ABOUT US
About Us
Edinburgh University Boat Club (EUBC) is one of the oldest boat clubs in Scotland, as well as one of the oldest and largest sports clubs within the University of Edinburgh. It was established in 1867, has raced the Scottish Boat Race against Glasgow University ever since 1877, and has gone on to produce two Olympic medallists - Dame Katherine Grainger and Polly Swann.
In 2010, Rowing became one of ten Performance Sport Programmes at the university, enabling access to top class Strength & Conditioning facilities and coaching, the FASIC Sports Injuries Clinic, sports psychologists and other support, as well as substantial investment into our fleet and equipment. Recent years have seen the boat club reach new levels of success, with numerous wins at BUCS and HWR, top ten finishes at HORR and WeHORR, and culminating in Edinburgh becoming the first and only Scottish university to win an event at Henley Royal Regatta in 2016. In 2015 the club was recognised as a British Rowing High Performance Programme, and counts various U23 World Champions among its present and former members.
With the support of British Rowing, Scottish Rowing, University of Edinburgh Sport & Exercise and the university Sports Union, as well as various alumni and other members of the EUBC community, the boat club is able to offer students the ability to not only enjoy participating in the world’s oldest varsity sport, but to also be successful in competition at local, national and international levels.