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1985 British Rowing Championships
The 1985 National Rowing Championships was the 14th edition of the National Championships, held from 20–21 July 1985 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. Senior Medal summary * dead heat for first place Lightweight Medal summary Junior Medal summary Coastal Medal summary Key References {{English and British National Champions British Rowing Championships British Rowing Championships The British Rowing Championships usually take place every year. The event is held at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham) with occasional championships held at the Strathclyde Country Park. The championships original ... British Rowing Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre
Holme Pierrepont Country Park, home of The National Water Sports Centre is located in the hamlet of Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham, England and on the River Trent. It is used for many different types of sports and has recently received significant investment which has enabled a major refurbishment of existing facilities as well as introduction of new facilities. Run by Serco on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council, it was previously one of five National Sports Centres, and is a unique sporting venue set in the centre of the country. History The centre was constructed during 1970 and 1971 on a former gravel works and required the excavation of one and a half million Cubic yard, cubic yards of material. The centre opened in 1971 and won second prize in the 1972 Times/RICS Conservation Awards and was consequently chosen to host the first British Rowing Championships, National Rowing Championships in 1972. Until 2009 the centre was operated on behalf of Sport England howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of The Thames
Sons of the Thames is a rowing club in Hammersmith, London, England. It was formed in Putney in 1886 with the aim, still enshrined in its constitution, to further the sport of rowing. History Originally a tradesmen's club, thus open to those in manual work, that boated from Erith, the club by the date of its formal constitution had moved up river to Putney, boating from the Duke's Head, and then to Hammersmith. The latest move, since 2000, shares there Linden House, on the promenade known as Upper Mall, with London Corinthian Sailing Club. The sailing club enjoys a 999-year lease. The club welcomes novices and offers a Learn to Row course each summer. More experienced members and graduates moving on from university boat clubs are also very welcome and will be integrated into the training squads for Henley and other regattas. The club's official founding date is 1886, however there is evidence of crews racing under the "Sons of the Thames" name at least as far back as 1865. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University Women's Boat Club
Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (CUWBC) was the rowing club for women at the University of Cambridge. CUWBC fielded both a lightweight eight that races against Oxford at the Henley Boat Races, and two openweight eights that race at the Women's Boat Race. In April 2020 it was agreed that the club would be combined with the men's club CUBC and the lightweight men's club CULRC. History Early days of the club Women began rowing on the River Cam in the 19th century, mainly from Newnham College Boat Club, but only on a recreational level. Newnham competed against the Oxford University Women's Boat Club (OUWBC) from 1927 until 1939. For the first few "races", the two crews were not permitted to be on the river at the same time, and the winner was largely determined on style merit marks, rather than boat speed. The first side-by-side racing started in 1936. The first ''blues'' were awarded in 1941, when CUWBC raced against OUWBC. All of the rowers in 1941 were members of Newn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Ball
Kathryn Katie Ball (born 8 June 1963) is a former British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Ball began rowing as a teenager at for Broxbourne Rowing Club. She was selected for the 1979 FISA Junior Championships but fell ill and did not compete. However the following year she did row in the 1980 and 1981 FISA Junior Championships. Ball was part of the coxless fours crew, with Tessa Millar, Kareen Marwick, Kate McNicol and Sue Bailey, that won the national title rowing for the A.R.A Squad, at the 1983 National Rowing Championships which led to selection for the Great Britain team at the 1983 World Rowing Championships. She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games in the women's coxed four event. The crew of Ball, Millar, Jean Genchi, Joanna Toch Joanna Patricia Toch ( ; born 13 October 1961) is a British Olympian and a practising barrister. Sporting career Toch rowed for Great Britain in the 1979 World Rowing Junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Bond
Gillian 'Gill' Bond (born 1958), is a female former rower who competed for Great Britain and England. Rowing career Bond was introduced to rowing at the Stuart Ladies by Gill Webb. In 1978 she rowed in the pair with Julia Corbin for England at the Home International. She became part of the British training squad in 1978 and in 1981 gained success with the Lea Rowing Club. After injury in 1982 she switched to the Imperial College Boat Club. In 1983 she was selected for her first of five World Championships, competing in the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Germany. She was part of the quadruple sculls with Gillian Hodges, Steph Price and Katie Ball, that won the national title rowing for A.R.A squad, at the 1985 National Championships. There were further appearances at the World Championships in 1985 and 1986 and she represented England and won a bronze medal in the single scull, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She rowed in two more World Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Hodges
Gillian 'Gill' Hodges (born 13 August 1957) is a retired British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Hodges was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Olympic Games, where she was part of the women's eight. The team finished in fifth place She was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships and the following year she won the coxless pairs title with Lin Clark, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships and the pair repeated the success the following year at the 1983 National Rowing Championships. A second Olympic Games appearance arrived in 1984 when she formed part of the women's eight that finished in fifth place. She was part of the quadruple sculls, that won the national title rowing for A.R.A squad, at the 1985 National Championships. One year later she represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Redgrave
Ann, Lady Redgrave ( Elizabeth-Ann Callaway; born 8 February 1960) is a British surgeon and osteopath. She is the wife of British rower Sir Steve Redgrave. Rowing career Having taken up the sport in 1981, Redgrave rowed in the women's eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The team which consisted of Astrid Ayling, Alexa Forbes, Gillian Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Belinda Holmes, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Kate McNicol and Sue Bailey (cox) finished in fifth place. She was part of the coxed four with Alison Bonner, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Tish Reid, and Lesley Clare (cox), that won the national title rowing for A.R.A squad, at the 1985 National Championships and represented England and won a silver medal in the eight and a bronze medal in the four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was Chief Medical Officer to GB Rowing between 1992 and 2001 in a part-time capacity. She became GB Rowing's first full-time Medical Officer in 2009. She was elected a Stewar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Reid (rower)
Patricia Josephine Reid (born 2 March 1964) is a retired British rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Reid began rowing in 1984 for the Somerville College, Oxford second eight before progressing to Osiris (the Oxford University second eight) and the Somerville first eight. She was part of the coxed four with Alison Bonner, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Ann Callaway and Lesley Clare (cox), that won the national title rowing for A.R.A squad, at the 1985 National Championships and subsequently went to her first World Championships in Belgium. In 1986 she was the OUWBC President and rowed in the Oxford first eight and represented England winning a silver medal in the eight and a bronze medal in the coxed four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was a member of the eight that won the national title rowing for a A.R.A squad at the 1987 National Championships. She won the single sculls national title at the 1990 National Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Hunter-Jones
Sarah Hunter-Jones, married name Sarah Daniell (born 1 February 1959), is a former British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Hunter-Jones was part of the quadruple sculls, that won the national title, rowing for a Kingston and Thames composite, with Caroline Casey, Jane Cross, Bernadette Carroll and Sue Brown (cox), at the 1981 National Championships. This led to selection for the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich. In 1983 she went to her second World Championships when rowing at the 1983 World Rowing Championships at Wedau in Duisburg. The following year she was selected by Great Britain for the women's eight event at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The crew which consisted of Astrid Ayling, Ann Callaway, Alexa Forbes, Gillian Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Belinda Holmes, Kate McNicol and Sue Bailey (cox) finished in fifth place. In 1985 she won a second national title, winning the coxed four event at the 1985 National Championships and thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Bonner
Alison C. Bonner (born 27 June 1962) is a former British rower who competed the 1988 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Bonner was part of the coxed four with Sarah Hunter-Jones, Tish Reid, Ann Callaway and Lesley Clare (cox), that won the national title rowing for A.R.A squad, at the 1985 National Championships. The following year she represented England and won a silver medal in the eight, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was part of the coxless pairs with Kim Thomas that won the national title rowing for a Kingston and Weybridge Ladies composite, at the 1987 National Championships. In 1988 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's coxless pair event at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. The pair which consisted of Bonner and Thomas finished in eighth place. Academic career Bonner has been a lecturer in Celtic History in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge since 2016. She joined Queens' Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flo Johnston
Fiona Johnston (born 3 February 1966) is a British rower. She competed in the women's coxed four event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Johnston was part of the coxless pairs crew, with Belinda Holmes that won the national title rowing for a Marlow and Weybridge Ladies composite, at the 1985 National Rowing Championships. She represented England and won two silver medals in the coxless pair with Pauline Bird and the eight, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1988 she was selected for the Great Britain team at the 1988 Olympics. She competed in the women's coxed four with Joanne Gough, Kate Grose, Susan Smith and Alison Norrish finishing in sixth place. Johnston also represented Great Britain at three World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Holmes
Belinda Holmes (born 8 February 1962) is a former British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Holmes was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships. and was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A squad, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. The following year she was part of the composite quadruple sculls crew with Bev Jones, Mary Wilson, Alexa Forbes and C Grant, that won the national title, at the 1983 National Rowing Championships. She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games in the women's eight event. The crew of Ann Callaway, Alexa Forbes, Gill Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Kate McNicol Kate McNicol (born 19 July 1961) is a former British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career McNicol was part of the coxless fours crew, with Tessa Millar, Kareen Marwick, Katie Ball and Sue Baile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |