Avon County Rowing Club Explained

Clubname:	Avon County Rowing Club
Bladecolourimage:	Avon County Rowing Club Rowing Blade.svg
Location:	Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol
Coordinates:	51.3985°N -2.4474°W
Affiliations:	British Rowing (boat code AVN)

Avon County Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Avon based at the Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1973 as a result of a merger between two clubs called the Avon Rowing Club and Bristol Rowing Club. The boathouse is shared between the University of Bristol Boat Club, Monkton Combe School Boat Club, Canoe Avon and the Bristol Empire Dragon Boat club.^[2]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

width=70	Year	width=400	Winning crew/s
	Women lightweight 4-^[3]
	Women lightweight 4-^[4]
	Women J15 2x ^[5]
	Women J18 2x ^[6]
	Women J18 2x, Women J18 4x^[7]
	Women J18 8+ ^[8]
	Women J14 2x ^[9]
	Women J15 2x ^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
2. Web site: About the Clubs. Avon County Rowing Club.
3. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40. Times Digital Archives.
4. Web site: National Championships. Times Digital Archives.
5. Web site: "The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
6. Web site: "Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32. Times Digital Archives.
7. Web site: Full archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive. 2017-03-13.
8. Web site: Full archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive. 2017-03-13.
9. Web site: Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs. British Rowing.
10. Web site: 2015 British Rowing Junior Championships results. British Rowing.