Loch Lomond Rowing Club

Loch Lomond Rowing Club

Location	Heather Avenue, Balloch, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Coordinates	55°59′59″N4°34′48″W / 55.999691°N 4.580007°W / 55.999691; -4.580007
Founded	1827
Affiliations	Scottish Rowing
Website	www.lochlomondrowingclub.co.uk

Loch Lomond Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Leven, based at Heather Avenue, Balloch, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. ^[1] The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing. ^[2]

History

The club was established on Loch Lomond in 1827 and is the oldest rowing club in Scotland. In the early 1970s the clubhouse moved to its present location next to the Angling Club. ^[3]

Peter Haining learnt to row at the club in the early 1980s. ^[4]

The club has produced several national champions since 2007.

Notable members

• Peter Haining
• Jim McNiven
• Jim Paton

Honours

National champions

Year	Winning crew/s
2007	Women J16 4x [5]
2019	Women J18 4- [6]

References

1. "Directions". Loch Lomond Rowing Club.
2. "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
3. "History". Loch Lomond Rowing Club.
4. "Determination rewarded" . The Scotsman. 30 May 1984. Retrieved 12 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
6. "Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships". British Rowing.