Magdalen College Boat Club - Oxford | UK Rowing Clubs | Row HQ

Magdalen College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Magdalen College, Oxford. Founded in 1859, it is based on the Isis at Boathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, and is affiliated to British Rowing.

Any undergraduate or postgraduate member of Magdalen can join as a rower or cox. The club's main inter-college programme centres on Torpids in Hilary term and Summer Eights in Trinity term, the two Oxford bumps regattas.

The club shares a boathouse built in 1939 with Linacre, Lady Margaret Hall and Trinity. Selection for Magdalen's first eight in either Torpids or Summer Eights earns the right to wear the club's red blazer; the club also awards named ties, necklaces and bracelets for specified first- and second-boat representation.

Magdalen's men's first eight was Head of the River at Summer Eights for four consecutive years from 2004 to 2007, then took the Torpids headship in 2008. The women's first Torpid became Head in 2010 and retained the position through 2013, before the women's side regained the headship in 2016.

The recorded Henley Royal Regatta honours include the Grand Challenge Cup in 1910, 1911, 1920 and 1921, along with multiple Stewards', Visitors', Diamond Sculls and Silver Goblets wins. The club history also records two Olympic gold medallists and a long record of supplying rowers to the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races.

The club's racing calendar includes Christ Church Regatta, Torpids and Summer Eights, while its support network has also promoted alumni and sponsor involvement around those events.