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| Location | Henley-on-Thames |
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| Coordinates | 51°32′45″N0°53′42″W / 51.5457°N 0.895°W |
| Home water | Hambledon Lock, River Thames |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code: UTC |
| Website | www |
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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. [1]
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:
| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 1977 | Women J18 4+ [2] |
| 1983 | Women 4x [3] |
| 1990 | Men 4x [4] |
| 1991 | Women J18 1x [5] |
| 1992 | Men lightweight 2- [6] |
| 1994 | Men 1x, Women lightweight 2- [7] |
| 1997 | Women lightweight 4- [8] |
| 1998 | Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- [9] |
| 1999 | Women L4- [10] |
| 2000 | Women 8+ [11] |
| 2001 | Men J16 4+ [12] |
| 2002 | Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x [13] |
| 2003 | Women L2x, Men J16 2x [14] |
| 2004 | Open J16 2x [15] |
| 2005 | Women J18 2x [16] |
| 2007 | Open L4x, Women U23 1x [17] |
| 2012 | Open L1x, Women 4+ [18] |