Sudbury Rowing Club
{{short description|English Rowing club}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox rowing club
| name = Sudbury Rowing Club
| emblem =
| ClubhouseImage = File:The Quay Theatre, Sudbury - geograph.org.uk - 21261.jpg
| caption = The landing stage can be seen on the left hand side
| BladeColourImage = File:Sudbury Rowing Club blade.jpg
| motto =
| location = Quay Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2AN, England
| acronym =
| coordinates = {{coord|52|02|03|N|0|43|43|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| home_water = River Stour, Suffolk
| founded = 1869
| Affiliations = British Rowing
boat code - SRC
| key_people =
| website = {{url|https://sudburyrowingclub.org.uk/}}
| events = {{Unbulleted list|Sudbury International Regatta (August)}}
| distinctions =
| notable_members =
}}
Sudbury Rowing Club formerly the Stour Boat Club is a rowing club based in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/sudbury-rc/ |title=Club details | website=British Rowing |access-date=6 February 2025}} The home water is on the River Stour, Suffolk.{{cite web|url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/sudbury/sport/club-celebrates-150th-anniversary-of-popular-regatta-on-the-9378765/ |title=Sudbury Rowing Club celebrates 150th anniversary of Sudbury Regatta with record entries for action on the River Stour | website=Suffolk News |date=14 August 2024 |access-date=6 February 2025}}
History
The club was formed in 1869, when the boat races held on the Stour featured a newly established club by the name of Stour Boat Club.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000156/18690914/032/0008 |title=Sudbury |website=Bury and Norwich Post |date=14 September 1869 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 February 2025 }} Another club called the Sudbury Boat Club (known as the yellow and blacks) was formed in 1867 but was short lived, although to confuse matters throughout the years the Stour Boat Club was frequently referred to as the Sudbury Boat Club.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001669/18690918/126/0007 |title=Suffolk |website=Bury and Norwich Post |date=18 September 1869 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 February 2025 }}
In May 1883, the Stour Boat Club reformed at a meeting at the Anchor Hotel.{{cite web|url=https://sudburyrowingclub.org.uk/about/history |title=Our History | website=Sudbury Rowing Club |access-date=6 February 2025}}
In 1923 The Deuchar Cup (a championship of Suffolk and Norfolk) was inaugurated in 1923 and in 1926 the club admitted women for the first time.
On 26 July 1931, the boathouse burned down. A subsequent insurance claim £762 helped rebuild the boathouse, which was opened by the Mayoress on 16 March 1932. When the Sudbury Town F.C. purchased Priory Meadow, they gifted the rowing club part of the land that included the Boathouse site, which had previously been leased.
In December 1975 the club officially change its name from the Stour Boat Club to the Sudbury Rowing Club.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004964/19751204/372/0039 |title=Stour Boat Club has a new name |website=Norwich Mercury |date=4 December 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 February 2025 }}
A new clubhouse was opened on 29 May 1999 as part of the club's 125th anniversary, with help from the National Lottery.
In 2024 the club produced British champions.{{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=6 February 2025 }}
Honours
= British champions =
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| width=70|Year
!width=400|Winning crew/s | |
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| 2024 | Mixed 4+ |