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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Current_blades.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Image showing the rowing club's blade colours" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Current_blades.svg/200px-Current_blades.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Current_blades.svg/300px-Current_blades.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Current_blades.svg/400px-Current_blades.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="199" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a>, Yorkshire, England, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Home water</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/River_Ouse,_Yorkshire" title="River Ouse, Yorkshire">River Ouse</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">1852<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1852</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Membership</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">80</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">University</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/York_St_John_University" title="York St John University">York St John University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/British_Rowing" title="British Rowing">British Rowing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://ysjsu.com/activities/boatclub">https://ysjsu.com/activities/boatclub</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>York St. John University Boat Club</b> (YSJBC) has a history beginning in 1852, eleven years after the founding of the institution where it is based. YSJ BC is notable for being the longest standing club of the university and has an affiliation to <a href="/wiki/British_Rowing" title="British Rowing">British Rowing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-YSJBCARA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YSJBCARA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club has Men's and Women's squads and is one of the many clubs of the <a href="/wiki/York_St_John_Students%27_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="York St John Students' Union">York St John Students' Union</a>. The majority of members learn to row on arrival at university. YSJBC welcomes students, alumni and staff to participate in the club.<sup id="cite_ref-YSJBCARA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YSJBCARA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The boathouse is based beside the <a href="/wiki/River_Ouse,_Yorkshire" title="River Ouse, Yorkshire">River Ouse</a>, opposite <a href="/wiki/York_City_Rowing_Club" title="York City Rowing Club">York City Rowing Club</a> between <a href="/wiki/Lendal_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Lendal Bridge">Lendal Bridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Scarborough_Bridge,_York" title="Scarborough Bridge, York">Scarborough Railway Bridge</a> next to the <a href="/wiki/Museum_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum Gardens">Museum Gardens</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boathouse_and_facilities">Boathouse and facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=York_St_John_University_Rowing_Club&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boathouse and facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The club's boathouse sits on 21 km of row-able water, on the <a href="/wiki/River_Ouse,_Yorkshire" title="River Ouse, Yorkshire">River Ouse</a>; it is approximately 12 km downstream from 'The Split' (where the Nidd and Ouse meet, but where on approaching from York the rivers 'split') and 9 km upstream from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Naburn_Lock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naburn Lock (page does not exist)">Naburn Lock</a>. The stone and concrete boathouse nestles into land adjacent to the Museum Gardens. The building replaced the wooden boathouse at the bottom of Marygate in York during an early heyday for the club in the 1960s at the request of the then St John's College Principal, Canon Lamb, by the George Pace firm of architects, who also refurbished the College Chapel and built a new Chapel in 1966. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Racing">Racing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=York_St_John_University_Rowing_Club&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Racing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The club competes at a number of <a href="/wiki/Regatta" class="mw-redirect" title="Regatta">regattas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Head_race" title="Head race">head races</a> throughout the academic year (September - August). Prior to Christmas the club's main focus is <a href="/wiki/University_rowing_(UK)#BUCS" class="mw-redirect" title="University rowing (UK)">BUCS</a> competition and the York Small Boats Head.<sup id="cite_ref-York_Small_Boats_Head_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-York_Small_Boats_Head-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These events provide developing crews with the academic year's first taste of inter-university competition and the beginner crews with the first chance to apply what they have learnt in race conditions. The club also sends its athletes to the <a href="/wiki/British_Indoor_Rowing_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="British Indoor Rowing Championships">National Indoor Rowing Championships</a>. </p><p>After Christmas, the club enters a number of events during the continuing head season. These include Durham Small Boats Head<sup id="cite_ref-Durham_Small_Boats_Head_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durham_Small_Boats_Head-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a Varsity match against the University of York Boat Club.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2010 the club has entered the women's and men's Head of the River Races too. Following further training in the Easter vacation the summer sees attendance at the York Spring Regatta,<sup id="cite_ref-York_Spring_Regatta_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-York_Spring_Regatta-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the BUCS Regatta and other regional regattas such as Doncaster, Durham, Bradford, Tees and York Summer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kit_and_blades">Kit and blades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=York_St_John_University_Rowing_Club&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Kit and blades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:York_St_John_Rowing_Club_blade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="a rowing blade with green, gold and black chevrons on a white background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/York_St_John_Rowing_Club_blade.jpg/220px-York_St_John_Rowing_Club_blade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/York_St_John_Rowing_Club_blade.jpg/330px-York_St_John_Rowing_Club_blade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/York_St_John_Rowing_Club_blade.jpg/440px-York_St_John_Rowing_Club_blade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption>A previous blade design</figcaption></figure> <p>Club members race in a tri-colour kit.<sup id="cite_ref-YSJBCKit_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YSJBCKit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is Royal Blue and Sky Blue and White side stripes. In addition to this, the vast majority of the club own numerous other items of kit including the ubiquitous splash jacket<sup id="cite_ref-YSJBCKit_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YSJBCKit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A rowing splash jacket is a wind and splash proof, ventilated, long-sleeved jacket that is designed for rowing and bankside activity. The Club crest is similar to the <a href="/wiki/York_St_John_University" title="York St John University">York St John University</a> crest but includes two rowing blades with the blade colours. </p><p>The current blades are Sky Blue with a Royal Blue 'Y" representing the geographical location of the club, York. The previous blades were white with three chevrons; bottle green, gold and black (green nearest the blade tip) on a white background.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=York_St_John_University_Rowing_Club&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_rowing_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="University rowing (UK)">University rowing (UK)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=York_St_John_University_Rowing_Club&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-YSJBCARA-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-YSJBCARA_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-YSJBCARA_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishrowing.org/clubs/york-st-john-university-rc">"York St John University Rowing Club affiliation"</a>. 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