Aberdeen Boat Club

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Aberdeen Boat Club
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Aberdeen BC rowing blade.svg
Location29 S Esplanade W, Aberdeen
Coordinates 57°08′15″N2°05′36″W / 57.1374°N 2.0932°W / 57.1374; -2.0932
Home waterTidal, embanked, River Dee, Aberdeenshire
Founded1865
Affiliations Scottish Rowing
Website www.abc-dee.co.uk

Aberdeen Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Dee, based at 29 S Esplanade W, Aberdeen. [1] The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. [2]

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History

The club was founded in 1865 when four boats were purchased. Several boathouses have existed throughout the club's history, the first was at the Ferryhill Burn Nr Bank Street. In 1876 a second boathouse was built in Polmuir and this was later followed a £60 purchase of the university boathouse in 1924. The boathouse was sold back to the university in 1953 when the club experienced a difficult period. A new boathouse was constructed in 1982 which gained an extension in 1994 with two additional boat bays. [3]

The club won the prestigious Wyfold Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta in 2002 [4] and has produced several national champions.

Sharing with other clubs

The club shares its boats and landing stage with Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association, whose dedicated boats have prefix ASR. [2]

It also has sharing arrangements with Aberdeen University Boat Club and one school has its own boats, as its full fleet in large part, forming Albyn School Boat Club. [2]

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta

YearWinning crew
2002 Wyfold Challenge Cup

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
2006 Women 2- [5]
2010 Women L2- (composite crew) [6]
2011 Women L2- [7]

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References

  1. "Club details". Aberdeen Boat Club.
  2. 1 2 3 "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
  3. "Club history". Aberdeen Boat Club.
  4. "Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.
  5. ""Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57". Times Digital Archives.
  6. "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  7. "2011 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.