University of the West of England Boat Club
Appearance
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Location | Wycliffe College boathouse, Junction Bridge, Saul, Gloucestershire, England |
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Coordinates | 51°46′56″N 2°21′17″W / 51.782258°N 2.354671°W |
Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code UWE) |
Website | uweboatclub |
University of the West of England Boat Club is a rowing club on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, based at Wycliffe College boathouse, Junction Bridge, Saul, Gloucestershire, England.[1] The club runs four squads[2] and belongs to the University of the West of England, Bristol.[3] The club uses the boathouse owned by the Wycliffe College Boat Club.
History
[edit]From 1995 UWE and the University of Bristol Boat Club challenged each other to an annual boat race,[4] which became known as the Bristol Boat Race.
In 2010 the club produced a national champion crew when winning the open lightweight quad sculls.[5]
Honours
[edit]National champions
[edit]Year | Winning crew/s |
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2010 | Open Lightweight 4x |
References
[edit]- ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
- ^ "Club details". UWE Boat Club.
- ^ "Club history". University of the West of England.
- ^ "University Challenge". Bristol Evening Post. 6 February 1995. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.