Durham University Boat Club
Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) is the rowing club of Durham University. In recent years, DUBC has cemented itself as one of the strongest university boat clubs in Great Britain. Under the leadership of former British Olympian Wade Hall-Craggs, DUBC notably won the BUCS Victor Ludorum for ten consecutive years (2004-2013), and has produced a number of athletes that have competed internationally at European and World Championship level.
| Location | Robert Gillespie Boathouse, Maiden Castle, Durham & Tyne United RC, Gateshead |
|---|---|
| Home water | River Wear, River Tyne |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code DUB BUCS |
| Website | dubc.co.uk |
| Events | |
| Boat Race of the North, Winter Challenge Cup, North East Indoor Rowing Championships | |
| Notable members | |
| William Fletcher, Stephen Rowbotham, James Clarke, Dr Paul Hawkins, Jock Wishart, Louisa Reeve, Roger Brown, Sophie Hosking, Angus Groom. Chris Huey, Wade Hall-Craggs | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rowing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Representing Great Britain | ||
| 2012 | LW2x Sophie Hosking | |
| 2008 | M2x Stephen Rowbotham | |
| Paralympic Games | ||
| Representing Great Britain | ||
| 2012 | LTAMix4+ Lily van den Broecke | |
| World Championships | ||
| Representing Great Britain | ||
| 2019 | M4- Matthew Rossiter | |
| 2017 | M4- Matthew Rossiter | |
| 2016 | M2+ Callum McBrierty | |
| 2015 | LM2x Will Fletcher | |
| 2015 | W4- Lucinda Gooderham | |
| 2015 | M4- Stewart Innes | |
| 2011 | LM2- Kieren Emery | |
| 2011 | LW2x Sophie Hosking | |
| 2011 | W8+ Lindsey Maguire | |
| 2011 | W8+ Louisa Reeve | |
| 2010 | M8+ James Clarke | |
| 2009 | LW2x Sophie Hosking | |
| 2007 | LM4- James Clarke | |
| 2007 | LW4x Sophie Hosking | |
| 2007 | W8+ Alice Freeman | |
| 2007 | W8+ Louisa Reeve | |
| 2006 | M2x Stephen Rowbotham | |
| 2006 | LW4x Sophie Hosking | |
| 2005 | LW4x Naomi Hoogesteger | |
| 2003 | M4+ Peter Rudge | |
| 2002 | LW2x Tracy Langlands | |
| 2001 | M4+ Peter Rudge | |
| 2000 | LW2- Malindi Myers | |
| 1999 | LW2- Malindi Myers | |
| 1997 | W8+ Suzie Ellis | |
| 1997 | LW2- Malindi Myers | |
| 1996 | LW4- Malindi Myers | |
| 1995 | LM8+ Andy Butt | |
| 1992 | LM8+ Andy Butt | |
| 1980 | LM8+ Colin Barratt | |
| 1980 | LM8+ David Hosking | |
| 1979 | LM4- Colin Barratt | |
| Representing Germany | ||
| 2015 | LM8+ Simon Barr | |
| 2014 | LM8+ Simon Barr | |
Based at the Robert Gillespie Boat House on the River Wear, the club also operates facilities from the adjacent Graham Sports Centre at Maiden Castle, including a powered indoor rowing tank (one of only three in the country at the time it opened) and a gallery of 28 ergometers. It competes annually at all major British rowing events, including the Head of the River Race, Henley Royal Regatta and Henley Women's Regatta, and contests the Boat Race of the North with Newcastle University Boat Club.
Rowing at Durham University is divided into the college boat clubs and the more advanced university crews arranged by DUBC, with intercollegiate events overseen by Durham College Rowing. In common with other university sides, the team's colour is Palatinate, said to derive from that worn by the armies of the medieval Prince-Bishop of Durham.