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.[1]
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| Location | Henley-on-Thames |
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| Coordinates | 51°32′45″N 0°53′42″W / 51.5457°N 0.895°W |
| Home water | Hambledon Lock, River Thames |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code: UTC |
| Website | www |
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History
editIn 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 Sutherland, Sid Rand, Derek Thurgood and Glynne Davies in the early 1970s.
A number of renowned oarsmen have passed through the club membership, including many World and Olympic medalists. In 2014 two crews won the club's first trophies at Henley. They were:
- Ed Couldwell
- Michael Nagi
- Joe Perry
- Lewis Beech
- Luke Wootton
- Graham Hall
- Sam Barnes
- Jake Davidson
- Scott Smith (cox).
Honours
editBritish champions
edit| Year | Winning crew/s |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Women J18 4+ [2] |
| 1983 | Women 4x [3] |
| 1990 | Men 4x[4] |
| 1991 | Women J18 1x[5] |
| 1992 | Men lightweight 2-[6] |
| 1994 | Men 1x, Women lightweight 2-[7] |
| 1997 | Women lightweight 4- [8] |
| 1998 | Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- [9] |
| 1999 | Women L4-[10] |
| 2000 | Women 8+[11] |
| 2001 | Men J16 4+[12] |
| 2002 | Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x[13] |
| 2003 | Women L2x, Men J16 2x[14] |
| 2004 | Open J16 2x[15] |
| 2005 | Women J18 2x[16] |
| 2007 | Open L4x, Women U23 1x[17] |
| 2012 | Open L1x, Women 4+[18] |
Notable members
edit- Maj. -Gen. Roy Wood[19]
- Guin Batten
- Miriam Batten
- Sir Steve Redgrave
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "The history of UTRC". Upper Thames Rowing Club. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
- ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
- ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "2012 results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Wood, Maj.-Gen. Roy, (born 1940), Trustee, Map Action, 2008–19 (International Director, 2006–11; Chairman, 2011–15). WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO, OUP, Oxford from https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-40570.