Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row

Boathouse Row

-Early 19th century beginnings:The history of Boathouse Row begins with the construction of the Fairmount Dam and the adjacent Water Works. The Dam was built in 1810 as part of a lock at the Falls of the Schuylkill to bring coal downriver. The Dam submerged rapids and transformed the Schuylkill...

 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the Club changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions." Most recently, that goal was achieved by Andrew Byrnes

Andrew Byrnes

James Andrew Byrnes is a Canadian rower and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Ithaca, New York...

 and Josh Inman

Josh Inman

Josh Inman is an American rower. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Inman was raised in Oregon where he graduated from Hillsboro High School and Oregon State University...

 in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Boathouse

In 1873, Vesper, in conjunction with Malta Boat Club

Malta Boat Club

Malta Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #9 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1865, the Club joined the Schuylkill Navy when it relocated to the Schuylkill River from the Delaware River and purchased the facilities of the now defunct...

, built a -story boat house. In 1898, a second floor and addition were added to Vesper, and other renovations have recently been completed. Howard Egar designed the 1898 alterations and additions to the Vesper Boat Club.

Prominent members

• Michiel Bartman
  Michiel Bartman
  Michiel Bernhard Emiel Marie Bartman is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won a total of three Olympic medals during his career...
  
   - 2009 and 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff
• Allen Rosenberg
  Allen Rosenberg (rower)
  Allen Perry Rosenberg is an American former rower and rowing coach. He won 12 international and national gold and silver medals as a rower, and teams he coached won more than 24 gold and silver medals in the Olympics and world championships.-Early life:Rosenberg, who is Jewish, was born in...
  
   - rower and US Olympic rowing coach
• Dan Scholz - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls)
• Julie Nichols - 2008 US Olympic Team member (Alternate)
• Josh Inman
  Josh Inman
  Josh Inman is an American rower. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Inman was raised in Oregon where he graduated from Hillsboro High School and Oregon State University...
  
   - 2008 US Olympic Team and 2007 US National Team member (Stroke in Men’s Eight)
• Libby (Elizabeth) Peters - 2008 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)
• Wendy Tripician - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls)
• Jana Heere - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls)
• Hannah Moore - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)
• Carey Brezler - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)
• Eugene H. Clapp III
  Gene Clapp
  Eugene "Gene" Howard Clapp, IV is an American rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts and is the older brother of Charles Clapp. Gene Clapp graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 where he was a member of St...
  
   - 1972
  Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not included women's disciplines at the Olympics.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
  
    US Olympic Team
• Kenneth Dreyfuss - 1972
  Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not included women's disciplines at the Olympics.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
  
   US Olympic Team
• C. Hugh Stevenson – 1972
  Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not included women's disciplines at the Olympics.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
  
   US Olympic Team
• James E. Moroney III - 1972 & 1976 US Olympic Teams
• Stan Cwiklinski
  Stan Cwiklinski
  Stanley Cwiklinski was an Olympic gold medalist in crew at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He is a graduate of La Salle University.-References:...
  
   - 1964 US Olympic Team member (Men's Eight)
• Harry Parker - 1960 US Olympic Team and US Olympic Coach 1964–1984
• John B. Kelly, Jr.
  John B. Kelly, Jr.
  John Brendan Kelly, Jr. , also known as Kell Kelly or Jack Kelly, was an accomplished oarsman, a four-time Olympian, and an Olympic medal winner. He was also the son of triple Olympic gold medal winner John B. Kelly, Sr. In 1947, Kelly was awarded the James E...
  
   - 1948, 1952, 1956 & 1960 US Olympic Teams

See also

• John B. Kelly, Sr.
• John Strotbeck, Jr.
  John Strotbeck, Jr.
  John Strotbeck, Jr. is the founder, president and CEO of Boathouse Sports. Strotbeck rowed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic games, and was elected the Olympic Team’s Captain in the latter. His company, Boathouse Sports, is a manufacturer of custom team athletic apparel...
  
  
• John Timoney

External links

• Vesper Boat Club on wikimapia.com