Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club

Location	Longridge, Quarry Wood Road, (until December 2025) Marlow
Coordinates	51°33′52″N0°45′39″W / 51.564311°N 0.760862°W / 51.564311; -0.760862
Founded	1921
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code - SWB
Website	www.borlaserowing.com

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based at Longridge, Quarry Wood Road, Marlow. ^[1] The club belongs to the Sir William Borlase's Grammar School. ^[2]

History

The club was formed in 1921. ^[3]

The club shared the boathouse facility at Longridge Activity Centre on Quarry Wood Road, with Great Marlow School Boat Club when the latter moved there in 2009. ^[4]

From 2012 to 2015, the club won the prestigious Fawley Challenge Cup three times at the Henley Royal Regatta. ^[5]

The facilities for rowing at the Longridge Outdoor Activity Centre were limited with boats being operated from outdoor racks, which led to a 20 year search at 15 locations before an application for a new boathouse was submitted at Gossmore Lane on the opposite side of the river. The facility called the Marlow and District Schools Boathouse is due to open in December 2025. ^{[6] [7]} The construction met with some controversy over using Green belt land to build the boathouse. ^[8]

Honours

British champions

Year	Winning crew
1984	Men J16 2x [9]
1986	Men J16 4- [10]
1988	Men J16 4+, Men J16 4- [11]
1993	Men J14 4x [12]
1994	Women J15 4x [13]
1995	Men J16 4x
1996	Men 4x [14]
2003	Women J16 2x [15]
2008	Open J18 4x, Women J18 4x, Women J16 2x [16]
2010	OJ16 4-, WJ18 2x, WJ16 1x, WJ16 4x [17]
2011	W4-, OJ14 4x+, WJ18 2x, WJ16 4+ [18]
2012	J18 4+ WJ16 4 + [19]
2014	O4x [20] [21]
2017	OJ15 4x+ [22]

Key= O Open, W Women, +coxed, -coxless, x sculls, J junior, 18 16 age group

Henley Royal Regatta

Year	Races won
1984	Visitors' Challenge Cup
2012	Fawley Challenge Cup
2014	Fawley Challenge Cup
2015	Fawley Challenge Cup

See also

• Rowing on the River Thames

References

1. "Club details". British Rowing.
2. "Sport at Sir William Borlase". Sir William Borlase's Grammar School.
3. "Rowing". swbgs. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
4. "Club history". Great Marlow School.
5. "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
6. "New Marlow schools boathouse project launches urgent appeal for funds". Brtish Rowing. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
7. "Marlow schools reveal plans for 'socially inclusive' boathouse". Bucks Free Press. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
8. "Boathouse application – approved!". Save Marlow's Greenbelt. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
9. Railton, Jim (16 July 1984). "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". The Times. p. 21.
10. Railton, Jim (21 July 1986). "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". The Times. p. 28.
11. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". The Times. 18 July 1988. p. 35.
12. ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". The Times. 19 July 1993. p. 20.
13. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". The Times. 18 July 1994. p. 22.
14. ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". The Times. 22 July 1996. p. 39.
15. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". The Times. 21 July 2003. p. 32.
16. "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
17. "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
18. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
19. "British Rowing Champions 2012 declared". British Rowing. 16 July 2012.
20. "2014 British Rowing Championships Race Centre". British Rowing. 17 October 2014.
21. "All the favourites through in Nottingham". British Rowing. 18 October 2014.
22. "2017 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.