Royal Chester Rowing Club

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Royal Chester Boat Club
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Location Chester, Cheshire, England
Home water River Dee
Founded1838 (1838)
Affiliations British Rowing
boat code - RCH
Website www.royalchester.org
Events
North of England Head, Chester Long Distance Sculls

Royal Chester Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the Groves in Chester, England. [1] It rows on the River Dee with both men's and women's squads and members ranging from juniors of 14 upwards to Veteran oarsmen and women [2] and hosts the North of England Head and Chester Long Distance sculls.

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History

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The club was formed as the Chester Victoria Rowing Club on 9 July 1838, following a meeting at the Castle of Chester. [3] Two years later, in 1840, the club added the appellation of Royal after gaining Royal Patronage, becoming Royal Chester Rowing Club. [4]

Royals compete at events around the country, and in 2017 sent two eights to Henley Royal Regatta. [5]

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta

YearRaces won
1855 Stewards' Challenge Cup, Wyfold Challenge Cup
1856 Grand Challenge Cup, Ladies' Challenge Plate
1882 Thames Challenge Cup
1891 Wyfold Challenge Cup
1892 Stewards' Challenge Cup
1924 Wyfold Challenge Cup

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1986 Men J18 4+ [6]
1989 Men J18 4+ [7]
1994 Women 4x [8]
2002 Women J18 2x [9]
2003 Men J18 4x [10]
2005 Open J16 4- [11]
2010 Women J18 1x [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chester Chronicle: Royal Chester Rowing Club".
  2. ↑ "Royal Chester Rowing Club".
  3. ↑ "Rowing Club" . Chester Chronicle. 13 July 1838. Retrieved 13 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Chester Victoria Rowing Club" . Chester Chronicle. 26 June 1840. Retrieved 13 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Royals have two eights at Henley - Royal Chester Rowing Club". royalchesterrowingclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Railton, Jim (21 July 1986). "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". The Times. p. 28.
  7. ↑ "a Special Correspondent. "Chuter to resolve selection dispute." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 32". The Times. 17 July 1989. p. 32.
  8. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". The Times. 18 July 1994. p. 22.
  9. ↑ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". The Times. 22 July 2002. p. 26.
  10. ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". The Times. 21 July 2003. p. 32.
  11. ↑ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". The Times. 18 July 2005. p. 53.
  12. ↑ "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
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