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{{Short description|British rowing club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox rowing club
| name            = Rob Roy Boat Club
| emblem          = 
| image           = File:Cambridge boathouses - Fitzwilliam & Cambridgeshire Rowing Association.jpg
| blade_image     = File:Rob Roy Boat Club blade.jpg
| motto           = 
| location        = [[Cambridge]], England
| coordinates     = 
| home_water      = [[River Cam]]
| founded         = {{Start date|1880}} 
| former_names    =
| president       =
| captain         =
| membership      = 
| university      =
| affiliations    = [[British Rowing]] <br> boat code - ROB<br> [[Cambridgeshire Rowing Association]]
| website         = {{URL|http://www.robroyboatclub.net/}}
| events          = Cambridge Small Boats Head <br />  Cambridge Autumn Head
| distinctions    = Cambridge Town [[Bumps]] Men's Headship (1998-2006)
| notable_members = 
}}
'''Rob Roy Boat Club''', or '''Robs''', is a boat club based on the [[River Cam]] in [[Cambridge]],England, which has traditionally focused on training and racing in small boats. The club has members at all levels, from national squad through seniors and veterans to juniors and novices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/rob-roy-bc/|title=Club details|website=British Rowing}}</ref>

The club colours, blades and kit are Royal Irish Maroon and white<ref>[https://www.britishrowing.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Handbook-2020-v2-PJI-Page-57-Removed-compressed.pdf ''The Umpires' Handbook''] British Rowing, 2020: at p.46.</ref> and the club is a member of the [[Cambridgeshire Rowing Association]] and shares the boathouse with them.

== Racing ==
Club members compete at head races and regattas ranging from local events on the River Cam, through to the major national events such as [[Henley Royal Regatta]] and the National Rowing Championships, to the World Cup Regattas and World Championships.

The club also competes in the Cambridge Town [[Bumps]], which provides an enjoyable end to the summer regatta season. The first men's crew held the Headship from 1998 to 2006.

== Events ==
Rob Roy organises the Cambridge Small Boats Head which is held in early October each year (for coxed and coxless pairs, and single and double sculls), and the Cambridge Autumn Head which is held in mid October each year (for coxed and coxless fours and quads, and eights).

== History ==
The club was founded in 1880. On 5 June 1880 an item appeared in the Cambridge Chronicle as follows:
{{quote box|"A new boat club has been started by the Church Temperance Society of Cambridge and Chesterton under the name of 'Rob Roy' and it will be open to members of the various branches.
 
The following officers have been elected for the present season:  The Rev. J. Martin, president; Captain P. Going, vice president; the Rev. G.H. Ling (Corpus), treasurer: Mr Percy Talbot, secretary; Mr C.V. Key, first captain; Mr J.W. Chandler, second captain; and the Rev. A.E. Meredith, Messrs. R. Meddings, W. Stearn, E. Tredgett, H. Gautrey, J.R. Newman and S. Clayton, committee.
 
Strict temperance is to be enforced to liquors and language. Pair-oared and four-oared races have been arranged and an eight is to be entered for the Town Races."}}
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== Honours ==
=== British champions ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=70|Year
!width=400|Winning crew/s
|-
| [[1977 British Rowing Championships|1977]] || Men J16 1x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS117801202/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=e235369d|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[1978 British Rowing Championships|1978]] || Men J18 4x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS184910577/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d8f6e598|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 17 July 1978, p. 11|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[1984 British Rowing Championships|1984]] || Women J18 2x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS353603312/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1cc350ff|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[1989 British Rowing Championships|1989]] || Men L4x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501769731/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=4784adf3|title=a Special Correspondent. "Chuter to resolve selection dispute." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[1991 British Rowing Championships|1991]] || Women L2x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501867658/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a3404e7a|title="For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[1992 British Rowing Championships|1992]] || Men 2+, Women 1x, Women L1x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503330879/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d0e89336|title=Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[1995 British Rowing Championships|1995]] || Men 1x, Men L1x
|-
| [[1996 British Rowing Championships|1996]] || Men 1x, Women J18 2x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500133502/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8bc2795a|title="For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 British Rowing Championships|1997]] ||  Men J18 2x<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive|title=Full archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive|archive-date=2017-03-13}}</ref>
|-
| [[1998 British Rowing Championships|1998]] || Men 4x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500207869/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=9ca8ea5b|title="For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[2003 British Rowing Championships|2003]] || Women L1x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501617650/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5a0eda47|title="Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[2006 British Rowing Championships|2006]] || Women J18 1x, Women J16 1x<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502989923/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=00df9c9b|title="Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>
|-
| [[2007 British Rowing Championships|2007]] || Women J18 1x<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2007.html|title=2007 archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206013641/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2007.html|archive-date=2016-12-06}}</ref>
|-
| [[2008 British Rowing Championships|2008]] || Women J18 8+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html|title=2008 archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055635/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html|archive-date=2016-12-06}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 British Rowing Junior Championships|2018]] || Open J16 1x <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BRJC18-Results.pdf|title=2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results|publisher=British Rowing}}</ref> 
|-
| [[2019 British Rowing Junior Championships|2019]] || Open J18 1x, Women J16 4x <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2019/07/thrills-and-spills-at-the-2019-british-rowing-junior-championships/|title=Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships|date=21 July 2019|publisher=British Rowing}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cra-online.net/ Cambridgeshire Rowing Association]

{{United Kingdom rowing clubs}}

[[Category:Cambridge town rowing clubs]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1880]]
[[Category:Rowing clubs in Cambridgeshire]]
[[Category:Rowing clubs in England]]
[[Category:Rowing clubs of the River Cam]]