Curlew Rowing Club

Curlew Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the Tideway of the River Thames at Greenwich, London, England. It was founded in 1866 and has been in Greenwich without interruption for over 130 years, though not always called Curlew.

Curlew Rowing Club
LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°28′11.3″N 0°13′14.7″W
Home waterTideway, London Docklands
Founded1866
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
Websitecurlewrowingclub.co.uk
Emblem on the boathouse

History

The first regatta at which a “Curley” crew is believed to have rowed was held at Greenwich in 1787. In the first half of the 19th century “Curley” was one of several crews, along with a crew called “The Argonauts”, who had their own boats in the Greenwich and Deptford reaches. The Argonauts grew substantially in numbers until some of its members transferred their activities to Putney, to form the London Rowing Club with the object of rowing at Henley.

The “Curley” crew remained in Greenwich and in 1866 a club was formed in order to rent the (now demolished) Crown Sceptre Pub in Greenwich.[1] “Curley”, by this stage had become “Curlew” and had incorporated the residue of the “Argonauts” and another crew “Lurline” who had been unable to carry on independently. Curlew then occupied the "Crown and Sceptre" until the building was demolished in 1934. So after 68 years Curlew moved to the "Trafalgar Tavern" [2] where Curlew had a Club room / bar and a small basement gym. These premises where leased at that time from the Greenwich Hospital Estates.

Modern day

Curlew Rowing Club is now based in out of the Trafalgar Rowing Centre [3] only a few doors down from their old home. Curlew moved to the Trafalgar Rowing Centre in late 2003, and with the Trafalgar Trust (Curlew Rowing Club and Globe Rowing Club) now own a new boathouse and gym in Greenwich. Furthermore, on the water training takes place at the London Regatta Centre based at the Victoria and Albert Docks, where Curlew has access to a complete multi-laned buoyed 2 km racing lake. Recently some boats have been relocated to Greenwich to train on the River Thames again.

Curlew has had much success on the water qualifying and competing at Henley Royal Regatta every year since 2000. 2011 saw the club qualify two VIIIs to The Thames Challenge Cup, the first time in the club's history and the first time a club east of Putney has done so. In 2016 Curlew Rowing Club won the Ampthill Cup for elite pairs at The Metropolitan Regatta, this is the first time and only time Curlew Rowing Club have won this event.

Further to the success of the Men's squad, the Women reached the quarter final of Women's Henley, and the Women's Senior Double achieving Bronze at the National Championship of Great Britain.

Results
YearHoRRWHoRRMetropolitan RegattaReading Amateur RegattaMarlow RegattaWomen's HenleyHenley Royal RegattaCity of OxfordNational Championships
04–05Curlew A race abandonedCurlew A 61Curlew A (Wednesday)
05–06Curlew A 123Curlew A 56Curlew A Winner Senior VIIICurlew A (Thursday)
06–07Curlew A 85Curlew A 86Curlew A (Wednesday)
07–08Curlew A race abandonedNo Curlew EntryCurlew A (Wednesday)
08–09Curlew A 181Curlew A 140Curlew A QualifiersMixed Medley Winners
09–10Curlew A 196Curlew A 237Curlew A IM1 FinalN/AW2x Senior QFCurlew A (Wednesday)Mixed Medley Winners
10–11Curlew A 167Curlew A 168Winner Senior W2xCurlew B Winner IM3 VIIIWVIII Club QFCurlew A & Curlew B (Wednesday)W2x Bronze
11-12Curlew A 76Curlew A 88Curlew A IM1 FinalCurlew A IM1 FinalCurlew A Senior FinalWIV+ 11/24 Time TrialCurlew A (Thursday)
12-13Curlew A race abandonedCurlew A 114Curlew A IV+ Senior FinalCurlew A IV+ Elite FinalCurlew A IV+ Elite FinalDNFCurlew A (Thursday)
13-14Curlew A race abandonedCurlew A 125Curlew A WIM2 FinalDNQDNQ
14-15Curlew A 213Curlew A 76DNQ
15-16Curlew A 137Curlew A 124Ampthill Cup Winners (Elite Pair)DNQ
16-17 Curlew A race abandoned Curlew A

77

 W 8+ Tier 1 Final

Op 4- Tier 3 Final

Op 8+ Tier 1 Final

 DNQ Curlew 8+ (Wednesday)

Curlew 4-

(Thursday)

Mx 8+ / W.IM3.8+ / Mx.Nov.2x / IM2.2- /

IM1.2- / W.IM3.4+ / Nov.1x /

17-18 Curlew A 63 Curlew A

61

(Medium Club Pennant Winner)

 Op 8+ Chall Final

W.8+ Chall Final

 Sen 8+ Final Aspirational Club 8+

Quarter-Final

 Curlew 8+ (Wednesday) Mx 8+ / W 4+ /

Mx2x / Op 2-

Henley Royal Regatta

Curlew Rowing Club have qualified for Henley Royal Regatta 15 out of 19 seasons since 2000, making Thursday on a number of occasions during this period. In 2011 and 2012 Curlew have managed to qualify both 1st and 2nd VIII into the Thames Challenge Cup, a feat only matched by Thames Rowing Club in West London.

  • 2000 - Wyfold Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt Furnival SC by 3 lengths. RD2, Lea RC bt Curlew by 1 length
  • 2000 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Molesey Boat Club 'B' bt Curlew by 4 lengths
  • 2001 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - RD1 Aberdeen Boat Club bt Curlew easily
  • 2002 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - RD1 Aberdeen Boat Club bt Curlew easily
  • 2002 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt London Rowing Club 'C' by 1 1/2 lengths, RD2 London RC 'A' bt Curlew by 4 lengths
  • 2003 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt City of Oxford RC by 2 1/4 lengths, RD2 Lady Victoria Boat Club bt Curlew by 3 lengths
  • 2004 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Mitsubishi BC* bt Curlew by 5 lengths (*Mitsubishi were subsequently disqualified as being ineligible to race)
  • 2005 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt Mortlake Anglia & Alpha BC by 1 3/4 lengths. RD2, Molesey bt Curlew by 1 3/4 lengths
  • 2006 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Hamburger und Germania RC bt Curlew by 3 1/4 lengths
  • 2007 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Nottingham RC bt Curlew by 2 lengths
  • 2008 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Tees RC bt Curlew by 3/4 length
  • 2009 - DNQ
  • 2010 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Reading RC bt Curlew by 1 3/4 lengths
  • 2011 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Lea RC bt Curlew 'A' by 1 1/2 lengths, RD1 Greenlake BC (USA) bt Curlew 'B' by 2 1/2 lengths
  • 2012 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew 'A' bt Curlew 'B' by 4 3/4 lengths, RD2 Thames 'A' bt Curlew 'A' by 2 1/2 lengths
  • 2013 - Britannia Challenge Cup - RD1 Thames 'A' bt Curlew 'A' by 1 1/2 Lengths
  • 2014 - DNQ (Britannia Challenge Cup)
  • 2015 - DNQ (Thames Challenge Cup)
  • 2016 - DNQ (Thames Challenge Cup & Silver Goblets & Nickells Challenge Cup)
  • 2017 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt Bedford Rowing club by 1 1/3 lengths, RD2 Commercial Rowing club bt Curlew by 4 1/4 lengths.
  • 2017 - Thames Challenge Cup - Leeds Rowing Club bt Curlew by 4 feet.
  • 2018 - Thames Challenge Cup - Itchen Imperial Rowing Club bt Curlew by 1 1/2 lengths.

Woman's Henley Regatta
  • 2004 - The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Cup - RD2 - Vesta RC bt Curlew by 1 1/4 lengths
  • 2005 - The Lester Trophy - RD2 - Agecroft BC bt Curlew by 4 lengths
  • 2009 - The Rosie - RD1 - Mortlake Anglian & Alpha BC bt Curlew by 1 1/4 Lengths
  • 2010 - The Rosie - Semi-Finals - Sport Imperial BC bt Curlew by 2 lengths
  • 2011 - The Rosie - RD1 - ASR Nereus NED bt Curlew by 4 lengths
  • 2011 - The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Cup - Quarter-Finals - Glasgow RC bt Curlew by 2 lengths
  • 2012 - The Lester Trophy - DNQ (Time Trial 11/24 crews)
  • 2013 - Did not enter
  • 2014 - DNQ
  • 2015 - Did not enter
  • 2016 - DNQ (Fastest non-qualifier)
  • 2017 - DNQ
  • 2018 - Aspirational Club 8+ - RD1 Curlew bt Bristol (C) by 4 1/2 lengths, Quarter-Final Thames (A) bt Curlew by 3 lengths

See also

References
  1. cityoflondon.gov.uk Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/upload/img_400/P39246.jpg
  3. http://www.trafalgarrowingcentre.co.uk/
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