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{{see also|Adelaide University Sport}}
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{{Infobox Rowing Club
| ClubName         =Adelaide University Boat Club
| ClubhouseImage   =
| BladeColourImage =Rowing Blade Black.svg
| Emblem           =Adelaide University Boat Club (crest).png
| Emblemsize       =180
| Location         =[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia|SA]]
| Coordinates      ={{coord|34|54|57|S|138|36|07|E|scale:2000_region:AU|display=inline,title|name=Adelaide University Boat Club}}
| Founded          = {{Start date|1881}}
| Motto            =''{{Lang|la|Mobilitate Vicemus}}''
| Membership       =
| HomeWater        =[[River Torrens]]
| Website          = {{URL|https://www.adelaideuniversityboatclub.com/}}
| Affiliations     =[[Adelaide University Sports Association]] 
| Events           =[[Oxford and Cambridge Cup|Inter-Varsity Championships]]
| Distinctions     =
| NotableMembers   ={{Flatlist|
* [[Collier Cudmore]]
* [[Jaime Fernandez (rower)|Jaime Fernandez]]
* [[Amber Halliday]]
* [[Marguerite Houston]]
* [[Kate Slatter]]
* [[Tim Willoughby]] 
}}
}}

The '''Adelaide University Boat Club''' is a [[sport rowing|rowing]] club affiliated with the [[University of Adelaide]]. The club was founded in 1881, and in 1896 helped to form the [[Adelaide University Sports Association]]. The main clubrooms, donated by [[Robert Barr Smith]] in 1909, are located on the north bank of the [[River Torrens]] on War Memorial Drive, adjacent to the [[University Oval, (Park 12) Adelaide|Adelaide University Sports Grounds]]. The shed has two boat bays, a gym and weights room and a small bar. The club also leases a secondary boatshed at the South Australian Rowing Association complex on Military Road at [[West Lakes, South Australia|West Lakes]], and also trains regularly at [[Port Adelaide]]'s [[Port River|North Arm Creek]] and [[Murray Bridge, South Australia|Murray Bridge]]. Members have included rowers of all levels, from total beginners to Olympic Gold Medallists. The club shares the nickname ''"The Blacks"'' with the [[Adelaide University Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theblacks.com.au |title=The Blacks - Adelaide University Sports Association - Home<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>

==Competitions==

[[File:Sundaymail97winning4.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Adelaide University Boat Club, winners 1997 City of Adelaide sprint regatta]]
One of the primary purposes of the Adelaide University Boat Club, as stated in its constitution, is to field competitive crews in the [[Australian University Games|Intervarsity Championships]]. AUBC also competes in local regattas, and has a number of rowers who compete at South Australian Sports Institute time trials and the National Regatta.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.recsport.sa.gov.au/sasi/rowing.html |title=Office for Recreation & Sport SA : Sports : Rowing<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=3 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614161536/http://www.recsport.sa.gov.au/sasi/rowing.html |archive-date=14 June 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Recent performance by the club has been impressive, winning the South Australian State Championships in both Men's and Women's Eights in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowingsa.asn.au/results.htm |title=South Australian Rowing Association |access-date=2007-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829045248/http://rowingsa.asn.au/results.htm |archive-date=29 August 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Interstate performance has also been good. The club achieved a number of wins in the Victorian State Championships in 2006, and also gained a number of silver medals and a gold at the National Regatta. Club members have also enjoyed success at the recent Under 23 [[World Rowing Championships|World Championships]] in Belgium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aubc.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=2 |title=Adelaide University Boat Club<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>

Club members competed for the University of Adelaide to win the Oxford and Cambridge Cup at the 2009 Australian Universities Rowing Championships in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unisport.com.au/Extra.asp?id=1320 |title=Reference at www.unisport.com.au}}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The crew included Beijing Olympian [[James McRae]] and defeated the highly fancied Sydney crew by over a boat length.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://secure.unigames.com.au/_uploads/res/1_3020.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112949/https://secure.unigames.com.au/_uploads/res/1_3020.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 |df=dmy}}</ref>

In 2010, Club member [[Chris Morgan (rower)|Chris Morgan]] won the National Single Scull Championship, becoming the first South Australian in 40 years<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1970.html#m1x |title=1970 Australian Rowing Championships}}</ref> to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/south-aussie-takes-national-rowing-title/story-e6frecj3-1225837261983 |title=Reference at www.adelaidenow.com.au}} </ref>

[[File:Adelaide University Boat Club blade.jpg|400px|right|thumb|AUBC Blade with [[Jolly Roger]]. Regular club blades are plain black]]

==Notable members==

*[[Collier Cudmore|Sir Collier Cudmore]] - Gold Medallist in the Men's Coxless Four at the [[Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London Olympics]]. Although he rowed for [[Great Britain]], he was the first Australian to win an Olympic gold medal for rowing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1896-1908.php |title=Reference at www.rowinghistory-aus.info |access-date=3 June 2007 |archive-date=30 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630083841/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1896-1908.php#1908 |url-status=dead}} Australian Rowing History - London 1908</ref>
*[[Tim Willoughby]] - Rowed twice in the Olympic Men's Eight (1980 and 1984), winning bronze in '84.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1984-LosAngeles.php |title=Reference at www.rowinghistory-aus.info |access-date=3 June 2007 |archive-date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212059/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1984-LosAngeles.php |url-status=dead}} Australian Rowing History - Los Angeles 1984</ref>
*[[Kate Elizabeth Slatter|Kate Slatter]] - Three time Olympian in the Women's Coxless Four (1992) and Coxless Pair (1996 and 2000), winning gold at [[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta '96]] and a Silver at [[Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]], Kate is the most successful past member of AUBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/profiles/WOMENSCOXLESSPAIRROWING.htm |title=Sydney Olympic Games Athlete Profiles - Women's coxless pair rowing (Rowing)<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref>
*[[Jaime Fernandez (rower)|Jaime Fernandez]] - Three time Olympian in the Men's Eight (1992, 1996 and 2000), winning a silver medal in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/2000-Sydney.php |title=Reference at www.rowinghistory-aus.info |access-date=3 June 2007 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708081217/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/2000-Sydney.php |url-status=dead}} Australian Rowing History - Sydney 2000</ref>
*[[Amber Halliday]] - Three-time world champion in the Women's Lightweight Double Scull (2002,'03, '07) and in the Lightweight Quad Scull (2001),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/australian-medallists.html |title=Australia's World Championship Medallists - Australian Rowing History<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910213739/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/australian-medallists.html |archive-date=10 September 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Olympian at the [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls|2004 Athens Games]] and [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls|2008 Beijing Games]], and multiple winner at the National Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/vic/summer/200703/s1867840.htm |title=Halliday takes rowing gold at national titles. 9 March 2007. Victoria Summer News<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Marguerite Houston]] - World Champion in the Lightweight Quad Scull in 2002, and the Lightweight Double Scull in 2007 with double-partner Amber Halliday. Houston and Halliday competed together in the Lightweight Double Scull at the [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls|2008 Beijing Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beijing2008.olympics.com.au/News/Australianews/NewsArticle/tabid/223/Default.aspx?ArticleID%3D10696 |title=Archived copy |work=Official Site of the [[2008 Australian Olympic Team]] |publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]] |access-date=2009-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110702/http://beijing2008.olympics.com.au/News/Australianews/NewsArticle/tabid/223/Default.aspx?ArticleID=10696 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |df=dmy}}</ref>
*[[Chris Morgan (rower)|Chris Morgan]] - World Champion in the Quadruple Scull in 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/other-sports/australia-claims-record-medal-haul-at-world-rowing-championships-after-gold-in-mens-quad-sculls/story-e6frf56c-1226129074368 |title=Reference at www.foxsports.com.au}}</ref> and Coxed Pair in 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/gold-medal-row-for-australian-coxed-pair-at-world-championships/story-e6frep5o-1225948760026 |title=Reference at www.couriermail.com.au}} </ref> and three-time Olympian at [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athens 2008]], [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012]] and [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio 2016]].

==References==
*{{Official website|www.adelaideuniversityboatclub.com/}}
*[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/ History of Australian rowing]
*[http://www.theblacks.com.au Adelaide University Sports Association]

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[[Category:University of Adelaide]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1881]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Adelaide]]
[[Category:Rowing clubs in Australia]]
[[Category:University and college sports clubs in Australia]]