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Upper Thames Rowing Club

{{short description|British rowing club}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox Rowing Club

| ClubName = Upper Thames Rowing Club

| ClubhouseImage = Clubhouse at Upper Thames Rowing Club (geograph 6824749).jpg

| BladeColourImage = Rowing Blade White.svg

| Emblem =

| Location = Henley-on-Thames

| Coordinates = {{coord|51.5457|-0.895|display=title,inline|scale:10000}}

| Founded = {{Start date|1963}}

| Motto =

| Membership =

| HomeWater = Hambledon Lock, River Thames

| Website = {{URL|www.utrc.org.uk/}}

| Affiliations = British Rowing
boat code: UTC

| Events = {{plainlist|

  • Henley Masters Regatta (July)
  • Upper Thames Autumn Head (UTAH)

}}

| Distinctions =

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Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It has a large clubhouse at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course of Henley Royal Regatta. The club was established in 1963.{{cite web | url = http://www.utrc.org.uk/history.html | title = The history of UTRC | publisher = Upper Thames Rowing Club | access-date = 20 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070629120304/http://www.utrc.org.uk/history.html |archive-date = 29 June 2007}}

History

In 1964 the club entered its first crew for Henley Royal Regatta in the Thames Cup. The crew was composed of:

  • Kevin O' Sullivan at bow (Eton Excelsior)
  • Alan Smiter (also Eton Excelsior and the Club's first captain)
  • Bill Rawson (Reading R.C.)
  • Charles Hawtrey (a First and Third man from Cambridge)
  • John Wingfield (Jesus College, Cambridge)
  • David Neal (Henley R.C.)
  • Hugh Cochrane (Reading R.C.)
  • David Mayers stroke (Shrewsbury and Clare College, Cambridge)
  • J Hooper (Marlow R.C.) as cox

One of the earliest crews to enter for the World Veteran Rowing Championships (the World Masters Regatta) was a coxless four from Upper Thames comprising Peter Sutherland, Sid Rand, Derek Thurgood and Glynne Davies in the early 1970s.

A number of renowned oarsmen have passed through the club membership, including many World and Olympic medalists. In 2014 two crews won the club's first trophies at Henley. They were:

The Wyfold Challenge Cup

  • Ed Couldwell
  • Michael Nagi
  • Joe Perry
  • Lewis Beech

The Britannia Challenge Cup

  • Luke Wootton
  • Graham Hall
  • Sam Barnes
  • Jake Davidson
  • Scott Smith (cox).

Honours

= British champions =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=70|Year

!width=400|Winning crew/s

1977Women J18 4+ {{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}}
1983Women 4x {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS319655154/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=ffb637a1|title=Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1990Men 4x{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500572086/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=f0de667c|title=Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1991Women J18 1x{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501867658/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a3404e7a|title="For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1992Men lightweight 2-{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503330879/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d0e89336|title=Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1994Men 1x, Women lightweight 2-{{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}}
1997Women lightweight 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=13 March 2017}}
1998Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500207869/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=9ca8ea5b|title="For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36|website=Times Digital Archives}}
1999Women L4-{{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}}
2000Women 8+{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501381695/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b87db8a0|title=National Championships|website=Times Digital Archives}}
2001Men J16 4+{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501060107/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=723365c5|title="The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10|website=Times Digital Archives}}
2002Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502445903/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5a02c165|title="The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26|website=Times Digital Archives}}
2003Women L2x, Men J16 2x{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501617650/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5a0eda47|title="Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32|website=Times Digital Archives}}
2004Open J16 2x{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502883463/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=05acb27f|title="The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28|website=Times Digital Archives}}
2005Women J18 2x{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502771409/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=545d2520|title="Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53|website=Times Digital Archives}}
2007Open L4x, Women U23 1x{{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2007.html|title=2007 archive of results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206013641/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2007.html|archive-date=6 December 2016}}
2012Open L1x, Women 4+{{cite web|url=http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res12sun.txt|title=2012 results|website=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206002243/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res12sun.txt|archive-date=6 December 2016}}

Notable members

  • Maj. -Gen. Roy WoodWood, Maj.-Gen. Roy, (born 1940), Trustee, Map Action, 2008–19 (International Director, 2006–11; Chairman, 2011–15). WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO, OUP, Oxford from https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-40570.
  • Guin Batten
  • Miriam Batten
  • Sir Steve Redgrave

See also

References

External links

  • [http://www.utrc.org.uk/ Upper Thames Rowing Club official web site]

{{United Kingdom rowing clubs}}

Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1963

Category:Rowing clubs of the River Thames

Category:Rowing in Berkshire

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Berkshire