Oriel College Boat Club

Oriel College Boat Club
                     
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
Boathouse shared with Lincoln and The Queen's
LocationBoathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxford
Coordinates51°44′36″N 1°14′57″W / 51.7432°N 1.2493°W / 51.7432; -1.2493
Home waterThe Isis
Foundedpre-1828
Head of the River Torpids Headship
  • Men's Eights: 1842, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1966, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023[1]
  • Men's Torpids: 1838, 1844, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2018, 2019, 2022
  • Women's Torpids: 2006, 2017, 2018 [1]
UniversityUniversity of Oxford
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code ORO)
Clare BC (Sister college)
Websiteorielrowing.org

Oriel College Boat Club (OCBC) is the rowing club of Oriel College, Oxford.[2] Rowing at Oriel is carried out from the college's own boathouse across Christ Church Meadow, on Boat House Island.

Oriel is the most successful rowing college in Oxford, having won the most men's 1st VIII headships of any college at the two intercollegiate bumps races: Torpids and Eights Week (Summer Eights). Since 1976, Oriel has enjoyed a particular period of dominance in these events. The club's women's 1st VIII has also won two Torpids headship since the admission to women to the college in 1986.[3]

  1. ^ a b Dudhia, Anu, Oriel Crews, retrieved 15 December 2020
  2. ^ "Sport". Oriel College.
  3. ^ "Oriel stay a-Head of river". The Oxford Student. 30 November 1999. Archived from the original on 12 January 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2006.