Imperial College Boat Club is the

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club for

Imperial College Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

and has its boat house on the

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on the

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embankment,

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. It was founded in 1919. The alumni also run a boat club which is known as the Queen's Tower Boat Club and both crews occasionally row together as a composite in competition.

History

The boat club was housed from 1919 in

Thames Rowing Club The Thames Rowing Club (TRC) is a rowing club based on the tidal Thames as it flows through the western suburbs of London. The TRC clubhouse stands on Putney Embankment. The club was founded in 1860. As at July 2022, Thames had won events at ...

but has had its own

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since 1938. The club has been successful in competitions, with many wins at

Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thr ...

including in 2013 with victory in The Prince Albert Challenge Cup event. The club has been home to numerous National Squad oarsmen and women and is open to all rowers not just students of Imperial College London. The Gold medal winning GB 8+ at the 2000

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had been based at Imperial College's recently refurbished boathouse and included 3 alumni of the college along with their coach Martin McElroy. 2010 Henley Royal Regatta IMG 8010 (4761045682)

2010 Henley Royal Regatta IMG 8010 (4761045682)

Coaching

The most well-known of Imperial College Boat Club's coaches is

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. Bill is a former Olympic oarsman himself and for many years was head coach and director of rowing at Imperial College Boat Club. In that time he was responsible for numerous

and

Henley Women's Regatta Henley Women's Regatta, often abbreviated to "HWR" or "Women's Henley", is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. Chris Aistrop and Rosemary Mayglothling were jointly responsible for setting up the Regatta in June 1988 and Aistrop w ...

wins. He coached athletes at the club from novices up to international and developed the club substantially during his time in charge. Until 2008, the head coach was Simon Cox who, after taking over from Simon Dennis in 2005, went on to coach the

winning crew in 2006, before taking up a position with Swiss Rowing. His replacement was Olympic Gold Medallist Steve Trapmore who coached the club until September 2010, when he moved on to coach

Cambridge University Boat Club The Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC) is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England. The club was founded in 1828 and has been located at the Goldie Boathouse on the River Cam, Cambridge since 1882. Nowadays, training primari ...

. Don McLachlan took over from 2010 until leaving in April 2013 to become lead coach at Rowing Ireland, just before the club won

again a few months later.

Major event wins and international competition

References

External links

Imperial College London Boat Club

IC Empire (archive from 2001–2003)
{{United Kingdom rowing clubs 1919 establishments in England Sports clubs established in 1919 Clubs and societies of Imperial College London Tideway Rowing clubs Boathouses in the United Kingdom University and college rowing clubs in the United Kingdom Rowing clubs of the River Thames

History

Coaching

Major event wins and international competition

See also

References

External links