The Tiffin School Boat Club (also known as TSBC) is an
amateur rowing
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club, based in
London
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, run by
Tiffin School
Tiffin School is a boys' grammar school in Kingston upon Thames, England. It has specialist status in both the performing arts and languages. The school moved from voluntary aided status to become an Academy School on 1 July 2011. Founded in 1 ...
. It is based on the
River Thames
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at
Kingston upon Thames
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on the outskirts of
Greater London in south-east England between
Kingston Bridge and
Teddington Lock
Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Historically in Middlesex, it was first built in 1810.
The limit of legal po ...
.
Rowers enjoy one of the longest and calmest stretches of rowing water in the UK; 4.81 miles (7.74km) between
Molesey Lock
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The lock was built by the City of London Corporation in 1815 and was rebuilt by the Thames Conservancy in 1906. It is the second longest on the ri ...
upstream to the south and downstream to
Teddington Lock
Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Historically in Middlesex, it was first built in 1810.
The limit of legal po ...
.
Activities
TSBC,
Kingston Rowing Club
Kingston Rowing Club (KRC) is a rowing club in England founded in 1858 and a member club of British Rowing.
The club is located on the River Thames at Kingston upon Thames, downstream and north-east of Kingston Bridge and Kingston Railway Bri ...
and
Kingston Student Rowing Club share the
boathouse located in
Canbury Gardens
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History
In ...
on the
Surrey bank, overlooking
Steven's Eyot downstream. The site lease was renewed in 2010.
In the past it has hosted the Tiffin Small Boats Head. The club also organise a biennial sponsored row from
Oxford
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to
Kingston; the "OK Row".
The current head coach at the club is Alex DiLuzio, whilst the boatman, David White, manages all the club's equipment. The club has managed in the past to qualify boats for the
Henley Royal Regatta.
The boat club usually accepts members of age groups J14 to J18 (or students in years 9 to 13). Generally, a series of tests compromising of
ergometer trials, as well as a run, sees 30 students who trial in year 9 join the boat club. However, it is generally possible for willing students to join, without trial, later on in the school. The boat club will also accept younger members if they have previous rowing or sculling experience. Members may also continue to participate in TSBC activities after leaving
Tiffin School
Tiffin School is a boys' grammar school in Kingston upon Thames, England. It has specialist status in both the performing arts and languages. The school moved from voluntary aided status to become an Academy School on 1 July 2011. Founded in 1 ...
.
Since 2011,
[ ] the boat club has also accepted girls from the sister school, The
Tiffin Girls' School
("Dare to be Wise")
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. It is one of the few school rowing clubs in the
state
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sector.
Honours
Henley Royal Regatta
British champions
See also
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Rowing on the River Thames
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References
External links
Tiffin School Boat Club official website*
British Rowing
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TSBC web page Tiffin School Website
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