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 and Kieran West.

Honours

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- [3]
2003 Men J16 4+ [4]
2007 Open J18 4+ [5]
2009 Women J18 8+ [6]
2021 WJ16 4x [7]
2023 WJ18 4x [8]


Schools' Head of the River Race

YearWinning crew
1993 [9] J18 men’s eights
1994J18 men’s eights
1995J18 women’s eights
1996J18 women’s eights
2003J18 women’s eights
2004J18 women’s eights

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References

  1. "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. "Club details". Kingston Grammar School Rowing Club.
  3. ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". The Times. 22 July 2002. p. 26.
  4. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". The Times. 21 July 2003. p. 32.
  5. "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  6. "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  7. "Race Information". Row results. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. "Race Information". rowresults.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  9. "Schools Head results 1995". Archived from the original on 18 June 1997.