Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
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Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association was formed in 1982 by a small group of elite rowers from the Trentside clubs in Nottingham UK. After 25 years of national and international success it was disbanded, in 2007.
Competing in their distinctive lime green strip, crews from the 2000m rowing course at Holme Pierrepont
enjoyed wins at Henley Royal Regatta and many other elite regattas. At World level, competing as Great Britain, many of the squad's athletes achieved World Champion status.
The club, sponsored by Nottinghamshire County Council
, attracted a number of coaches over its twenty five year history.
Competing in their distinctive lime green strip, crews from the 2000m rowing course at Holme Pierrepont
Holme Pierrepont
Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet located south of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region....
enjoyed wins at Henley Royal Regatta and many other elite regattas. At World level, competing as Great Britain, many of the squad's athletes achieved World Champion status.
The club, sponsored by Nottinghamshire County Council
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, attracted a number of coaches over its twenty five year history.
- Mark Lees
- Hugh Matheson
- Chis Perry (current Head Coach at the Hong Kong Sports Institute)
- John Wilson
- Allan WhitwellAllan WhitwellAllan Whitwell is a former Olympic rower from England. He was a member of the silver medal-winning British coxed rowing eights at the 1980 Moscow Olympics...
- John McArthur (author of High Performance Rowing)
- Ray Sims (current Head Coach at Nottingham University)
- Sean Bowden
- Lenny RobertsonLeonard RobertsonLeonard David Robertson is a British rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics....
External links
- WorldRowing.com video of NCRA athletes winning the Lightweight 4- event at the 1991 World Championships, Vienna.
- WorldRowing.com video of NCRA athletes winning the Lightweight 8+ event at the 1994 World Championships, Indianapolis.
- Mark Lees Obituary, 15 June 1994, by Hugh Matheson. Published in The Independent newspaper.
- Eulogy given at Carl Smith’s funeral, 15 January 2010, by Hugh Matheson