Hereford Rowing Club

Hereford Rowing Club

Location	37 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Coordinates	52°03′07″N2°43′18″W / 52.051931°N 2.721795°W / 52.051931; -2.721795
Founded	1861
Affiliations	British Rowing (boat code HER)
Website	www.herefordrc.co.uk

Hereford Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Wye, based at 37 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford, Herefordshire, England. ^[1]

History

The first Hereford Regatta took place in 1859 and the creation of the rowing club took place at the Saracen's Head Inn on Wednesday 26 June 1861, with the first President being F. Kempson Esq. ^[2]

The present clubhouse was built in 1958 and the eights boathouse was built three years before in 1958, on the same site as the original boathouse. The club won the prestigious Britannia Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta in 1971 and produced a national champion crew in 2010. ^[3]

Honours

British champions

Year	Winning crew/s
1975	Men J16 4- [4]
1977	Men J18 8+ [5]
1983	Men J18 2- [6]
1985	Men J18 2- [7]
1996	Women J14 1x [8]
1997	Women 2x [9]
2000	Men J14 1x [10]
2001	Women 2x, Men J14 1x [11]
2003	Women J18 1x [12]
2010	Open 4x [13]
2024	Open club 4+ [14]

Henley Royal Regatta

Year	Winning crew
1971	Britannia Challenge Cup

Notable members

• Colin Barratt
• Clive Roberts

References

1. "Club details". British Rowing.
2. "Hereford Rowing Club" . Hereford Times. 29 June 1861. Retrieved 5 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
4. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
5. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
6. "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives.
7. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
8. ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
9. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
10. "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
11. ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
12. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
13. "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing.
14. "2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results". British Rowing. Retrieved 5 February 2025.