Emanuel School Boat Club

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Emanuel School Boat Club
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LocationDukes Meadows, Chiswick, London
Coordinates 51°28′26″N0°15′14″W / 51.473788°N 0.254011°W / 51.473788; -0.254011
Affiliations British Rowing (boat code EMA)
Website www.emanuel.org.uk/beyond-the-classroom/sport/

Emanuel School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Dukes Meadows, Chiswick, London. [1]

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History

The club belongs to Emanuel School and has 70 boats and a rowing tank for training at their boathouse. [2] The club was the dominant force in schoolboy rowing during the 1960s, a period in which it won the Schools' Head of the River Race an unprecedented eight times in nine years. In total it has won the Schools' Head 11 times (behind only the 14 of Eton College) and won the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta in 1966, finishing runner-up on three further occasions. [3] It has also produced multiple British champions.

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta

YearWinning crew
1966 Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup

Schools' Head of the River Race

YearWinning crew
1962J18 eights
1963J18 eights
1965J18 eights
1966J18 eights
1967J18 eights
1968J18 eights
1969J18 eights
1970J18 eights
1975J18 eights
1976J18 eights
1981J18 eights

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1974 Men J16 2-, Men J16 8+, Women J18 4+ [4]
1975 Men J18 8+
1976 Men J18 8+ [5]
1980 Men J16 8+
1981 Men J18 4-
1986 Men J18 4- [6]
1988 Men J18 2- [7]
1990 Men J16 8+, Men J16 4x [8]
1991 Men J16 2-, Men J16 4+ [9]
1992 Men J18 2- [10]

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References

  1. "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. "Our sports facilities". Emanuel School.
  3. "Results". Friends of Rowing.
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