Royal Chester Rowing Club

Royal Chester Boat Club

Location	Chester, Cheshire, England
Home water	River Dee
Founded	1838 (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.

The boathouse is adjacent (on the east side) of The King's School Rowing Club.

History

2007

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

Year	Races 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

Year	Winning 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

• British Rowing

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.