Clubname: | Kingston Grammar School Boat Club |
Clubhouseimage: | Kingston Grammar School Boathouse.jpg |
Bladecolourimage: | Kingston Grammar School Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg |
Location: | Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey |
Coordinates: | 51.3978°N -0.3358°W |
Founded: | 1889 |
Homewater: | Hampton Court Reach, River Thames |
Affiliations: | British Rowing (boat code KGS) |
Notablemembers: | RC Sherriff, Sophie Hosking, James Cracknell |
Kingston Grammar School Boat Club (KGSBC) is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey.[1]
The club was founded in 1889 and belongs to the Kingston Grammar School.[2]
The club has produced multiple British champions, achieving particular success in the late 1980s to early 1990s under the leadership of head coach Peter Sheppard, during which time it was victorious in the Schools' Head of the River Race and produced a number of subsequent Olympic champions, including James Cracknell and Kieran West.
width=70 | Year | width=400 | Winning crew/s |
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Men J16 8+ | |||
Men J16 2-, Men J16 4-, Men J14 4x | |||
Men J16 4+, Men J14 4x | |||
Men 2x, Women J16 2-, Women J14 2x | |||
Men J14 2x | |||
Men J16 2x, Men J16 4x, Men J14 2x, Women J14 2x | |||
Men J16 4x, Women J14 4x | |||
Men J18 4x, Women J14 2x | |||
Men J16 4- | |||
Men J18 4- | |||
Women J18 4+, Women J15 2x | |||
Women J16 8+, Women J15 1x | |||
Men J18 2-, Women J16 4+ | |||
Women J18 2x | |||
Women J18 2- | |||
Women J18 4- [3] | |||
Men J16 4+ [4] | |||
Open J18 4+ [5] | |||
Women J18 8+ [6] | |||
WJ16 4x [7] | |||
2023 | WJ18 4x [8] |
width=70 | Year | width=400 | Winning crew |
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1993 [9] | J18 men’s eights | ||
1994 | J18 men’s eights | ||
1995 | J18 women’s eights | ||
1996 | J18 women’s eights | ||
2003 | J18 women’s eights | ||
2004 | J18 women’s eights |