Castle Semple Rowing Club

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Castle Semple Rowing Club
Castle Semple Rowing Club blade.jpg
Location Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Central Lowlands, Scotland
Coordinates 55°47′52″N4°37′10″W / 55.797658°N 4.619434°W / 55.797658; -4.619434
Affiliations Scottish Rowing
Website www.castlesemplerc.co.uk

Castle Semple Rowing Club is a rowing club on the Castle Semple Loch, based at Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Central Lowlands, Scotland. [1] The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. [2]

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History

In 1986 club members James Sloan and Martin Holmes represented Scotland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the lightweight single sculls and the coxless fours and eights respectively. [3]

The club won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in 2015. [4]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1988 Men J18 1x
1989 Men 8+
1998 Men 2x
1999 Men 8+
2005 Open J18 2- [5]
2006 Open J18 2-, Open J18 4- [6]
2007 Open J15 2x [7]
2012 Women J18 2- [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Club details". Castle Semple Rowing Club.
  2. ↑ "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
  3. ↑ "Rowing Two in Sponsor Plea" . Paisley Daily Express. 10 May 1986. Retrieved 11 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Castle Semple first Rowing Club in Scotland to be recognised with Queen's Award for Voluntary Service". Scottish Rowing.
  5. ↑ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ ""Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57". Times Digital Archives.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "2012 results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.