Bedford Girls' School Rowing Club Explained

Clubname:Bedford Girls' School Rowing Club
Location:Harpur Trust / Longholme Boathouse, The Embankment by Butterfly Bridge, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Coordinates:52.1332°N -0.454°W
Affiliations:British Rowing
boat code - BGS

Bedford Girls' School Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the River Great Ouse at the Harpur Trust / Longholme Boathouse, The Embankment by Butterfly Bridge, Bedford, Bedfordshire[1]

History

The boat club is owned by Bedford Girls' School with rowing being a major school sport.[2]

In 2012, Bedford High School merged with Dame Alice Harpur School to become Bedford Girls' School, which also resulted in the Bedford High School Boat Club and Dame Harpur Alice School Boat Club merging and becoming the Bedford Girls' School Rowing Club. The boathouse is a three sectioned shared building with Bedford School Boat Club and Bedford Modern School Boat Club.

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions (as Bedford High School)

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Women J18 2x
Women J18 4+
Women J16 4+
Women J18 4x, Women J15 2x[3]

British champions (as Dame Alice Harpur School)

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Women J18 1x, Women J18 4x, Women J16 1x[4]
Women 8+ composite[5]
Women 4x, composite Women 8+ composite[6]
Women J18 4x

British champions (as Bedford Girls' School)

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Women J18 2x [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
  2. Web site: Rowing. Bedford Girls' School.
  3. Web site: 2011 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing. British Rowing Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206040415/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res11sun.html. 2016-12-06.
  4. News: "The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26. The Times. 22 July 2002. 26.
  5. Web site: 2009 archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206015906/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2009.html. 2016-12-06.
  6. Web site: 2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing. British Rowing Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055602/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/res10sun.html. 2016-12-06.
  7. Web site: Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs. 21 July 2014. British Rowing.