Kingston Grammar School Boat Club

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Kingston Grammar School Boat Club
Kingston Grammar School Boathouse.jpg
Kingston Grammar School Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
LocationAragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey
Coordinates 51°23′52″N0°20′09″W / 51.397766°N 0.335809°W / 51.397766; -0.335809
Home waterHampton Court Reach, River Thames
Founded1889
Affiliations British Rowing (boat code KGS)
Website sport.kgs.org.uk
Notable members
RC Sherriff, Sophie Hosking, James Cracknell

Kingston Grammar School Boat Club (KGSBC) is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey. [1]

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History

The club was founded in 1889 and belongs to the Kingston Grammar School. [2]

The club has produced multiple British champions, achieving particular success in the late 1980s to early 1990s under the leadership of head coach Peter Sheppard, during which time it was victorious in the Schools' Head of the River Race and produced a number of subsequent Olympic champions, including James Cracknell.

Honours

National Schools' Regatta

YearWinning crew/s
1996Anna Fangen Cup (JW16 4+), Creber Cup (JM15 4x+) [3]
1998Danesfield Cup (JM16 2-) [4]
1999Arundel Cup (JM16 4+) [5]
2002Fours Cup (JM Sch 4+), Creber Cup (JM15 4x+) [6]
2003Fours Cup (JM Sch 4+) [7]
2004Aylings Challenge Cup (JW 8+), Leander Cup (JW 2-) [8]
2009Windsor Cup (JM16 4-), Leslie Langton Cup (JW15 4+) [9]
2013Headington Cup (JW16 2-), Junior Colts Cup (JM15 8+) [9]
2014Leander Cup (JW 2-) [9]
2017Headington Cup (JW16 2-) [9]
2024Royal Engineers' Cup (JM 4-) [10]
2025Jim Mason Plate (JW 4+), Anna Fangen Cup (JW16 4+), Katrina Jacks Trophy (JW15 4+) [11]

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1981 Men J16 8+
1983 Men J16 2-, Men J16 4-, Men J14 4x
1984 Men J16 4+, Men J14 4x
1985 Men 2x, Women J16 2-, Women J14 2x
1986 Men J14 2x
1987 Men J16 2x, Men J16 4x, Men J14 2x, Women J14 2x
1988 Men J16 4x, Women J14 4x
1989 Men J18 4x, Women J14 2x
1992 Men J16 4-
1993 Men J18 4-
1994 Women J18 4+, Women J15 2x
1995 Women J16 8+, Women J15 1x
1996 Men J18 2-, Women J16 4+
1997 Women J18 2x
1998 Women J18 2-
2002 Women J18 4- [12]
2003 Men J16 4+ [13]
2007 Open J18 4+ [14]
2009 Women J18 8+ [15]
2021 WJ16 4x [16]
2023 WJ18 4x [17]


Schools' Head of the River Race

YearWinning crew
1993 [18] J18 men’s eights
1994J18 men’s eights
1995J18 women’s eights
1996J18 women’s eights
2003J18 women’s eights
2004J18 women’s eights

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ↑ "Club details". Kingston Grammar School Rowing Club.
  3. ↑ "Kingstonian 1996". Kingston Grammar School Online Archive. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Wayback Machine". The National Schools Regatta. Archived from the original on 20 August 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wayback Machine". The National Schools Regatta. Archived from the original on 20 August 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Wayback Machine". The National Schools Regatta. Archived from the original on 19 June 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Team development/Team Building". National Water Sports Centre Events. Archived from the original on 1 September 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2005.
  8. ↑ "Team development/Team Building". National Water Sports Centre Events. Archived from the original on 24 October 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2005.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "National Schools' Regatta - Results" . Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "National Schools' Regatta | Time-Team". regatta.time-team.nl. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "National Schools' Regatta | Time-Team". regatta.time-team.nl. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  12. ↑ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". The Times. 22 July 2002. p. 26.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". The Times. 21 July 2003. p. 32.
  14. ↑ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "Race Information". Row results. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Race Information". rowresults.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Schools Head results 1995". Archived from the original on 18 June 1997.


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