Thames Rowing Club
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Thames Rowing Club is a rowing club
situated on the River Thames
in Putney
, London
, United Kingdom
. It was founded in 1860.
. Its neighbouring clubs are Vesta Rowing Club
and Imperial College Boat Club
. As such, the club's training water is the tidal stretch of the Thames (known as the tideway
); the club commonly trains upstream as far as Richmond Lock and less commonly downstream as far as Westminster Bridge
.
The clubhouse itself was constructed in 1879 with several later additions. In 2005, the club opened a new building behind the clubhouse, named in memory of former Club President and benefactor Alan Burrough
CBE, providing additional training facilities and boat storage. In May 2011, work began on substantial alterations and improvements to the clubhouse.
Since first admitting women in 1973, the club has gained a strong reputation in women's rowing, and is recognised by the UK Amateur Rowing Association
as a High Performance Centre for women, with a programme to help top club oarswomen reach the British national squad. However Thames men have also won the Wyfold Challenge Cup
at Henley Royal Regatta
twice in recent years (in 2003 and 2006). Thames has a junior squad and additionally provides facilities to London Youth Rowing. Veteran Rowing at Thames is very strong, at all veteran levels, both men and women, regularly competing and winning at the World FISA World Masters Regatta.
As at July 2009, Thames had won events at Henley Royal Regatta
75 times. The most recent wins were the Wyfold Challenge Cup
for men's coxless fours in 2006 and the Remenham Challenge Cup
for women's eights in 2005. The club also had a member in the composite crew which won the Remenham Challenge Cup in 2009.
In September 2010, the club announced the appointment of Tony Larkman as Head Coach.
Thames is one of only five clubs which retain the right to directly appoint representatives to the Council of the Amateur Rowing Association
. The others are Leander Club
, London Rowing Club
, Oxford University Boat Club
and Cambridge University Boat Club
.
Thames is one of the Founding Clubs of Remenham Club
.
Rowing Club and according to its first rules, its objects were 'organised pleasure or exercise rowing'. The earliest surviving minutes of a club meeting are dated January 1861 but are headed 'City of London Rowing Club. Founded 1860', and 1860 is commonly accepted as the year of foundation.
The initial members were chiefly clerks and salesmen working in London's textiles trade around Fore Street and St Paul's Churchyard. At least one of the early meetings is known to have taken place in the Lord Raglan public house
in St Martin's-le-Grand. The club had boats at Simmons Boathouse (the building currently occupied by Chas Newens Marine) and a room at the Red Lion Hotel at the foot of Putney High Street. There were very few members at first, but the numbers rapidly increased, and in 1862, when club races were first started, the club numbered nearly 150.
In 1862, the club sought and gained the permission of Frank Playford
, the only traceable member of "The Thames Club" which had rowed on the Tideway
in the 1840s, to rename itself "The Thames Rowing Club".
By 1864 a growing interest in competition led to the club’s first recorded win, in a four-oared race against the Excelsior Boat Club of Greenwich. The club also put on a crew for the Metropolitan Junior Eights, started in 1865, and followed this up the next year by securing the Challenge Cup for Junior Eights at the first Metropolitan Regatta
.
In 1870 the Club won at Henley Royal Regatta
for the first time, taking the Wyfold Challenge Cup
from the Oscillators Club of Surbiton and the Oxford Etonians in a race that, according to the Rowing Almanack, was ‘a pretty hollow affair, the Thames crew winning as they pleased from first to last.’ Over the next twenty years, Thames had its first great flowering, with 22 wins at Henley by 1890, including four victories in the most prestigious event, the Grand Challenge Cup
for eights.
In 1877 the Thames Boathouse Company (Limited) was formed for the purpose of providing a boat and club house for the club. Money was raised by means of shares, the club and the company being kept quite distinct. The construction of the present Thames boathouse on a site about 300 yards above that of London Rowing Club
followed and the building was completed in 1879 at a cost of over £3000.
Thames, under its captain James Hastie
, was now established as a mainstay of amateur rowing in London, and as a rival to its Putney neighbour London Rowing Club
.. In 1879 Thames, like London, was one of the founder clubs of the Metropolitan Rowing Association which later became the Amateur Rowing Association
(ARA).
This early period was the time of the great Victorian amateur. Many Thames members were keen on all sports and the club itself also had an influence beyond rowing:
In December 1867, Thames organised a two and a half mile handicap steeplechase or paperchase similar to a cross-country
race around Wimbledon Common as part of the oarsmen’s winter training. These are generally accepted as the first open cross-country events to have taken place in Britain. One eventual result was the foundation of the Thames Hare and Hounds
in October 1868, the first cross-country club, which would itself go on to an illustrious history.
Another addition to rowing training was boxing, with a ring frequently set up in the hall at the clubhouse. George Vize, a member of five winning crews at Henley, became amateur heavyweight champion of Britain in 1878 and a founder member of the Amateur Boxing Association
. Boxing finally disappeared after the First World War, when the coach Steve Fairbairn
ended it because of the damage caused to oarsmen’s hands.
From the late 1890s into the first decade of the 20th century, Thames suffered a decline but recovered as the decade wore on, notably through the efforts of Julius Beresford
and Karl Vernon
.
After the First World War, Thames came under the influence of the coach Steve Fairbairn. Fairbairn was an Australian graduate of Cambridge, with boundless charisma and innovative (and highly controversial) views on training and technique. He was one of the major influences on the club and on the sport in general, becoming generally accepted as the father of modern rowing. Under his tutelage in the 1920s, and that of Julius Beresford
, Thames reached new heights. Fairbairn left the club for London Rowing Club
in 1925. The precise reasons are unclear but undoubtedly a clash with Julius Beresford was partly at the root: the two coaches, despite holding similar views on technique, were unable to get on. Under Beresford, Thames won four events at Henley in both 1927 and 1928, something which no club has replicated in the 20th century.
At the same time, Thames was home to Britain’s greatest ever single sculler. Jack Beresford
(son of Julius) took Silver at the 1920 Amsterdam Olympics in an epic race with Jack Kelly
, before going one better with Gold at Paris in 1924. He won the Diamond Sculls
at Henley four times and the Wingfield Sculls for the Amateur championship of Great Britain a record seven times. Then, with Thames crews, he took three further Olympic medals: Silver in the eight in Antwerp, 1928, Gold in the coxless four in Los Angeles, 1932 and Gold in the double scull in Berlin, 1936. It would be 60 years before Steve Redgrave
bettered his record.
Although never again reaching the heights of the late 1920s, Thames continued to be successful through the thirties and then, after the Second World War, into the forties and fifties. However, in the early sixties the club began to experience a marked decline in membership and standards and by the early seventies it had very few active members and came close to bankruptcy. The club went for 47 years from 1956 without a win by a men's crew at Henley Royal Regatta
. Finally in 2003, Thames achieved an emphatic win in the Wyfold Challenge Cup
and this was repeated in 2006.
In 1972, Thames became one of the first British rowing clubs to admit women and rapidly became the powerhouse of women's rowing, a position it retains to this day. Thames women have represented Great Britain at every Olympic Games since Los Angeles; most recently Elise Laverick
won Bronze in the double scull at the Beijing Olympics
in 2008 and the Athens Olympics
in 2004 and sisters Guin Batten
and Miriam Batten
won Silver in the quadruple scull at the Sydney Olympics
. Since the founding of Henley Women's Regatta
in 1987, the Club has won there 49 times.
Rowing by older oarsmen (and more recently oarswomen) has been a part of the club's activities throughout its history, but has increased since the 1970s in line with the greater opportunities for veteran competition now on offer. A group of casual and veteran men came into existence in the 1970s; separate groups of veteran oarsmen and women of different ages, such as the self-declared "fatties", "slims" and "slimettes" have since arisen from time to time.
! colspan="2"| Winning crews at Henley Royal Regatta
|-
! Year> Event
1870
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1871
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1872
Thames Challenge Cup
1872
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1873
Thames Challenge Cup
1874
Thames Challenge Cup
1875
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1876
Grand Challenge Cup
1877
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1878
Grand Challenge Cup
1880
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1880
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1881
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1883
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1884
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1886
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1886
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1888
Grand Challenge Cup
1888
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1889
Grand Challenge Cup
1889
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1890
Thames Challenge Cup
1891
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1893
Thames Challenge Cup
1894
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1894
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1898
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1899
Diamond Challenge Sculls
1905
Thames Challenge Cup
1908
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1909
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1911
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1911
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1912
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1919
Fawley Cup
1920
Diamond Challenge Sculls
1920
Thames Challenge Cup
1920
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1922
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1923
Grand Challenge Cup
1924
Diamond Challenge Sculls
1925
Diamond Challenge Sculls
1925
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1926
Diamond Challenge Sculls
1926
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1927
Grand Challenge Cup
1927
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1927
Thames Challenge Cup
1927
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1928
Grand Challenge Cup
1928
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1928
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1928
Thames Challenge Cup
1929
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1929
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1931
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1932
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1934
Thames Challenge Cup
1939
Centenary Double Sculls
1947
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1948
Grand Challenge Cup
1948
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1949
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1951
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1952
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1955
Wyfold Challenge Cup
1956
Stewards' Challenge Cup
1999
Women's Invitation Eights *
2002
Women's Quadruple Sculls
*
2003
Wyfold Challenge Cup
2004
Remenham Challenge Cup
*
2005
Remenham Challenge Cup
2006
Wyfold Challenge Cup
2008
Remenham Challenge Cup *
2009
Remenham Challenge Cup *
! colspan="2"| Winning crews at Henley Women's Regatta
|-
! Year> Event
1988
Open Eight (rowing as GB squad) *
1988
Open Coxless Pair (rowing as GB squad)
1989
Club Eight
1990
Open Eight *
1990
Open Coxless Four *
1990
Lightweight Coxless Four *
1990
Lightweight Double Scull *
1990
Club Eight
1991
Invitation Coxless Four (rowing as GB squad) *
1991
Open Coxless Pair (rowing as GB squad) *
1992
Club Eight
1993
Open Coxless Four *
1993
Open Coxless Pair *
1994
Open Coxless Four *
1994
Club Eight
1995
Open Eight (rowing as Nautilus) *
1995
Open Coxed Four
1995
Lightweight Coxless Pair *
1995
Club Eight
1996
Open Coxless Four
1996
Lightweight Quadruple Scull *
1997
Open Eight *
1997
Open Coxless Four
1997
Lightweight Quadruple Scull
1997
Lightweight Coxless Pair
1997
Club Eight
1998
Open Coxed Four
1998
Open Quadruple Scull
1999
Club Eight
2000
Open Coxless Pair *
2001
Open Coxed Four
2001
Open Double Scull *
2001
Open Single Scull
2001
Lightweight Double Scull
2002
Open Eight *
2002
Open Single Scull
2002
Lightweight Double Scull
2002
Club Eight
2003
Open Double Scull
2004
Open Eight
2005
Lightweight Quadruple Scull
2005
Intermediate Eight
2006
Elite Single Scull
2006
Elite Lightweight Quadruple Scull
2007
Intermediate Club Eight
2008
Elite Eight *
2009
Elite Coxless Four *
2010
Elite Single Scull
2010
Intermediate Club Eight
! colspan="4"| Olympians from Thames RC
|-
! Olympiad > Name
Event
Result
Paris 1900
Saint George Ashe
Single Scull
Bronze
Stockholm 1912
Julius Beresford
Coxed Four
Silver
Stockholm 1912
Geoffrey Carr
Coxed Four
Silver
Stockholm 1912
Bruce Logan
Coxed Four
Silver
Stockholm 1912
Charles Rought
Coxed Four
Silver
Stockholm 1912
Karl Vernon
Coxed Four
Silver
Antwerp 1920
Jack Beresford
Single Scull
Silver
Paris 1924
Reginald Bare
Eight
Paris 1924
Jack Beresford
Single Scull
Gold
Paris 1924
C.G. Chandler
Eight
Paris 1924
H.C. Debenham
Eight
Paris 1924
Hugh Dulley
Eight
Paris 1924
Ian Fairbairn
Eight
Paris 1924
Jack Godwin
Eight
Paris 1924
G.C. (Bill) Killick
Coxless Pair
Bronze
Paris 1924
A.F. Long
Eight
Paris 1924
H. Morphy
Eight
Paris 1924
Charles Rew
Eight
Paris 1924
Cyril Southgate
Coxless Pair
Bronze
Amsterdam 1928
J.C.(Felix) Badcock
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
Jack Beresford
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
Jamie Hamilton
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
G.C. (Bill) Killick
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
Donald Gollan
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
H.M. Lane
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
Gully Nickalls
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
Arthur Sulley
Eight
Silver
Amsterdam 1928
H.E. West
Eight
Silver
Los Angeles 1932
J.C.(Felix) Badcock
Coxless Four
Gold
Los Angeles 1932
Jack Beresford
Coxless Four
Gold
Los Angeles 1932
Hugh Edwards
Coxless Four
Gold
Los Angeles 1932
Rowland George
Coxless Four
Gold
Los Angeles 1932
Dick Southwood
Single Scull
Berlin 1936
Jack Beresford
Double Scull
Gold
Berlin 1936
Dick Southwood
Double Scull
Gold
London 1948
Tony Butcher
Coxless Four
London 1948
Tom Christie
Coxless Four
London 1948
Jack Dearlove
Eight
Silver
London 1948
Bakie James
Coxed Pair
London 1948
Peter Kirkpatrick
Coxless Four
London 1948
Hank Rushmere
Coxless Four
London 1948
Mark Scott
Coxed Pair
Helsinki 1952
Peter de Giles
Coxed Four
Helsinki 1952
Graham Fisk
Coxed Four
Helsinki 1952
Lawrence Guest
Coxed Four
Helsinki 1952
R.A.F. (John) Macmillan
Coxed Four
Helsinki 1952
Paul Massey
Coxed Four
Melbourne 1956
Alan Watson
Eight
Tokyo 1964
John James
Coxless Four
Moscow 1980
Malcolm McGowan
Eight
Silver
Moscow 1980
John Pritchard
Eight
Silver
Los Angeles 1984
Sarah Hunter Jones
Women’s Eight
Los Angeles 1984
Malcolm McGowan
Eight
Los Angeles 1984
Tessa Millar
Women’s Coxed Four
Los Angeles 1984
John Pritchard
Eight
Seoul 1988
Sally Andreae
Women’s Double Scull
Barcelona 1992
Miriam Batten
Women’s Double Scull
Barcelona 1992
Dot Blackie
Women’s Eight
Barcelona 1992
Katie Brownlow
Women’s Eight
Barcelona 1992
Phillippa Cross
Women’s Eight
Atlanta 1996
Guin Batten
Women's Single Scull
Atlanta 1996
Miriam Batten
Women's Eight
Atlanta 1996
Dot Blackie
Women's Eight
Atlanta 1996
Phillippa Cross
Women's Pair
Atlanta 1996
Susie Ellis
Women's Eight
Atlanta 1996
Kate Mackenzie
Women's Coxless Pair
Atlanta 1996
Kate Pollitt
Women's Eight
Atlanta 1996
Annamarie Stapleton
Women's Eight
Sydney 2000
Guin Batten
Women's Quadruple Scull
Silver
Sydney 2000
Miriam Batten
Women's Quadruple Scull
Silver
Sydney 2000
Dot Blackie
Women's Coxless Pair
Sydney 2000
Elise Laverick
Women's Eight
Sydney 2000
Kate Mackenzie
Women's Eight
Sydney 2000
Alison Mowbray
Women's Single Scull
Athens 2004
Elise Laverick
Women’s Double Scull
Bronze
Beijing 2008
Alison Knowles
Women's Eight
Beijing 2008
Elise Laverick
Women’s Double Scull
Bronze
Beijing 2008
Beth Rodford
Women's Eight
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situated on the River Thames
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in Putney
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, London
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. It was founded in 1860.
Club colours
Red, white and black in stripes, the white stripe lying between the red and black and being of half their width.Clubhouse
The TRC clubhouse is situated on Putney Embankment between Rotherwood Road and Festing Road, approximately 400 metres from the Putney end of the Championship CourseThe Championship Course
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. Its neighbouring clubs are Vesta Rowing Club
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and Imperial College Boat Club
Imperial College Boat Club
Imperial College Boat Club is the rowing club for Imperial College and has its boat house on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. It was housed from 1919 in Thames Rowing Club but has had its own boathouse since 1938. The club has been highly successful, with many wins at Henley...
. As such, the club's training water is the tidal stretch of the Thames (known as the tideway
Tideway
The Tideway is a name given to the part of the River Thames in England that is subject to tides. This stretch of water is downstream from Teddington Lock and is just under long...
); the club commonly trains upstream as far as Richmond Lock and less commonly downstream as far as Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge
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.
The clubhouse itself was constructed in 1879 with several later additions. In 2005, the club opened a new building behind the clubhouse, named in memory of former Club President and benefactor Alan Burrough
Alan Burrough
Alan Burrough, CBE was a British businessman, army officer and rower.He was Chairman of James Burrough Ltd, the distiller of Beefeater Gin....
CBE, providing additional training facilities and boat storage. In May 2011, work began on substantial alterations and improvements to the clubhouse.
Current activities
Thames Rowing Club's stated focus is on racing and competition but it is also open to complete beginners. Thames appears to have one of the largest active memberships of any UK rowing club; this membership being split approximately equally between male and female.Since first admitting women in 1973, the club has gained a strong reputation in women's rowing, and is recognised by the UK Amateur Rowing Association
Amateur Rowing Association
British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association , is the governing body in England for the sport of rowing. It is also responsible for the development and organisation of international rowing teams representing Great Britain...
as a High Performance Centre for women, with a programme to help top club oarswomen reach the British national squad. However Thames men have also won the Wyfold Challenge Cup
Wyfold Challenge Cup
The Wyfold Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club. Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted.The trophy...
at Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...
twice in recent years (in 2003 and 2006). Thames has a junior squad and additionally provides facilities to London Youth Rowing. Veteran Rowing at Thames is very strong, at all veteran levels, both men and women, regularly competing and winning at the World FISA World Masters Regatta.
As at July 2009, Thames had won events at Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta
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75 times. The most recent wins were the Wyfold Challenge Cup
Wyfold Challenge Cup
The Wyfold Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club. Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted.The trophy...
for men's coxless fours in 2006 and the Remenham Challenge Cup
Remenham Challenge Cup
The Remenham Challenge Cup is a rowing event for women's eights at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to female crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry....
for women's eights in 2005. The club also had a member in the composite crew which won the Remenham Challenge Cup in 2009.
In September 2010, the club announced the appointment of Tony Larkman as Head Coach.
Thames is one of only five clubs which retain the right to directly appoint representatives to the Council of the Amateur Rowing Association
Amateur Rowing Association
British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association , is the governing body in England for the sport of rowing. It is also responsible for the development and organisation of international rowing teams representing Great Britain...
. The others are Leander Club
Leander Club
Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...
, London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club is one of the oldest rowing clubs on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.It is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain. and its Patron is HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh....
, Oxford University Boat Club
Oxford University Boat Club
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and Cambridge University Boat Club
Cambridge University Boat Club
The Cambridge University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England, located on the River Cam at Cambridge, although training primarily takes place on the River Great Ouse at Ely. The club was founded in 1828...
.
Thames is one of the Founding Clubs of Remenham Club
Remenham Club
The Remenham Club is a private members club near the village of Remenham on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames near Henley-on-Thames, on the reach of the river that plays host to the annual Henley Royal Regatta....
.
History
Thames Rowing Club was founded under the name City of LondonCity of London
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Rowing Club and according to its first rules, its objects were 'organised pleasure or exercise rowing'. The earliest surviving minutes of a club meeting are dated January 1861 but are headed 'City of London Rowing Club. Founded 1860', and 1860 is commonly accepted as the year of foundation.
The initial members were chiefly clerks and salesmen working in London's textiles trade around Fore Street and St Paul's Churchyard. At least one of the early meetings is known to have taken place in the Lord Raglan public house
Public house
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in St Martin's-le-Grand. The club had boats at Simmons Boathouse (the building currently occupied by Chas Newens Marine) and a room at the Red Lion Hotel at the foot of Putney High Street. There were very few members at first, but the numbers rapidly increased, and in 1862, when club races were first started, the club numbered nearly 150.
In 1862, the club sought and gained the permission of Frank Playford
Francis Playford
Francis Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls in 1849 and the pairs oars at Henley Royal Regatta....
, the only traceable member of "The Thames Club" which had rowed on the Tideway
Tideway
The Tideway is a name given to the part of the River Thames in England that is subject to tides. This stretch of water is downstream from Teddington Lock and is just under long...
in the 1840s, to rename itself "The Thames Rowing Club".
By 1864 a growing interest in competition led to the club’s first recorded win, in a four-oared race against the Excelsior Boat Club of Greenwich. The club also put on a crew for the Metropolitan Junior Eights, started in 1865, and followed this up the next year by securing the Challenge Cup for Junior Eights at the first Metropolitan Regatta
Metropolitan Regatta
The Metropolitan Regatta is an international rowing regatta. It takes place on Dorney Lake, Buckinghamshire near Eton next to the River Thames in southern England. It attracts crews from schools, clubs and universities from around the United Kingdom, Europe and the USA...
.
In 1870 the Club won at Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta
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for the first time, taking the Wyfold Challenge Cup
Wyfold Challenge Cup
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from the Oscillators Club of Surbiton and the Oxford Etonians in a race that, according to the Rowing Almanack, was ‘a pretty hollow affair, the Thames crew winning as they pleased from first to last.’ Over the next twenty years, Thames had its first great flowering, with 22 wins at Henley by 1890, including four victories in the most prestigious event, the Grand Challenge Cup
Grand Challenge Cup
The Grand Challenge Cup is a rowing competition for men's eights. It is the oldest and most prestigious event at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs...
for eights.
In 1877 the Thames Boathouse Company (Limited) was formed for the purpose of providing a boat and club house for the club. Money was raised by means of shares, the club and the company being kept quite distinct. The construction of the present Thames boathouse on a site about 300 yards above that of London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club is one of the oldest rowing clubs on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.It is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain. and its Patron is HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh....
followed and the building was completed in 1879 at a cost of over £3000.
Thames, under its captain James Hastie
James Hastie
James Hastie was a British rower who won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta three times.Hastie was born at sea, and became a brewers agent in London. He was a member of Thames Rowing Club where he was a long standing captain. In 1877 Hastie with W Eyre won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal...
, was now established as a mainstay of amateur rowing in London, and as a rival to its Putney neighbour London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club is one of the oldest rowing clubs on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.It is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain. and its Patron is HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh....
.. In 1879 Thames, like London, was one of the founder clubs of the Metropolitan Rowing Association which later became the Amateur Rowing Association
Amateur Rowing Association
British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association , is the governing body in England for the sport of rowing. It is also responsible for the development and organisation of international rowing teams representing Great Britain...
(ARA).
This early period was the time of the great Victorian amateur. Many Thames members were keen on all sports and the club itself also had an influence beyond rowing:
In December 1867, Thames organised a two and a half mile handicap steeplechase or paperchase similar to a cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
race around Wimbledon Common as part of the oarsmen’s winter training. These are generally accepted as the first open cross-country events to have taken place in Britain. One eventual result was the foundation of the Thames Hare and Hounds
Thames Hare and Hounds
Thames Hare and Hounds is the oldest cross-country running club in the world, based on the Roehampton end of Wimbledon Common, adjacent to Richmond Park, and draws runners from across south-west London...
in October 1868, the first cross-country club, which would itself go on to an illustrious history.
Another addition to rowing training was boxing, with a ring frequently set up in the hall at the clubhouse. George Vize, a member of five winning crews at Henley, became amateur heavyweight champion of Britain in 1878 and a founder member of the Amateur Boxing Association
Amateur Boxing Association of England
The Amateur Boxing Association of England is the governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Ireland being organised on an All-Ireland basis. The Association was founded in 1880...
. Boxing finally disappeared after the First World War, when the coach Steve Fairbairn
Steve Fairbairn
Steve Fairbairn was a rower and an influential rowing coach, notably at Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge University, Thames Rowing Club and London Rowing Club in the early decades of the 20th century.-Early life:...
ended it because of the damage caused to oarsmen’s hands.
From the late 1890s into the first decade of the 20th century, Thames suffered a decline but recovered as the decade wore on, notably through the efforts of Julius Beresford
Julius Beresford
Julius Beresford , also known as Berry or The Old Berry, was a British rower and coach who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Life:...
and Karl Vernon
Karl Vernon
Karl Vernon , sometimes known by his nickname The Bean was a British rower and coach who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Life:Vernon was born in Neuenahr, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany...
.
After the First World War, Thames came under the influence of the coach Steve Fairbairn. Fairbairn was an Australian graduate of Cambridge, with boundless charisma and innovative (and highly controversial) views on training and technique. He was one of the major influences on the club and on the sport in general, becoming generally accepted as the father of modern rowing. Under his tutelage in the 1920s, and that of Julius Beresford
Julius Beresford
Julius Beresford , also known as Berry or The Old Berry, was a British rower and coach who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Life:...
, Thames reached new heights. Fairbairn left the club for London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club
London Rowing Club is one of the oldest rowing clubs on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.It is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain. and its Patron is HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh....
in 1925. The precise reasons are unclear but undoubtedly a clash with Julius Beresford was partly at the root: the two coaches, despite holding similar views on technique, were unable to get on. Under Beresford, Thames won four events at Henley in both 1927 and 1928, something which no club has replicated in the 20th century.
At the same time, Thames was home to Britain’s greatest ever single sculler. Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...
(son of Julius) took Silver at the 1920 Amsterdam Olympics in an epic race with Jack Kelly
John B. Kelly, Sr.
John Brendan Kelly, Sr., also known as Jack Kelly, was one of the most accomplished American oarsmen in the history of the sport of rowing. He was a triple Olympic Gold Medal winner, the first to do so in the sport of rowing. He won 126 straight races in the single scull...
, before going one better with Gold at Paris in 1924. He won the Diamond Sculls
Diamond Challenge Sculls
The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England...
at Henley four times and the Wingfield Sculls for the Amateur championship of Great Britain a record seven times. Then, with Thames crews, he took three further Olympic medals: Silver in the eight in Antwerp, 1928, Gold in the coxless four in Los Angeles, 1932 and Gold in the double scull in Berlin, 1936. It would be 60 years before Steve Redgrave
Steve Redgrave
Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave CBE is an English rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships gold medals...
bettered his record.
Although never again reaching the heights of the late 1920s, Thames continued to be successful through the thirties and then, after the Second World War, into the forties and fifties. However, in the early sixties the club began to experience a marked decline in membership and standards and by the early seventies it had very few active members and came close to bankruptcy. The club went for 47 years from 1956 without a win by a men's crew at Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...
. Finally in 2003, Thames achieved an emphatic win in the Wyfold Challenge Cup
Wyfold Challenge Cup
The Wyfold Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club. Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted.The trophy...
and this was repeated in 2006.
In 1972, Thames became one of the first British rowing clubs to admit women and rapidly became the powerhouse of women's rowing, a position it retains to this day. Thames women have represented Great Britain at every Olympic Games since Los Angeles; most recently Elise Laverick
Elise Laverick
Elise Mary Laverick is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington...
won Bronze in the double scull at the Beijing Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in 2008 and the Athens Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
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in 2004 and sisters Guin Batten
Guin Batten
Guin Batten is a British rower . She at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull with her elder sister Miriam Batten, Gillian Lindsay and Katherine Grainger....
and Miriam Batten
Miriam Batten
Miriam Batten is a British rower. She won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull with her younger sister Guin Batten and gold at the 1998 World Rowing Championships in the double scull with Gillian Lindsay....
won Silver in the quadruple scull at the Sydney Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
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. Since the founding of Henley Women's Regatta
Henley Women's Regatta
Henley Women's Regatta is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. It was formed as a result of the lack of women's events at Henley Royal Regatta and first held in 1988...
in 1987, the Club has won there 49 times.
Rowing by older oarsmen (and more recently oarswomen) has been a part of the club's activities throughout its history, but has increased since the 1970s in line with the greater opportunities for veteran competition now on offer. A group of casual and veteran men came into existence in the 1970s; separate groups of veteran oarsmen and women of different ages, such as the self-declared "fatties", "slims" and "slimettes" have since arisen from time to time.
Winning crews at Henley Royal Regatta
(Composites marked with an asterisk)Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...
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Wyfold Challenge Cup
The Wyfold Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club. Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted.The trophy...
Thames Challenge Cup
The Thames Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's eights at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club. Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted, neither are squad...
Grand Challenge Cup
The Grand Challenge Cup is a rowing competition for men's eights. It is the oldest and most prestigious event at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs...
Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
The Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless pairs at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two clubs may combine to make an entry.-History:The Silver Goblets...
Stewards' Challenge Cup
The Stewards' Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry....
Diamond Challenge Sculls
The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England...
Double Sculls Challenge Cup
The Double Sculls Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's double sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two clubs may combine to make an entry....
Princess Grace Challenge Cup
The Princess Grace Challenge Cup is a rowing event for women's quadruple sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to female crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry.The event is named after...
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Remenham Challenge Cup
The Remenham Challenge Cup is a rowing event for women's eights at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to female crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry....
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Winning crews at Henley Women's Regatta
Henley Women's Regatta
Henley Women's Regatta is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. It was formed as a result of the lack of women's events at Henley Royal Regatta and first held in 1988...
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1900 Summer Olympics
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1912 Summer Olympics
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Julius Beresford
Julius Beresford , also known as Berry or The Old Berry, was a British rower and coach who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Life:...
1912 Summer Olympics
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Geoffrey Carr
Geoffrey Carr was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Carr was born in Putney and became a member of Thames Rowing Club. He was the coxswain of the Thames Rowing Club coxed four which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
Bruce Logan (rower)
Hubert Bruce Logan was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Life:Logan was born at Chesterton, Cambridge, the son of John Maxwell Samuel Logan and his wife Alice Mary Bullard. He became a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1909 and 1911 was a member of the crew that won the...
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
Charles Rought
Charles Gardner Rought was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Life:Rought was born in Surbiton. He became a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1909 and 1911 was a member of the crew that won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta...
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
Karl Vernon
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1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
Jack Beresford
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1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
Jack Beresford
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1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
Gordon Killick
Gordon Cecil Killick , also known as Bill Killick, was a British rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.-Life:Killick was born in Fulham...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
John Badcock (rower)
John Charles Badcock , also known as Felix Badcock, was a British rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.-Life:...
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
Jack Beresford
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1928 Summer Olympics
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Jamie Hamilton (publisher)
Jamie Hamilton was a half-American half-Scot rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He founded the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited....
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
Donald Gollan
Donald Herbert Louis Gollan was a British rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.Gollan was born in Paddington, London, the son of Spencer Gollan a racehorse owner and sportsman. He was deaf and mute. He was a member of both Thames Rowing Club and Vesta Rowing Club...
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
Guy Oliver Nickalls
Guy Oliver Nickalls , also known as Gully Nickalls, was a British rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.-Life:...
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
Arthur Sulley
Arthur Lindsay Sulley was a British rowing cox who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.Sulley was born in the Guisborough district of Yorkshire. He was educated at Cambridge University and coxed the winning Cambridge crew in the 1928 University Boat Race...
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
Hugh Edwards (rower)
Hugh Robert Arthur Edwards , also known as Jumbo Edwards, attended Christ Church, Oxford and was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics....
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
Rowland George
Rowland David George DSO OBE was a British rower who won gold in the 1932 Summer Olympics. As a World War II wing commander he was the only member of the Royal Air Force Equipment Branch to be awarded the Distinguished Service Order...
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
Dick Southwood
Leslie Frank "Dick" Southwood was a British rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
Dick Southwood
Leslie Frank "Dick" Southwood was a British rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
Tony Butcher
Anthony Sidney Fairbank "Tony" Butcher is a former Engish rower who competed in the 1948 Olympic Games and won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta....
1948 Summer Olympics
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Tom Christie
Thomas Hildred Christie is a former doctor and rower who represented Great Britain rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics and twice won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta....
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
Jack Dearlove
Jack Gilroy Dearlove was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he was the coxswain of the British boat which won the silver medal in the eights....
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
1948 Summer Olympics
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1948 Summer Olympics
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1948 Summer Olympics
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1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
Paul Massey
Paul Mackintosh Orgill Massey was a British rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....
1956 Summer Olympics
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1964 Summer Olympics
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1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
Malcolm McGowan
Malcolm R. McGowan is a British rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.He was born in London.In 1980 he was a crew member of the British boat which won the silver medal in the eights event....
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
John Pritchard (rower)
John Martin Pritchard is a British rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal, and in the 1984 Summer Olympics....
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
Miriam Batten
Miriam Batten is a British rower. She won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull with her younger sister Guin Batten and gold at the 1998 World Rowing Championships in the double scull with Gillian Lindsay....
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
Guin Batten
Guin Batten is a British rower . She at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull with her elder sister Miriam Batten, Gillian Lindsay and Katherine Grainger....
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
Elise Laverick
Elise Mary Laverick is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington...
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
Alison Mowbray
Alison Mowbray was a British rower who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics competing in the women's quadruple scull.- External links :...
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Alison Knowles (rower)
Alison Knowles is a British rower. She rowed in the women's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics but could not row in the finals due to illness.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Beth Rodford
Beth Rodford is a British rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
See also
- Leander ClubLeander ClubLeander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...
- London Rowing ClubLondon Rowing ClubLondon Rowing Club is one of the oldest rowing clubs on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.It is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain. and its Patron is HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh....
- Imperial College Boat ClubImperial College Boat ClubImperial College Boat Club is the rowing club for Imperial College and has its boat house on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. It was housed from 1919 in Thames Rowing Club but has had its own boathouse since 1938. The club has been highly successful, with many wins at Henley...
- Rowing on the River ThamesRowing on the River ThamesThe River Thames is one of the main rowing areas in England, with activity taking place on the Tideway and on the 45 separate lock reaches on the non tidal section. The river hosts two major rowing events The Boat Race and Henley Royal Regatta, and a large number of other regattas and long distance...