Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club

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Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club
The West Boathouse (geograph 3170341).jpg
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Location Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°51′07″N4°14′38″W / 55.851823°N 4.243802°W / 55.851823; -4.243802
Home water River Clyde
Founded1857 (1857)
Affiliations Scottish Rowing
Website www.clydesdalearc.org.uk
Events
  • Clydesdale Sculler's Head
  • Clydesdale Four's and Eight's Head

Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club (abbreviated to Clydesdale ARC, or CARC) is Scotland's largest rowing club, located on the River Clyde in the centre of Glasgow. It is successful each year in many events at the Scottish Rowing Championships and is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. [1]

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History

Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club was officially formed in 1857, however, evidence exists to suggest that the club was actually first formed in 1856; the first club annual report, dated to 1856, identifies the formation of the club as occurring “in a small meeting, convened in Steele’s Coffee-Room, where, with Arethusa Albert Small Esq. as chairman, your secretary moved, the creation of an humble rowing club”. It was originally named the Clydesdale Gentlemen Amateur Rowing Club. [2]

Rangers Football Club were formed by four founders of the rowing club – brothers Moses McNeil and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath – who met at West End Park (now known as Kelvingrove Park) in March 1872.[ citation needed ] Rangers' first match, in May that year, was a goalless friendly draw with Callander on Flesher's Haugh situated on Glasgow Green.

Boathouse

The club currently resides in the eastern half of The West Boathouse on Glasgow Green, sharing the building with Clyde Amateur Rowing Club. Due to the limited size of the West Boathouse, the club also uses the East Boathouse, situated 400m upriver, to house their eights, as well as boats for Glasgow Schools Rowing Club.[ citation needed ]

The current boathouse is a category B listed building. [3] It contains two medium boat bays: the riverside one is barely long enough for shorter coxless fours, and is used to store one of these, along with the club's doubles and Aldens.[ citation needed ] The other bay is for the fours and singles, with singles being stored in a system with two singles per shelf. Access to the boathouse is from the path on Glasgow Green, the bay doors face east onto the asphalted forecourt, with steps onto the river along the south side of the boathouse, which are shared with Clyde.

The female changing rooms are also on the ground floor, the top floor contains male changing rooms, a tearoom, and the gym in which the Concept 2 Ergometers, and weights equipment are stored. Access to the balcony is also from this floor. There is also an attic in which Club belongings and equipment are kept.

Boats

The clubs boat-fleet consists mainly of British Janouseks, as well as some newer Stämpfli boats. In Autumn 2009 a used Stämpfli 8 was delivered ("Cruachan"), [4] as well as a new Coxless Quad ("Islay"). A Filippi F41 Eight (named "Ben y Vrackie" after a hill outside Pitlochry) was bought with financial help from Henry Abram and Sons Ltd, Awards for All Scotland, the Sports Council for Glasgow and Culture and Sport Glasgow. [5]

There are also two other Stämpfli fours, most other boats are Janousek. The majority of boats are built for scull and sweep rigging for versatility, also necessary due to the limited boat racking space, meaning the total number of boats is limited.

Notable Members

Severin Nielsen (born 2002) and Matthew Fielding (born 2001) are Scottish elite rowers who represented Scotland in the quadruple sculls at the 2019 Home International Regatta. [6] Community Development Officer, Miki Lee Dale, was awarded sportscotland’s ‘Young Person’s Coach of the Year’ in 2017. [7]


Former alumni include:

Colours

Club colours are Royal Blue. The blades are Royal Blue with a white cross spanning the height and breadth of the blades. A previous design was Royal Blue with two vertical white stripes towards the end of the blade, which can still be seen on some private blades. The one-piece is also Royal Blue with a double white-stripe along each side. (A former design had a white upper and blue lower part to the one-piece, however this was changed. [ citation needed ])

Events

The Club is involved in organising a few races throughout the year, most notably the Clydesdale Sculler's Head every October, the largest Scottish single's head race, in which doubles can also race in a separate division since 2007. [8]

There is also the Clydesdale Four's and Eight's Head, as well as the Corporate Regatta where companies can send teams to learn to row and then compete, which is both a source of income and new members. [5]

Clydesdale Summer Regatta is held annually in May. [9]

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1985 Women L4- [10]
1989 Men 8+ [11]
1995 Women U23 1x
1999 Women 1x, Women L1x [12]
2003 Women L4x [13]
2006 Women 2- [14]
2010 Open J17 1x, Open J15 4x+ [15]
2012 Women U23 1x [16]
2013 Open J14 1x [17]
2016 Open J18 1x [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Club history" . Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Glasgow City Council listed buildings, can be accessed at http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/eCitizenTemplates/Templates/eCitizenLocS.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fen%2fOnlineServices%2flocationsearch.htm&NRNODEGUID={93DD90DF-1282-4698-8426-F3D95E21D25F}&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&searchType=myproperty. All boathouse entries are found under street name "Glasgow Green"; the East Boathouse is number 1E, the West Boathouse 1F.
  4. ↑ "List of boats, and naming conventions". 11 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Sports Council for Glasgow supports new boat for Clydesdale". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Scotland Rowing Team- Home International Regatta 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Miki Lee Dale awarded sportscotland's 'Young Person's Coach of the Year'". scottish-rowing.org.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Events page describing the sculler's head, and history". Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club –. 11 June 2021.
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