City of Oxford Rowing Club

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City of Oxford Rowing Club
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City of Oxford Rowing Club Rowing Blade.svg
Location Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates 51°44′08″N1°14′26″W / 51.735556°N 1.240667°W / 51.735556; -1.240667 Coordinates: 51°44′08″N1°14′26″W / 51.735556°N 1.240667°W / 51.735556; -1.240667
Home water Thames, The Isis
Founded1968
Affiliations British Rowing
boat code - COX
Website oxfordrowingclub.org.uk
Events
Oxford City Bumps, Oxford City Royal Regatta, Isis Sculls

City of Oxford Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based on Meadow Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire. [1]

Contents

History

The club was founded in 1968 following the amalgamation of two clubs; Neptune and Hannington. [2] The club have provided eight senior national champion crews. [3]

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew
1988 ML8+
1993 M2+
2004 W4-, WL4-
2007 W4- [4]
2008 WJ18 4-, WJ16 1x, WJ14 2x [5]
2009 W4+ [6]
2010 W2-, WJ18 4-, WJ18 4+, OJ15 1x [7]
2011 W2-, W4+ [8]

Key = O open, M men, W women, +coxed, -coxless, x sculls, c composite, L lightweight

Notable rowers

  • Christine Aherne (2004 national champion) [3]
  • Andrew Baker (cox) (2009 national champion) [9]
  • Katy Day (2004 national champion) [3]
  • Andrea Dennis (2004 lightweight national champion) [3]
  • Mike Edge (1993 national champion) [3]
  • Sian Findlay (2011 national champion) [9]
  • Adrian Graham (1993 national champion) [3]
  • Amy Jackson (2004 national champion) [3]
  • Dave Locke (cox)(2011 national champion) [9]
  • Jane Loveday (2011 national champion) [9]
  • Zoe Lundy (2009 national champion) [9]
  • Rachel Luxton (2007 national champion) [4]
  • Clare Major (2007, 2009 national champion) [4]
  • Anna Reid (2009 national champion) [9]
  • Becky Slater (2007 national champion) [4]
  • Nicola Smith (2011 national champion) [9]
  • Elizabeth Southey (2007 national champion) [4]
  • Rachel Urwin (2004 national champion) [3]
  • Keren Ward (2009 & 2011 national champion) [9]

See also

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References

  1. "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. "About Us". City of Oxford Rowing Club.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hall of Fame". City of Oxford Rowing Club.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "ROWING: City grab gold in nationals". Oxford Mail.
  5. "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  6. "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  7. "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  8. "2011 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.