Nottingham Rowing Club

Nottingham Rowing Club

Location	West Bridgford, Nottingham, England
Home water	River Trent, Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre
Founded	2006 (2006)
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code - NRC
Website	nottingham-rowing-club.co.uk
Events
Nottingham Autumn Head Nottingham Head of the Trent Nottingham Regatta (with Nottingham & Union RC)

Nottingham Rowing Club is a rowing club in West Bridgford, Nottingham, England.

History

The club was formed in 2006 as a merger of the Nottingham Boat Club and the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, two historic rowing clubs that were established in 1892 ^[1] and 1869 respectively. Since the merger of the two clubs, the NRC has incorporated the former Nottingham Schools Rowing Association and the Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association. Members from the two founder clubs have had success in national and international regattas, and represented the Great Britain team at World Championship and Olympic level. The Britannia Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta is named after Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, who donated the cup in 1969 to mark their centenary. ^[2]

Successes by the club since its foundation include winning the Club Pennant at the 2008 Women's Eights Head of the River Race, ^[3] while members of the new club have represented Great Britain at World Cup events ^{[4] [5] [6]} and won elite finals at Women's Henley. ^{[7] [8]}

The current club has three boathouses situated on the River Trent in West Bridgford, as well as a presence at Holme Pierrepont.

The Boat Club boathouse is also locally well known as a music venue.

Sign displayed at the Boat Club listing famous bands who have played there.

Elton John, Rod Stewart, the Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath all played at the venue, ^[9] and Radio 1's John Peel broadcast from the club in 2002. ^[10]

Honours

British champions

Year	Winning crew/s
2003	Women L2- [11]
2007	Women 2-, Open L4- [12]
2008	Women U23 1x [13]
2009	Open 2x, Women 1x, Open J14 1x, Open J14 4x+, Women J17 1x, Women J15 1x, Women J15 2x [14]
2010	Women 4x [15]
2011	Open 4-, Women 2x, Women 4x [16]
2012	Women 1x, Women 2- [17]
2013	Open J18 2x, Open J15 1x
2013	Open J18 1x
2018	Open 2x [18]
2024	W club 4x-, W club 4- [19]

Key

• W (women), J (junior), 2, 4, 8 (crew size), 18, 16, 15, 14 (age group), x (sculls), - (coxless), + (coxed)

Henley Royal Regatta

Year	Races won
1979	Diamond Challenge Sculls
1980	Wyfold Challenge Cup
1982	Wyfold Challenge Cup
1997	Thames Challenge Cup
2008	Fawley Challenge Cup
2012	Wyfold Challenge Cup
2018	Stonor Challenge Trophy
2019	Prince of Wales Challenge Cup

References

1. "Nottingham and General" . Nottingham Evening Post. 28 April 1894. Retrieved 6 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Trophies | Henley Royal Regatta". www.hrr.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
3. "Women's Eights Head of the River Race 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014.
4. Tina Stiller ^[usurped] ara-rowing.org
5. Wins and second places in Poznan ^[usurped] ara-rowing 16 June 2008 retrieved 25 June 2008
6. Nine Golds at Banyoles ^[usurped] ARA retrieved 11 June 2009
7. "Avril Vellacott Cup results 2008". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
8. "10 broken records and the 'highest ever standard' at 23rd". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
9. "Venue profile : The Boat Club, Nottingham". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
10. Radio1 Nottingham
11. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
12. "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
13. "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
14. "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
15. "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
16. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
17. "British Rowing Champions 2012 declared". British Rowing.
18. "2018 British Rowing Senior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
19. "2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results". British Rowing. Retrieved 6 February 2025.