PRIZES AWARDED BY KCBC
In addition to the one existing prize (the Oscar Browning Sculls) and in order to
foster internal competition and excellence the Club in 1997 created a number of internal
prizes which aim to cover the width and depth of talent and dedication in the Club.
The senior level will be covered by the Browning Sculls (for the
best sculler of the year), the Arnhold Ergometer Championships, and the
Cadbury and Gill Medals (for the year's most
successful men's and women's crews respectively). Developing talent will be rewarded by
the Stonehart Novice Shield (for the best novice of the year),
whilst those dedicated to the Club without actually moving an oar, may be presented with
the Saunders Cup. All internal KCBC prizes except the Saunders Cup
are restricted to current and active members of the Boat Club.
| Recipients | The Cup |
- The Christopher Saunders Cup is a prize founded in 1997 and honouring its first
recipient, Christopher Saunders, whose dedication and service to the Boat Club beginning
the late 1940s and lasting over several decades as coach, adviser, fund-raiser and the
first Steering Committee Chairman was second to none. It may be awarded to anyone whose
service and dedication to King's College Boat Club has been exceptionally great and well
above and beyond the call of duty.
- Candidates for the prize may be proposed and seconded at any time to the Boat Club
Secretary and the Steering Committee Chairman by any current member of the Boat Club and /
or the Alumni Association.
- The prize shall be awarded if the candidate is confirmed by the Men's and Women's
Captains, the Honorary President, and the Steering Committee Chairman. If the proposed
recipient holds any of the above posts, the Provost shall provide final confirmation.
- The prize shall be awarded by either the Honorary President or the Men's or Women's
Captain (in the absence of the President) at the May Bumps Supper.
- There shall be no restriction on the number of prizes that can be awarded in any one
year, but the prize(s) may only be awarded in years in which a suitably deserving
candidate can be found.
- The prize shall consist of a tankard carrying the College or Boat Club crest and with
the words "K.C.B.C." and "Saunders Cup" as well as the name of the
recipient and the year of the award inscribed on it. The recipient may keep the prize.
- The name of the recipient shall be entered onto an honours board to be displayed at the
boathouse.
| Recipients | The Sculls |
- The Oscar Browning Sculls are a prize presented by Oscar Browning in 1880 and revived by
H.G. Marshall in 1954. They are awarded annually to the best sculler of the academic year.
- The winner of the prize shall be decided by races, the format of which shall be decided
by the Captains each year. If the Captain(s) are entering the race, the Honorary President
shall decide upon the race format.
- The prize shall be awarded at the May Bumps Supper by the oldest member of the Alumni
Association present.
- The name of the winner shall be engraved on the box containing the Sculls. The box and
Sculls shall be displayed in the trophy cabinet. The winner may not keep the Sculls, but
shall receive a silver medal carrying the words "Oscar Browning Sculls" as well
as the name of the recipient sculler and the year of the award inscribed on it.
- The name of the recipient shall be entered onto an honours board to be displayed at the
boathouse.
| Recipients | The Trophy | Current Standings |
- The Gerard Arnhold Ergometer Championship is a prize founded in 1994 and honouring
Gerard Arnhold, a Kingsman who rowed in the 1930s and subsequently became one of the Boat
Club's major benefactors. It is awarded to the oarsman and oarswoman having achieved the
academic year's best 2000m time on an ergometer.
- The prize shall be awarded at the May Bumps Supper by the Men's Captain for the men's
prize, and by the Women's Captain for the women's prize.
- The prize shall consist of a suitable trophy plate carrying the words
"K.C.B.C." and "Men's Gerard Arnhold Ergometer Champion" or
"Women's Gerard Arnhold Ergometer Champion" as well as the year of the award.
The winner may keep the prize.
- The names of both recipients shall be entered onto an honours board to be displayed at
the boathouse.
| Recipients | The Medal | Current Standings |
- The Adrian Cadbury Medal is a prize founded in 1997 and honouring Adrian Cadbury, a
Kingsman and 1952 Men's Blue and Helsinki Olympics oarsman. It is awarded to all crew
members of the most successful men's crew of the academic year.
- The most successful crew shall be determined by a points system. 3 points shall be
awarded for every position gained in the bumps as well as every win in a regatta or head
race (including those held in Cambridge). 2 points shall be awarded for every second place
in a regatta or head race (including those held in Cambridge). 1 point shall be awarded
for every day rowed over as well as every third place in a regatta or head race (including
those held in Cambridge). 3 points shall be deducted for every position lost in the bumps.
- Points shall be awarded to crews per term and may not be accumulated over two or
three terms. This means that crews may not add up their wins and bumps of the academic
year, but enter the competition as, for example 'Michaelmas University Fours crew', 'Lent
Men's 2nd eight', 'Easter Men's 1st eight', or 'Easter KCBC pairs crew' etc.
- Provided it has achieved a minimum of 8 points, the crew with the highest
number of points in any one of the three terms of the academic year shall be awarded the
prize. If two crews have accumulated the same number of points, the crew with the highest
position in the Lent or May bumps shall be the winner.
- The medal shall be awarded in bronze for 8 or 9 points, in silver for 10 or 11 points,
and in gold for 12 or more points.
- The prize shall be awarded at the May Bumps Supper by either the Honorary President or
the most senior member of the Steering Committee present (in the absence of the
President).
- The prize shall consist of a medal carrying the words "K.C.B.C." and
"Adrian Cadbury Medal" as well as the name of the crew and the year of the award
inscribed on it. All oarsmen and coxes of the winning crew shall receive the prize which
they may keep. Upon the discretion of the Men's Captain, substitutes and coaches
instrumental in winning the prize may also be awarded the medal.
The Kirsty Gill Medal for the year's most successful women's
crew.
| Recipients | The Medal | Current Standings |
- The Kirsty Gill Medal is a prize founded in 1997 and honouring Kirsty Gill, a King's
women's Blue and CUWBC President of 1993/94. It is awarded to all crew members of the most
successful women's crew of the academic year.
- The prize shall be decided, awarded and designed as the Adrian Cadbury Medal.
- The inscription on the medal shall be "K.C.B.C" and "Kirsty Gill
Medal" as well as the name of the crew and the year of the award.
| Recipients | The Chalice |
- The Paul Stonehart Novice Chalice is a prize presented in 1997 to the Boat Club by Paul
Stonehart, who rowed and coached for King's from 1959 to 1962 and subsequently became one
of the Club's major benefactors. It is awarded to the best novice of the academic year.
The chalice was made in London in 1915 and was originally presented to Paul Stonehart's
father who was a sprinter.
- The winner of the prize shall be decided by the Men's and Women's Captain and the Men's
and Women's Novice Coaching Co-ordinators, assisted by the Steering Committee Chairman and
the Honorary President.
- The prize shall be awarded at the Lent Bumps Supper by either the Men's Captain if the
recipient is an oarsman, or by the Women's Captain if the recipient is an oarswoman.
- The name of the winner shall be engraved on the Stonehart Chalice which shall be
displayed in the trophy cabinet. The winner may not keep the Chalice, but shall receive a
suitable shield carrying the College or Boat Club crest and with the words
"K.C.B.C." and "Stonehart Novice Shield" as well as the name of the
recipient and the year of the award inscribed on it. The winner may keep the shield.
- The name of the recipient shall be entered onto an honours board to be displayed at the
boathouse.
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