St Leonard's School Boat Club Explained

Clubname:St Leonard's School Boat Club
Bladecolourimage:St Leonards School Boat Club Blade.svg
Location:University College Boathouse, Prebends Bridge, Durham, County Durham
Coordinates:54.7721°N -1.5787°W
Founded:1970s
Affiliations:British Rowing (boat code SLS)

St Leonard's School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Wear, based at Prebends Bridge, Durham, County Durham.[1]

History

The club was founded in the early 1970s[2] and belongs to the St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham[3]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

width=70Yearwidth=400Winning crew/s
Women J16 4x+ [4]
Women J18 8+ [5]
Women J18 4+, Women J16 4+ [6]
Women J18 4+, Women J16 2x [7]
Women J16 4+[8]
Men J16 4-, Women J18 2-
Men J14 2x, Women J18 2-, Women J18 4+ [9]
Men J18 4+ [10]
Men J14 2x[11]
Men J15 2x[12]
Men J14 2x[13]
Men J14 4x+, Women J18 2-, Women J14 4x+[14]
Open J16 2-, Open J15 4x+, Women J15 4x+[15]
Open J18 4+ [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
  2. Web site: Club details. St Leonard's School Boat Club.
  3. Web site: Sport co curricular. St Leonard's Catholic School.
  4. News: Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25. The Times. 22 July 1985. 25. Railton. Jim.
  5. News: Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28. The Times. 21 July 1986. 28. Railton. Jim.
  6. News: Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25. The Times. 20 July 1992. 25. Rosewell.
  7. News: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20. The Times. 19 July 1993. 20.
  8. News: "For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22. The Times. 18 July 1994. 22.
  9. News: "For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39. The Times. 22 July 1996. 39.
  10. Web site: Full archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive. 2017-03-13.
  11. News: "For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36. The Times. 20 July 1998. 36.
  12. News: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40. The Times. 19 July 1999. 40.
  13. News: National Championships. The Times. 17 July 2000.
  14. News: "Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32. The Times. 21 July 2003. 32.
  15. News: "The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28. The Times. 19 July 2004. 28.
  16. News: "Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57. The Times. 17 July 2006. 57.