men's crew continue to be successful, retaining both the Lents and Mays Headship in 2012 and maintained their winning streak in side by side racing by beating Pembroke College, Oxford at the Henley Boat Races. During the May bumps of 1998, the top 3 men's crews and the top 3 women's crews all secured the awarding of Blades by bumping up on each of the 4 days with the men's 1st VIII finishing Head of the River. This 'clean sweep' of the top 6 boats being awarded their "Blades" has not happened previously, or since. The men's first boat lost the Mays headship in 2016 to Maggie, and the Lents in 2017, also to Maggie. The women's first boat is currently second in Mays and thirteenth in Lents. Caius Boat Club has a strong tradition of encouraging its athletes to trial for the university boat club CUBC (and formerly CULRC and CUWBC). In 2014 there were Caians in both the men and women's Blue Boat, Goldie, the CUWBC Lightweight boat and the men's lightweight spare pair. Notable alumni Josh West, Olympic silver medalist Alison Mowbray, Olympic silver medalist Melissa Wilson, Current GB rower Matt Francis, Current CUBC rower Alumni club There exists a club for members who have left the college called Gonville Boat Club. Although GBC is primarily a recreational club, it occasionally enters regattas and sometimes races the current CBC 1st men's VIII. In 2008 a GBC crew took to the water with a total of 28 Cambridge headships between them. Honours Henley Royal Regatta References External links CUCBC at Cambridge University Combined Boat Club Caius Boat Club Rowing clubs of the University of Cambridge Organisations of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Sports clubs established in the 1820s 1827 establishments in England Rowing clubs in Cambridgeshire Rowing clubs in England Rowing clubs of the River Cam