NCBC has a long and distinguished history that we are proud of. This new section of the website aims to collect and display information, stories and other tidbits from our past.
The Archives
History
New College Boat Club has a very proud and successful history. New College is one of only a few Oxford clubs to have held both Headships at Summer Eights. We have even held both the Torpids and Eights Women’s Headships in the same year. New College is the 5th most successful college in Summer Eights, …
1912
New College Boat Club is the only Oxbridge College club to have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Olympics. In 1912, Great Britain sent two men’s crews to the Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. One was a Leander crew, mostly comprised of Magdalen College (Oxford) rowers, and captained by the Magdalen captain. The second …
Crews
With the recovery of the NCBC Captains’ Log, which has records of crews and results reaching back to the 19th century, this section is one to keep an eye on in the coming weeks.