The club had a golden era from 1998 to 2007, finding itself in the top echelons of college rowing on both the men's and women's sides.

During the May Bumps 2023, Caius came scintillatingly close to repeating their unique feat of holding both the men's and women's Head of the River.

The Club saw some prominence in its early years, holding the headship in 1840, 1841 and 1844 (when only a singular bumps order existed, and there were no women at the university), but this was followed by a long drought.

The Men's crew of 2010/2011 achieved the unlikely feat of remaining unbeaten on the river Cam in eights for an entire year.

Although GBC is primarily a recreational club, it occasionally enters regattas and sometimes races the current CBC 1st men's VIII.