OPEN DAYS

Visit us and our facilities on our open days to get a feel for whether UBBC is the right club for you; with information about guaranteed offers and scholarships.

Upcoming Dates

25th October 2025

Please get in touch with our Recruitment Officer Sam Deacon at recruitment.ubbc@gmail.com to book onto one of this year's open days.


Since 2021, UBBC has hosted up to two open days per year, allowing prospective students to gain an insight into Bristol's rowing programme. Attendees will be able to join our current squads on the water and visit our land training facilities, as well as university buildings. Our open days are also a fantastic opportunity to meet our friendly squad members and coaches, and to ask any questions you may have about the club and the university.


SCHEDULE

ARRIVAL 12PM

OFF THE WATER BY 3PM

Arrive at Saltford Rowing Centre (BS31 3EZ) for a water session with the senior squads, led by Ed Bloomfield (Head Coach)

Guaranteed Offers & Scholarships

Doing your UCAS applications and thinking about joining UBBC? We would love to hear from you!

Here at UBBC we offer a variety of means to aid people through the UCAS process, with our main one being the ability to give out guaranteed offers! We have a certain amount of these guaranteed offers to give to individuals who have shown strong interest in Bristol being their number 1 University choice, and display levels of rowing performance that we would love to have here at the boat club. For those applying to medicine, this is slightly different, with the ability to give guaranteed interviews.

We also offer a sports scholarship. This scholarship gives the chance to be a part of the university’s multidisciplinary performance team, with approximately 40 athletes across all the sports. Our Olympic weight-lifting gym, sets of telemetry and access to USP boats provides the opportunity to engage in a performance standard and further your training. We offer access to top performance specialists, such as nutritionists, psychologists, physios and our dedicated strength and conditioning coaches, as well as personal funding and the ability to spend camps with like-minded athletes!