George Heriot's School Rowing Club

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George Heriot's School Rowing Club
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Rowing Blade White.svg
George Heriot's boathouse is the red/brown gabled building.
MottoI Distribute Cheerfullie
Location Edinburgh, Scotland
Home water Union Canal, Edinburgh
Foundedc.1953
Colours Navy Blue, White
Affiliations Scottish Rowing

George Heriot's School Rowing Club (GHSRC) is the rowing club within George Heriot's School, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It competes regularly in Scottish Rowing regattas and Head of the River races. GHSRC also competes in many larger competitions on a national scale including Schools Head of the River and National Schools Regatta.

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GHSRC is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. [1] [2]

History

In the competitive landscape of school rowing in Edinburgh and Scotland at large, GHSRC shares a longstanding and spirited rivalry with George Watson’s College Boat Club, which is widely regarded as one of the most successful school rowing programmes in the country.[ by whom? ] [3]

The club has produced multiple British champions with the most recent being at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships. [4]

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1988 Women J18 4+ [5]
1990 Women J16 8+ [6]
1991 Women J18 8+, Women J16 4+ [7]
1993 Men J14 2x, Men J16 4+ [8]
1996 Men J18 4+ [9]
1997 Women J18 8+ [10]
1998 Women J18 4+ [11]
2003 Women J18 4-, Women J16 4+ [12]
2005 Women J18 4+, Women J16 4+ [13]
2006 Women J18 4-, Women J18 4+ [14]
2007 Women J18 8+ [15]
2025 Women J16 4x- [4]

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ↑ Club Contacts Archived 21 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine on Scottish Rowing Web Site.
  2. ↑ "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
  3. ↑ "George Watson's College Boat Club". JRN. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 "All results". Row results. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  11. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ ""Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  15. ↑ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
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