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, in terms of number of Men’s Headships.

NCBC is one of only 11 Oxford or Cambridge colleges to have won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, having also won in various other events.

New College is the only Oxford or Cambridge college to have won an Olympic Medal; New College, representing Great Britain, won silver in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden in the Men’s VIIIs. Click here to view the full story of NCBC at the Olympics and why we wear purple and gold.

Bumps Headships

Summer Eights:
Men: 1887, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1937, 1950, 1986 (16 total)
Women: 2004, 2005 (1 total)

Torpids:
Men: none after 1980
Women: 2005 (1 total after 1980)

Henley Royal Regatta

Grand Challenge Cup:
1st: 1897
2nd: 1889, 1895, 1904

Ladies Challenge Plate:
1st: 1900, 1950
2nd: 1908

Stewards Challenge Cup:
1st: 1912, 1913
2nd: 1894, 1897, 1898

Visitor Challenge Cup:
1st: 1894, 1898,
2nd: 1899, 1939, 1946, 1948

Summer Olympics

Silver medal: 1912 (Stockholm, Sweden – Men’s VIII)