Selwyn College Boat Club
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| Motto | Be Courageous! |
| Location | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°12′41.17″N 0°8′21.59″E / 52.2114361°N 0.1393306°ECoordinates: 52°12′41.17″N 0°8′21.59″E / 52.2114361°N 0.1393306°E |
| Home water | River Cam |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Membership | University of Cambridge |
| Affiliations | British Rowing |
| Website | www |
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| Blades (May and Lent Bumps) | |
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Selwyn College Boat Club (SCBC) is the official rowing club for members of Selwyn College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The Selwyn College Boat Club has one of the highest participation rates of novice rowers of any Oxbridge college, and has performed well in the May Bumps and Lent Bumps in recent years. Notable alumni of the Selwyn College Boat Club include Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander, and Richard Budgett.
In 2014, Selwyn College constructed a new combined boathouse on the River Cam. The new facility provides training and rowing facilities for members of Selwyn and the University of Cambridge. The combined boathouse was designed by RHP Architects at a cost of approximately £2.20 million and was the winner of the 2017 RIBA East Award for outstanding architecture. Selwyn College rowers have not taken a headship (men's or women's) of the two bumps races. The Selwyn College lower boats have had more success over the past several years, with the 3rd Men's VIII earned blades in both 2006 bumps, and more recently the 1st Women's VIII earned blades in the 2009 Lent Bumps.
Selwyn College, Cambridge was named for Bishop George Augustus Selwyn, who was himself a Cambridge scholar and a rower for St John's College, Cambridge. Selwyn is the only College to be named after a scholar who was also a Rowing Blue. George Selwyn was a member of the Cambridge crew which competed in the inaugural Boat Race in 1829.
Despite being an underdog going up against larger and wealthier Oxbridge colleges, Selwyn College Boat Club has always relied heavily on training up novices to be outstanding oarsmen. In the early days of the Lent and May Bumps, Selwyn spent a lot of time in the 2nd division, but rose sharply from the mid-1920s, reaching 3rd in the May Bumps throughout the early 1930s and 2nd in the Lent Bumps in 1933. By 1958, Selwyn's 1st VIII had found its way back into the 2nd division. Selwyn once again gained 2nd place in the Lent Bumps in 1974 and 4th in the May Bumps in 1979, but has since fallen. The men's 1st VIII currently (as of July 2016[update]) lies 7th in the 2nd Division of Lent Bumps, and 10th in the 1st Division in the May Bumps.
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