Location Kingston upon Thames Website www.kingstonrc.co.uk Date founded 1858 | Affiliations BR Phone +44 20 8546 8592 Home water Teddington Lock | |
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Address The Boat House, Lower Ham Rd, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5AU, United Kingdom Similar Molesey Boat Club, Twickenham Rowing Club, Quintin Boat Club, London Rowing Club, Marlow Rowing Club Profiles | ||
Indoor rowing competition 2016 kingston rowing club
Kingston Rowing Club (KRC) is a rowing club in England founded in 1858 and a member club of British Rowing.
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- Indoor rowing competition 2016 kingston rowing club
- Kingston rowing club autumn 2015
- Facilities
- History
- Squads
- Kingston Students Rowing Club
- Annual events
- Traditions
- References
The club is on the River Thames at Kingston upon Thames in an outer borough of Greater London in England downstream and north-east of Kingston Bridge and Kingston Railway Bridge. On a long wide stretch, its rowers and scullers have the final and the second longest section of the weir-controlled river.
The club caters for all levels, demonstrated by a large novice squad and social events calendar through to medalists in two consecutive Olympic Games. Kingston have produced a significant list of international level oarsmen and oarswomen throughout its history and has won events at the British Rowing Championships and Henley Royal Regatta through the years.
The club has a growing Juniors squad, developed under the ongoing British Sport Project Oarsome initiative, the main aim of which is to introduce younger rowers to the sport and the subsidiary aim of which is find and prepare future Olympians.
Kingston Rowing Club is the supporting club for Kingston Regatta which is held above Kingston Bridge. Kingston organizes Kingston Head of the River Race which is a warm-up for the national Head of the River Race on the Championship Course on the following weekend.
Kingston rowing club autumn 2015
Facilities
The club is the racing shell rowing club in Kingston upon Thames, but also provides training boats for less competitive rowing. It is on the Kingston Reach which runs between Molesey Lock by Hampton Court down to Teddington Lock ; The reach is a long 4.82 miles (7.76 km) V-shaped stretch of the Thames and is the final and second longest section of the River Thames — the longest reach being Wallingford reach at 6.5 miles (10.5 km) in Oxfordshire.
It shares the long, wide stretch with three sailing clubs upstream and downstream, the Royal Canoe Club (and The Skiff Club), Walbrook Rowing Club (the rowing club of Teddington), and school clubs of Tiffin, Kingston Grammar, and Surbiton High Schools.
History
The club started at Messenger’s Boathouse, Kingston and was housed there for three years before moving upstream. From 1861 to 1935 the club was based above the bridges on Raven's Ait in Surbiton to the south. In 1935 the club moved downstream to premises known as the Albany Boathouse then moved to its purpose-built facilities in Canbury Gardens in 1968.
Squads
The Rowing Club is split into several different training squads.
Kingston Students Rowing Club
In 2011, Kingston University Boat Club (KUBC) was reorganised into Kingston Students Rowing Club (KSRC). This meant that KRC would take over the training and coaching from Kingston University, maintain its fleet of boats and acquire its launches. University students would now receive automatic membership of KRC and still represent the University at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Regatta and in the University Indoor Rowing Series.
Annual events
The club organises Kingston Head of the River Race which is a warm-up for the national Head of the River Race on the Championship Course on the following weekend. The organisation is associated with Kingston Regatta (formerly Kingston Amateur Regatta) since the club's founding – the regatta predates it by a year.
The club has a regular social calendar and Remenham Club rules entitle all established members to join to the social club which is at Henley on Thames, having one of its course-side venues, in the past having contributed to its funds in this case as a founder member.
Traditions
There's a tradition which involves members dipping their club tie into a pint of Guinness. Members aren't allowed to clean their tie after this as it marks their first race at Henley Royal Regatta.