Calcutta Rowing Club

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| name = Calcutta Rowing Club
ক্যালকাটা রোয়িং ক্লাব

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| image = Rabindra Sarovar Lake.jpg

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| location = 15 Rabindra Sarobar, Calcutta-700029, Kolkata, India

| coordinates = {{coord|22.512275|N|88.354725|E|type:waterbody_region:AP|display=title,inline |name=Calcutta Rowing Club}}

| home_water = Rabindra Sarobar

| key_people = Chandan Roy Chowdhury (Honorary Secretary){{cite web | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/asian-school-indoor-rowing-inaugurated-in-kolkata-118090900547_1.html/ | title=Asian School indoor rowing inaugurated in Kolkata | work=Business Standard|date=9 September 2018 |access-date=20 March 2022 }}

| founded = {{Start date|1858}}

{{Cite book

| publisher = Springer

|author=V. K. Dwivedi

| title = Indian Lakes. In: Bengtsson L., Herschy R.W., Fairbridge R.W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

| accessdate = 22 March 2022

| url = https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_94

| isbn = 978-1-4020-4410-6

| date = 25 June 2012

|doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_94

}}

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| affiliations = {{Unbulleted list|Rowing Federation of India| Amateur Rowing Association of the East}} {{Cite book

| publisher = Lulu

| title = Yacht and Rowing Club Buttons of the British Isles, 1750-1950

| accessdate = 22 March 2022

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RSZ2AgAAQBAJ

| isbn = 9781445225593

| date = 19 January 2010

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| website = {{URL|https://www.calcuttarowingclub.co.in/}}

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The Calcutta Rowing Club (CRC), located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, was founded in 1858{{cite web |url=http://www.calcuttarowingclub.org/ |website=Calcutta Rowing Club |access-date=23 June 2020 |title=Homepage}} and is one of the oldest rowing clubs of its kind outside the United Kingdom.

History

The club's early history was lost in the great cyclone which hit Calcutta in 1864,L.H., Macklin A Summary of the Records of the Calcutta Rowing Club, 1858 to 1932. For Calcutta Rowing Club, 1932, p. 1. during which the boat house and the boats, together with the minute books and records, disappeared. The only things preserved were the accounts of 1858-59 signed by John Cowle, as the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and he goes down in history as the first officer on record. In these records it is noted that a six oared boat was purchased for Rs. 300 and the following year a ‘Four’ was imported from Hong Kong for a sum of Rs. 448. After the cyclone, a temporary thatched roof boat house was built in 1861, on the banks of the Hooghly near Chand pal Ghat, the Regatta course was 1 mile from Fort Point to Shalimar or from Shalimar to Botanical Gardens. In 1864 the Club colours of Blue and White were adopted.

The club competed at the Head of the Lake Regatta, an annual rowing competition that began in 1933.{{cite web |title=History CRC |url=http://www.calcuttarowingclub.org/history |website=calcuttarowingclub.org |access-date=29 June 2019}} At the 1950 All-India Regatta, the CRC won trophies in all three events — sculls, pairs and fours. The feat was previously achieved only by the Royal Connaught Boat Club in 1936.{{cite news |title=Calcutta Rowing Club Win All Trophies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gLw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=O0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2080%2C1125501 |access-date=29 June 2019 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=10 April 1950 |page=7}}

Present location

With the construction of the Dhakuria Lake in 1928, the club moved to its present location- 15 Rabindra Sarobar, Calcutta-700029. CRC has maintained its outstanding position in the rowing scene and from 1979 won the ARAE, the WBRA and the Head of Lake trophies - a stream of unique successes which no rowing club in the East has yet been able to achieve.

Reciprocal clubs

The club has reciprocal arrangements with more than 100 clubs throughout the world. Members can use the facilities of overseas reciprocal clubs with a card or letter of introduction issued by the Calcutta Rowing Club.{{cite web

| url=https://www.calcuttarowingclub.org/resiprocal-clubs

| title=RECIPROCAL CLUBS - PART OF US... EQUALS WHO SHARE |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

Madras Boat Club, Chennai, India {{cite web

| url=http://madrasboatclub.com/reciprocal-club.php/

| title=Search our reciprocal clubs |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

The Durban Club, Durban, South Africa{{cite web

| url=https://www.durbanclub.co.za/reciprocity/

| title=Reciprocity across the World |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

National Liberal Club, London, UK{{cite web

| url=https://nlc.org.uk/club/calcutta-calcutta-rowing-club/

| title=National Liberal Club |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

The Clifton Club, Bristol, UK{{cite web

| url=https://www.thecliftonclub.co.uk/home-page/membership/reciprocal-clubs/

| title=Reciprocal Clubs |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

Ceylon Sports Club, Singapore{{cite web

| url=http://cscsingapore.org.sg/affiliated-clubs/

| title=Affiliated Clubs |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

Terminal City Club, Vancouver, Canada{{cite web

| url=https://www.tcclub.com/affiliate-clubs/

| title=Affiliated Clubs |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

The British Club, Bangkok, Thailand{{cite web

| url=https://www.britishclubbangkok.org/reciprocal-clubs-asia/

| title=Reciprocal Clubs – Asia - The British Club Bangkok |access-date=22 March 2022 }}

References

External links

[http://www.calcuttarowingclub.org Calcutta Rowing Club homepage]

Category:Rowing clubs in India

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Kolkata

Category:1858 establishments in British India

Category:Sports venues in Kolkata