page_title: Merton College Boat Club
hierarchical_section_title: Merton College Boat Club
context_page_description: Merton College Boat Club is a rowing club for members of Merton College, Oxford. It was established in 1838 and competes every year in Torpids and Summer Eights, the intercollegiate bumps races at the University of Oxford, as well as external regattas.
  The club shares a boat house with Worcester College Boat Club on Boathouse Island, on the northern bank of the Isis.
context_section_description: Merton College Boat Club (MCBC) is a rowing club for members of Merton College, Oxford. It was established in 1838 and competes every year in Torpids and Summer Eights, the intercollegiate bumps races at the University of Oxford, as well as external regattas.
  The club shares a boat house with Worcester College Boat Club on Boathouse Island, on the northern bank of the Isis.
caption: The club's boathouse (left) and blade colours