University of Kent Rowing Club
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The University of Kent Rowing Club is the rowing club of the University of Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...

 based in the UK on the River Stour. Founded in 1966, the club has regularly competed in competition and have been moderately successful.

Somerset Maugham Boathouse

The boathouse is located at Plucks Gutter
Plucks Gutter
Plucks Gutter is a small hamlet in Kent, England where the Little Stour and Great Stour rivers meet. During the Middle Ages, the two rivers met the Wantsum Channel at Stourmouth, but the combined rivers now flow onward to the sea via Sandwich to Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate, leaving Plucks Gutter...

 on the River Stour, outside of sandwitch. The boathouse is a 20minute drive from the university campus.
Inside the boathouse is men and women's changing rooms and a crew room with sofa's and cooking facilities.

Fleet

The club row in fours, pairs and quadruple, double and single sculling boats. Due to the width of the river they are unable to row in eights. The fours and quadruple sculls are all coxed boats.

Training

The club train throughout the year and hold a week long winter training camp over the Christmas holidays and three weeks over Easter to prepare for the BUCS regatta. All land training takes place in the University of Kent's gym in the centre of campus, with access to club ergo's on the balcony of one of the sports centre's halls. The club provide all members with a workout routine including a weight training and circuits. The club has a director of rowing, Mike Kennedy, who acts as the club coach.

Spitfire Boat Club

This was created as a club for the alumni of the University Rowing Club in 2001 but became an open club with membership available to anybodyeverybody in 2002. The Chairman of the Club is Mike Kennedy (the director of Rowing for UKRC)

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