49-420: BCBC may refer to: Brasenose College Boat Club Balliol College Boat Club Josephine Butler College Boat Club Bronx County Bird Club Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title BCBC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
98-598: A bumps race over three days each May after exams on the River Thames , racing from upstream of Kew Bridge adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ending at the UL Boathouse at Chiswick . Traditionally involving only medical school crews, in recent years alumni and non-medical crews have been allowed to enter as invitational crews. Imperial College School of Medicine Boat Club (ICSMBC) are
147-476: A competition is to finish first in the overall order; that crew is said to be 'Head of the River'. This is only realistically possible for crews starting a bump race in the top 5 places. A more attainable goal for most crews, apart from moving up towards the headship, is to bump up a place (or more) on each of the four days. The crew is said to have "won its blades", or achieved blades . Traditionally, members of such
196-455: A cox steering), each representing one of the university's various colleges . Most colleges enter several crews. In both Oxford and Cambridge , there are also separate Town Bumps races in which local clubs compete. Oxford's races, run by the City of Oxford Rowing Club (CORC), are open to all comers and are raced in fours , all races taking place on the same day. Cambridge's races are run under
245-427: A crew can purchase a rowing oar in the crew colours and inscribed with the crews' names and the boats they bumped to hang on their wall. Conversely, crews that go down four places win a wooden spoon, achieving spoons . The bottom crew at the bottom of the last division is known as the 'Tail of the River'. A bumps chart is a graphical representation of the week's results; each boat's fortunes can be traced as its line on
294-410: A division must race in the next-lower division the following day (starting first). This is referred to as a sandwich boat and allows crews to move between divisions. A crew (A) may find that the boat in front of them has caught the boat ahead of them. Since (except at Oxford during Torpids) these boats both then drop out, crew A must now try to catch the next boat ahead of them still racing (most often
343-746: A role model for generations of rowers and a portrait still hangs in the college. By tradition, the First VIII is now called "The Childe of Hale," and the First VIII wears the colours of the Childe's London costume — red, purple and gold. This follows an older tradition where each new boat would be given a name. In the first Henley Regatta of 1839, Brasenose competed in the only race, the Grand Challenge, against two other Oxford boats (the Etonian Club and Wadham) and First Trinity, Cambridge. It
392-621: Is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file, each crew attempting to catch and 'bump' the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind. The form is mainly used in intercollegiate competitions at the University of Oxford since 1815, and at the University of Cambridge since 1827. Bumps racing in eights is also found in the United Hospitals Boat Club in London between
441-405: Is limited, large regattas are organised into divisions of 12 to 20 boats. Each division races separately, but they are ranked to achieve an overall order of crews: e.g. the top crew in the second division is considered to be one place behind the last crew in the first division. The first day's starting position is based on the final positions from the previous year, though in the bottom divisions
490-554: Is one of the oldest boat clubs in the world, having beaten Jesus College Boat Club in the first modern rowing race, held at Oxford in 1815. Although rowing at schools such as Eton College and Westminster School predates this, the 1815 contest is the first recorded race between rowing clubs anywhere in the world. In addition to the 1815 "headship", the club has won both the Summer Eights and Torpids headship many times, and has recorded numerous victories in most events at
539-694: Is recorded that: The race was won by First Trinity, Cambridge. It is suggested the Brasenose crew's prospects of winning the race were impaired by their having rowed their boat down from Oxford - a distance of 47 miles by river - the day before. Brasenose competed again in 1846, and in 1847 won the Ladies Plate, beating First Trinity, Cambridge. BNCBC won the Visitors' at Henley in 1851 (the first "Royal" Regatta) rowing as "Childe of Hale Boat Club" in an attempt to hide their identities. They also won
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#1732798019312588-409: Is relatively rare simply because it is easier to make contact with a rival boat than it is to overtake it. A bump of this kind usually only occurs when a boat crashes. Under the current Cambridge rules , to overtake merely requires the pursuing boat to draw alongside the other boat's bow ball ; side by side is good enough, and in the early part of the course a bump is deemed to occur when the bowball of
637-556: The Cam or the Isis , but bumps races are also contested elsewhere. The first attested bumps race, and the first attested race between two clubs anywhere in the world, took place in Oxford in 1815. This was between two eights from Brasenose College and Jesus College . The fact the racing was conducted in eight-oared boats gave rise to the event being known as Eights. The practice began with
686-535: The Henley Royal Regatta . The club's colours are black and gold, with black blades. The 1st VIII, however, may wear the distinctive " Childe of Hale " colours — red, purple and gold — which are traditional in Brasenose rowing. Brasenose has a long history on the water. The first amateur race between organised clubs which prepared and trained for the event occurred in Oxford in 1815. In this year, crews from Brasenose College and Jesus College raced for
735-621: The Visitors Challenge Cup six times; the Wyfold Cup once; in addition to winning the Grand Challenge Cup in composites with Leander Club several times in a row in the 1890s. More recently, Brasenose College Boat Club gave 1994 Temple Challenge Cup winners Imperial College their closest race of the regatta. Wins at Henley Royal Regatta In a cause celebre , Walter Bradford Woodgate introduced
784-603: The 1990s, bumping as high as second on the river in Torpids and fourth on the river in Summer Eights. Brasenose has a rich tradition of representation in The Boat Race and in the other Oxford and Cambridge races. Below are the names of Brasenose students past and present who have won " blues " or colours competing for OUBC and the other university boats. One of the most celebrated of Brasenose College oarsmen
833-458: The 5 London medical schools and Royal Veterinary College. Bumps racing in fours is also the format of inter-house rowing at Eton College and Shrewsbury School . It is particularly suitable where the stretch of water available is long but narrow, precluding side-by-side racing. Bumps racing gives a sharper feel of immediate competition than a head race , where boats are simply timed over a fixed course. Few rowers worldwide use rivers as narrow as
882-560: The Cambridge May Bumps , by Peterhouse W1 in 1986 and by Magdalene M4 in 2018. A quintuple-overbump occurred in the 1984 Cambridge May Bumps in Men's Division 6 when Downing V caught Corpus IV after the 10 sandwich boats originally between them had all bumped out. Overbumps, and variants thereof, are most common in the lower divisions where the quality of the crews varies greatly year-on-year. The ultimate achievement in such
931-677: The Diamonds. Along with Edwin Brickwood , he was one of the earliest chroniclers of rowing in the United Kingdom. Famous past Brasenose oarsmen include C. W. Kent, reputed to be the greatest stroke in the world in the 1890s, and John Conrad "Con" Cherry , a winning Boat Race stroke, and President of OUBC, who was President of Leander Club at the time of his death in World War II. More recently, another well-known BNCBC member
980-475: The Head of the River, from Iffley Lock to Mr King's Barge, which was moored near the current Head of the River public house. The event is also notable for the fact that both crews rowed in eight oared boats, specially built for the purpose. Such recreational rowing as occurred at this time was usually conducted in pairs, or four or six oared cutters. The fact the racing was conducted in eight oared boats gave rise to
1029-726: The Ladies Plate that year, beating Christ Church Boat Club. In total, Brasenose College championships at the Henley Royal Regatta include the Diamond Challenge Sculls five times; the Stewards' Challenge Cup twice (in which Brasenose College Boat Club invented the coxless four; see details below); the Ladies' Challenge Plate three times; the Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup six times;
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#17327980193121078-459: The Manor of Hale, was a member of Brasenose College at the time, and he brought Middleton to College on his return from court, where two life–size portraits were painted of him wearing his "London costume" - a fantastic outfit of red, purple and gold. When, in 1815, the students came to establish a Boat Club, it was this story and tradition that was used as inspiration. The Childe of Hale has since been
1127-402: The River" if they avoided being bumped. As the number of crews contesting races increased, races ceased to start in the lock, and instead were started from the bank upstream of the lock. This first occurred in 1825 or 1826. Twelve years after bumps racing began in Oxford, Lent Bumps racing commenced at Cambridge University in 1827. At Oxford, an additional bumping regatta, known as Torpids ,
1176-617: The River. One Brasenose rower apparently " caught a crab ", slowing the boat. The Brasenose boat was bumped by the Jesus boat, but then began to row again and finished ahead. As there were no definite rules in those days, both the Jesus and Brasenose men competed over which college's flag should be hoisted to denote the Headship. One of the Brasenose crew ended the dispute by saying " Quot homines tot sententiae , different men have different opinions, some like leeks and some like onions", referring to
1225-642: The auspices of the Cambridgeshire Rowing Association (CRA) and are run exclusively in eights and take place over 4 consecutive days in July. There are typically four men's divisions with 17 boats (plus a sandwich boat; a sandwich boat being the top boat from each division) in each division, and three women's divisions. The bumps are fiercely contested, and the ideal that the races are for local rowers can lead to disputes over whether crews are 'legal'. The United Hospitals boat club holds
1274-406: The bank of the river, with a set distance between each boat and the next (usually about one and a half boat-lengths of clear water). The starting positions are usually marked by a rope or chain attached to the bank, the other end of which is held by each boat's cox . Boats wait along the bank, and may be poled out just in time for the start, to avoid drifting. At the start signal the cox lets go of
1323-449: The barge would indicate the finishing order of the crews. Crews would set off one behind the other, the trailing boat(s) trying to catch, or " bump ", the boat ahead. The bumped boat and the bumping boat would then drop out and the bumping boat would start the next day's race ahead of the bumped boat. The aim was to become the lead boat, known as Head of the River . In 1822, crews from Jesus and Brasenose raced each other to become Head of
1372-420: The boats may be placed according to qualifying getting/rowing on races held before the event. This allows boat clubs to introduce new crews. On each day of a bumps regatta the division races are rowed in reverse order, i.e. the lowest division first. A crew finishing at the top of a division race goes on to compete in the next-higher division later that day (starting last). Alternatively, a crew finishing last in
1421-643: The chart rises and falls. At Cambridge, the most successful college boat club over the four days of the May Bumps is awarded the Pegasus Cup , sponsored by Milton Brewery . Both Oxford and Cambridge Universities host two sets of university bumps races per year, one in early spring and one in early summer, each lasting four days. At Cambridge these are called " Lent Bumps " and " May Bumps " respectively, while at Oxford they are " Torpids " and " Summer Eights ". The races are for eights (i.e., eight rowers with
1470-516: The chasing crew passes the cox of the crew being chased. Generally, and at Oxford during Eights Week , once a bump has occurred both crews pull over to the river bank and take no further part in that race. At Oxford during Torpids a bumping crew pulls over but the bumped crew must continue racing over the entire course and can be bumped by more than one crew per day. As bumps racing usually takes place on narrow stretches of water, when contact occurs, two or more boats can become tangled up or not clear
1519-522: The coxless four to the United Kingdom in 1868, when he got his Brasenose cox, Frederic Weatherly (later a well-known lawyer and writer of the song " Danny Boy "), to jump overboard at the start of the Steward's Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. While Weatherley narrowly escaped strangulation by the water lilies, Woodgate and his home-made steering device triumphed by 100 yards and were promptly disqualified. A special Prize for four-oared crews without coxswains
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1568-414: The crew that caught them: should they be unable to continue, other boats may row past, overtake and 'bump' the stationary crew. Any crew that has been bumped starts the next race behind the boat or boats that caught it; they switch places. A boat which reaches the finish line without either bumping or being bumped is said to have 'rowed over' and stays in the same position. As the length of the racing course
1617-412: The current holders of headship. At Eton and Shrewsbury , both schools still have an annual bumping race. At Eton, it takes place over four evenings, in early May. There is usually one boat entered per house (including one boat entered by College ). Because of the dangerous nature of the sport, only fours are used, and only the second and third years may row. On the fourth evening there are prizes for
1666-427: The event being known as Eights. In the early days of Oxford college rowing, these two colleges were the only crews competing, and were joined shortly thereafter by Christ Church and Exeter. Students would row to the inn at Sandford-on-Thames , a few miles south of Oxford, and race each other on the way back. The races would start at Iffley Lock and finish at King's Barge, off Christ Church Meadow . Flags hoisted on
1715-515: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BCBC&oldid=1094245229 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brasenose College Boat Club Brasenose College Boat Club ( BNCBC ) is the rowing club of Brasenose College, Oxford , in Oxford , England . It
1764-411: The leaders of the chart and also a 'Bumping Cup' for the boat who has made the most bumps over the four nights. The event is marshalled by senior rowers and rowing prefects called The Monarch . The crew training is mainly pupil driven. Previously races were run every day until there were no more bumps (i.e., until they were nominally in speed order). This historical set-up could lead to weeks of racing and
1813-529: The leek emblem on the Jesus oars, and it was agreed to row the race again. The Brasenose crew won the rematch, and the incident has been said to be shown in an 1822 picture, the earliest depiction of an eights race at Oxford, painted by I. T. Serres (Marine Painter to George IV ). To this day, Brasenose and Jesus Men's 1st VIIIs compete in an annual race on the Isis for the 1815 Challenge Plate. In 1846 Oxford University Boat Club gave up their barge and this
1862-400: The one which started three places ahead). If they succeed, this is called an overbump and, in exchanging places with the boat they bumped, they move three places up the start order. Further still, it is possible, though very rare, to double-overbump (move up five places) or triple-overbump (seven places). Only two occasions of a quadruple-overbump (9 places at once) have been recorded at
1911-930: The picked hundred of the University, selected for all round qualities; social, physical and intellectual". The participation of women in the BNCBC was made possible with the admission of women undergraduates in 1974, and a BNCBC Women's crew first contested Eights in 1976. Since that time, women members of BNCBC have represented Oxford in OUWBC Blue Boat, Osiris and OUWLRC crews, alongside their male colleagues who have competed in OUBC Blue Boat, Isis, OULRC Blue Boat and Nephthys crews. Since 1990, BNCBC Men's 1st VIII crews have finished as high as fourth in Summer Eights, and BNCBC Women's 1st VIII crews have finished as high as second in Summer Eights. Brasenose holds
1960-408: The river quickly enough, causing the racing line to be blocked. This can be very dangerous and the chance of boats getting damaged is high. To avoid this, the cox of the boat being bumped can concede as soon as slight physical contact occurs or even once it is inevitable. Nonetheless, collisions involving several boats are common. Crews in Torpids tend to concede bumps early to avoid being entangled with
2009-421: The rope and the crew starts to row, attempting to catch and bump the boat in front while simultaneously being chased by the one behind. A bump is made when any form of contact is made with the boat in front; however, outright collisions are neither necessary nor encouraged. Alternatively, if possible, an overtaking-bump occurs when the stern of the chasing boat completely passes the bow of the boat in front. This
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2058-532: The second most consecutive headships in Torpids (a 9-year unbeaten streak) behind Oriel College who went an astonishing 28 years undefeated. In the Summer Eights Brasenose held headship in the following years: This makes Brasenose the third most successful college boat club in Oxford, behind Oriel College and Christ Church. The Childe of Hale (M1) made a strong bid to regain the headship in
2107-401: The two colleges racing upstream from Iffley Lock to a finishing line just short of Folly Bridge . The crews began one behind the other in the lock, with each having to push their way out of the lock before being able to commence racing. This created an inevitable gap between boats, with the one behind trying to bump the one in front to claim victory. The boat in front could claim to be "Head of
2156-546: Was Andrew Lindsay , a member of the Great Britain Olympic Eight that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics . Other notable members of BNCBC include Bill O'Chee , Michelle Dipp , John Cherry , Guy Spier , Dominic Barton , Walter Bradford Woodgate and John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir . Among its various coaches, Brasenose College Boat Club enjoyed the services of Rudy Lehmann for five years from 1887 to 1891. In 1894 and 1895, Lehmann
2205-471: Was begun in 1838. This regatta was originally for men who had not rowed in Eights, nor in a university crew. Bumps races are typically raced in a series over several days. The starting order of each day's race is based on the previous day's results; the first day's starting order each year is determined by the results on the last day of the previous year. Each day the boats line up bow-to-stern, usually along
2254-3306: Was captain of Leander Club , and was responsible for recruiting a number of prominent Brasenose oarsmen into winning Leander crews in successive Grand Challenge Cup races at Henley Royal Regatta. After resigning as coach of the College's 1st VIII, he donated a silver cup to the college. T. de Mendonça (2019) M.P. Plotkowiak (2007, 2009) J.W. Scrogin (2004) D.B. Perkins (2002) Andrew Lindsay (1997, 1998, 1999) R. Blanda (1997) R.H. Manners (1993) S. Benham (1993) J.O.B. Sewall (1961) E.V. Vine (1954, 1955, 1956) E.C.B. Hammond (1953) W.J.H. Leckie (1949) W.W. Woodward (1948) John Cherry (1936, 1937, 1938) OUBC President S.R.C. Wood (1936) R.W. Holdsworth (1931, 1933, 1934) R.A.J. Poole (1931, 1932) C.M. Johnston (1930, 1931, 1932) J. de R. Kent (1932) G.M.L. Smith (1931) A. Graham (1929) OUBC President Sir J.H. Croft (1926, 1927, 1928) H.C. Morphett (1928, 1929) OUBC President G.H. Crawford (1926) G.J. Mower-White (1923, 1924, 1925) OUBC President W.P. Mellen (1923) P.R. Wace (1923) N. Field (1910) H.C. de J. du Vallon (1901) H.R.K. Pechell (1896, 1897, 1898) W. Burton Stewart (1894, 1895) J.A. Ford (1892, 1893) C.W. Kent (1891) F. Wilkinson (1891) W.F.C. Holland (1887, 1888 1889, 1890) H.R. Parker (1887, 1888, 1889) L. Frere (1888) F.J. Humphreys (1884, 1885) E.L. Puxley (1883) R.H.J. Poole (1880, 1881) H.P. Marriott (1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879) T C Edwards-Moss (1875, 1876, 1877, 1878) J.P. Way (1874) H.W. Benson (1874) M.G. Farrer (1873) J.M. Clintock-Bunbury (1871) F. Crowder (1866, 1867) D. Pocklington (1864) R. Shepherd (1863) W.B. Woodgate (1861, 1862) W. Champneys (1861) H.F. Baxter (1859, 1860) W. Houghton (1849, 1852) R. Greenall (1852)OUBC President K. Prescot (1852) J.J. Hornby (1849) F.C. Royds (1847, 1848) OUBC President G.R. Winter (1847, 1848) OUBC President J. Oldham (1847) F.E. Tuke (1845) OUBC President J.J. Somers-Cocks (1841) G. Meynell (1840,1841) W. Lea (1841) E. Royds (1840, 1841) W.B. Garnett (1840) J.J. Somers-Cocks (1840) R.G. Walls (1839, 1840) T. Watson (2011,2012) J.L. Carlson (Cox, 2010) E.P. Newman (2010) A.N. Keats (2005) T.H. Baker (2001) T.J. Whitaker (1993) K.W. Kobach (1991, 1992) E.M. Martin (1983, 1984) J.O.B. Sewall (1959, 1960) G.B. Hill (1948) D. Moffatt (1947) John Cherry (1935) J.A Villanueva Moreno (2016) V. Stulgis (Cox, 2012) J.L. Carlson (Cox, 2011) M. Neve (2010) B. Bell (1998) D. Brocklebank (1997) J. Bailey (1995) D. Bridges (1995) R. Weeks (1994) D. Long (1990) D. Horner (1989) P. Drew (1988) W.G. O’Chee (1987) J. Hawkins (1986) J. Kirwan (1986) T. Gunter (2012) H. Engel (2007) O. Gilmore (2002) D. Foster (1989) S. Williams (1976) A. Brown (1981) C. Richens (1984, 1985) S. Shekleton (1986) C. Taylor (1986) A. Crawford (1987) A. Hadfield (1989, 1990, 1991) K. Cross (1990) S. Benham (1992) J. Leach (1992) M. Morris (1996) K. White (1996) N. Waddell (1998, 2000, 2001) J. Hebert (2017) S. Sheckleton (1985) A. Bailes (1987) E. Taylor & A. Hadfield (1988) K. Cross (1989) K. Houghton (1990, 1991) J. Leach (1993) A.V. Manen (2003) K. Anderson & J. Allen (2019) Dom Shields (1998) Roma Backhouse (1998) Sarah Phipps (1993) Karen Ball (1992) Bibliography Bumps race A bumps race
2303-606: Was offered at the regatta in 1869 when it was won by the Oxford Radleian Club and when Stewards’ became a coxless race in 1873, Woodgate "won his moral victory," the Rowing Almanack later recalled. “Nothing but defeating a railway in an action at law could have given him so much pleasure.” Brasenose and "Childe of Hale Boat Club" went on to record legitimate victories in the event. Two years later, Woodgate founded Vincent's Club as "an elite social club of
2352-455: Was the larger-than-life Walter Bradford Woodgate , who once wagered he could walk the fifty-seven miles from Stones Chop House in London 's Panton Street (near Leicester Square ) to Brasenose in time for breakfast. The leading oarsman of his age, he won eleven Henley titles in the 1860s, including three in two days in 1862, when he narrowly missed a fourth victory after dead-heating the final of
2401-554: Was then used by Brasenose for many years. For identification, crews wore college colours and emblazoned the rudder of the boat with the college coat of arms. John Middleton, the " Childe of Hale ," was a 17th-century giant, standing over nine feet tall, from Hale in Lancashire. He accompanied his landlord, Sir Gilbert Ireland, to the court of James I, where he took on the King's champion wrestler and won. Sir Gilbert, later Lord of
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