Emmanuel Boat Club (often colloquially referred to as Emma or EBC) is the rowing club for members of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The men's 1st VIII has stayed largely in the first division of the Lent and May Bumps for the last half-century, but fell as low as 21st in the May Bumps in the 1930s, and has been as low as 28th in the Lent Bumps towards the end of the 19th century.Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827–1999
History In the Lent Bumps, Emmanuel men gained the headship in 1930, and although they reached 1st position in Lent Bumps 2001, they were not awarded the headship, since the last two days of the races were not completed due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom. Emmanuel did gain the headship at the May Bumps 2001, bumping on the second day.
The women's side achieved the headship of the Lent Bumps eleven times (the first in 1988 and latest in 2009); more than any other women's boatclub, and the headship of the May Bumps four times (the first in 1995). Emmanuel's 1st women's VIII did not drop out of the top 3 crews at Lent Bumps between 1988 and 2005, nor the top 2 places in the May Bumps between 1994 and 2004.
In 2018 Emmanuel's first women and men will start second and seventh on the river respectively, as a result of both crews earning their blades in 2017. It was the second time in the club's history that the first men and women both earned blades in the same year. As of 2024, the first women were 4th on the river and the first men 6th.
Honours Henley Royal Regatta YearRaces won 1887 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1896 Thames Challenge Cup
Boat Race representatives The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in The Boat Race.
Men's boat race
YearName 1854 Spencer Nairne 1857 A. Benn 1863 R. H. Morgan 1868 J. G. Wood 1869 J. A. Rushton 1879 T. Routledge 1888 J. C. Gardner 1889 J. C. Gardner 1890 J. C. Gardner 1895 T. J. G. Duncanson 1896 T. J. G. Duncanson 1898 W. B. Rennie 1898 S. V. Pearson 1901 E. F. Duncanson 1953 D. A. T. Leadley 1953 L. B. McCagg 1957 R. C. Milton 1958 J. R. Giles 1959 J. R. Giles
YearName 1974 D. B. Sprague 1981 R. J. Stephens 1982 R. J. Stephens 1982 I Bernstein (cox) 1983 I Bernstein (cox) 1989 Leigh Weiss 1995 Simon Newton 1996 Nick Burfitt 1998 Jonathan Bull 2000 John O'Loghlen 2007 Jacob Cornelius 2007 Rebecca Dowbiggin (cox) 2008 Rebecca Dowbiggin (cox) 2009 Rebecca Dowbiggin (cox) 2017 Freddie Davidson 2018 Freddie Davidson 2019 Freddie Davidson 2025 Luke Beever
Women's boat race
YearName 2019 Larkin Sayre 2021 Abba Parker 2023 Carina Graf 2024 Carina Graf 2026 Matt Moran (cox)
References
External links CUCBC/ Cambridge University Combined Boat Club Emmanuel Boat Club