Upper Thames Rowing Club

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Location Henley-on-Thames, UK Website www.utrc.org.uk		Affiliations British Rowing Date founded 1963

Parent organization United Technologies Corporation Home waters Hambleden Lock, River Thames

Upper thames rowing club

Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It is based at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, with a clubhouse and frontage on the course of the Henley Royal Regatta. The club was established in 1963.

History

In 1964 the club entered its first crew for Henley Royal Regatta in the Thames Cup. The crew was composed of:

Kevin O' Sullivan at bow (Eton Excelsior)

Alan Smiter (also Eton Excelsior and the Club's first captain)

Bill Rawson (Reading R.C.)

Charles Hawtrey (a First and Third man from Cambridge)

John Wingfield (Jesus College, Cambridge)

David Neal (Henley R.C.)

Hugh Cochrane (Reading R.C.)

David Mayers stroke (Shrewsbury and Clare College, Cambridge)

J Hooper (Marlow R.C.) as cox

One of the earliest crews to enter for the World Veteran Rowing Championships (the World Masters Regatta) was a coxless four from Upper Thames comprising Peter Sutherland, Sid Rand, Derek Thurgood and Glynne Davies in the early 1970s.

A number of renowned oarsmen have passed through the club membership, including many World and Olympic medalists. In 2014 two crews won the club's first trophies at Henley. They were:

The Wyfold Challenge Cup

Ed Couldwell

Michael Nagi

Joe Perry

Lewis Beech

The Britannia Challenge Cup

Luke Wootton

Graham Hall

Sam Barnes

Jake Davidson

Scott Smith (cox).