Merton College Boat Club

Merton College Boat Club
The club's boathouse (left), The right side of the boathouse belongs to Worcester college.


The blade colours (below the picture of the boathouse)
Coordinates51°44′34″N 1°14′56″W / 51.742759°N 1.248866°W / 51.742759; -1.248866 (Merton College Boat Club)
Home waterIsis
Founded1838
Key people
  • Professor Jonathan Prag (Senior Member)
  • Daniel Orton (President)
  • Denys Bystrov (Treasurer)
  • Joshua Maisuria-Hull (Men's Captain)
  • Cara Treacy (Women's Captain)
  • Victor Chu (Captain of coxes)
  • Aishia Simmons (Novice Co-Captain)
  • Liam Purchase (Novice Co-Captain)
Head of the River
  • Men: 1951
  • Women: never won
Torpids
  • Men: 1927
  • Women: 2003, 2004
UniversityUniversity of Oxford
Colours   
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code MER)
Peterhouse BC (Sister college)
Websitewww.mertoncollegeboatclub.co.uk

Merton College Boat Club (MCBC) is a rowing club for members of Merton College, Oxford. It was established in 1838 and competes every year in Torpids and Summer Eights, the intercollegiate bumps races at the University of Oxford, as well as external regattas.

The club shares a boat house with Worcester College Boat Club on Boathouse Island, on the northern bank of the Isis.