Upper Thames Rowing Club
British rowing club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British rowing club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It has a large clubhouse at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course of Henley Royal Regatta. The club was established in 1963.[2]
Location | Henley-on-Thames, UK |
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Coordinates | 51.5457°N 0.895°W |
Home water | Hambledon Lock, River Thames |
Founded | 1963 |
Affiliations | British Rowing boat code: UTC |
Website | www |
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Notable members | |
Maj. -Gen. Roy Wood,[1] Sir Steve Redgrave, Guin Batten, Miriam Batten |
In 1964 the club entered its first crew for Henley Royal Regatta in the Thames Cup. The crew was composed of:
One of the earliest crews to enter for the World Veteran Rowing Championships (the World Masters Regatta) was a coxless four from Upper Thames comprising Peter Sutherland, Sid Rand, Derek Thurgood and Glynne Davies in the early 1970s.
A number of renowned oarsmen have passed through the club membership, including many World and Olympic medalists. In 2014 two crews won the club's first trophies at Henley. They were:
Year | Winning crew/s |
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1977 | Women J18 4+ [3] |
1983 | Women 4x [4] |
1990 | Men 4x[5] |
1991 | Women J18 1x[6] |
1992 | Men lightweight 2-[7] |
1994 | Men 1x, Women lightweight 2-[8] |
1997 | Women lightweight 4- [9] |
1998 | Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- [10] |
1999 | Women L4-[11] |
2000 | Women 8+[12] |
2001 | Men J16 4+[13] |
2002 | Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x[14] |
2003 | Women L2x, Men J16 2x[15] |
2004 | Open J16 2x[16] |
2005 | Women J18 2x[17] |
2007 | Open L4x, Women U23 1x[18] |
2012 | Open L1x, Women 4+[19] |
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