Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)

College Boat Clubs of the University of Oxford Jesus College Boat Club
The club's blade colours
Established	c. 1815 (unofficially), 1835 (formally)
Head of the River – Men	Never won
Head of the River – Women	Eights Week: Never won Torpids: 1980–83
Location	River Thames (known in Oxford as the Isis) 51°44′37″N 1°15′00″W / 51.743503°N 1.249915°W / 51.743503; -1.249915
Senior Member	Mr Ruedi Baumann
Co-Presidents	Victoria Morris and James Chapman
Men's Captain	Keir Bowater
Women's Captain	Mariya Gocheva
Captain of Coxes	Jo Egan
JCBC Website

Jesus College Boat Club (commonly abbreviated to JCBC) is a rowing club for members of Jesus College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. The club was formed in 1835, but rowing at the college predates the club's foundation: a boat from the college was involved in the earliest recorded races between college crews at Oxford in 1815, when it competed against Brasenose College. In the early years of rowing at Oxford, Jesus was one of the few colleges that participated in races. Neither the men's nor the women's 1st VIIIs have earned the title of "Head of the River", which is gained by winning Eights Week—the main inter-college rowing competition at Oxford.

A number of college members have rowed for the university against Cambridge University in the Boat Race and the Women's Boat Race. Barney Williams, a Canadian rower who studied at the college, won a silver medal in rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and participated in the Boat Race in 2005 and 2006. Other students who rowed while at the college have achieved success in other fields, including John Sankey, who became Lord Chancellor, Alwyn Williams, who became Bishop of Durham, and Maurice Jones, who became Principal of St David's College, Lampeter. Another college rower, James Page, was appointed Secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association and coached both the Oxford and Cambridge University boat clubs.