Christchurch Rowing Club

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Christchurch Rowing Club
LocationRiver Bank, Wick Lane, Christchurch, Dorset
Coordinates 50°43′49″N1°46′49″W / 50.730150°N 1.780390°W / 50.730150; -1.780390 Coordinates: 50°43′49″N1°46′49″W / 50.730150°N 1.780390°W / 50.730150; -1.780390
Founded1948
Affiliations British Rowing (boat code CHR)
Website www.christchurchrowingclub.co.uk

Christchurch Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Stour, based at River Bank, Wick Lane, Christchurch, Dorset [1] and is affiliated to British Rowing.

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History

The club was founded in 1948 before the boathouse moved to the current location in the mid 1960s with an extension being added in 2008. [2] The club is also affiliated to the Hants and Dorset Amateur Rowing Association which governs coastal rowing. [3]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1982 Men J18 2- [4]
1983 Men coastal 4+ [5]
1984 Women J18 4x, Women coastal 4+ [6]
1985 Men J14 1x, Men coastal 4+ [7]
1986 Men J16 1x, Men coastal 4+, Women coastal 4+ [8]
1987 Men coastal 4+ [9]
1988 Women coastal 4+ [10]
1989 Men coastal 4+ & Men coastal J2-, Women coastal J4+ [11]
1990 Women coastal 4+ [12]
1991 Men coastal 1x, Men coastal 2- [13]
1992 Men coastal 2-, Women coastal 4+ [14]
1993 Women coastal 4+ [15]
1994 Women J14 2x, Men coastal 2-, Men coastal J2- [16]
1995 Women J15 2x
1996 Women J16 4x [17]
1997 Women J18 4x [18]
2002 Men coastal 4+ [19]
2010 Women J16 2x [20]
2012 Open J16 1x [21]

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