George Heriot's School Rowing Club

George Heriot's School Rowing Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
George Heriot's boathouse is the red/brown gabled building.
MottoI Distribute Cheerfullie
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Home waterUnion Canal, Edinburgh
Foundedc.1953
ColoursNavy Blue, White
AffiliationsScottish Rowing

George Heriot's School Rowing Club (GHSRC) is the rowing club within George Heriot's School, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It competes regularly in Scottish Rowing regattas and Head of the River races. GHSRC also competes in many larger competitions on a national scale including Schools Head of the River and National Schools Regatta.

GHSRC is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.[1][2]

History

GHSRC shares a rivalry with George Watson’s College Boat Club.[3]

The club has produced multiple British champions with the most recent being at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships.[4]

Honours

British champions

Year Winning crew/s
1988Women J18 4+[5]
1990Women J16 8+[6]
1991Women J18 8+, Women J16 4+[7]
1993Men J14 2x, Men J16 4+[8]
1996Men J18 4+[9]
1997Women J18 8+[10]
1998Women J18 4+[11]
2003Women J18 4-, Women J16 4+[12]
2005Women J18 4+, Women J16 4+[13]
2006Women J18 4-, Women J18 4+[14]
2007Women J18 8+[15]
2025Women J16 4x-[4]

Notable members

  • Polly Swann (born 1988), Olympic silver medalist in the women's eight

See also

References

  1. ↑ Club Contacts Archived 21 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine on Scottish Rowing Web Site.
  2. ↑ "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
  3. ↑ "George Watson's College Boat Club". JRN. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 "All results". Row results. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ↑ "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ↑ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  11. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.
  12. ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  13. ↑ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.
  14. ↑ ""Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57". Times Digital Archives.
  15. ↑ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.