Brasenose College Boat Club
Among the oldest surviving boat clubs in the world; beat Jesus College Boat Club in 1815 in what is considered the first recorded race between rowing clubs anywhere.
Water-club belonging: shared boats, shared timing, and post-paddle social life keep members past the first race.
External page. Check current meetings, membership, and joining details directly with the group.
Other rowing, dragon boat & outrigger clubs
One of the oldest rowing clubs in the world and the oldest non-academic club, based on the Tideway and later moved to Henley; member of the historic five-club Council of British Rowing.
Founded by 12 St John's College members and named after Lady Margaret Beaufort; the oldest boat club in Cambridge. Dragon boat and crew clubs combine side-by-side paddling, coxed timing, and a strong clubhouse or dock social life across the racing season.
Oxford college boat club rowing on the Isis; one of the most successful college clubs in Summer Eights and Torpids. Dragon boat and crew clubs combine side-by-side paddling, coxed timing, and a strong clubhouse or dock social life across the racing season.
Historic tideway club on Putney Embankment; one of the five clubs that retained the right (until 2012) to appoint representatives to the Council of British Rowing.
The second-oldest non-academic active rowing club on the Tideway; founding member of the Metropolitan Rowing Association (precursor to British Rowing).
Among the oldest rowing clubs in the country; East End working-class watermen heritage on the Thames. Dragon boat and crew clubs combine side-by-side paddling, coxed timing, and a strong clubhouse or dock social life across the racing season.