristol and Bath) since 1909. We currently have two boathouses there.

Directions to Saltford

The club is situated at the Bath end of Saltford, just off the A4.

The turning into the club is marked on the map (opposite The Folly). Postcodes for sat-navs are - trailers: BS31 3JW and car parking: BS31 3EZ.