Upper Thames Rowing Club

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Upper Thames Rowing Club
Clubhouse at Upper Thames Rowing Club (geograph 6824749).jpg
Rowing Blade White.svg
Location Henley-on-Thames, UK Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Coordinates 51°32′45″N0°53′42″W / 51.5457°N 0.895°W / 51.5457; -0.895
Home water Hambledon Lock, River Thames
Founded1963 (1963)
Affiliations British Rowing
boat code: UTC
Website www.utrc.org.uk
Events
  • Henley Masters Regatta (July)
  • Upper Thames Autumn Head (UTAH)
Notable members
Maj. -Gen. Roy Wood, [1] Sir Steve Redgrave, Guin Batten, Miriam Batten

Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It has a large clubhouse at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course of Henley Royal Regatta. The club was established in 1963. [2]

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History

In 1964 the club entered its first crew for Henley Royal Regatta in the Thames Cup. The crew was composed of:

One of the earliest crews to enter for the World Veteran Rowing Championships (the World Masters Regatta) was a coxless four from Upper Thames comprising Peter Sutherland, Sid Rand, Derek Thurgood and Glynne Davies in the early 1970s.

A number of renowned oarsmen have passed through the club membership, including many World and Olympic medalists. In 2014 two crews won the club's first trophies at Henley. They were:

The Wyfold Challenge Cup

The Britannia Challenge Cup

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1977 Women J18 4+ [3]
1983 Women 4x [4]
1990 Men 4x [5]
1991 Women J18 1x [6]
1992 Men lightweight 2- [7]
1994 Men 1x, Women lightweight 2- [8]
1997 Women lightweight 4- [9]
1998 Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- [10]
1999 Women L4- [11]
2000 Women 8+ [12]
2001 Men J16 4+ [13]
2002 Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x [14]
2003 Women L2x, Men J16 2x [15]
2004 Open J16 2x [16]
2005 Women J18 2x [17]
2007 Open L4x, Women U23 1x [18]
2012 Open L1x, Women 4+ [19]

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References

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  19. ↑ "2012 results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
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