Kingston Rowing Club

Kingston Rowing Club (KRC) is a rowing club in England founded in 1858 and a member club of British Rowing.

Kingston Rowing Club
LocationKingston upon Thames
Coordinates51°25′8″N 0°18′20″W
Home waterTeddington Lock
Founded1858 (1858)
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - KRC
Websitewww.kingstonrc.co.uk
Events
Kingston Regatta, Kingston Head, Kingston Small Boats Head

The club is on the River Thames at Kingston upon Thames in an outer borough of Greater London in England downstream and north-east of Kingston Bridge and Kingston Railway Bridge. On a long wide stretch, its rowers and scullers have the final and the second longest section of the weir-controlled river. Kingston have produced a significant list of international level oarsmen and oarswomen throughout its history and has won events at the British Rowing Championships and Henley Royal Regatta through the years.

Kingston Rowing Club is the supporting club for Kingston Regatta which is held above Kingston Bridge. Kingston organises Kingston Head of the River Race which is a warm-up for the national Head of the River Race on the Championship Course on the following weekend.

History

The club started at Messenger’s Boathouse, Kingston and was housed there for three years before moving upstream. From 1861 to 1935 the club was based above the bridges on Raven's Ait in Surbiton to the south.[1][2] In 1935 the club moved downstream to premises known as the Albany Boathouse then moved to its purpose-built facilities in Canbury Gardens in 1968.

Notable members

Facilities
Kingston Rowing Club Boathouse

The club is the racing shell rowing club in Kingston upon Thames, but also provides training boats for less competitive rowing. It is on the Kingston Reach which runs between Molesey Lock by Hampton Court down to Teddington Lock ; The reach is a long 4.82 miles (7.76 km) V-shaped stretch of the Thames and is the final and second longest section of the River Thames — the longest reach being Wallingford reach at 6.5 miles (10.5 km) in Oxfordshire.[3]

It shares the long, wide stretch with three sailing clubs upstream and downstream, the Royal Canoe Club (and The Skiff Club), Walbrook Rowing Club (the rowing club of Teddington), and school clubs of Tiffin, Kingston Grammar, and Surbiton High Schools.

Kingston Students Rowing Club

Kingston Students Rowing Club (KSRC) was founded in 1972 as the Kingston Polytechnic Boat Club (KPBC). After 1992, Kingston Polytechnic was granted university status and the club changed its name to Kingston University Boat Club (KUBC).

In 2011, Kingston University Boat Club (KUBC) became Kingston Students Rowing Club (KSRC). KRC took over the training and coaching from Kingston University, maintain its fleet of boats and acquired its launches. University students receive automatic membership of KRC and still represent the university at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Regatta and in the University Indoor Rowing Series.

Annual events

The club organises Kingston Head of the River Race which is a warm-up for the national Head of the River Race on the Championship Course on the following weekend. The organisation is associated with Kingston Regatta (formerly Kingston Amateur Regatta) since the club's founding – the regatta predates it by a year.

The club has a regular social calendar and Remenham Club rules entitle all established members to join to the social club which is at Henley on Thames, having one of its course-side venues, in the past having contributed to its funds in this case as a founder member.

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta
Year Races won
1863Wyfold Challenge Cup
1864Grand Challenge Cup, Wyfold Challenge Cup
1865Grand Challenge Cup, Wyfold Challenge Cup
1866Silver Goblets, Wyfold Challenge Cup
1867Silver Goblets, Wyfold Challenge Cup
1868Wyfold Challenge Cup
1870Silver Goblets
1873Silver Goblets
1877Wyfold Challenge Cup
1878Wyfold Challenge Cup
1883Wyfold Challenge Cup
1884Stewards' Challenge Cup
1885Wyfold Challenge Cup
1890Wyfold Challenge Cup
1897Thames Challenge Cup, Wyfold Challenge Cup
1898Wyfold Challenge Cup
1903Wyfold Challenge Cup
1909Diamond Challenge Sculls
1936Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1969Britannia Challenge Cup
1978Britannia Challenge Cup
1981Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup, Prince Philip Challenge Cup
1982Women's Invitation Double Sculls+
1983Prince Philip Challenge Cup, Queen Mother Challenge Cup
2008Visitors' Challenge Cup+

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Recent British champions
Year Winning crew/s
2000Women 2-c, Women 8+c[4]
2001Women 4-, Women L4-[5]
2002Women L4-[6]
2003Women 2-[7]

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See also

References
  1. Raven's Aits shown within the Parish of Surbiton The Church of England. Accessed 3 June 2015
  2. Raven's Ait shown within the Post Town: Surbiton Google map. Accessed 3 June 2015
  3. Cruising guide of the Thames Visit Thames. Accessed 3 June 2015.
  4. "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
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