Abingdon School Boat Club

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Abingdon School Boat Club
Abingdon School Boathouse.jpg
Abingdon School Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Location Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Home water River Thames
Founded1830
Affiliations British Rowing
boat code - ABS
Website http://www.abingdon.org.uk/fasbc

Abingdon School Boat Club is the rowing club for Abingdon School. The club has a strong tradition of providing rowers for the Oxford University Boat Club, Cambridge University Boat Club and international teams.

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History

The boat club has a long history with the first documentary evidence of rowing as a school activity in 1830. [1] [2] Roysse's School Rowing Club (1840) became Abingdon School Boat Club.

Originally the club rowed in the Abingdon Town Regatta before creating the School Regatta in the 1890s following the discontinuation of the former. The principal event was the race between the first four and an Old Abingdonians (OAs) crew. Although the school had raced informally against Radley College the first official race with another school was on 5 July 1902 when the first four competed against St. Mark's School of Windsor. In 1936 the school entered the Marlow Regatta for the first time and won their first event at the Wallingford Regatta in 1952. [2]

In 1953 a new boathouse was built before a maiden win at the Marlow Regatta in 1955 and a first appearance at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1960. In 1982 the club won 25 trophies followed by 31 in 1984 and in 1985 was listed as the most successful school rowing club in the country. [2] In 1991 both the coxed fours and coxless fours became National Champions with the coxed four later representing England. [3] Since 1991 Abingdon School has been represented at English or British junior international level every season. [2]

The 1st VIII won the "triple" in 2002 and again in 2012: the Schools' Head of the River Race, the Queen Mother's Cup at the National Schools' Regatta and the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. 2006's J14's A and B squads both became National School Champions, whilst the 2007 J16's won the junior Inter-Regionals 8+ event, and a J16 4+ crew went to form half the winning GB 8+ in the GB-France match. In 2009 the 1st VIII reached the final of the Henley Royal Regatta before losing to a "triple" winning Eton College crew.

In 2011 the 1st VIII achieved victory again at the Schools Head of the River. [4] They backed this up by winning the Princess Elizabeth Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, on the way setting a new record of 6:19 for the course in the semi-final against Radley College, beating the long-standing record set by Pangbourne College in 1992 of 6:22. The 1st VIII won the Princess Elizabeth Cup in 2012 and 2013 too, setting a new course record in the 2013 final of 6:17. The last time a school won the cup for three consecutive years was Bedford School in 1948.

From 2002 to 2013 the school won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup four times. [5] In 2016 and 2017 the school provided a total of six members for the University boat race, (four for Oxford and two for Cambridge).

Notable rowers

Junior internationals

Below is a list of Junior Internationals capped by either Great Britain at the Coupe de la Jeunesse or England. [2] : 121–123 

Coaches

The school has an impressive history of top-level coaches that have instrumented the continued success of the Boat Club and its athletes, to the tune of multiple national and Henley Royal Regatta titles, including "the triple" in 2002 and 2012 - a prestigious achievement which comprises winning the Schools' Head of the River Race, Championship eights at the National Schools' Regatta and finally the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, all in the same year.

YearDirector of Rowing1st VIII CoachNational Championships / Major honours
1991Mike MartinMike Martin 1991 British Rowing Championships (x2), J18 4-, J18 4+
1992Mike MartinMike Martin 1992 British Rowing Championships (x2), J18 8+, J16 8+
1993Mike MartinMike Martin
1994Mike MartinMike Martin
1995Mike MartinMike Martin
1996Mike MartinMike Martin 1996 British Rowing Championships J16 4+
1997Mike MartinMike Martin
1998Mike MartinMike Martin
1999Mike MartinMike Martin
2000Mike MartinMike Martin 2000 British Rowing Championships (x3), J18 4+c, J16 4-, J16 4+
2001Mike MartinMike Martin
2002Mike MartinMike MartinThe Triple - Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup J18 8+ / Queen Mother Challenge Cup J18 8+ / Schools' Head of the River Race J18 8+
2003Mike MartinMike Martin
2004Mike MartinMike Martin Queen Mother Challenge Cup J18 8+ / 2004 British Rowing Championships (x2), J18 4+, J16 4-
2005Mike MartinMike Martin Queen Mother Challenge Cup J18 8+
2006Athol HundermarkMike Martin
2007Athol HundermarkMike Martin
2008Athol HundermarkMike Martin
2009Athol HundermarkAthol Hundermark
2010Athol HundermarkAthol Hundermark
2011Athol HundermarkAthol Hundermark Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup J18 8+ / Schools' Head of the River Race J18 8+ / 2011 British Rowing Championships, J18 4-c
2012Athol HundermarkAthol HundermarkThe Triple - Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup J18 8+ / Queen Mother Challenge Cup J18 8+ / Schools' Head of the River Race J18 8+
2013James FoxDave Currie Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup J18 8+ / Queen Mother Challenge Cup J18 8+
2014Mark EarnshawDave Currie Queen Mother Challenge Cup J18 8+
2015Mark EarnshawMark Earnshaw 2015 British Rowing Junior Championships, J16 2-
2016Mark EarnshawAli Brown
2017Mark EarnshawAli Brown
2018Mark EarnshawMark Earnshaw
2019Mark EarnshawRory Copus
2020Mark EarnshawRory Copus
2021Mark EarnshawRory Copus
2022Mark EarnshawRory Copus
2023Mark EarnshawMike Webb
2024Mark EarnshawPhil Gray

Key

Symbolmeaning
1, 2, 4, 8crew size
+ coxed
-coxless
x sculls
cpart of a composite
16, 18Under-16/18
JJunior

See also

References

  1. ↑ Abingdon School: Boat Club. abingdon.org.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Digby, Hugh (2016). The Story of Abingdon School Boat Club. Pinfold Publications. ISBN   978-1-5262-0391-5.
  3. ↑ "NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS OF GREAT BRITAIN". British Rowing.
  4. ↑ Rowing: It's a thriller as Abingdon win Schools Head. The Oxford Times. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013
  5. ↑ "Results of Final Races – 1946–2003". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "(M8+) Men's Eight – Final". World Rowing.
  7. ↑ "National Rowing Championships". British Rowing Championships.
  8. ↑ "1992 WORLD ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – MONTREAL, CAN". World Rowing.
  9. 1 2 "World Junior Championships". World Rowing.
  10. ↑ "2001". OUBC. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Hugh Mackenzie Profile". World Rowing.
  12. ↑ "Jamie Anderson Profile". World Rowing.
  13. ↑ "Nicholas Brodie Profile". World Rowing.
  14. ↑ "Tom Williams Profile". World Rowing.
  15. ↑ "Brian Cullen Profile". World Rowing.
  16. ↑ "Ryan Bucke Profile". World Rowing.
  17. ↑ "Patrick Vickers Profile". World Rowing.
  18. ↑ "Matthew Rossiter Profile". World Rowing.
  19. ↑ "Oliver Cook Profile". World Rowing.
  20. ↑ "Fearghus Raftery Profile". World Rowing.
  21. ↑ "Max Gander Profile". World Rowing.
  22. ↑ "Felix Wood Profile". World Rowing.
  23. ↑ "Rory Copus Profile". World Rowing.
  24. ↑ "Jamie Cook Profile". World Rowing.
  25. ↑ "Profile". World Rowing.
  26. ↑ "George Rossiter Profile". World Rowing.
  27. ↑ "Felix Newman Profile". World Rowing.
  28. ↑ "Profile". British Rowing.
  29. ↑ "John Carter Profile". World Rowing.
  30. ↑ "2017 boat race crews announced". The Boat races.org. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  31. ↑ "Matthew Carter Profile". World Rowing.
  32. ↑ "Joel Cooper Profile". World Rowing.
  33. ↑ "Henry Lambe Profile". World Rowing.
  34. ↑ "Guy Screaton Profile". World Rowing.
  35. ↑ "Thomas Digby Profile". World Rowing.
  36. ↑ "Adam Teece Profile". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  37. ↑ "Connor Brown Profile". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  38. 1 2 3 4 "National Rowing Championships of Great Britain". British Rowing.
  39. 1 2 3 4 "National Rowing Championships of Great Britain". British Rowing.
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