Manchester University Boat Club
Executive Committee Oliver Whalley President MUBC’s very own pharmacist, in the third year of his degree, Oliver Whalley began his rowing fairytale at Manchester. Over the years he’s progressed from rocking up straight from a night out into the sophisticated president that you see today. Having started as a novice in Manchester he quickly went […]
There have been claims that MUBC first entered Henley Royal Regatta in 1966, but it seems at least possible that this was not the first entry – further research is needed. But what is certain is that the first annual “Two Cities Boat Race” versus Salford University was instituted in 1972. For many years this […]
Plans were developed after the War for a new boathouse next door to Agecroft. Unfortunately, these were shelved in 1949, since the development of the Wythenshawe grounds required all available funds in hard times. However, on the back of this disappointment, new plans were put in place for a move to the Bridgewater Canal. The […]
A long hiatus followed the collapse of the first MUBC in 1909, not least due to the First World War. The War also killed off a number of the Manchester rowing clubs, including Nemesis, which folded in 1920. However a meeting early in 1932 decided to try again, and accordingly, the current MUBC was founded using […]
Student rowing at Manchester predates the University, with the first reference being a senior coxed-fours race in 1862 between Owens College and the “Laboratory” (possibly the then-new Physical Laboratory), over 1 mile was instituted on the river Irwell below Quay street. It is thought likely that the crews boated from the Nemesis Rowing Club Boat […]
Henley Royal Regatta, a wretched hive of scum and villainy, marks the culmination of a long season as well as the end of my time at Manchester University. Following some good results during head and early regatta season the men’s squad were feeling confident and were really cracking on despite the loss of a couple of […]
Just one week after Reading regatta, following another intense week and final preparations, the event that we had been building up to all season had arrived- it was Henley Women’s weekend! Two women’s eights loaded the boats on to a packed trailer we were sharing with Agecroft, Liverpool Vics and Liverpool University (don’t ask)! Arranging […]
With exams finally over, Henley preparations were in full swing for both the men and the women’s squads. The first post-exams regatta on the schedule was to take place in reading in a head-to-head situation. This year the men’s squad were able to assemble three boats together consisting of two eights and a 4 which […]
With exams finally over, we packed the car for the now all too familiar journey down south. Our destination this time, Reading regatta. In the weeks leading up to this training intensity had increased and crew selection had, and still was being debated, all in preparation for the season finale of Henley Women’s Regatta in […]