Aberdeen University Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Dee, based at S Esplanade W, Aberdeen, Scotland. The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.
History The club belongs to the University of Aberdeen and was founded in 1865. In 1881, an application for a boathouse was sent to the Finance and Fishery committee of the Harbour Board.
In 2012, the club formed University Rowing Aberdeen (URA) in partnership with the Robert Gordon University Boat Club so that both clubs could share resources, funding, and coaching.
The club has produced several national champions.
Aberdeen Universities' Boat Race The club contests the Aberdeen Universities' Boat Race against Robert Gordon University Boat Club, which has run since 1996. The race takes place along a 3.5km stretch of the River Dee. The club has won a majority of the events. It is Scotland's second oldest boat race (after the Scottish Boat Race competed between The University of Glasgow and The University of Edinburgh), and has a mixed crew, unusually for rowing. Three races are currently contested. Owing the Covid lockdowns, the 2021 boat race was downscaled, with only a single race taking place, without spectators.
Honours National champions YearWinning crew/s 2001 Men 2-, Men L4x 2004 Open Ltw 2x 2006 Women Ltw2-, Women U23 1x
Aberdeen Universities' Boat Race TeamYears Won Aberdeen University 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Robert Gordon University 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
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