Emmanuel Boat Club

{{Short description|British rowing club}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox rowing club

| ClubName = Emmanuel Boat Club

| ClubhouseImage = Emmanuel College Boathouse Cambridge.jpg

| BladeColourImage = Emmanuel_Rowing_Blade.svg

| Emblem =

| Location = Cambridge

| Coordinates = {{coord|52|12|38.6|N|0|8|4.3|E|scale:2000_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| Founded = 1827{{cite web|last1=Goode|first1=Amanda|title=The First College Boat|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125014821/https://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/members/blog/?id=634|website=Emmanuel College Blog}}

| Motto = Fit Via Vi

| Membership = Emmanuel College, Cambridge

| HomeWater = River Cam

| Website = {{URL|http://ebc.soc.srcf.net/}}

| Affiliations = British Rowing CUCBC

}}

https://web.archive.org/web/20250125014821/https://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/members/blog/?id=634

Emmanuel Boat Club (often colloquially referred to as Emma or EBC) is the rowing club for members of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The men's 1st VIII has stayed largely in the first division of the Lent and May Bumps for the last half-century, but fell as low as 21st in the May Bumps in the 1930s, and has been as low as 28th in the Lent Bumps towards the end of the 19th century.Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827–1999 {{ISBN|0-9538475-1-9}}

In the Lent Bumps, Emmanuel men gained the headship in 1930, and although they reached 1st position in Lent Bumps 2001, they were not awarded the headship, since the last two days of the races were not completed due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom. Emmanuel did gain the headship at the May Bumps 2001, bumping {{Camb|CA}} on the second day.

The women's side of the club have been extremely successful in recent years, achieving the headship of the Lent Bumps 11 times (the first in 1988 and latest in 2009); more than any other women's boatclub, and the headship of the May Bumps 4 times (the first in 1995). Emmanuel's 1st women's VIII did not drop out of the top 3 crews at Lent Bumps between 1988 and 2005, nor the top 2 places in the May Bumps between 1994 and 2004.

In 2018 Emmanuel's first women and men will start second{{cite web|last1=Results|first1=May Bumps|title=Bumps Results | CUCBC |url=https://www.cucbc.org/bumps/results/18/4|website=CUCBC May Bumps 2017 Results}} and seventh on the river{{cite web|last1=Men's Results|first1=May Bumps|title=Bumps Results | CUCBC |url=https://www.cucbc.org/bumps/results/18/3}} respectively, as a result of both crews earning their blades in 2017. It was the second time in the club's history that the first men and women both earned blades in the same year. As of 2024, the first women were 4th on the river and the first men 6th.{{cite web|last1=Results|first1=May Bumps|title=Womens Results | CUCBC |url=https://www.cucbc.org/bumps/results/29/4|website=CUCBC May Bumps 2024 Results}}{{cite web|last1=Results|first1=May Bumps|title=Mens Results | CUCBC |url=https://www.cucbc.org/bumps/results/29/3|website=CUCBC May Bumps 2024 Results}}