Clyde Amateur Rowing Club Explained

Clubname:Clyde Amateur Rowing Club
Clubhouseimage:The West Boathouse (geograph 3170341).jpg
Bladecolourimage:Clyde_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Oar.png
Location:West boathouse, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates:55.8518°N -4.2438°W
Founded:1865
Affiliations:Scottish Rowing

Clyde Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Clyde, based at the West Boathouse, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland.[1] The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.[2]

History

The club was founded in 1865 and is on the west side of a shared boathouse with the Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club.[1] The Penny Brothers (Thomas, Laurence, Alexander, William and James Penny) were all members of Clyde ARC during the 1920s and 1930s.[3]

Notable Members

Former alumni include:

Honours

British champions

width=70Yearwidth=400Winning crew/s
Men J18 2-[4]
Women J16 2-[5]
Women 4x, Women J18 2-[6]
Women L2x[7]
Men L4-[8]
Women L4x[9]
Women L1x[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club details. Clyde Amateur Rowing Club.
  2. Web site: Club finder. Scottish Rowing.
  3. Web site: How 'Fourpence Ha'penny' rowing crew ruled the waves. 2021-07-31. HeraldScotland. en.
  4. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21. Times Digital Archives.
  5. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28. Times Digital Archives.
  6. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32. Times Digital Archives.
  7. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20. Times Digital Archives.
  8. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36. Times Digital Archives.
  9. Web site: "Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32. Times Digital Archives.
  10. 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.