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The rowing club for students of King's College, Cambridge.

13/08/2026

Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today! 🎉

And a huge welcome to those joining King’s this October!

Whether you’re an experienced rower, have never been in a boat before, or fancy giving coxing a go, there’s a place for everyone at KCBC. No prior experience needed!

We can’t wait to meet you in Michaelmas, when we’ll be running our novice programme. Keep an eye on our page for everything you need to know from how to sign up to all the fun socials we’ve planned for you! 💜

📩 Still got questions? Drop our Captains an email at [email protected]

📸 Giorgio Divitini, Barney Laurance, & various sources at KCBC

11/08/2026

Last but definitely not least, meet our Social, Kit & Computing team for 2026/27

Gastronomic Secretary: Sophia O’Callaghan

Clothing, Equipment & Safety Officer: John Teare

Computer Officer: Urim Kim

Fun socials? Boat clubs swaps? Personalised kit? KCBC website updates? They’ve got you covered!

Gastronomic Secretary - Sophia O’Callaghan

Degree: 3rd year Classics

Strength: Fining people at BCD

Weakness: Abominable stroke rates, luck with bikes

Fun Fact: One wrote a Rowbridge with 47 likes

Clothing, Equipment & Safety Officer - John Teare

Degree: 3rd year Mathematics

Strength: Sinking pints

Weakness: Rowing skill

Fun Fact: Has never not gone wrong at BCD

Computer Officer - Urim Kim

Degree: 3rd year Natural Sciences

Strength: Can be bought off by cookies, an oat latte, or any form of food really

Weakness: Can be bought off by cookies, an oat latte, or any form of food really

Fun Fact: Can sort of juggle with one hand

10/08/2026

Meet our Club & Development team for 2026/27

Secretary: Bhav Paleti

Junior Treasurer: Daniel Sims

Steering Committee Liaison Officer: Ewan James

Alumni & Development Officer: Mingjia Yan

From keeping the Club organised and running smoothly, to working closely with the College and staying connected with our alumni community, they bring all sides of KCBC together.

Secretary - Bhav Paleti

Degree: 2nd year Economics

Strength: Putting down power

Weakness: Getting distracted by literally anything happening on the river

Fun Fact: Falling in the river when sculling for the first time

Junior Treasurer - Daniel Sims

Degree: 6th year Medicine

Strength: Nothing

Weakness: Zero watts

Fun Fact: Lost his spoon in BCD Mash

Steering Committee Liaison Officer - Ewan James

Degree: 6th year Medicine

Strength: 2 sets of blades with W1

Weakness: Having the time to row

Fun Fact: First race for KCBC was way back in November 2021

Alumni & Development Officer - Mingjia Yan

Degree: 3rd year Maths PhD student

Strength: Poling boats in Bumps

Weakness: Making bow rigged bucket boat models

Fun Fact: Got lost on the way to the BH multiple times every term

09/08/2026

Meet KCBC Vice Captains and Head Coxswain for 2026/27!

Men’s Vice Captains: James Smith & Lucas Williamson

Women’s Vice Captains: Cathy Elliott & Elin Litt

Head Coxswain: Mingjia Yan

They’ll be helping train our novices, support our lower boats, and make sure everyone has a fun and rewarding year on the water!

Men’s Vice Captain - James Smith

Degree: 3rd year NatSci

Strength: Talking while rowing & changing crews every week

Weakness: The sun & falling over

Fun Fact: Doesn’t know how he’s been allowed to coach again after last year

Men’s Vice Captain - Lucas Williamson

Degree: 2nd year History

Strength: Having a positive M1 bumps record

Weakness: Is vertically challenged

Fun Fact: Has been a drummer for 15 years

Women’s Vice Captain - Cathy Elliott

Degree: 2nd year History and Politics

Strength: The geography section of a pub quiz

Weakness: Cats on the bank, cox eye contact

Fun Fact: One by one she convinced her entire friend group to start rowing

Women’s Vice Captain - Elin Litt

Degree: 2nd year NatSci

Strength: Recognising and playing Beatles bass lines

Weakness: Putting in or taking out the boat

Fun Fact: No boat shoes will ever be small enough

Head Coxswain - Mingjia Yan

Degree: 3rd year Maths PhD student

Strength: Supplying sweets before races

Weakness: Counting while coxing, getting in and out of boats

Fun Fact: Cap got blown into the river in the first outing as a cox

08/08/2026

Meet the 2026/27 Captains leading KCBC into the new season!

Men’s Captains: Tom Pickstock

Women’s Co-Captain: Clem Semler-West
Women’s Co-Captain: Natalie Kaye

Men’s Captain - Tom Pickstock

Strength: Getting a tan and coaching the lower boats

Weakness: Height, posture and not understanding big words used by the coaches

Fun fact: Loves playing house classics at ergs

Women’s Co-Captain - Clem Semler-West

Strength: Can row both sides

Weakness: Hip flexors, alcohol tolerance

Fun fact: prefers sculling to sweeping

Women’s Co-Captain - Natalie Kaye

Strength: Loves early mornings

Weakness: First strike of bumps … (likely an air stroke)

Fun fact: Backstay broke mid-race on the Tideway

KCBC Captains 2026/27

12/07/2026

2026 May Bumps Saturday throwbacks

📸: Barney Laurance

10/07/2026

KCBC Mays BCD 2026

Pictured: O1, W1, O2, W2, O3, W3, O4 & Alumni

Nothing made the post Bumps celebrations more special than having every one of you there 💜

23/06/2026

Backs outing with our blading crew M2

Despite a sudden thunderstorm mid outing, the sun came out eventually, along with a very touching one-last-time chatdown, just as how this term has been progressing for them. It’s a crew that clicked in the end.

King's College

22/06/2026

May Bumps Day 4 Results

O1 had a solid row over after bumps three days in a row
W1 unfortunately were bumped by a fast Wolfson W1 at grassy
O2 kept their strong performance, bumping Robinson O2 and winning blades. A very successful campaign for them!
W3 got bumped by a strong Peterhouse W3
O3 were bumped by Lucy Cav O3
W3 rowed over
O4 bumped Peterhouse O5

It has been an eventful week for KCBC. The end of May Bumps marked the last chapter of rowing for this academic year. Thanks to everyone who has been part of this. No matter if you’re coming back strong after the summer holiday, finishing your journey here, or returning for a day or two, KCBC wouldn’t be KCBC without you 💜 Looking forward to what next year brings!

P.S. crews photos coming soon (currently under selection)

19/06/2026

May Bumps Day 3 Results

O1 bumped Magdalene O1 around Ditton
W1 rowed over and had three whistles on Selwyn W1
O2 bumped Lady Margaret O3 to get to the sandwich boat in Div O4 and then bumped Wolfson O2 up to Div O3
W2 rowed over in Div W5 and bumped Corpus W2 up back to Div W4
O3 got bumped by Homerton O2
W3 rowed over with two crews ahead bumping out in the first 100m
O4 bumped Robinson O3

Thanks for everyone who bankpartied, marshalled and came down to cheer for us in the heat today, means a lot!

Tomorrow marks the last day of bumps. Our 7 crews are ready to give one big final push.

Pictured: O1, W1, O2, W2, W3, O4

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