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The blade colours of 1st & 3rd Trinity Boat Club
The blade colours of 1st & 3rd Trinity Boat Club

The First and Third Trinity Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity College in Cambridge, England. GB coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at Henley Royal Regatta 2004 Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The club formally came into existence in 1946 when the First Trinity Boat Club and the Third Trinity Boat Club merged, although the 2 clubs had been rowing together for several years before that date. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Trinity Boat Club, the original rowing club of Trinity College Cambridge, dates from 1825 and was usually called First Trinity Boat Club after The Third Trinity Boat Club, was a rowing club which was only open to certain members of Trinity College Cambridge. The first boat club associated with Trinity was formed in 1825 and came to be known as First Trinity in 1833 when the Third Trinity Boat Club was formed (a Second Trinity Boat Club was formed in 1831 but did not have a continuous existence until 1840). Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Membership of Third Trinity was originally confined to Old Etonians and Old Westminsters. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain 's leading boys' Independent schools with Members of Third Trinity were allowed to also be members of First or Second Trinity and often were.

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History

In the nineteenth century the various Trinity boat clubs were very strong and regularly won events in Cambridge, at various regattas around the country, notably the Henley Royal Regatta, and regularly contributed rowers to the Cambridge boat for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Boat Race, also known as the University Boat Race and The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Indeed in the 1849 Boat Race, all members of the crew were from Trinity, seven from Third Trinity and two, the cox included, from First Trinity. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Boats from the three clubs could often be found at, or near, the top of the Bumps and they sometimes combined their resources in races against the rest of the University. A bumps race is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file each boat attempts to catch (" bump " the boat

In 1876 Second Trinity was disbanded due to insufficient members. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year However, a legend claims that during the Bumps in that year, the rowers of Trinity's arch-rivals, St John's College, attached a sword to the front of one of their boats such that if they successfully bumped the boat in front (which turned out to be one of Second Trinity's), it would be holed and sink. The Lady Margaret Boat Club (often abbreviated to "LMBC" and familiarly known as "Maggie" is the rowing club for members of St John's College The plan supposedly worked in the sense that the Trinity boat did sink, but in the process the sword also hit and killed Second Trinity's cox, which of course wasn't intended. So the legend claims that this is the reason why Second Trinity Boat Club was dissolved, and why St. John's College is no longer allowed a boat club under its own name. Though a wonderful legend, it is not entirely true. The unfortunate incident did in fact occur - but between boats from Trinity Hall and Clare colleges, in 1888, 12 years after the dissolution of Second Trinity. The more prosaic explanation for 2nd Trinity's demise is that membership was restricted to Theology scholars, which over time proved to be an unreliable source of oarsmen.

In the twentieth century the clubs remained competitive and continued to achieve success in various events. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 2nd World War forced the 2 clubs to combine resources and after the war they formally merged in order to remain competitive with the now larger boat clubs of other colleges. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In the same year First and Third won the Visitors' Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta and the following year won the Ladies' Challenge Plate. The Visitors Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames The Ladies' Challenge Plate is one of the events at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. They repeated this feat by winning the Ladies Plate again in 1954 and 1967 which was the last year that a college crew from either Cambridge or Oxford has won the event. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The difference in the standard of rowing between Oxbridge colleges and non-University clubs has changed greatly over the twentieth century, possibly due to standards within college clubs falling or to the quality of rowing in other clubs improving, but probably a combination of the two. For example First and Third, like all other Oxbridge college crews, now have difficulty achieving a standard of rowing to even qualify for events at the Henley Royal Regatta, let alone to win these events. In spite of this, rowing within Cambridge remains popular and the Bumps, the main inter-college event, see well over a thousand students competing, typically around a hundred from Trinity.

Recent Form

Below are tables showing the performance of the men's and women's 1st VIIIs over the last decade in the Lent and May Bumps. The Lent Bumps (also Lent Races Lents are a set of rowing races held on the River Cam in Cambridge. The May Bumps (also May Races Mays is a rowing race held on the River Cam in Cambridge.

Lent Bumps

Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1999 3rd rowed-over head rowed-over head bumped by Caius bumped by Lady Margaret
2000 Head bumped Lady Margaret bumped Caius rowed-over head rowed-over head
2001 2nd rowed-over head bumped by Emmanuel (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 3rd bumped by Caius bumped by Lady Margaret rowed-over bumped Emmanuel
2003 2nd rowed-over bumped Lady Margaret rowed-over rowed-over
2004 2nd rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2005 2nd rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2006 2nd rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2007 Head bumped Caius rowed-over head rowed-over head rowed-over head
2008 Head rowed-over head rowed-over head rowed-over head rowed-over head

Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1999 10th bumped St. Catharine's rowed-over bumped by Churchill rowed-over
2000 14th bumped by Caius bumped by Downing bumped by New Hall bumped by Clare
2001 14th rowed-over (not completed)¤ (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 15th rowed-over bumped Churchill bumped by Churchill bumped by Girton
2003 14th rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over bumped New Hall
2004 13th rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over bumped Queens'
2005 7th bumped Christ's bumped Churchill overbumped Girton bumped Newnham
2006 4th bumped Lady Margaret bumped Jesus rowed-over bumped Downing
2007 Head bumped Emmanuel bumped Caius bumped Clare rowed-over head
2008 Head rowed-over head rowed-over head rowed-over head rowed-over head

¤ Girton, 1st & 3rd Trinity and Churchill were scheduled to re-row their race after a dispute, but the Lent Bumps were cancelled due to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease before the race could take place. Caius Boat Club (CBC (Caius is pronounced 'keys' is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. The Lady Margaret Boat Club (often abbreviated to "LMBC" and familiarly known as "Maggie" is the rowing club for members of St John's College The Lady Margaret Boat Club (often abbreviated to "LMBC" and familiarly known as "Maggie" is the rowing club for members of St John's College Caius Boat Club (CBC (Caius is pronounced 'keys' is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. Emmanuel Boat Club (often colloquially referred to as Emma) is the rowing club for members of Emmanuel College Cambridge. Caius Boat Club (CBC (Caius is pronounced 'keys' is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. The Lady Margaret Boat Club (often abbreviated to "LMBC" and familiarly known as "Maggie" is the rowing club for members of St John's College Emmanuel Boat Club (often colloquially referred to as Emma) is the rowing club for members of Emmanuel College Cambridge. The Lady Margaret Boat Club (often abbreviated to "LMBC" and familiarly known as "Maggie" is the rowing club for members of St John's College Caius Boat Club (CBC (Caius is pronounced 'keys' is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. St Catharine's College Boat Club (or Catz for short is the rowing club for members of St Churchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College Cambridge. Caius Boat Club (CBC (Caius is pronounced 'keys' is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) is the rowing club for members of Downing College Cambridge. New Hall Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Murray Edwards College Cambridge, formerly known as New Hall Clare Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Clare College Cambridge. Churchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College Cambridge. Churchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College Cambridge. Girton College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Girton College Cambridge. New Hall Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Murray Edwards College Cambridge, formerly known as New Hall Queens' College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Queens' College Cambridge. Christ's College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Christ's College Cambridge. Churchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College Cambridge. Girton College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Girton College Cambridge. Newnham College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Newnham College Cambridge. The Lady Margaret Boat Club (often abbreviated to "LMBC" and familiarly known as "Maggie" is the rowing club for members of St John's College Jesus College Boat Club (often abbreviated to JCBC) is the rowing club for members of Jesus College Cambridge. Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) is the rowing club for members of Downing College Cambridge. Emmanuel Boat Club (often colloquially referred to as Emma) is the rowing club for members of Emmanuel College Cambridge. Caius Boat Club (CBC (Caius is pronounced 'keys' is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. Clare Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Clare College Cambridge. The Lent Bumps (also Lent Races Lents are a set of rowing races held on the River Cam in Cambridge. The outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in the spring and summer of 2001 caused a crisis in British Agriculture and In the 2002 Lent Bumps, Girton , 1st & 3rd Trinity and Churchill started in the same position as they had following the first day's racing in 2001, namely 13th, 14th and 15th positions respectively. The Lent Bumps (also Lent Races Lents are a set of rowing races held on the River Cam in Cambridge. Girton College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Girton College Cambridge. Churchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College Cambridge.

May Bumps

Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 3rd bumped Trinity Hall rowed-over bumped Queens' bumped Downing
1999 3rd rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2000 5th rowed-over bumped by Emmanuel bumped by Downing rowed-over
2001 9th bumped by Lady Margaret bumped by Trinity Hall bumped by Christ's bumped by Robinson
2002 9th rowed-over bumped Christ's rowed-over bumped by St. Catharine's
2003 7th rowed-over rowed-over bumped Jesus bumped Emmanuel
2004 7th rowed-over bumped by Queens' bumped Queens' rowed-over
2005 7th bumped Robinson rowed-over bumped by Queens' rowed-over
2006 5th bumped Downing rowed-over bumped Trinity Hall rowed-over
2007 2nd bumped Queens' bumped St. Catharine's bumped Lady Margaret rowed-over

Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 19th rowed-over bumped by Robinson rowed-over bumped Sidney Sussex
1999 19th rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2000 17th rowed-over bumped Magdalene bumped Homerton rowed-over
2001 21st bumped by Girton bumped by CCAT bumped by Peterhouse bumped by Magdalene
2002 20th bumped Magdalene bumped by Magdalene rowed-over bumped Robinson
2003 20th rowed-over bumped by Darwin rowed over bumped CCAT
2004 18th rowed-over bumped Peterhouse bumped Queens' rowed-over
2005 15th bumped Darwin rowed-over bumped St. Catharine's bumped New Hall
2006 12th bumped Selwyn rowed-over bumped Christ's bumped Magdalene
2007 7th bumped Churchill rowed-over overbumped Clare bumped Trinity Hall

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