About SSBC
Sidney Sussex Boat Club is Sidney's largest and oldest society, bringing together students from all years and all backgrounds.
The club
Rowing and Cambridge go hand in hand, and SSBC gives you the chance to see what it's all about. We welcome rowers and coxes of all abilities: Michaelmas term is spent training novices, most of whom have never stepped into a boat before, to row or cox.
There is no membership fee, so SSBC is open to everyone. We love seeing students try a new skill and represent Sidney on and off the river.
Racing
Novice crews race Queens' Ergs (an indoor rowing competition), Emma Sprints (a 500m side-by-side race) and the Fairbairn Cup, an endurance head race at the end of the first term.
Senior crews race the famous Lent and May Bumps: a high-adrenaline race where boats line up one after another, each aiming to catch the boat ahead while avoiding the one behind. The club also races off the Cam, including the Head of the River Race on the Thames.
Sidney was the best-performing boat club on the Cam, moving up a total of 14 places in the starting order and winning the Pegasus Cup.
Off the water
SSBC has a packed social calendar: dinners with your crew, club-wide socials, "swaps" with other boat clubs, a Boat Club Dinner in the College Dining Hall at the end of every term, and a garden party to end the year.
History and results
For the club's history, see Sidney Sussex Boat Club on Wikipedia. Bumps charts and results for every college are published by CUCBC, the Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs.
