Stourport Boat Club Explained

Clubname:

Stourport Boat Club

Clubhouseimage:

Stourport Boat Club Boathouse by River Severn - geograph.org.uk - 1035865.jpg

Bladecolourimage:

Stourport_Rowing_Blade.svg

Emblem:

Emblem: Comitatus Wigorniensis: for dark blue roundel for a riverside pear tree between hills; outlying: initials, Est. 1876 and four tips of old square (standard) wooden oars| Location = Riverside, Dunley Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire| Coordinates = 52.3364°N -2.2826°W| Founded = 1876| Motto = | Membership =| HomeWater = River Severn| Website = | Affiliations = British Rowing (boat code STP)| Events = Stourport Town Regatta (August: across a weekend)| Distinctions = }}

Stourport Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Severn, based at the Riverside, Dunley Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1876 and is affiliated to British Rowing. The main pastime of the club when it was founded was boating which resulted in the name that the club still retains today instead of being known as a rowing club.^[2]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

width=70	Year	width=400	Winning crew/s
	Women J14 1x^[3]
	Women J16 1x
	Men L2x*, Men L4x*^[4]
	Men L2-*^[5]
	Open J18 2x, Open J16 1x^[6]
	Women J16 2x, Women J16 4x^[7]

• Note: * composite

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
2. Web site: Club history. Stourport Boat Club.
3. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20. Times Digital Archives.
4. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40. Times Digital Archives.
5. Web site: "The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26. Times Digital Archives.
6. Web site: "The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28. Times Digital Archives.
7. Web site: "Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53. Times Digital Archives.