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2005 British Rowing Championships
The 2005 British Rowing Championships known as the National Championships at the time, were the 34th edition of the National Championships, held from 15–17 July 2005 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers. Senior Medal summary Lightweight Medal summary U 23 Medal summary Coastal Medal summary Junior 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] |
Marlow Rowing Club
Marlow Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames in England, on the southern bank of the Thames at Bisham in Berkshire, opposite the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire just beside Marlow Bridge and on the reach above Marlow Lock. Founded in 1871, it is one of the main rowing and sculling centres in England. Members of the club have represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and World Championships. History The local football club Marlow F.C. was founded at a dinner at Compleat Angler Hotel in 1870. At a football club dinner at the Angler, members decided that what the town needed next was a rowing club, and further meetings were held to found one, which happened on 16 May 1871. Rowing was already established in the town, and the Marlow Regatta, a separate organisation to the rowing club, had been running since around 1855. Initially the club had no home and rowers sheltered under Marlow Bridge on the Buckinghamshire side, but when the freeholder died in 1888 they had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Edward's School Boat Club
St Edward's School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based at St Edwards School Boathouse on Godstow Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire. It is the rowing club belonging to St Edward's School, Oxford (also known as Teddies). History Rowing is one of the sports available for pupils as an extracurricular activity at the School. Old St Edwards or OSE (former pupils) have their own rowing club called the Martyrs. The club is responsible for the founding of the National Schools' Regatta which was first raced in 1947 as the "Colts and Third Eights Regatta". A teacher called Desmond Hill who was responsible for the rowing at the School invited teams from Shrewsbury, Bedford and Radley to race against St. Edwards in Godstow. The club has won the coveted 'Triple' (Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, the Queen Mother Cup at the National Schools' Regatta and the Schools' Head of the River Race) on one occasion in 1984. Honours National champions Key *M men, O op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Roy Boat Club
Rob Roy Boat Club, or Robs, is a boat club based on the River Cam in Cambridge, UK, which has traditionally focused on training and racing in small boats. The club has members at all levels, from national squad through seniors and veterans to juniors and novices. The club colours, blades and kit are Royal Irish Maroon and white British Rowing, 2020: at p.46.and the club is a member of the Cambridgeshire Rowing Association. History The club was founded in 1880, making it one of the older clubs in |
Durham Amateur Rowing Club
Durham Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Wear, based at City Boathouse, Green Lane, Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham. History The club was founded in 1860 and is affiliated to British Rowing British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA), is the national governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor and on-water rowing). It is responsible for the training and selection of individual rowers and crews representi .... The original boathouse was built in 1897 near Prebends Bridge and this existed until 1970 when a second boathouse was constructed on the current site. On 14 September 2007 the boathouse was rebuilt. The club has produced multiple British champions. Honours British champions References Sport in Durham, England Sport in County Durham Rowing clubs in England Rowing clubs of the River Wear Durham, England {{rowing-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headington School Oxford Boat Club
Headington School Oxford Boat Club (HSOBC for short) is a rowing club on the River Thames currently based in rented premises at St Edwards School Boathouse on Godstow Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire. It is the rowing club belonging to Headington School. History The club was founded in 1991. In June 2019 the club was given planning permission to build their own boat house on a new site called Maddy Moorings, on the High Street near Long Wittenham at coordinates . Honours National champions Key *W women, +coxed, -coxless, x sculls, J junior, 18 16, 15, 14 age group National Schools' Regatta Henley Royal Regatta See also *Rowing on the River Thames The Thames is one of the main rowing rivers in Europe. Dorney Lake between Slough and Windsor, Berkshire is an international Cup, standard-distance rowing lake besides the Thames, and hosts the three main annual entry regattas for Henley: sti ... References {{United Kingdom rowing clubs Sport in Oxfordshire Sport in Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guin Batten
Guin Batten (born 27 September 1967) is a British rower. She won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull with her elder sister Miriam Batten, Gillian Lindsay and Katherine Grainger. Guin was a member of the Southampton University Boat Club whilst she studied at the University of Southampton. In 2003, she set the record for the fastest solo crossing of the English Channel in a rowing shell (Olympic Class) and became the first solo female crossing, in a time of 3 hours and 14 minutes. This was eight minutes faster than the men's record set by her friend Bob Gullett on the same trip. On 3 June 2012, Guin was amongst the rowers (with her sister) on the Gloriana (barge) with the Olympic Torch at the start of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. She is a member of Thames Rowing Club, Upper Thames Rowing Club and Leander Club, a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Globe Rowing Club
Globe Rowing Club is a rowing club in Greenwich in the South East of London, England. Established in 1923, the club house and boat house are based on Crane Street in the historic centre of Greenwich, as part of the Trafalgar Rowing Trust. Its crews use the River Thames and the London Regatta Centre at the Royal Docks for water outings. The club admits male and female rowers of all ages, but is particularly known for its high performance junior programme. History The rowing club was originally established at J. Stone & Co's engineering works in Deptford's Arklow Road and was called Stones Rowing Club, with membership restricted to company employees. In the first years after the club was established, the boats used were heavy Clinker fours, hired from local waterman in East Greenwich and were used mainly on Sunday mornings. This was found to be cost prohibitive and, in time, the club applied to Stone's engineering works for a grant to purchase new equipment. This was refused, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club
Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club (MAABC) is a rowing club based on the River Thames, close to Chiswick Bridge in Chiswick, West London and has produced multiple national champions. Location The MAABC boathouse is situated next door to the Quintin Boat Club which itself is part of the University of Westminster Boathouse and is undergoing refurbishment due to finish in 2022. History Although established in 1984 it has much older roots which features a series of mergers from eight clubs. In 1877 the Mortlake Rowing Club was founded and the following year the Anglian Boat Club was founded, these two clubs merged in 1962 to form the Mortlake Anglian Boat Club. Two clubs called the Bedford Park Rowing Club and the Barnes Bridge & District Rowing Club merged to form the Chiswick Rowing Club and they later merged with the 1962 Mortlake Anglian Boat Club becoming the Mortlake Anglian & Chiswick Boat Club. Finally in 1984 the Alpha Women's Boat Club (which was formed in 1927) merged wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Thames Rowing Club
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. History In 1964 the club entered its first crew for Henley Royal Regatta in the Thames Cup. The crew was composed of: * Kevin O' Sullivan at bow (Eton Excelsior) * Alan Smiter (also Eton Excelsior and the Club's first captain) * Bill Rawson (Reading R.C.) * Charles Hawtrey (a First and Third man from Cambridge) * John Wingfield (Jesus College, Cambridge) * David Neal (Henley R.C.) * Hugh Cochrane (Reading R.C.) * David Mayers stroke (Shrewsbury and Clare College, Cambridge) * J Hooper (Marlow R.C.) as cox 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 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidenhead Rowing Club
Maidenhead Rowing Club is a rowing club, on the River Thames in England at Maidenhead, Berkshire. The clubhouse is on the reach above Bray Lock on the Maidenhead bank of the Thames between Maidenhead Railway Bridge and Maidenhead Bridge. The club regularly races at local and national events with considerable success. The club's colours are Brunswick green and white, and its symbol is a five-pointed star. There is also a coat of arms used on the club's blazer badges, which features a shield with a five-pointed star on one half, and a 'Maiden's head' on the other half, with a pair of crossed oars and arm above it, and the words 'Manu Forti' ("strong arm") below it. History Early years The earliest record of rowing in Maidenhead is from July 5, 1839, where a regatta was held on the Cliveden Reach several weeks after the first-ever Henley Regatta. Two boats from Maidenhead competed for the Town Cup for four-oared boats - the 'Star' and the 'Lady of the Lake'. The following year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Women's Boat Club
Oxford University Women's Boat Club (OUWBC) is the rowing club for female rowers (and coxes of either sex) who are students at the University of Oxford. The club was founded in 1926 and is now based in Wallingford at the Fleming Boat House, along with OUBC, OUWLRC and OULRC. The training season runs from September through to July, with the major event, the Women's Boat Race against Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (CUWBC), happening in March or April. Up until 2015 the Women's Boat Race had taken place over 2000m as part of the Henley Boat Races on the Henley Reach. In 2015, for the first time, the Women's Boat Race took place on the 6.8 km Championship Course on the Tideway, and was televised on the BBC alongside the Men's Boat Race. History The original challenge between the Oxford and Cambridge University boat clubs was issued in 1829. As a result, two men's eights raced on the river at Henley-on-Thames. In 1836 the race was moved to the Tideway in Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
