Clyde Amateur Rowing Club

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Clyde Amateur Rowing Club
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LocationWest boathouse, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates 55°51′07″N4°14′38″W / 55.851823°N 4.243802°W / 55.851823; -4.243802
Founded1865
Affiliations Scottish Rowing
Website clydearc.org.uk

Clyde Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Clyde, based at the West Boathouse, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland. [1] The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. [2]

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History

The club was founded in 1865 and is on the west side of a shared boathouse with the Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club. [1] The Penny Brothers (Thomas, Laurence, Alexander, William and James Penny) were all members of Clyde ARC during the 1920s and 1930s. [3]

Notable Members

Former alumni include:

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1984 Men J18 2- [4]
1986 Women J16 2- [5]
1987 Women 4x, Women J18 2- [6]
1993 Women L2x [7]
1998 Men L4- [8]
2003 Women L4x [9]
2009 Women L1x [10]

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  2. "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
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  8. ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  10. "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.