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Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club

{{short description|British rowing club}}

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| ClubName = Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club

| ClubhouseImage = File:School Boathouse Shrewsbury (20960693446).jpg

| BladeColourImage = Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg

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| Location = Shrewsbury School Boathouse, Kingsland, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England

| Coordinates = {{coord|52.704355|-2.760414|display=inline,title}}

| Founded = 1866

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| Website = {{URL|https://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/page/rowing-rssbc}}

| Affiliations = British Rowing
boat code - SHR

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Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club (RSSBC) is a rowing club based on the River Severn at Shrewsbury School Boathouse, Kingsland, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/royal-shrewsbury-school-bc/|title=Club details|website=British Rowing}}

History

The Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club (RSSBC) is one of the oldest school rowing clubs, having begun as an unofficial sport frowned upon by the authorities, in the late 18th or early 19th century and the first official event being known to have happened in 1839, complete with military bands.{{Cite web |title=1839 – First Shrewsbury School Rowing Regatta {{!}} Shrewsbury School |url=https://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/wiki/moments-in-our-history/first-shrewsbury-school-rowing-regatta-1839 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=www.shrewsbury.org.uk |language=en}} The boat club was finally officially constituted in 1866.{{Cite web |title=1866 – Founding of the Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club {{!}} Shrewsbury School |url=https://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/wiki/moments-in-our-history/royal-shrewsbury-school-boat-club-1866-founding-of-the-royal-shrewsbury-school-boat-club |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=www.shrewsbury.org.uk |language=en}}

The club has won the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on four occasions and has won both the Queen Mother Challenge Cup at the National Schools' Regatta (three times) and the Schools' Head of the River Race eights (four times).{{cite web |title=School Rowing |url=https://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/page/rowing-rssbc |website=Shrewsbury School}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm |title=Results of Final Races - 1946-2003 |access-date=2020-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716161931/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm |archive-date=2011-07-16}}

In 1982 the club was the first to be undefeated in Schools rowing in a single season, winning The Schools' Head of The River, Queen Mother Challenge Cup at National Schools' Regatta and Henley Royal Regatta. They won the Special Race For Schools at Henley Royal Regatta but had defeated Eton College, the winners of the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in all of their races that year.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Pengwern Rowing Club

The Pengwern Boat Club shares the same stretch of the river and is located immediately to the west of the RSSBC.{{cite web|url=http://www.pengwernbc.co.uk/history|title=History|website=Pengwern Boat Club}}

Honours

= National Schools' Regatta =

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1976Queen Mother Challenge Cup
1982Queen Mother Challenge Cup
2006Queen Mother Challenge Cup

= Henley Royal Regatta =

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1924Ladies' Challenge Plate
1932Ladies' Challenge Plate
1955Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
1960Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
1961Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
1976Special Race for Schools
1980Special Race for Schools
1981Special Race for Schools
1982Special Race for Schools
1984Special Race for Schools
1985Special Race for Schools
2007Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup

= Schools' Head of the River Race =

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1980Eights
1982Eights
2006Eights
2007Eights
2008Eights

= British champions =

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!width=400|Winning crew/s

1973Men J18 2x, Men J16 8+{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS118192375/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a9f63d29|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 23 July 1973, p. 7|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1977Men J18 8+ {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS117801202/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=e235369d|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1978Men J18 8+ {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS184910577/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d8f6e598|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 17 July 1978, p. 11|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1979Men J16 2x, Men J16 8+
1980Men J18 2-{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS202082037/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=15a86e62|title="Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1981Men J18 4+{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS235243764/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5061c9be|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1985Men J18 8+{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS419926262/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d35f6c00|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1986Men J18 2+{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503057718/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=662d5d60|title=Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1987Men J18 2+, Men J16 2-{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501721487/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=461878e0|title=Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1989Men J16 4- {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501769731/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=4784adf3|title=a Special Correspondent. "Chuter to resolve selection dispute." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1997Men J18 2-, Men J18 4- {{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}}
2009Open J18 4+ {{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2009.html|title=2009 archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206015906/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2009.html|archive-date=2016-12-06}}
2010Open J18 4-, Open J18 4+ {{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res10sun.html|title=2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing|website=British Rowing Championships|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055602/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res10sun.html|archive-date=2016-12-06}}

References

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{{United Kingdom rowing clubs}}

Category:Sport in Shropshire

Category:Rowing clubs in England

Category:Rowing clubs of the River Severn

Category:Shrewsbury

Category:Scholastic rowing in the United Kingdom

Category:Sport in Shrewsbury

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