St Edward's School Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationSt Edwards School Boathouse, Godstow Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Coordinates51°46′47″N 1°17′51″W / 51.779729°N 1.297374°W / 51.779729; -1.297374
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - SES
Websitewww.stedwardsoxford.org/beyond-the-classroom/sports/rowing/

St Edward's School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based at St Edwards School Boathouse on Godstow Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire. It is the rowing club belonging to St Edward's School, Oxford (also known as Teddies).[1]

History

First VIII blade

Rowing is one of the sports available for pupils as an extracurricular activity at the School.[2] Old St Edwards or OSE (former pupils) have their own rowing club called the Martyrs.[3] The club is responsible for the founding of the National Schools' Regatta which was first raced in 1947 as the "Colts and Third Eights Regatta". A teacher called Desmond Hill who was responsible for the rowing at the School invited teams from Shrewsbury, Bedford and Radley to race against St. Edwards in Godstow.[4] The club has won the coveted 'Triple' (Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, the Queen Mother Cup at the National Schools' Regatta and the Schools' Head of the River Race) on one occasion in 1984. The Club has won The Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta on five occasions. The only British schools to have won the event more than this are Eton College and St Paul's School, London. In 2023, the Boat Club became the first co-educational school to win Gold in Championship events for both boys and girls in the same National School's Regatta, winning the Jim Mason Plate for Girls Coxed Fours[5] (for the second time) and the Queen Mother Challenge Cup for Boys Eights[6] (for the fourth time).

Honours

National champions

Year Winning crew
1975MJ16 2+, MJ16 4+
1976J Victor Ludorum, MJ18 2-, MJ16 2-, MJ16 2+, MJ16 4+, MJ16 4-
1977MJ18 4+, MJ16 4-
1978MJ18 4+ composite, MJ18 8+ composite
1980J Victor Ludorum, MJ18 4-, MJ16 2+, MJ16 4+
1981J Victor Ludorum, MJ18 2-, MJ16 2+, MJ18 8+ composite
1983MJ18 2+
1984MJ16 8+
1985MJ16 8+
1993MJ16 2x composite
1998MJ16 4+, MJ14 1 x
2000MJ18 4+ composite
2004WJ18 4- composite
2005W4- composite

Key

  • M men, O open, W women, +coxed, -coxless, x sculls, J junior, 18 16 age group

Schools' Head of the River

Year Winning crew
1983Championship 8+
1984Championship 8+
1997Championship 8+
1998Championship 8+

National Schools' Regatta

Year Winning crew (Championship Boys Eights) Winning crew (Championship Girls Coxed Fours)
1979Queen Mother Challenge Cup
1984Queen Mother Challenge Cup
1993Queen Mother Challenge Cup
2003Jim Mason Plate
2023[7][8]Queen Mother Challenge CupJim Mason Plate

Henley Royal Regatta

Year Winning crew
1958Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
1959Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
1977Special Race for Schools
1983Special Race for Schools
1984Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
1986Special Race for Schools
1999Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
2023 Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ↑ "Rowing". St Edward's School.
  3. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
  4. ↑ "History". National Schools' Regatta.
  5. ↑ "Sat, 15:28 - Race 255 - Ch 4+ (Girls) Final A".
  6. ↑ "Sun, 18:21 - Race 401 - Ch 8+ (Open) Final A".
  7. ↑ "Sun, 18:21 - Race 401 - Ch 8+ (Open) Final A".
  8. ↑ "Sat, 15:28 - Race 255 - Ch 4+ (Girls) Final A".


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