Second Trinity Boat Club
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The Second Trinity Boat Club was a short-lived rowing society at the Trinity College, Cambridge in England. Little is known about the club, as very few records survive from 2nd Trinity. 2nd Trinity was reserved for members of the clergy and theology students who were studying at Trinity, and, by 1876 the club folded due to a lack of members.
2nd Trinity competed in the early bumps races in Cambridge from 1829 until its demise in 1876, going Head of the River in 1835 and 1849.
In 1894, a group of students had claimed to have re-founded 2nd Trinity, and raced in the bumps, but the new 2nd Trinity was not recognised by the CUBC and did not race again.
One of 2nd Trinity's trophies is used to day as the main prize of the Second Trinity Challenge Sculls, a sculling race run by the current 1st & 3rd Trinity members.
An account of its history can be found at First and Third Trinity Boat Club.
