Loch Lomond Rowing Club

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| ClubName = Loch Lomond Rowing Club

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| Location = Heather Avenue, Balloch, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

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| Founded = 1827

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| Website = {{url|http://www.lochlomondrowingclub.co.uk/}}

| Affiliations = Scottish Rowing

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Loch Lomond Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Leven, based at Heather Avenue, Balloch, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.{{cite web|url=http://www.lochlomondrowingclub.co.uk/directions.html|title=Directions|website=Loch Lomond Rowing Club}} The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/index.php/takingpart/club-finder|title=Club finder|website=Scottish Rowing}}

History

The club was established on Loch Lomond in 1827 and is the oldest rowing club in Scotland. In the early 1970s the clubhouse moved to its present location next to the Angling Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.lochlomondrowingclub.co.uk/aboutus.html|title=History|website=Loch Lomond Rowing Club}}

Peter Haining learnt to row at the club in the early 1980s.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19840530/380/0020 |title=Determination rewarded |website=The Scotsman |date=30 May 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 February 2025 }}

The club has produced several national champions since 2007.

Notable members

Honours

= National champions =

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2007Women J16 4x {{cite web|url=http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive|title=Full archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive|archive-date=2017-03-13}}
2019Women J18 4- {{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2019/07/thrills-and-spills-at-the-2019-british-rowing-junior-championships/|title=Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships|date=21 July 2019 |publisher=British Rowing}}

References

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{{United Kingdom rowing clubs}}

Category:Sport in West Dunbartonshire

Category:Rowing clubs in Scotland

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