Star Club (rowing)

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| ClubName = Star Club
Bedford Star

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| Location = Poynter's Boathouse, Batt's Ford, Commercial Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

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| Founded = 1960

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| Website = {{url|https://www.starclubrowing.co.uk/}}

| Affiliations = British Rowing (boat code BST)

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Star Club also known as Bedford Star is a rowing club on the River Great Ouse, based at Poynter's Boathouse, Batt's Ford, Commercial Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/star-club/|title=Club details|website=British Rowing}} The two clubs usually race as a composite crew.

History

The club was founded in 1960 by former members of RAF Cardington Rowing Club. The boathouse was originally 100 metres upstream from the current site. They soon became established and won the senior eights at the 1961 Peterborough City Rowing Club's annual regatta.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003302/19610630/341/0020 |title=Stallard Wins Sculling Trophy After Dead Heat |work=Peterborough Standard |date=30 June 1961 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 February 2025 }}

The club won the Jackson Trophy in 1962 at the Head of the River Race and has won the trophy in total six times. In 1972 the club merged with the Bedford Ladies Rowing Club. The club won the prestigious Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta with the Leander Club in 1991.{{cite web|url=https://www.starclubrowing.co.uk/|title=Club history|website=Star Club}}

Club colours

The blade colours are white with a red star.[https://www.britishrowing.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Handbook-2020-v2-PJI-Page-57-Removed-compressed.pdf The Umpires' Handbook] British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.

Honours

= Henley Royal Regatta =

width=70\|Year !width=400\|Races won
class="wikitable"
1986	Britannia Challenge Cup (Bedford Star)
1990	Stewards' Challenge Cup (Star Club)
1991	Grand Challenge Cup (Star Club)
2012	Britannia Challenge Cup (Star Club)

= British champions =

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class="wikitable"
1984	Men J16 2-{{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}} (Star Club)
1986	Men 8+{{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}} (Bedford Star)
1987	Men 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}} (Bedford Star)
1994	Men J14 2x{{cite web\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502059071/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=e712239c\|title="For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22\|website=Times Digital Archives}} (Star Club)
1995	Men J16 2x, Men J14 1x (Star Club)
1996	Men J18 2x, Men J15 2x, Women J16 4x{{cite web\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500133502/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8bc2795a\|title="For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39\|website=Times Digital Archives}} (Star Club)
1997	Men J18 2x, Men J16 2x{{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}} (Star Club)
1999	Women 8+, Men J18 2x, Men J14 2x{{cite web\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500237098/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=ae7bb347\|title="For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40\|website=Times Digital Archives}} (Star Club)
2000	Women 2x{{cite web\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501381695/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b87db8a0\|title=National Championships\|website=Times Digital Archives}} (Star Club)
2006	Open J16 4+, Women J14 2x {{cite web\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502989923/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=00df9c9b\|title="Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57\|website=Times Digital Archives}} (Star Club)
2009	Women 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}} (Star Club)
2024	Open club 8+{{cite web\|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/events/events-calendar/british-rowing-club-championships/brjscc-results/ \|title=2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results \|website=British Rowing \|access-date=5 February 2025 }}

Notable members

Tim Foster
Miriam Taylor

References

Category:Sport in Bedfordshire

Category:Sport in Bedford

Category:Rowing clubs in England

Category:Rowing clubs of the River Great Ouse

Category:Bedford