Pegasus Boat Club History

The Robinson Old Blades Society was established in 1998 by the 1997/98 RCBC committee. An inaugural dinner was held in June 1998, combined with the club’s Mays Dinner. The initial membership has grown from 8 to more than 750, and is expanding rapidly as current RCBC members graduate and older members re-establish contact.
In 2015, The Old Blades raced the Fairbairn cup for the first time, embarrassingly (for the students!) beating the 2015 men’s first boat!
In 2016 the Society was relaunched as the Pegasus Boat Club with a reformed committee. The Pegasus Boat Club aims to meet throughout the year both in Cambridge and London.

Purpose

The main aim of the Pegasus Boat Club is to support RCBC by raising money towards training, equipment and racing costs, as well as offering advice on the long-term direction of the club. Additionally, we aim to reconnect alumni with each other and RCBC through social events, and also provide a name for any alumni crews to race under, should they wish to.
 

Joining

All students who rowed in the Lent or May Bumps automatically become part of the Pegasus Boat Club. Working with the Development Office, we aim to add all alumni to the Pegasus Boat Club email list shortly after graduation. If you are not receiving emails from the club, please contact the Development Office.

To become a Pegasus Boat Club donor, sign up to a regular gift (monthly, quarterly or annual) according to your means using this online form or downloadable form, or call the Development Office on 01223 339037.

Pegasus Boat Club Committee

The Pegasus Boat Club Committee exists to lead the technical advice, financial and social objectives of the Pegasus Boat Club. We aim to develop a strong technical team to provide guidance to coaches and club captains, ensure appropriate expenditure and maximum return from donations to the Old Blades Fund, and successfully arrange alumni events both in Cambridge and elsewhere to reconnect RCBC alumni with each other and the club.

We are always on the look-out for enthusiastic alumni to join the committee – if you are interested, please contact the Committee Chairs at pegasus.bc.chair@gmail.com.