Cambridge Links

The KCS boathouse is used by Cambridge University Boatclub each year as their base for preparing for the Boat Race. This gives great benefit to our crews. Not only do they get a chance to observe at close quarters some of the best rowers in the country both during training and at the Boat Race, but they also form a special relationship with Cambridge University BC.

There have been fifteen rowing Blues won by Old Boys, eleven for Cambridge and four for Oxford. These have included Thomas Lewis, who was President of the Cambridge crew when the only dead heat was recorded, in 1877. The most recent have been Guy Blanchard who rowed in the successful 1990 Oxford crew, and Russell Slatford who coxed the winning Cambridge boat in 1995. Doug Perrin has been president of the Cambridge Lightweights and rowed for Great Britain at U23 level.