Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club Explained

Clubname:Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club
Bladecolourimage:Sir William Borlase's Grammar School rowing blade.gif
Location:Longridge, Quarry Wood Road, Marlow
Coordinates:51.5643°N -0.7609°W
Founded:1972
Affiliations:British Rowing
boat code - SWB

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based at Longridge, Quarry Wood Road, Marlow.[1] The club belongs to the Sir William Borlase's Grammar School.[2] The club shares the boathouse facility with Great Marlow School Boat Club.[3]

The club won the prestigious Fawley Challenge Cup three times at the Henley Royal Regatta.[4]

The club has also produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

width=70Yearwidth=400Winning crew
Men J16 2x[5]
Men J16 4-[6]
Men J16 4+, Men J16 4-[7]
Men J14 4x[8]
Women J15 4x [9]
Men J16 4x
Men 4x[10]
Women J16 2x [11]
Open J18 4x, Women J18 4x, Women J16 2x [12]
OJ16 4-, WJ18 2x, WJ16 1x, WJ16 4x[13]
W4-, OJ14 4x+, WJ18 2x, WJ16 4+[14]
J18 4+ WJ16 4 +[15]
O4x[16] [17]
OJ15 4x+[18]
Key= O Open, W Women, +coxed, -coxless, x sculls, J junior, 18 16 age group

Henley Royal Regatta

width=70Yearwidth=400Races won
1984 Visitors' Challenge Cup
2012 Fawley Challenge Cup
2014 Fawley Challenge Cup
2015 Fawley Challenge Cup

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
  2. Web site: Sport at Sir William Borlase. Sir William Borlase's Grammar School.
  3. Web site: Club history. Great Marlow School.
  4. Web site: results. Henley Royal Regatta.
  5. News: Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21. The Times. 16 July 1984. 21. Railton. Jim.
  6. News: Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28. The Times. 21 July 1986. 28. Railton. Jim.
  7. News: "For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35. The Times. 18 July 1988. 35.
  8. News: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20. The Times. 19 July 1993. 20.
  9. News: "For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22. The Times. 18 July 1994. 22.
  10. News: "For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39. The Times. 22 July 1996. 39.
  11. News: "Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32. The Times. 21 July 2003. 32.
  12. Web site: 2008 archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055635/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html. 2016-12-06.
  13. 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.
  14. Web site: Full archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive. 2017-03-13.
  15. Web site: British Rowing Champions 2012 declared. British Rowing. 16 July 2012.
  16. Web site: 2014 British Rowing Championships Race Centre. 17 October 2014. British Rowing.
  17. Web site: All the favourites through in Nottingham. 18 October 2014. British Rowing.
  18. Web site: 2017 British Rowing Junior Championships results. British Rowing.