Durham Amateur Rowing Club

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Durham Amateur Rowing Club
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LocationCity Boathouse, Green Lane, Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham, England
Coordinates 54°46′26″N1°33′28″W / 54.773845°N 1.557710°W / 54.773845; -1.557710
Founded1860
Affiliations British Rowing (boat code DUR)
Website www.durham-arc.org.uk

Durham Amateur Rowing Club (DARC) is a rowing club on the River Wear, based at City Boathouse, Green Lane, Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham, England. [1]

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History

The club was founded in 1860 and is affiliated to British Rowing. The original boathouse was built in 1897 near Prebends Bridge and DARC shared the facilities with St Leonard's School Boat Club. [2]

In 1969 DARC moved to its present boathouse site at Green Lane. [2]

On 14 September 2007 the boathouse was rebuilt. [3]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1974 Men 4x, Women 4x, Men L1x [4]
1992 Men J16 2x, Men J14 1x, Women J16 2x [5]
1996 Men J182x, Women J16 2x, Women J15 1x [6]
1999 Men U23 1x [7]
2000 Women J15 2x [8]
2003 Women 4-, Women L4x [9]
2007 Women J16 1x [10]
2024 Open J15 1x [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. 1 2 "Regatta looks to the future after second blank summer". Durham Regatta. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Club history". Durham Amateur Rowing Club.
  4. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ↑ "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ↑ "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ↑ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results". British Rowing. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
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