The Champion of the Thames

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The Champion of the Thames is a pub in King Street, Cambridge, England. The pub's name derives from an oarsman who won a sculling race on the Thames before moving to Cambridge in 1860. He required that all mail to him be addressed to "The Champion of the River Thames, King Street, Cambridge". [1] The rowing connection continues, the Champion of the Thames rowing club being sponsored by the pub.

It is a Grade II listed building, [2] and its late-19th-century interior is unaltered. [3] It is on the Regional Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors for East Anglia. [3]

The pub is mentioned in Tom Sharpe's novel Porterhouse Blue , in which it is said to be the character Skullion's favourite pub, although Sharpe changed the pub's name to The Thames Boatman in the novel.[ citation needed ] It is one of the smaller pubs in Cambridge and is part of the King Street Run, a pub crawl with the object of consuming one pint of beer in each pub in King Street in the quickest time.[ citation needed ] Since 1992, a team from the pub has played an annual cricket match against a team from the St Radegund for the King Street Trophy. [4]

In 2024 the Cambridge and District branch of the Campaign for Real Ale declared it their City Pub of the Year and overall Pub of the Year award winners. [5]

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References

  1. "Club History - Champion of the Thames Rowing Club". championrowing.org.uk. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. Historic England. "The Champion of the Thames Inn (1100277)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 Shaw, Andy. "Real Heritage Pubs Online Guide". pubheritage.camra.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. "1992". Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. "Pub of the Year 2024". Cambridge & District CAMRA. Cambridge & District Campaign for Real Ale. 30 March 2024. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

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