Oxford Brookes University Boat Club
| Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | |
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| Location |
Wallingford, Oxford,  |
| Home water | River Thames |
| Founded | 1978 [1] |
| Coaches | Henry Bailhache-Webb, Allan French, Richard Spratley, Rory Copus |
| University | Oxford Brookes University |
| Affiliations | British Rowing, BUCS |
| Website |
brookesrowing |
| Notable members | |
| Peter Chambers, Richard Chambers, Alex Partridge, Caroline O'Connor, Steve Williams, Alastair Heathcote, Tom Lucy, Rowley Douglas, Fred Scarlett, Ben Hunt-Davis | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rowing | ||
| World U23 Championships | ||
| Competitor for Great Britain
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2014 Italy | LM4- Joel Cassells |
| | 2014 Italy | LM4- Jamie Copus |
| | 2013 Austria | LM4- Joel Cassells |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2012 Lithuania | M2- Matthew Tarrant |
| | 2012 Lithuania | W2- Olivia Carnegie-Brown |
| | 2011 Amsterdam | LM2- Peter Chambers |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2011 Amsterdam | M8+ Oliver Staite |
| | 2011 Amsterdam | M8+ Matthew Tarrant |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Competitor for Great Britain
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| | 2012 London | LM4- Peter Chambers |
| | 2012 London | LM4- Richard Chambers |
| | 2012 London | M8+ Alex Partridge |
| | 2008 Beijing | M4- Steve Williams |
| | 2008 Beijing | M8+ Alex Partridge |
| | 2008 Beijing | M8+ Alastair Heathcote |
| | 2008 Beijing | M8+ Tom Lucy |
| | 2004 Athens | M4- Steve Williams |
| | 2000 Sydney | M8+ Rowley Douglas |
| | 2000 Sydney | M8+ Fred Scarlett |
| | 2000 Sydney | M8+ Ben Hunt-Davis |
Oxford Brookes University Boat Club (OBUBC) is the rowing club of the Oxford Brookes University, England, located on the River Thames in Oxford. The club has been very successful with many olympic champions coming from the club itself and obtaining 5 Gold medals from every Olympic games since Sydney.[2]
From 1995-2007 OBUBC had won an unmatched 13 consecutive British Universities Sport Association Titles.
History
OBUBC was founded in 1978 as the Oxford Polytechnic Boat Club (OPBC) where it was given its first home with Oxford Falcon Rowing and Canoeing Club and begun to enter competitions as a composite Polytechnic/Falcon crew.
In 1986 OPBC made its first competitive appearance at The Henley Royal Regatta only to get knocked out in the second round but this laid the start of what would become many successes at the regatta with the first win for the men of the Boat Club at Henley Royal Regatta in the Temple Cup in 1993. REF add
2000 marked the olympic success of the boat club with Ben Hunt-Davis, Fred Scarlett and Rowley Douglas clinching gold medals in the Men's Eights at the Sydney Olympics. Steve Williams achieves gold at the World Championships along Alex Partridge who wins U23 gold, also at the World Championships also.
Steve Williams also won gold at the Athens Olympics as well as becoming world champion in 2005 along with Alex Partridge.
Again in the 2008 Beijing olympics Steve Williams defends his Olympic title with Alastair Heathcote, Tom Lucy and Alex Partridge all gaining a silver medal at Beijing. Carla Ashford and Caroline O'Connor finish fifth in the finals of the women's eight.
In 2009 the Boat Club claimed victory over Yale University in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.
London 2012 seen further success with the Chambers brothers of Peter and Richard gaining two silver medals in the LM4- event. Alex Partridge also gained a bronze medal in the M8+.
In 2014, the Boat Club brought the Temple Challenge Cup back to the UK for the first time since 2006, winning against a freshmen crew from Brown University.
Boat House
The Oxford Brookes New Boat House sits on a 10 km stretch of the River Thames that is classed as one of the best non-tidal stretches of water in the country. This length, width and quality of the water has been a key factor in Brookes’ success, allowing both men’s and women’s crews to train together, in an enjoyable but highly competitive environment. When combining this style of training with our steadily growing world-class fleet of boats, winning becomes second nature.
In June 2013 marked the opening of the new boat house on the thames designed by architects Spratley Studios. The vision was to expand and update an outgrown, outdated building to produce a state-of-the-art facility, fit to support the demands of World and Olympic medallists and create an environment in which top-class athletes can shine. The contemporary interpretation of local agricultural buildings, compliant with stringent environmental and ecological benchmarks, underpins the concept. The simplistic gable form echoes a resplendent Tithe Barn on the banks of the Thames, a discreet silhouette within the landscape.[3]
The new facilities include land-based training areas, extra boat storage and large changing rooms elite crews.[4]
Taurus Boat Club
Taurus Boat Club is the Alumni club of Oxford Brookes University. The Taurus Boat Club is for past oarsmen and oarswomen that were former alumni of Oxford Polytechnic & Oxford Brookes University with the allowance of current Brookes welcomed to join. Taurus raced in the Club Coxed Fours the last 2 years at Henley Royal Regatta, performing well to reach both the Saturday (semi-final) and Sunday (final).[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Oxford Brookes University. Accessed 2015-08-14
- ↑ "Oxford Brookes University opens elite rowing facilities". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ "Boat House". Spratley Studios. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ Oxford Brookes University Boat Club. Accessed 2015-05-21
- ↑ Taurus Boat Club. Accessed 2015-04-23
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