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Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club

Not to be confused with Lady Margaret Boat Club.

Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club (LMHBC) is a rowing club for members and staff of Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), Oxford. It was founded in 1976, when a women’s division was finally established. As the senior women’s college, LMH were placed at 1st on the river for the inaugural women’s bumps races and obtained Headship in 1977. The first men’s crew was established in 1980 following the admission of male students into the previously all-women’s college.[2]

Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
Lady Margaret Hall Boat House, right (shared with Trinity College) and rowing blade colours
Coordinates51°44′34″N 1°14′55″W / 51.74266°N 1.24856°W / 51.74266; -1.24856
Home waterRiver Thames
Founded1899 (1899)[1]
Membershipc. 60
Head of the RiverWomen: 1977
UniversityUniversity of Oxford
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - LMH
Newnham College, Cambridge (Sister college)
Websitewww.lmhboatclub.wordpress.com

History

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LMHBC first competed in inter-college OURCs racing events in 1977, when a women's division was finally established (LMH was a women-only college for the first 100 years of its foundation). As the senior women's college LMH was placed first on the river for the inaugural women's division.[3] The club has provided rowers for the Boat Race,[4] the Women's Boat Race,[5][6] and the Isis Reserves Race.[7]

A former president, Monica Fisher (née Pring-Mill) was responsible for instigating some of the biggest changes in Women's Boat Race history, which raised the regularity and status of that event.[6]

For a period around 2010 three times World Lightweight Sculling Champion Peter Moir Haining coached LMHBC.[8]

The club is affiliated to British Rowing.[9]

Results

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LMH Men's 1st VIII 2019
 
Chalk Arm in the College Record crews winning blades

Men's crews

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Men's crews began competing for LMHBC in 1979/1980 (the year after LMH first admitted men). As a new boat, they entered the table at the bottom as 90th on the river. Over the following years, the Men's 1st VIII have gradually risen up the rankings. After first rowing in Division 1 as sandwich boat in 2017, the Men's 1st VIII finally secured their place in Division 1 for the first time in Summer Eights 2019.[10]

The men's second VIII are 57th on the river as of 2019.[10] A men's third VIII is periodically fielded.[11] The Men's 1st VIII have raced in the Temple Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta on several occasions.[12][13]

Women's crews

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Eight's week in Oxford

The LMHBC women's first VIII had the Summer Eights headship in 1977, the inaugural year of women's inclusion in Summer Eights as recognised, distinct divisions.[14] In 2017 it was 24th on the river. The LMH women's first VIII had the Torpids Headship in 1978 and was 25th on the river in 2019.[10]

The LMHBC Women's second VIII first raced in 1986 and was 59th on the river in 2017.[15] A women's third eight is periodically fielded.[16]

Recent Blues

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Recent members of LMHBC selected for Oxford men's and women's crews for The Boat Race include:

  • Zachary Thomas Johnson 2018[17]
  • Felix Drinkall in 2018[17] 2019[18] 2020[19] and 2021[20]
  • Oliver Perry in 2020[19]
  • Annie Anezakis in 2022 [21]

Blazer

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Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club Rowing Blazer

The boat club has an ivory blazer with blue and gold piping and cuff rings bearing the Beaufort portcullis device in blue on the left breast. This may be worn by men and women who have rowed in the first Summer VIII or first Torpid.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lady Margaret Hall College Archivist (August 2016). "LMH Archive selected Subject Index" (PDF). Lady Margaret Hall.
  2. ^ "About Us". LMHBC. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. ^ "A History of Oxford College Rowing". University of Oxford. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Boat Race 2015: Full list of men's and women's crews for the April 11 event on the Thames". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ^ "University Boat Race: men and women weigh in at same event ahead of Oxford and Cambridge race". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b "OUWBC – Alumni News". Ouwbc.org. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Isis-Goldie Race Triumph for James Mountain". Dulwich.org.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  8. ^ "LMHBC". LMHBC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Lady Margaret Hall BC – British Rowing". Britishrowing.org. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "OURCs: Summer Eights 2019". ourcs.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ^ "L.M.H. Men's 3rd Eight". University of Oxford. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Photos from 2012, Wednesday | Henley Royal Regatta". www.hrr.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Boat Club". Lady Margaret Hall. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  14. ^ "L.M.H. Women's 1st Eight". University of Oxford. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  15. ^ "L.M.H. Women's 2nd Eight". University of Oxford. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  16. ^ "L.M.H. Women's 3rd Eight". University of Oxford. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Men's Blue Boat Crews | The Boat Race". The Boat Race. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  18. ^ "OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE ANNOUNCE CREWS TO COMPETE IN THE BOAT RACE 2019". The Boat Race. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  19. ^ a b "OUBC Race day crews". The Boat Race. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  20. ^ "How to watch 2021 Boat Race on the BBC". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  21. ^ "LMH student to represent Oxford in The Boat Race". Lady Margaret Hall. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Boat Club Blazers". LMHBC. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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