St John's College Boat Club, Oxford (SJCBC) is a rowing club part of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in 1863.
The St John's College Boat Club colours are a white shield with blue cross upon a navy blue background. The Men's 1st boats race in all-white uniform with blue trim and the 2nd crews compete in all-blue with white trim. The Women's boats race in all-black with blue trim. The Boat Club flag consists of a lamb carrying a flag atop a navy blue cross set against a white background. The symbol of the lamb and flag is that of St John the Baptist, after whom the college was named.
Founed in 1862, the club was a regular competitor at the Henley Royal Regatta and won the Ladies' Challenge Plate in 1909, defeating First Trinity, Cambridge in the final.
In 1933, a group of undergraduates from the St Johns College Boat Club who were members of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists were involved in the ceremonial burning of a page of the Oxford Union minute book. The page in question recorded the vote on 9 February 1933 in favour of a motion "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country."
The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in the The Boat Race.
Men's boat race
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