St Anne's College Boat Club (SABC) is a rowing club for members of St Anne's College, Oxford. It is based on the Isis at Boathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxford.
St Anne's students have been rowing since at least the 1890s. The two earliest photographs held by the college, that of the Oxford Home-Students (the predecessor to St Anne's College) were both taken on the river. The history of SABC since then is a long path that traces the formation of St Anne's College, the acquisition of a fleet, the fundraising and construction of the Boathouse, and the rise of the first Eight's to reach 1st Division (women) and 2nd Division (men).
St Anne's students made up the many of the women who rowed in the early women's boat races which started in 1927. The first women's representative in the Boat Race was D. Morely, who rowed at the bow position in the pioneering inaugural race in 1927.
Originally the boat club was restricted to an allocated space within the St John's College boathouse. In 1985 new boathouse plans were submitted with the help of a major donation from Peter de Savary. The boathouse was subsequently built in 1989/90, on a plot next to many other University boathouses on Boathouse Island. Current president is Ben O'Donnell. The boathouse building is in three sections and shared with Wadham College Boat Club and St Hugh's Boat Club with St Annes's in the centre section.
In 2003, the club's first men's representative in the Boat Race was Matt Smith.
The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in the The Boat Race.
Men's boat race
Women's boat race