Queen Mary University of London Boat Club
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Queen Mary University of London Boat Club (QMULBC) is the rowing club of Queen Mary University of London. The club was founded in 1910.
Boathouse
Unlike most University of London colleges, the club rowed from the London Regatta Centre, in the Docklands up until 2015. The club decided to move to the prestigious University of London Boathouse on the Tideway.
Members
The Queen Mary Boat Club accepts experienced and novice rowers to improve their fitness and technique. They represent Queen Mary at rowing events, offering opportunities for rowers to compete locally and nationally. Student crews race in eights, fours/quads, doubles/pairs and singles. Alumni of the university are eligible to row with Drapers Rowing Club. Annually, the students compete against a Drapers invitational crew in the Drapers Challenge Cup.
QMULBC compete at national events including
Previous college rowers include Olympians Richard Budgett, Martin Cross, and Mike Hennessy and Paralympian Martyna Snopek.[1]
Kit
The club's kit is in the university's colours of spectrum blue and maize. The racing kit consists of blue lycra with gold stripes running down each side. To mark the club's centenary year the kit was briefly changed to a gold upper, with blue lower part.
Club blades are spectrum blue, with two maize stripes.
See also
- Rowing on the River Thames
- University of London Boat Club
- University rowing (UK)
References
- ^ "Notable Alumni , Queen Mary, University of London". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2010.