Reading University Boat Club Explained

Clubname:Reading University Boat Club
Bladecolourimage:Reading_University_Boat_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg
Location:Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Homewater:River Thames
Affiliations:British Rowing
boat code - RDU
BUCS
Events:Reading University Head of the River
University:University of Reading

Reading University Boat Club (RUBC, boat code RDU[1]) is the rowing club for the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. It is based at a boat house in Christchurch Meadows on the River Thames in the Reading suburb of Caversham. The club has a focus on sculling. It has consistently been one of the more successful university rowing clubs in Britain, including topping the medal table at the BUCS regatta in 2011 and at the BUCS small boats head in 2014 and 2015, as well as wins at Henley Royal Regatta in 1986, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013, and is considered one of the top six university rowing clubs in the UK.[2] A number of former members have competed at the Olympics, including double gold-medallists James Cracknell and Helen Glover. The club has organised the Reading University Head of the River race since 1935.

History

The club was founded in 1892, when the university was established as an extension college of Oxford University. They originally shared a boathouse with other clubs, but got their own boathouse in the 1930s. The Reading Head of the River Race, organised by RUBC, has been held since 1935 (with a break for the second world war), attracting well over 100 crews in 2000. The boathouse burnt down in 1989, destroying a number of boats worth around £150,000.[3] The current boathouse was built in 1992. The Ortner Boat Club is a club for alumni of RUBC, founded in 1997 and named after former Reading University coach Frank Ortner.[4] [5]

Notable alumni

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta

RUBC have been frequent competitors at the Henley Royal Regatta, which is held around 10 km downriver from Reading.

British Championships

University Sport

Reading Head of the River Race

The Reading University Head of the River race has been run since 1935 and is the largest student-organised public sporting event in the country, drawing a record 237 crews in 2015. It is run over a 4.6 km course on the Thames between Mapledurham lock and Caversham lock. Major prizes are the Roe Challenge Cup for the fastest crew overall, the Coronation Cup for the fastest Senior III crew, the Bourne Cup for the fastest school, and the Mackintosh Trophy for the fastest British University crew.[25] [26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reading University BC. British Rowing. 6 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Top universities for rowing. GTI Media Ltd. TARGETcareers. 2016. 23 March 2017.
  3. Web site: History Gallery 1989 . Ortner Boat Club . 4 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314192203/http://www.ortnerbc.com/RUBC_alight_1989.htm . 14 March 2017 . dead.
  4. Web site: RUBC - history. Ortner Boat Club. 4 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Ortner Boat Club - who and what?. Ortner Boat Club. 4 March 2017.
  6. Web site: RUBC's Golden Oldies. 6 March 2017. Ortner Boat Club.
  7. News: Olympic hero Helen Glover inspires more people to get involved with rowing. GetReading. 12 August 2013. 6 March 2017. Paul Cassell.
  8. Web site: Reading students compete in 2016 Olympic Games. 5 August 2016. University of Reading. 6 March 2017.
  9. News: Rio 2016: Sam Townsend pipped to a medal while Ben Fletcher bows out in opening round. GetReading. 12 August 2016. Jonathan Low. 4 March 2017.
  10. Web site: BOAT CLUB PULLS TOGETHER FOR HENLEY REGATTA SUCCESS. 6 July 2010. University of Reading. 6 March 2017.
  11. Web site: The Queen Mother Challenge Cup (M4x). Henley Royal Regatta. 6 March 2017.
  12. Web site: The Stewards' Challenge Cup (M4-). Henley Royal Regatta. 6 March 2017.
  13. Web site: RUBC win at Henley Royal Regatta-1986. Ortner Boat Club. 4 March 2017.
  14. Web site: The Princess Grace Challenge Cup (W4x). Henley Royal Regatta. 6 March 2017.
  15. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32. Times Digital Archives.
  16. Web site: 2007 archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206013641/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2007.html. 6 December 2016.
  17. Web site: 2009 archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206015906/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2009.html. 6 December 2016.
  18. Web site: British Rowing Championships 2010. British Rowing.
  19. Web site: Full archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive. 13 March 2017.
  20. Web site: 2014 British Rowing Championships Race Centre. British Rowing.
  21. Web site: 2015 British Rowing Senior Championships. British Rowing.
  22. Web site: BUCS Small Boats Head 2014/15 Medal Table. PDF. BUCS. 4 March 2017.
  23. Web site: BUCS Small Boats Head 2015/16 Results. PDF. BUCS. 4 March 2017.
  24. Web site: Rowing Club tops medal table. Reading University. 6 March 2017. 6 May 2011.
  25. Web site: UNIVERSITY BOAT CLUB RACE IS JUST AHEAD. 27 February 2006. 6 March 2017. University of Reading.
  26. Web site: Record Number of Entries for Reading University Head. 11 March 2015. British Rowing. 6 March 2017.

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