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__NOTOC__ Grosvenor Rowing Club is based on the Groves in Chester. It rows on the River Dee and has around 30 km of rowable river, much of which straight and broad. The club colours are dark blue and orange.


History

Grosvenor or is named in honour of the Grosvenor family who own the land on which the club is built. The club names its eights (8+s) after members of the family. The club was formed in 1869 to enable the less fortunate people of Chester to take up the sport of rowing. The club's crest states " Virtus non stemma" which translates to "Valor, not garland" or "Virtue, not pedigree" derived from the motto of the
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's Eaton Hall home (hist. Earl Grosvenor) which is their surname, which is further up the Dee. The motto also sums up the open membership of the club since its inauguration; originally contrasting to the closed membership of Royal Chester Rowing Club which was traditionally home to the alumni of the "public" independent
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. Today the rivalry is sporting rather than based on social class as both clubs have completely open membership policies. In 2019 the club celebrated its 150th anniversary and were honoured to be granted a row-past by Sir Steve Redgrave on the Saturday lunchtime of Henley Royal Regatta.


Recent results

In 2019 (the club's 150 year) Lucy Iball, in the Aspirational Single Sculls (A1x), won the Bernard Churcher Trophy at Henley Women's Regatta. She also became the club's first-ever women's sculler to qualify for Henley Royal Regatta in the Princess Royal Challenge Cup 2014 saw the Grosvenor senior women's intermediate club fours win The Lester Trophy at Henley Women's Regatta."Rowing - Grosvenor RC Celebrating"
''The Chester Chronicle'', June 2014 Grosvenor's men's 1st VIII/8+ finished 14th at the 2008
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after starting 153rd, beaten narrowly to the Jackson Trophy (One of three regional cups, namely for British non-tideway, non-Thames basin clubs) by 5 seconds by
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, Manchester who finished 11th. The latter boat was seeded in 37th place which can provide flatter water. In 2008 the men's 1st 8+ reached the quarter finals of the
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at Henley Royal Regatta emulating the club's successes at the 2007 regatta. In 2007 Grosvenor's Coxless Four (4-) which reached the semi-finals at Henley Royal Regatta in the
Wyfold Challenge Cup The Wyfold Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club. Boat clubs from any university, colle ...
. They beat
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and Sydney before knocked out by eventual winners 1829 Boat Club which is the name used for composites of CUBC and OUBC alumni clubs/divisions Crabtree BC and Bosporos RC.


Honours


British champions


See also

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 governing body.


References


External links

* http://grosvenor-rowingclub.org.uk/ {{Rowing Rowing clubs in England Sport in Chester Sports clubs established in 1869 1869 establishments in England Rowing clubs of the River Dee