Wallingford Rowing Club

Wallingford Rowing Club
Emblem: light blue portcullis with crossed blades below.
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationWallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates51°35′55″N 1°07′21″W / 51.5985°N 1.1224°W / 51.5985; -1.1224
Home waterWallingford & Moulsford Reach (reach above Cleeve Lock)
Founded1947
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - WRC
Websitewallingfordrc.co.uk
Events
Wallingford Regatta (April/May)
Wallingford Long Distance Sculls (September/October)
Wallingford 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]

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

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

Year Races won
1972Britannia Challenge Cup
1979Wyfold Challenge Cup
1995Britannia Challenge Cup
2008Remenham Challenge Cup
2009Remenham Challenge Cup, Princess Grace Challenge Cup
2024Prince 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.
  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.
  11. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". Times Digital Archives.
  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.
  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.
  18. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.
  19. ↑ "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
  20. ↑ ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
  21. ↑ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.
  22. ↑ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
  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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