Reading Blue Coat School Boat Club

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Reading Blue Coat School Boat Club
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Location Reading Blue Coat School, Holme Park, Sonning, Reading, RG4 6SU, England
Coordinates 51°28′12″N0°55′12″W / 51.47000°N 0.92000°W / 51.47000; -0.92000
Home water River Thames
Affiliations British Rowing
boat code - RBL
Website rbcs.org.uk/co-curricular/sports/

Reading Blue Coat School Boat Club is a rowing club based in Sonning, Reading, England. The home water is on the River Thames, [1] [2] [3] with the boathouse on the periphery of the school grounds by the Thames Path. [4]

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History

In 1983, Craig Buckley was the first member of the club to be selected for international honours, after competing at the World Youth Championships in Vichy, during August 1983. [5]

The club first entered Henley Royal Regatta in 2005 and recorded their race win in 2019. Success at the British Rowing Championships was first achieved at the 2021 British Rowing Junior Championships under the coaching of Allan French. [6]

Girls joined the boat club in 2023. [6]

Further national success came at the 2023 British Rowing Junior Championships and the 2024 British Rowing Championships. [7]

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
2021 Open J18 2- [8]
2023 Open J18 8+, Open J16 4+ [9]
2024 Open J18 8+, Open J16 4+ [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Rowing". Reading Blue Coat School. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Sport". Tes. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sonning Regatta 2024: river restriction notice". Gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Craig gets Britain call" . Reading Evening Post. 21 July 1983. Retrieved 8 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 "Reading Blue Coat School Boat Club". Junior Rowing News. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  7. 1 2 "2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results". British Rowing. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Race Information". Row results. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Race Information results". Row results. Retrieved 7 August 2023.


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