St Antony's College Boat Club (commonly abbreviated to SABC) is a rowing club for members of St Antony's College, which is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. We train all year round on the Isis and compete in regattas in and outside Oxford. We are opened to members of St Antony's College, irrespective of experience.

Prospective Members

Any member of St Antony's College is welcome to join the boat club, irrespective of experience. If you're interested join us on facebook an go there and fill in the form!

Old Members

Rowed or coxed for SABC before? Join the SABC Society for details of events, newsletters and more!

Contact Details

For general Boat Club enquiries e-mail ofni.synotnats@bulctaob

Alternatively, please write to us c/o: St Antony's College Boat Club, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6JF, UK.

Boat House

SABC rents some space at the New College and Balliol boat houses, both situated on "Boathouse Island" on the Isis. Click here for a map.

History of the Boat Club

The first St Antony's College boat, 'Winnie the Pooh', was bought from St. Catherine's in 1981 with a loan of £1000 from the College's Governing Body. The College's second boat was purchased from Worcester College, where it was named 'The Raider', in 1994. It was re-named 'The Temptation of St. Antony's' on the eve of Eights Week of the same year. A third boat was bought in 1999 with a donation from a student's father and £6000 raised by the Club over 3 years. The name of this boat is 'The Little Tinker' in recognition of the donation that made the purchase possible.

College History

St Antony's was founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of Antonin Besse of Aden, a merchant of French descent. Its role was "to be a centre of advanced study and research in the fields of modern international history, philosophy, economics and politics and to provide an international centre within the University where graduate students from all over the world can live and work together in close contact with senior members of the University who are specialists in their fields".

The College opened its doors to its first students in Michaelmas Term 1950 and received its Royal Charter in 1953. A Supplementary Charter in 1962 was granted to allow the College to admit women as well as men and in 1963 the College was made a full member of the University.