Durham University Boat Club
| Durham University Boat Club | |
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| Location | Robert Gillespie Boathouse, Maiden Castle, Durham & Tyne United RC, Gateshead |
| Home water | River Wear, River Tyne |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing, BUCS |
| Website | dubc.co.uk |
| Events | |
| Boat Race of the North, Winter Challenge Cup, North East Indoor Rowing Championships | |
| Notable members | |
| William Fletcher, Stephen Rowbotham, James Clarke, Dr Paul Hawkins, Jock Wishart, Louisa Reeve, Roger Brown, Sophie Hosking, Angus Groom. Chris Huey, Wade Hall-Craggs | |
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| Rowing | ||
| World Championships | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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2010 Bled | M8+ James Clarke |
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2010 Bled | W8+ Louisa Reeve |
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2010 Bled | W8+ Louisa Reeve |
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2006 | M2x Stephen Rowbotham |
| World U23 Championships | ||
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2010 Belarus | LM4- Will Fletcher |
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2010 Belarus | M4- Matthew Rossiter |
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2010 Belarus | LM4x Jamie Watson |
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2009 | W8+ Emily Taylor |
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2009 | LM4x Will Fletcher |
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2009 | M8+ Kieren Emery |
| World University Championships | ||
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2010 | M8+ Matthew Rossiter |
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2010 | W4- Emily Taylor |
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2004 | M1x Stephen Rowbotham |
| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | M2x Stephen Rowbotham |
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2012 London | LW2x Sophie Hosking |
| Paralympic Games | ||
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2012 London | LTAMix4+ Lily van den Broecke |
Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) is the Rowing club of Durham University in England. In recent years, DUBC has won a number of medals at the Henley Royal Regatta and Henley Women's Regatta (see below), and won the BUCS Victor Ludorum for ten consecutive years (2004-2013). The club has also produced a number of athletes for the Great Britain rowing team. (see also Olympic Representation below).
The club is based at the Robert Gillespie Boat House on the River Wear, part of Durham University's sports facilities at Maiden Castle. It also operates out of Tyne United Rowing Club on the south bank of the River Tyne, where it has a boat shed. Wade Hall-Craggs is current head coach. Cameron Kennedy stepped down as Women's Coach after the 2015 European Universities Rowing Championship.
The team's colour is Palatinate - a shade of purple associated with Durham University, who's sports teams are known as the Palatinates. The colour is said to be derived from that worn by the Prince Bishop of Durham's armies, although Whiting recounts in his centenary history of the University that it was based on a coat worn by Bishop Van Mildert, founder of the University.
Rowing in Durham was "practically contemporaneous with the founding of the University", with University boat crews competing in the Durham Regatta since its foundation in 1834. When the Grand Challenge Cup (for coxed Fours) was introduced in 1854 it was won seven times by University College before 1862, often competing against teams from Hatfield Hall. However, the founding of Durham Amateur Rowing Club and increased entries from further afield brought an end to University College's dominance.
Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) was formally founded in 1877 "to produce representative student crews and to act as the controlling body for the various clubs that were already active" (University College Boat Club (1834) and the Hatfield College Boat Club (1846) both predate the formation of DUBC).
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