Wallingford Rowing Club

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Wallingford Rowing Club
Emblem: light blue portcullis with crossed blades below.
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Wallingford Rowing Blade.svg
Location Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates 51°35′55″N1°07′21″W / 51.5985°N 1.1224°W / 51.5985; -1.1224
Home waterWallingford & Moulsford Reach (reach above Cleeve Lock)
Founded1947
Affiliations British Rowing
boat code - WRC
Website wallingfordrc.co.uk
Events
Wallingford Regatta (April/May)
Wallingford Long Distance Sculls (September/October)
Wallington Head of the River (November/December)
Distinctions
Shares with Oxford Brookes and Oxford University the longest stretch between locks on the Thames.

Wallingford Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames by Thames Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. [1]

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History

The club was formed in 1947 by the Wallingford Regatta committee. The club’s blade colours are scarlet with a light blue tip and a scarlet with sides trimmed light blue kit. [2] In December 2013 the club opened a new gym facility. [3]

The club produced five national title winning crews at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships, which was a record haul for the club. [4]

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew
1972 Men J18 2+ [5]
1974 M2+, M2-c, M4xc [6]
1975 W1x, W4x [7]
1980 ML4- [8]
1982 ML2x [9]
1983 ML2x [10]
1984 ML2x [11]
1986 Men J14 1x [12]
1987 W4+ [13]
1989 Men J16 4x, Women J16 2x [14]
1993 Men J16 2x [15]
1994 Men J18 4x [16]
1995 Women J14 1x
1998 Women L1x [17]
1998 WL1x [18]
2000 WL1x [19]
2001 W1x [20]
2002 W1x, W2x, W8+c [21]
2004 WL2x [22]
2011 Women J15 1x [23]
2016 W2x
2021 Open J18 1x [24]
2023 WJ16 4+ [25]
2024 WJ18 8+, WJ16 4x- [26]
2025 Wclub 4-, OJ16 2-, OJ16 4+, WJ18 4x, WJ16 4+ [4]

Key - M men, W women, + coxed, - coxless, x sculls, c composite, L lightweight

Henley Royal Regatta

YearRaces won
1972 Britannia Challenge Cup
1979 Wyfold Challenge Cup
1995 Britannia Challenge Cup
2008 Remenham Challenge Cup
2009 Remenham Challenge Cup, Princess Grace Challenge Cup
2024 Prince Philip Challenge Trophy [27]

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ↑ The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Wallingford Rowing Club". Wallingford Rowing Club.
  4. 1 2 "All results". Row results. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Nottingham in their Olympic stride." Times, 21 July 1972, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ ""Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
  13. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "a Special Correspondent. "Chuter to resolve selection dispute." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  15. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.
  16. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". Times Digital Archives.
  17. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  19. ↑ "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  20. ↑ ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  21. ↑ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  22. ↑ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.[ permanent dead link ]
  23. ↑ "2011 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  24. ↑ "Race Information". Row results. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  25. ↑ "Results for 2023 British Rowing Junior Championships". rowresults.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  26. ↑ "2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results". British Rowing. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  27. ↑ HenleyRoyalRegatta (2 July 2024). St. George's Coll. v Wallingford R.C Prince Philip Challenge Trophy | Henley 2024 Day 1 . Retrieved 8 January 2025– via YouTube.
  28. ↑ Drury, Michael John, (born 1959), Partner, BCL Solicitors LLP, since 2010. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO, Oxford University Press https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-253921.
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