Nottingham & Union Rowing Club

Nottingham & Union Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Trent, based at Trentside, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.[1]

Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
LocationTrentside, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Coordinates52.939248°N 1.134432°W / 52.939248; -1.134432
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code NUN)
Websitenurc.co.uk

History

The club was founded in 1946 as an amalgamation of two clubs called the Nottingham Union Rowing Club and the original Nottingham Rowing Club (not the modern club formed in 2006). The reason for the merger of the two clubs was because the boathouse belonging to the Nottingham Union club was destroyed by bombs in World War II leaving them no base to row from.[2]

The club won the prestigious Wyfold Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta in 1963 and 2010.[3]

Notable members

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta
Year Races won
1963Wyfold Challenge Cup
2010Wyfold Challenge Cup

British champions
Year Winning crew/s
1977Men L2x[6]
1981Men L1x[7]
1993Men L8+[8]
1994Women 4x[9]
1996Women L2x[10]
1997Men U23 1x[11]
2003Men 4+, Men L4-[12]
2005Open L2-[13]

References
  1. "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. "Club history". Nottingham & Union Rowing Club.
  3. "Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.
  4. "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT. "British crews well prepared." Times, 8 Sept. 1966, p. 5". Times Digital Archives.
  5. "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT-. "All Britain's crews in semi-finals." Times, 10 Sept. 1966, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
  6. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
  7. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
  11. "Full archive of results". Web Archive.
  12. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  13. ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.
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