Upper Thames Rowing Club
British 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.[ 2]
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 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:
The Wyfold Challenge Cup
Ed Couldwell
Michael Nagi
Joe Perry
Lewis Beech
The Britannia Challenge Cup
Luke Wootton
Graham Hall
Sam Barnes
Jake Davidson
Scott Smith (cox).
Honours
British champions
Year
Winning crew/s
1977
Women J18 4+ [ 3]
1983
Women 4x [ 4]
1990
Men 4x[ 5]
1991
Women J18 1x[ 6]
1992
Men lightweight 2-[ 7]
1994
Men 1x, Women lightweight 2-[ 8]
1997
Women lightweight 4- [ 9]
1998
Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- [ 10]
1999
Women L4-[ 11]
2000
Women 8+[ 12]
2001
Men J16 4+[ 13]
2002
Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x[ 14]
2003
Women L2x, Men J16 2x[ 15]
2004
Open J16 2x[ 16]
2005
Women J18 2x[ 17]
2007
Open L4x, Women U23 1x[ 18]
2012
Open L1x, Women 4+[ 19]
See also
References
^ 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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19" . Times Digital Archives .
^ "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32" . Times Digital Archives .
^ " "For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32" . Times Digital Archives .
^ "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25" . Times Digital Archives .
^ " "For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22" . Times Digital Archives .
^ "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 .
^ " "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40" . Times Digital Archives .
^ "National Championships" . Times Digital Archives .
^ " "The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10" . Times Digital Archives .
^ " "The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26" . Times Digital Archives .
^ " "Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32" . Times Digital Archives .
^ " "The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28" . Times Digital Archives .
^ " "Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53" . Times Digital Archives .
^ "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.
External links
United Kingdom rowing clubs
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