Staines Boat Club

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Staines Boat Club
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Location28 Riverside Drive, Egham Hythe, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3JN, Surrey, England
Coordinates Coordinates: 51°25′52″N0°30′47″W / 51.4310°N 0.5130°W / 51.4310; -0.5130
Home waterStaines-upon-Thames Reach (water above Penton Hook Lock), River Thames
Founded1869 (1869)
Affiliations British Rowing
boat code - STN
Website www.stainesboatclub.co.uk
Events
Staines Regatta

Staines Boat Club is a rowing club between Penton Hook Lock and Bell Weir Lock on the River Thames in England. The club was founded in 1869 when it was first listed in the Rowing Almanac as racing in that season. Its boathouse formally reopened in May 2022 after renovations. It is located next to the Hythe spur of the Thames Path in Egham Hythe, historically also known as Staines hythe, the last word meaning small harbour or river harbour.

Contents

Staines has been the organising or support club for Staines Regatta since its inception and predates the rowing clubs on the Putney Embankment listed below. The club was founded in 1851 as an amateur rowing club while a manual-professional distinction applied to the sport, the same early year in the sport as the formal foundation of the club serving Windsor and Eton. The club has membership groups for different age groups.

Location and amenities

The club and boat house is on the southern bank of the river at Egham Hythe (its electoral ward and parish), [1] [2] close to the Swan Inn on what was a series of three small islands of Staines-upon-Thames before 1754 and remains its post town, it is adjoined by a spur of the Thames Path, the Hythe towpath, through the small riverside conservation area which is connected to the Runnymede towpath, north-west and Staines Bridge which connects it to the Spelthorne towpath, south. It has a small parking and trailer area of hardstanding. The club has a range of regularly updated and improved charitable amenities including boathouses, a large seating area and hire venue. [3]

Remenham club at Henley Royal Regatta

Since 1909 its non-new and multi prize-winning successful oarsmen and women may be invited to join the social Remenham Club which entitles its members and their guests to take part in the only such spectator venue with a clubhouse at Henley Royal Regatta, adjoined by a mound and a large exclusive grass lawn enclosure. Remenham membership is limited to some of the older rowing clubs along the river.

Establishment

The club was established with select membership criteria, restricted to men in 'professional occupations' and preferably having already learnt to row at a school. The Rowing Almanac has been published every year since 1860. Staines Boat Club first appeared in the Almanac in 1870 which recorded the results of the 1869 season. The club appears in every Rowing Almanac since.

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1977 Men L1x [4]
1981 Men L2x [5]
1983 Women 2x [6]
1987 Women 4x [7]
1992 Women 2x, Women 4+, Women L2x [8]
1993 Women 4+ [9]
1996 Women 4-, Women 8+ [10]
2005 Women L4- [11]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ TW18 3JN Parish information. Accessed 2015-04-19
  2. ↑ Surrey Interactive Map People and community: District Wards
  3. ↑ 'Staines: Introduction' A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3, ed. Susan Reynolds (London, 1962), pp. 13-18 Accessed 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ↑ "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
  11. ↑ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.
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