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.
Notable members

Wallingford Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames by Thames Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. [2]

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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. [3] In December 2013 the club opened a new gym facility. [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 [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]

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

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