Collingwood College Boat Club

Collingwood College Boat Club
Location	St. Hild Boathouse, Durham [1]
Founded	1981 (1981)[2]
Home Water	River Wear
Website	www.dur.ac.uk/collingwood.boatclub
Affiliations	Amateur Rowing Association, Collingwood College, Durham University

Collingwood College Boat Club (CCBC) is the rowing club of Collingwood College, part of Durham University.

CCBC was formed in the early 1980s and is housed in the St. Hild boathouse on the River Wear (which is shared with Durham University Canoe Club).

The club is coached by former College Principal and Durham University Boat Club coach Professor Gerald Blake, and Daniel Moore.

Racing

CCBC competes in many races and regattas both in the North East and the rest of the United Kingdom. Below are some of the events CCBC has competed in over the last few years:

International events Henley Royal Regatta Henley Women's Regatta The Head of the River Race Women's Head of the River Race

National events Marlow Regatta (Dorney Lake, Eton) BUSA Regatta (National Watersports Centre) Head of the Trent (Nottingham)

Regional events Durham Regatta Durham City Regatta Rutherford Head York Small Boats Head Durham Supersprints York Spring Regatta York Summer Regatta Tyne Head of the River (Newcastle) Hexham Regatta

College events Senate Cup Pennant Long Course (Stockton) Pennant Short Course (Durham) Admirals Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

For a college boat club CCBC has had notable success at Henley Royal Regatta qualifying 3 times.

Event	Year	Round	Crew
The Prince Albert Challenge Cup	2006	Round 1	H.Lester, R.Dimock, C.Carey, J.Watkins, O.Harvey
The Temple Challenge Cup	2005	Round 1	R.Fisher, R.Dimock, J.Strang, N.Scott, G.Lindop, S.Cooper, C.Carey, S.Doody, K.Smith
The Britannia Challenge Cup	2000	Round 2	R.Collings, E.Killick, S.Wood, R.Robson, K. Paget

See also

• University rowing (UK)
• Durham College Rowing

External links

• Collingwood College Boat Club
• Collingwood College JCR
• Collingwood College

References

1. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/college.rowing/resources/rivers/river_wear.png
2. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/collingwood.boatclub/index.php/about