Tideway Scullers School Explained

Clubname:	Tideway Scullers School
Clubhouseimage:	Boathouse by Chiswick Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1227651.jpg
Bladecolourimage:	Tideway Scullers School Rowing Blade.svg
Location:	Chiswick, England
Coordinates:	51.4733°N -0.2683°W
Founded:	c.1957
Homewater:	Tideway
Affiliations:	British Rowing boat code - TSS
Distinctions:	Current champions at HOR4s

Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club on the Tideway of the River Thames next to Chiswick Bridge in Chiswick, London.^[1]

The club previously held the headship for the Head of the River Race (2009), the largest UK eights event, and the senior squad holds the record for the Head of the River Fours course.^[2]

History

Alec Hodges was a founder member and an organiser of Tideway Scullers School in approximately 1957, filling all offices of the club at one time or another over the years. He was the driving force behind getting the TSS boathouse built in 1984, along with Lou Barry and Cyril Bishop.

Hodges was among early coaches to have coached the school's (club's) crews to wins at Henley and he took new scullers, from the youngest to the oldest, under his wing, sorting out or lending them boats so they could enjoy the sport he loved. Even when well in his seventies he would take three or four scullers out, one after another, setting them on the road to sculling. He organised sculling courses every year, twisting the arms of many people to help, and these courses were the start of many successful sculling careers, including world champion Debbie Flood.^[3]

The club is believed to be the only non-academic related club named 'School' for sculling, which is the propelling of boats with starboard and port oars for each oarsman or oarswoman. Rowing has also been conducted from the site directly east of Chiswick Bridge from the outset.

Notable members

Honours

British champions


width=70	Year	width=400	Winning crew/s
	Victor Ludorum, M 2+, M 2x. M 4+, M 8+
	M 4+
	Lwt M 4-, JMen 1x
	M 4x
	W 2-
	M 2x, W 2-
	M 4+
	Lwt M 1x,
	M Victor Ludorum, M 2x, M 4x, W 2x,
	M 2x, M 8+, W 4-, Lwt M 1x
	M 2x, W 1x, Lwt W 1x
	W 4x
	M 4x, W 4x, Lwt W 2x, JM 1x
	W 4x, U23 M 1x
	M 4x, W 2-
	M 4x, W 2x, W 4x, Lwt M 4x
	M 4x, W 2x, W 8+, Lwt W 2x
	W 2x, W 4x. Lwt M 1x, JW 1x
	M 2x, W 4-, Ltw M 2x, W U23 1x
	W 2x, W 4X, Ltw M 2x, JW 1x
	W 8+, Ltw M 1x, MJ14 1x
	M 2-, M 4x, W 1x, M 8+, Lwt W 2-, M J15 1x
	M 4x, Lwt M 2x, Lwt W 2-, M J16 1x, W J15 4x+
	Lwt M 1x, Lwt M 2x, Lwt W 4x, M J15 1x
	W 4+, Lwt M 2x, Lwt M 4x, M J14 2x
	O J15 2x
	O 2x, Lwt O 1x, Lwt O 4x, O J18 1x, O J14 1x, O J14 2x
	O 2-, O 4x, Lwt O 4x, O J14 2x, O J14 4x+
	O 2x, O 4x, W 4x, Lwt W 4x, O J14 4x+,
	Lwt O 4x, Lwt W 1x, O J15 4x+
	W J18 1x
	W 8+, O J18 1x, O J18 2x, O J16 1x, O J16 2x, O J15 4x+
	Lwt O 4x, O J18 1x, W J14 2x
	Open J18 1x, Open J15 1x, Open J15 2x ^[4]
	Open J16 4x ^[5]
	Open J18 2-, Open J15 1x, Women J16 1x^[6]
	Open J16 2-, Open J15 4x+ ^[7]
	Open J18 1x, Open J18 2- ^[8]
	Open J15 4x+ ^[9]
	Open J16 4x, Women J15 1x ^[10]

Henley Royal Regatta

width=70	Year	width=400	Races won
1964	Stewards' Challenge Cup
1967	Wyfold Challenge Cup
1968	Double Sculls Challenge Cup, Prince Philip Challenge Cup
1971
1976	Britannia Challenge Cup
1977	Britannia Challenge Cup
1984	Britannia Challenge Cup
1985	Prince Philip Challenge Cup
1986	Queen Mother Challenge Cup
1988
1991	Queen Mother Challenge Cup
1993	Queen Mother Challenge Cup
2000	Princess Royal Challenge Cup
2003
2004	Fawley Challenge Cup
2007
2010	Britannia Challenge Cup
2011
2021	Fawley Challenge Cup
2023	Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup

Henley Women's Regatta

width=70	Year	width=400	Races won
1989	O 4+, Lwt 1x
1992	O 4-
1993	O 4x, O 2x
1995	O 4x, O 2x
1996	O 4+, Lwt 4-
1997	Club 4+
2000	Lwt 2-
2003	O 4x
2010	Nina Padwick Trophy
2016	Invesco Perpetual Trophy
2017	Chairman's Trophy
2018	AC 8+
2019	AC 4-, D 4+, J 4x, C Lwt 2-
2021	Copas Cup, Lester Trophy, Chairman’s Trophy, Di Ellis Trophy

Head of the River Race

width=70	Year	width=400	Winning crew/s
1964	Vernon Trophy
1965	Vernon Trophy
1966	Vernon Trophy
1967	Vernon Trophy
1968	Vernon Trophy
1969	Vernon Trophy
1970	Vernon Trophy
1971	Vernon Trophy
1972	Vernon Trophy
1973	Vernon Trophy
1974	Vernon Trophy
1975	Vernon Trophy
1976	Vernon Trophy, Veteran A Pennant
1977	Veteran A Pennant
1987	Vernon Trophy
1988	Senior 1 Pennant
2002	Novice Pennant
2008	Vernon Trophy, Senior 1 Pennant

Fours Head

width=70	Year	width=400	Winning crew/s
1966	Coxed Best Boat
1967	Coxed Best Boat
1968	Coxed Best Boat
1969	Coxed Best Boat
1970	Shell
1978	Coxed Four
1980	Coxed Four
1985	Women Coxed Four
1988	Women Coxed Four
1990	Coxed Four, Women Four
1993	Open Quad
1998	4x
2002	WS2+
2005	Junior 4x
2006	Elite 4x
2007	Elite 4x
2008	Elite 4x, Women Elite 4x
2010	IM1 4-
2011	Senior 4-
2012	Senior 4-
2013	Elite 4x, W IM2 4+
2014	IM1 4+, W IM2 4+
2015	Senior 4-, IM1 4+
2016	W IM1 4-, W Sen 4-, W IM2 4+, W IM1 4+

Women's Eights Head of the River Race

width=70	Year	width=400	Winning crew/s
1992
1993	Senior 1
1996	2
1999	Senior 1
2000	Senior 2
2003	Senior
2005	V
2007	Head
2009	Club
2014	Masters
2016	Masters
2017	Intermediate
2022	3rd, Senior, Club

References

British Rowing Almanack - All years

Notes and References

Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
http://www.hor4s.org.uk/record.htm Head of the River Fours Results
http://www.tidewayscullers.squarespace.com/storage/Alec%20tributes.doc Tributes to late founder
Web site: British Rowing Champions 2012 declared. British Rowing. 16 July 2012 .
Web site: BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive. 2017-03-13.
Web site: Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs. 21 July 2014 . British Rowing.
Web site: 2016 British Rowing Junior Championships results. British Rowing.
Web site: 2017 British Rowing Junior Championships results. British Rowing.
Web site: 2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results. British Rowing.
Web site: Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships. 21 July 2019 . British Rowing.