David Riches (rower)
 David Riches teaching at WSBC | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Christopher David M Riches | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1961 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Molesey Boat Club | ||||||||||||||
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David Riches (or CD Riches) (born 1961) is a former Scottish international rower who participated in the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[1]
Career
Movie career
Riches also features at 11:40 in the supergirl 1984 movie as a rower in the background.
Rowing career
Riches was part of the coxless pairs crew, with Ewan Pearson that won the national title rowing for Molesey Boat Club, at the 1985 National Rowing Championships.[2][3] The following year the pair participated in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where he won a bronze medal in the men's coxless pairs.[1][4] He was a double winner of the Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup in 1984 and 1985.
Teaching career
David Riches currently teaches history and works as the head of rowing at Westminster School,[5] primarily as a rowing coach.
References
- 1 2 "Year To Savour For Scottish Rowing". Glasgow Herald. 24 December 1986. p. 24.
- ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1985, p. 29". Times Digital Archives.
- ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "Westminster Staff, 2025, History". Westminster School Website.