Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
{{Short description|British rowing club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox Rowing Club
| ClubName = Nottingham County Rowing Association
| ClubhouseImage = File:National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont - geograph.org.uk - 227722.jpg
| BladeColourImage = File:Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association rowing blade.jpg
| Emblem =
| Location = Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, Nottingham, England
| Coordinates = {{coord|52.941275|-1.091895|display=inline,title}}
| Founded = {{Start date and age|1981}}
| Motto =
| HomeWater =
| Website = {{URL|https://ncra.org.uk/}}
| Affiliations = British Rowing
boat code - NCR
| NotableMembers =
}}
Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association abbreviated NCRA is a rowing club based at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/nottinghamshire-county-rowing-association/|title=Club details|website=British Rowing}}
History
The club was formed in 1981 by a small group of elite rowers from the Trentside clubs in Nottingham and was supported financially by the Nottinghamshire County Council.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003793/19830702/022/0022 |title=Sad demise of once great club |work=Burton Daily Mail |date=2 July 1983 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 February 2025 }}
Competing in lime green colours, and training on the 2000m rowing course at Holme Pierrepont, NCRA crews enjoyed wins at Henley Royal Regatta and many other elite regattas. At World level, competing as Great Britain, many of the squad's athletes achieved Olympic and World Champion status.{{cite book|last=Mallory|first=Peter|title=The Sport of Rowing|year=2011}} Their first international success came in the 1983 World Championships, where an NCRA lightweight coxless four won the silver medal.{{cite news|last1=Matheson|first1=Hugh|title=Obituary: Mark Lees|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mark-lees-1422733.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mark-lees-1422733.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2017|work=Independent|date=14 June 1994}}
In 1989, an eight from NCRA raced Harvard University in the final of the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley Royal Regatta. NCRA won the race, but Harvard appealed, and the race was ordered to be rerowed at the end of the day, where NCRA triumphed once more.{{cite book|publisher=Rowing News|title=July Edition|year=2004}}{{cite web|last1=Matheson|first1=Hugh|title=Carl Smith, 1961 – 2010|url=http://www.rowingservice.com/CarlSmithRIP.pdf|website=Rowing Service|access-date=13 December 2017}}
After 25 years of national and international success it was disbanded in 2006. In 2017 NCRA was re-formed and crews started training and racing again, based at Holme Pierrepont which resulted in almost immediate national success.
Honours
= British champions =
= Henley Royal Regatta =
| class="wikitable" | |
| width=70|Year
!width=400|Races won | |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Stewards' Challenge Cup, Wyfold Challenge Cup |
| 1987 | Wyfold Challenge Cup |
| 1988 | Wyfold Challenge Cup |
| 1989 | Ladies' Challenge Plate |
| 1990 | Thames Challenge Cup |
| 1991 | Britannia Challenge Cup |
| 1992 | Stewards' Challenge Cup, Wyfold Challenge Cup |
| 1993 | Thames Challenge Cup |
| 1994 | Wyfold Challenge Cup, Prince Philip Challenge Cup |
| 1995 | Ladies' Challenge Plate |
| 1996 | Stewards' Challenge Cup |
| 1997 | Ladies' Challenge Plate |
| 1999 | Prince Philip Challenge Cup |
| 2001 | Britannia Challenge Cup |