Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club

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Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club
Emblem 1: WLARC (three colours per letter) 2: crossed oars surmounted by stylised flag in club colours
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Weybridge Ladies ARC rowing blade.gif
LocationBoat House, Walton Lane, Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey
Coordinates 51°22′51″N0°27′24″W / 51.3809°N 0.4567°W / 51.3809; -0.4567
Home waterThe reach above Sunbury Lock, River Thames
Founded1926
MembershipAges 13+
Affiliations British Rowing (boat code WEL)
Website weybridgeladies.org.uk
Events
WLARC Regatta (including juniors of both sexes) (mid-to-late May)
Distinctions
One other UK women's rowing/sculling club exists: Barnes Bridge Ladies (incorporating Civil Service Ladies)
Notable members
Amy Gentry (founder)

Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club (WLARC) is a rowing club at the confluence of a mouth of the Wey and two weirstreams of the Thames, based at Boat House, Walton Lane, Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey. [1]

Contents

Site and watersports reach

The site is owned by the club outright; its car park is time-of-stay, height- and width-restricted but public. For details of all the other well-established clubs on the reach see the list at Weybridge Rowing Club.

Colours

The colours of the club are, but for the red being lighter, the same as those of Walton Rowing Club – both resemble Oxford Brookes Boat Club which has white as the middle band.

History

The club was founded in 1926 and is affiliated to British Rowing. Amy Gentry founded the club at its Weybridge Point site six years after forming a thriving women's group at Weybridge Rowing Club. [2]

The club has produced multiple British champions across many boat sizes, especially in the 1980s.

Honours

British champions

YearPrefixWinning crew/s
1974 W4+4x [3]
1975 W2x4x [4]
1979 WJ18 4+J18 8+
1980 W2-J Victor LudorumJ18 Women 2- [5]
1981 WJ Victor Ludorum [6]
1982 WJ Victor LudorumJ18 2xJ18 8+ [7]
1984 WJ18 8+ [8]
1985 W2- [9]
1986 WL (lightweight) 2xJ16 1xJ14 1x [10]
1987 W2- [11]
2004 WJ18 4x [12]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ↑ "Club history". Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club.
  3. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archives.
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  7. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
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