Welcome to King's College Boat Club

We are an entirely student-run club with over 180 years of history rowing, and the largest sports club at King’s. All King’s students are welcome to join the Boat Club: there’s a place for everyone, regardless of rowing experience or commitment. The vast majority of the Club – including the three of us – hadn’t seen a rowing boat before Cambridge, and picked up the sport during the Novice Rowing programmes running in Michaelmas and Easter Terms. If you have rowed before, we’ll find the right spot for you amongst our senior crews – from serious training programmes to the more casual “social boats”. We even have a few members who each year trial for the University team in the Boat Race against O*ford – including in 2022  King’s first men’s Blue since 1953!

With our boathouse recently refurbished in 2016, we have some of the most modern facilities in Cambridge – all a mere ten-minute cycle from the College. Off the water, the Club has a thriving social scene, with a range of events from informal crew meals and trips, to black-tie dinners at the end of every term in celebration of our achievements. It’s no surprise that so many Alumni are keen to return for these every year.