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=== 19th century ===


Rowing in Durham was "practically contemporaneous with the founding of the University", with University boat crews competing in the [[Durham Regatta]] since its foundation in 1834.<ref name=Fowler1904>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/durhamuniversit01fowlgoog|pages=[https://archive.org/details/durhamuniversit01fowlgoog/page/n296 262]–264|author=Joseph Thomas Fowler|date=1904|publisher=F. E. Robinson & co., Bloomsbury|title=Durham University: earlier foundations and present colleges}}</ref> When the Grand Challenge Cup (for coxed Fours) was introduced in 1854 it was won seven times by University College before 1862, often competing against teams from Hatfield Hall. However, the founding of [[Durham Amateur Rowing Club]] and increased entries from further afield brought an end to University College's dominance.<ref name=VCH>{{cite book|title=Victoria History of the County of Durham|date=1907|publisher=Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd.|pages=457–459|url=http://www.mocavo.com/The-Victoria-History-of-the-County-of-Durham-Volume-2-3/704590/457|volume=2|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref>
Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) was formally founded in 1877<ref name="DUBC History" /> "to produce representative student crews and to act as the controlling body for the various clubs that were already active"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/uni/undg.xml#UNDall-1462|title=Durham University Records: Associations and Societies|accessdate=11 October 2015|publisher=[[Durham University Library]]}}</ref> (University College Boat Club (1834) and the Hatfield College Boat Club (1846) both predate the formation of DUBC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucbc.co.uk/index_1.html|title=Introduction|publisher=[[University College Boat Club (Durham)|University College Boat Club]]|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hatfieldcollegebc.com|title=About the Club|publisher=Hatfield College Boat Club|accessdate=11 October 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022630/http://www.hatfieldcollegebc.com/|archivedate=17 November 2015}}</ref>
DUBC won the Grand Challenge Cup for the first time in 1881 and the Tyne Regatta's Grand Challenge Cup in 1888. From 1887–1893, the University held a Regatta separately from the Durham Regatta, which it declined to enter. In 1884, Durham won the Wirral Grand Challenge Cook at Chester Regatta and in 1895 and 1898 returned to success at the Durham Regatta, again winning the Grand Challenge Cup.<ref name=Fowler1904 />
=== 1900 to 1963 ===
In 1904 an annual inter-Varsity race for Fours against [[Edinburgh University]] was instituted; by 1924 this had been competed for 14 times, despite the intervention of the First World War. Annual "[[Torpids]]" races were also held home and away against Edinburgh in December, and a race against [[Leeds University]] is recorded in 1924.<ref>{{cite book|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gamessportsinbri00sava/page/144 144]&170|title=Games and sports in British schools and universities|url=https://archive.org/details/gamessportsinbri00sava|date=1927|author=Howard J. Savage|publisher=Foundation for the advancement of teaching|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref> Rowing spread to the Newcastle division of the University with the foundation of the Armstrong College Boat Club in 1911 under the umbrella of DUBC.<ref name="NUBC History" />
1924 saw the creation of the Armstrong College Women's Boat Club in Newcastle,<ref name="NUBC History ">{{cite web|url=http://newcastlerowing.com/history/|title=History|publisher=[[Newcastle University Boat Club]]|accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref> followed in Durham in 1926 by the formation of a boat club by the Durham Women Students Association. The first race between the two was held in 1930. In 1938 the Durham Colleges Women's Boat Club was established, and raced against teams from York and Newcastle.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Durham Difference|author=Nigel Watson|pages=41–42|publisher=James & James (Publishers) Ltd.|date=2007|ISBN=9781903942789}}</ref>
There are a number of programmes and photographs from the annual Durham – Edinburgh race catalogued in the Durham University archive, showing it continued to be held in June until at least 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/pho/miaall.xml|title=Miscellaneous Photograph Albums|publisher=DCC Durham University|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/uni/undg.xml|title=Durham University Records: Associations and Societies|publisher=DCC Durham University|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>
DUBC competed in the [[Head of the River Race]] for the first time in 1949, finishing 41st in a time of 20 minutes 57 seconds with a crew drawn from the Durham Colleges and King's College in Newcastle.<ref name="NUBC History" /><ref>{{cite book|title=The Durham Difference|author=Nigel Watson|page=58|publisher=James & James (Publishers) Ltd.|date=2007|ISBN=9781903942789}}</ref>
1952 saw Simon Hobbs from King's College in Newcastle selected as spare man for the British Olympic team.<ref name="DUBC History" />
=== 1963 to 1999 ===
1963 saw King's College in Newcastle separate from Durham to become [[Newcastle University]]. Earlier that year, 5 rowers from Newcastle (3 from King's College Boat Club and 2 from the Medics) were part of the crew of the VIII that won the Ortner Trophy for top University at the Head of the River Race for the first time, coming 17th overall. This was the last Durham crew to feature Rowers from Newcastle.<ref name="NUBC History" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horr.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1963.pdf|title=1963 Results|publisher=[[Head of the River Race]]|accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newcastlerowing.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/nubc-media-guide-20091.pdf|title=Media Guide 2009|publisher=Newcastle University Boat Club|accessdate=18 October 2015}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 1964, [[Eric Halladay]] came to Durham as a lecturer in history and senior tutor of [[Grey College, Durham|Grey College]].<ref name=EHObit>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-eric-halladay-5553136.html|title=Obituary: Eric Halladay|accessdate=15 October 2015|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He coached the Boat Club for over 30 years, winning the Ortner Shield 18 times in 1966–76 and 1978–84.<ref name="Watson p90">{{cite book|title=The Durham Difference|author=Nigel Watson|page=90|publisher=James & James (Publishers) Ltd.|date=2007|ISBN=9781903942789}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horr.co.uk/wordpress/results-archive/|title=Results Archive|publisher=[[Head of the River Race]]|accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref> He was appointed a Steward at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]] in 1993, having won the Visitor's Challenge Cup four times with DUBC (see [[#Henley Successes|Henley Successes]] below), and was instrumental in setting up the Northumbrian Water University Boat Race (now the [[#Boat Race of the North|Boat Race of the North]]) in 1997, acting as one of the race officials for the inaugural race.<ref name=EHObit /><ref name="Watson p90" /> After his death in 1997, DUBC launched a memorial trust fund with the aim of appointing a professional coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regatta.rowing.org.uk/108-study.html|publisher=Regatta Magazine|title=Which university?|date=May 1998|accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref>
In November 1973, DUBC organised the first Northern Universities' Regatta, with sponsorship from Harp Lager.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=North East Rowing News|volume=5|url=http://www.nerowing.com/ne%2520rowing%2520news%252005%2520jan%25201974.pdf|title=Harp Lager 1973 Northern Universities' Regatta|pages=7–8|date=January 1974|accessdate=15 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706193419/http://nerowing.com/ne%20rowing%20news%2005%20jan%201974.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> This ran annually until 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nerowing.com/darctimeline.html|title=DARC Timeline|publisher=Northern Rowing Council|accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref> Also in 1973, DUBC bought the first Boat ever built with carbon-fibre ribs at a cost of £1,100. The Eight, "Prince Bishop" was 17&nbsp;m (56&nbsp;ft) in length and weighed 20&nbsp;kg (45&nbsp;lbs) less than any other Eight in Britain.<ref name="DUBC History" />
In 1978, Durham secured their first win at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]], the first club from the northeast to win there for over a century.<ref name="DUBC History" />
In 1989 the DUBC Fresher's Squad was established.<ref name="DUBC History" /> Alumni of this programme include Olympic bronze medallist Steve Rowbotham and European silver medalist Emily Taylor.<ref name=freshers />
1992 saw the first DUBC/DUWBC alumni selected as Olympic rowers since Newcastle's independence: Wade Hall-Craggs (men's single sculls, 14th), Roger Brown (men's quad sculls, 13th), [[Kim Thomas]] (women's coxless four, 8th) and [[Philippa Cross]] (women's eight, 7th).<ref name="DUBC History" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1992/ROW/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417113156/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1992/ROW/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Great Britain Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>
=== 21st century ===
In 2000, [[Wade Hall-Craggs]] was appointed head coach.<ref name="DUBC History" /> For a while he was the only professional coach in the northeast,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Taking+rowing+to+a+different+class%3B+Hannah+Davies+speaks+to+one+of...-a0168079650|author=Hannah Davies|title=Taking rowing to a different class|date=2007|publisher=MGN Ltd./The Free Library|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref> but by the 2004 Boat Race against Newcastle both teams had professional coaches, with Peter Lee having joined Durham as coach of the Senior men's and women's teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=3633|title=Professionals making a splash|date=11 May 2004|publisher=Durham University|accessdate=18 October 2005}}</ref>
In 2001, Durham University Women's Boat Club merged with Durham University Boat Club (previously exclusively male), with the combined club continuing as DUBC.<ref name="DUBC History" />
In 2007 the University awarded a grant of £127,000 to the newly refounded Tyne United Rowing Club to develop its facilities for use by DUBC and [[Durham College Rowing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tyneunited.co.uk/about/partners-sponsors/|title=Partners & Sponsors|accessdate=12 October 2015|publisher=Tyne United Rowing Club}}</ref> These opened in 2009 on the south side of the Tyne, and include on-site cooking facilities, 18 Ergos and a rowing tank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tyneunited.co.uk/facilities/|title=Facilities|accessdate=12 October 2015|publisher=Tyne United Rowing Club}}</ref> The University has sole use of two boat sheds at Tyne United: one for DUBC and one for Durham College Rowing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dubc.co.uk/CMS/the-club/facilities/| publisher=Durham University Boat Club|title=Facilities|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref>
In 2008 Steve Rowbotham, who had come through the Freshers Program, won Bronze at the Beijing Olympics.<ref name=freshers>{{cite web|url=http://dubc.co.uk/CMS/the-club/freshers-programme/|title=Freshers Program|publisher=Durham University Boat Club|accessdate=20 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018092336/http://dubc.co.uk/CMS/the-club/freshers-programme/|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2008-9 an exhibition on "175 Years of Durham University Rowing" was held at the [[River and Rowing Museum]] in [[Henley on Thames]], highlighting "the inspiring story behind one of the most successful university boat clubs in Britain".<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107012256/http://www.rrm.co.uk/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/175-years-of-durham-university-rowing.aspx|archive-date=7 January 2012|url=http://www.rrm.co.uk/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/175-years-of-durham-university-rowing.aspx|title=175 Years of Durham University Rowing|accessdate=18 October 2015|publisher=River and Rowing Museum}}</ref>
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, DUBC alumna [[Sophie Hosking]] won a Gold medal, followed by another Gold for current student Lily van den Broeck in the 2012 Paralympics.<ref name=Hosking />
In 2012 a powered indoor rowing tank was opened at the University's Maiden Castle sports facility, one of only three on the country. The facility also included a new boathouse (the Robert Gillespie Boathouse) for DUBC and a 28 station [[Ergonomics|Ergo]] gallery.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.palatinate.org.uk/?p=21310 |newspaper=[[Palatinate (newspaper)|Palatinate]]|title=Official opening of new Maiden Castle facilities|date=2 March 2012|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamdurham.com/about/ |title=Team Durham - About Us |publisher=teamdurham.com |accessdate=2014-08-21}}</ref> In November 2012 the rowing tank was named the Sophie Hosking Rowing Tank in honour of Olympic gold medallist and DUBC Alumna [[Sophie Hosking]].<ref name=Hosking1>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sportengland.org/about_us/our_news/sophie_hosking.aspx|publisher=[[Sport England]]|title=Olympic gold medallist returns to Durham University to receive honour|accessdate=11 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042702/http://archive.sportengland.org/about_us/our_news/sophie_hosking.aspx|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|url=http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2012-11-04/olympic-gold-medallist-opens-new-rowing/|date=
4 November 2012|accessdate=11 October 2015|title=Olympic gold medallist opens new rowing tank}}</ref>
==== Head of the River Race ====
In 2005, DUBC won the Ortner Shield at the men's [[Head of the River Race]] for the first time in two decades, coming 10th overall.<ref name="HoRR 2005">{{cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=3867|publisher=Durham University|date=31 March 2005|title=Durham men match women’s success in Head of the River Race|accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref> The return to form continued with the club winning both the Bernard Churcher Trophy (for the top university from anywhere in the world) and the Senior II pennant in 2008, coming 6th overall – Durham's best ever position. They retained the Senior II pennant in 2009 (10th overall). In 2012 the 1st VIII won the Bernard Churcher Trophy again (18th overall) and in 2015 (after the race was not run in 2013 and was abandoned in 2014), DUBC won the Halladay Trophy (for British universities with crews at Intermediate 1 status or below and no crews entered with Elite or Senior status), coming 32nd overall.<ref name="HoRR Archive">{{cite web| url=http://www.horr.co.uk/wordpress/results-archive/|title=Results Archive|accessdate=11 October 2015|publisher=[[Head of the River Race]]}}</ref> DUBC won the Halladay Trophy again in 2016, coming 23rd overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horr.co.uk/Results/|title=Final HORR Results|accessdate=4 April 2016|date=19 March 2016|publisher=[[Head of the River Race]]}}</ref>
At the [[Women's Eights Head of the River Race]], Durham won the Senior II pennant in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and again in 2008, coming third overall. They won the University pennant in 2010, again coming third overall. In 2012 they won the Intermediate I pennant. They have finished in the top three universities a number of times in recent years, following victory in 2010 with third place in 2011, 2012 and 2015 and second in 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wehorr.org/results/|title=Results|publisher=[[Women's Eights Head of the River Race]]|accessdate=11 October 2015|date=9 April 2015}}</ref>
==== BUCS Regatta ====
The club won the Victor Ludorum at the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]] (BUCS) [[University rowing (UK)|Championships]] every year from 2004 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bucs.org.uk/page.asp?section=3481&sectionTitle=Results|title=Archived Results|publisher=[[BUCS]]|accessdate=12 October 2015}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 2014 broke the 10 year hold on the top position, with Durham coming second to [[University of London Boat Club|ULBC]]. That year also saw the addition of separate Women's and Men's trophies, with Durham taking the Women's VL and coming 5th in the Men's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://c1593.r93.cf3.rackcdn.com/BUCS_Regatta_2014_-_VL_Final_Results.pdf|title=BUCS REGATTA 2014 - BUCS VL points, BUCS points & medal table|publisher=[[BUCS]]|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref> 2015 saw DUBC regain top spot, taking both the overall and Women's Victor Ludorum and ranking 5th in the Men's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishrowing.org/news/2015/may/6/tough-competition-bucs-regatta|title=Tough Competition at BUCS Regatta|publisher=[[British Rowing]]|accessdate=12 October 2015|date=6 May 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==== European Universities Rowing Championships ====
The [[European Universities Rowing Championships]] is organised by [[European University Sports Association|EUSA]], with boats qualifying to be part of their national team by performances in national university competitions (i.e. [[BUCS]] for British universities). Durham's first recorded success (only winners names are available for the 2005 and 2006 championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eusa.eu/events/championships/championships-2005/1st-european-university-rowing-championship|title=1st European Universities Rowing Championship|publisher=[[European University Sports Association|EUSA]]|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eusa.eu/events/championships/championships-2006/2nd-european-university-rowing-championship|title=2nd European Universities Rowing Championship|publisher=[[European University Sports Association|EUSA]]|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref>) came in the third championship in 2007, with gold in the women's pair, the lightweight women's quad scull, and the lightweight men's coxless four, and bronze in the lightweight men's double scull and the lightweight men's quad scull.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eusa.eu/events/championships/championships-2007/3rd-european-universities-rowing-championship|title=3rd European Universities Rowing Championship|publisher=[[European University Sports Association|EUSA]]|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref> Durham won gold again in the women's cockles four at the 8th games in 2013, as part of a UK team that came second in the medal take and third in the points table.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishrowing.org/news/2013/september/12/success-gb-2013-university-champs|title=Success for GB at 2013 University Champs|publisher=[[British Rowing]]|accessdate=13 October 2015|date=12 September 2013}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the 9th regatta in 2015, DUBC won gold in the lightweight women's scull, silver in the lightweight women's coxed four, bronze in the lightweight men's coxless four.<ref name="EURC 2015">{{cite web|url=http://dubc.co.uk/CMS/2015/09/23/table-topping-success-at-the-european-university-championships/|title=Table topping success at the European University Championships|date=23 September 2015|author=Will Crossley|publisher=Durham University Boat Club|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref>

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