New College Boat Club
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New College Boat Club (NCBC) is rowing club for the members of New College, Oxford
New College, Oxford
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
. It is one of the most successful college rowing clubs with 16 men's headships and two women's.
Torpids 2010
Started 6th in Div 1, 6th on the river
Wednesday: bumped by Balliol 1st VIII: -1
Thursday: bumped by St John's 1st VIII: -2
Friday: bumped by Hertford 1st VIII: -3
Saturday: bumped by Wadham 1st VIII, Worcester 1st VIII and Lady Margaret Hall 1st VIII: -6
Finished 12th in Div 1, 12th on the river
Men's 2nd VIII
Started 12th in Div 3, 36th on the river
Wednesday: Bumped St John's 2nd VIII: +1
Thursday: Rowed Over: +1
Friday: Bumped Magdalen 2nd VIII (GDBM): +2
Saturday: Rowed Over: +2
Finished 10th in Div 3, 34th on the river
Women's 1st VIII
Started 7th in Div 1, 7th on the river
Wednesday: Bumped by Osler House 1st VIII: -1
Thursday: Bumped Osler House 1st VIII, race klaxoned after 3 minutes: =0
Friday: Rowed Over: =0
Saturday: Bumped Queen's 1st VIII: +1
Finished 6th in Div 1, 6th on the river
Women's 2nd VIII
Started 5th in Div 3, 29th on the river
Wednesday: Half Division did not race
Thursday: Rowed Over: =0
Friday: Rowed Over: =0
Saturday: Bumped by Lincoln 1st VIII: -1
Finished 6th in Div 3, 30th on the river
Women's 3nd VIII
Started 10th in Div 5, 58th on the river after successfully Rowing On.
Wednesday: Division did not race
Thursday: Division did not race
Friday: Bumped St Edmund Hall 2nd VIII: +1
Saturday: Bumped Merton 2nd VIII: +2
Finished 8th in Div 5, 56th on the river
The 1912 Stockholm Olympics and Magdalen Infamy
Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's eights
The men's eights was a rowing event held as part of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event...
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The two British crews were the favourites for gold so started at opposite ends of the draw. They both worked up through the competition to make the final. The course in Stockholm was not straight, and one of the two lanes was clearly favoured, the other requiring the cox to steer around a protruding boathouse and then back under a bridge.
Before the final, the two British captains met to toss for lanes. New College won the toss and following gentlemanly tradition offered the choice of lanes to their opponents, who would - in a gentlemanly fashion - refuse this offer. However the Leander/Magdalen captain accepted this offer and chose the better lane. Leander went on to win the gold medal, leaving New College with the silver.
King Gustav V of Sweden was so disheartened by this display of ungentlemanly conduct that, as a consolation, he presented his colours to New College. Ever since then, New College have raced in purple and gold, the colours of the royal house of Sweden. A further tradition has been the adoption of the toast: 'God Damn Bloody Magdalen!', the supposed words of the New College stroke Robert Bourne as they crossed the line. The abbreviation GDBM has been used commonly ever since, and is still on bottom of the NCBC letterhead.
Henley Royal Regatta
Grand Challenge Cup:1st: 1897
2nd: 1889, 1895, 1904
Ladies Challenge Plate:
1st: 1900, 1950
2nd: 1908
Stewards Challenge Cup:
1st: 1912, 1913
2nd: 1894, 1897, 1898
Visitor Challenge Cup:
1st: 1894, 1898,
2nd: 1899, 1939, 1946, 1948
Facilities
NCBC has a boathouse on The IsisThe Isis
The Isis is the name given to the part of the River Thames above Iffley Lock which flows through the city of Oxford. The name is especially used in the context of rowing at the University of Oxford...
(part of the Thames) as well as using racks at Godstow
Godstow
Godstow is a hamlet on the River Thames about northwest of the centre of Oxford. The ruins of Godstow Abbey, or Godstow Nunnery, are here.-The Abbey:...
for the Men's and Women's first boats.