Shiplake College Boat Club

Shiplake College Boat Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames at Shiplake College Boathouse, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.[1]

Shiplake College Boat Club
LocationShiplake College Boathouse, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Coordinates51.496801°N 0.894918°W / 51.496801; -0.894918
Founded1959
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - SHP
Websitewww.shiplake.org.uk/1539/co-curricular/sport/rowing

History

Shiplake College was founded in 1959 by Alexander and Eunice Everett. The boat club is owned by Shiplake College and rowing became a primary college sport due to its location on the banks of the River Thames.[2] New boathouse plans were passed and construction started in 2019.[3][4]

In recent years the club has won both the prestigious Schools' Head of the River Race and the Non-Championship Eights at the National Schools' Regatta.[2]

Shiplake Vikings

The Shiplake Vikings Rowing Club share the rowing facilities of the college.[5]

Honours

National Schools' Regatta
Year Winning crew
2015Non-Championship Eights

Schools' Head of the River Race
Year Winning crew
2017Eights
2019Eights

Henley Royal Regatta
Year Winning crew
1984Visitors' Challenge Cup

British champions
Year Winning crew/s
1981Men J16 2+, Men J16 8+ [6]
1982Men J18 4-, Men J16 2- [7]
1985Men J18 4-[8]
1986Men J18 2- [9]
1988Men J16 2-[10]
1992Men J18 4+[11]
1995Men J16 8+ [12]

References
  1. "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. "Club history". Shiplake College.
  3. "SHIPLAKE COLLEGE BOATHOUSE". Nichols Brown Webber Architects.
  4. "School's new boathouse is headmaster's legacy". Henley Standard.
  5. "Our location". Shiplake Vikings.
  6. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
  7. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
  8. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
  9. "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
  11. "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
  12. ""For the Record." Times, 17 July 1995, p. 33". Times Digital Archives.
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