Eton Excelsior Rowing Club pubs regatta". The club’s original boat house was in King Stable Street in Eton, Berkshire, close to Windsor Bridge. The site was leased from Eton College for 150 years but in the mid-1990s, the College decided to build on the site and the club had to find a new home. For five years the club rented rack space from Eton College at Andrew’s Boat House (also used by the Army) just upstream from Boveney Lock. The club eventually found the present site which was split with Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club who were also looking for a new site at
Eton field game for his first three years in the school, and it occupies prime position in the games programme throughout the Lent Half. In 1815 Eton College documented its football rules, the first football code to be written down in Britain. In the modern era, referees are first advocated in English public school football games, notably Eton football in 1845. The positions in the field game are divided into two main groups: The "Bully" and the "Behinds". Bully The "Bully" is most aptly compared to the forwards in the game of rugby and consists of, 3 "Corners", 2 "Sideposts", 1 "Post", 1