Durham Amateur Rowing Club Explained

Clubname:	Durham Amateur Rowing Club
Bladecolourimage:	Durham Amateur Rowing Club Rowing Blade.svg
Location:	City Boathouse, Green Lane, Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham
Coordinates:	54.7738°N -1.5577°W
Founded:	1860
Affiliations:	British Rowing (boat code DUR)

Durham Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Wear, based at City Boathouse, Green Lane, Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1860 and is affiliated to British Rowing. The original boathouse was built in 1897 near Prebends Bridge and this existed until 1970 when a second boathouse was constructed on the current site. On 14 September 2007 the boathouse was rebuilt.^[2]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

width=70	Year	width=400	Winning crew/s
	Men 4x, Women 4x, Men L1x^[3]
	Men J16 2x, Men J14 1x, Women J16 2x^[4]
	Men J182x, Women J16 2x, Women J15 1x^[5]
	Men U23 1x^[6]
	Women J15 2x^[7]
	Women 4-, Women L4x^[8]
	Women J16 1x^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
2. Web site: Club history. Durham Amateur Rowing Club.
3. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8. Times Digital Archives.
4. Web site: Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25. Times Digital Archives.
5. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39. Times Digital Archives.
6. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40. Times Digital Archives.
7. Web site: National Championships. Times Digital Archives.
8. Web site: "Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32. Times Digital Archives.
9. Web site: 2007 archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206013641/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2007.html. 2016-12-06.