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Corpus Christi College Boat Club (CCCBC) is the rowing club of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and was founded in 1858. For well over 150 years, College members race in the College’s distinctive red and blue colours, joined by the female members of the College in 1978, when the women’s club was founded.

History
JF Young (Captain 1860) “In the Lent Term of the year 1858 the Corpus Christi College Boat Club was re-established at Oxford, owing to the praiseworthy and indefatigable exertions of three members of CCC viz Messrs Arthus Carr, Richard Foster and Lewis Pugh Evans.” 1861: “We were rowing second at the time and No. 3 (D P J Evans) lost his oar out of his hand, and broke the string of his thowl. Unable to recover it, he gallantly jumped into the water and swam ashore; the rest of the crew rowing pluckily to the end.”

1892:

“The first week of training was interrupted by severe weather, during which the river froze below the Gut, and anything more than tubbing was out of the question on Friday and Saturday. A thaw soon set in and on Wednesday in the next week the boat went for a long journey, accompanied by a large cavalcade of horsemen and runners…”.

1899:

Corpus was one of 3 colleges to enter “Varsity Fours” – Sinclair and Marsden of the “4” were picked up in Trials and were in the winning Blue boat.

1930:

Corpus gets a College Barge. Although it is no longer owner by Corpus, it is moored nearby down towards Donnington Bridge; it used to be student accommodation in the 1990s, but I believe it was freezing in winter. Not to be confused with St. John’s College barge, moored down at Sandford.

In 1978 CCCWBC was founded and went onto win Blades.

Notable members

 * Robert Bridges (Poet laureate 1913-1930) was Captain of CCCBC.

Results
1862: Torpids – finished 2nd on river

1868: Corpus carries off Varsity Head Cup

1885: Corpus goes Double Head (Torpids and Eights)

In 1931 Corpus went Head of River at Torpids: Bow: B.G Bourdillon 2:      J.P Kent 3:      C.P.E.Hawkesworth 4:      J.W. Setten 5:      D.C. Quin 6:      E.S. Jackson 7:      I.K. MacAlaster Str:   C.G.W. Blathwayt Cox: W. Merchant