King's College School Boat Club
{{Short description|British rowing club}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox rowing club
| ClubName = King's College School Boat Club
| ClubhouseImage = Exterior KCS Boat House.jpg
| BladeColourImage = Kings College School Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
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| Location = Putney, London, England
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| Founded = 1864
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| HomeWater = Tideway
| Website = www.kcsbcsa.co.uk
| Affiliations = British Rowing
boat code - KCS
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King's College School Boat Club is the rowing club of King's College School, Wimbledon, London, England and is affiliated to British Rowing.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/kings-college-school-bc/ |title=Kings College School BC |website=British Rowing |access-date=21 February 2025 }} The club's boat house is based on the towpath in Putney, south-west London, on the River Thames.
History
The club was founded in 1864.{{cite web|url=https://juniorrowingnews.com/kings-college-school-wimbledon-boat-club/ |title=King’s College School Wimbledon Boat Club |website=Junior Rowing News |access-date=21 February 2025 }} Previously, the club was based upriver, just above Hampton Court at Molesey Boat Club.
In 1993 the club purchased the Barclays Boat Club, which led to a revitalisation of KCSBC. The boathouse was shared with Godolphin and Latymer.
Other uses of the boat house
It is used by Cambridge University Boat Club when practising and competing in their annual Boat Race against Oxford University Boat Club on the Tideway. It is also used by other visiting clubs when they are competing on the Tideway.
The club room is available for hire through the school itself.
Honours
= British champions =
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!width=400|Winning crew/s | |
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| 1984 | Men J16 4+ {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS353603312/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1cc350ff|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21|website=Times Digital Archives}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.kcsbcsa.co.uk The KCSBC Supporters' Association Website]
{{United Kingdom rowing clubs}}
Category:Sport in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Category:Rowing clubs of the River Thames
Category:Scholastic rowing in the United Kingdom
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