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Hereford Rowing Club

Coordinates: 52°03′07″N 2°43′18″W / 52.051931°N 2.721795°W / 52.051931; -2.721795
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Hereford Rowing Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
Location37 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Coordinates52°03′07″N 2°43′18″W / 52.051931°N 2.721795°W / 52.051931; -2.721795
Founded1861
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code HER)
Websitewww.herefordrc.co.uk

Hereford Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Wye, based at 37 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.[1]

History

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The first Hereford Regatta took place in 1859 and the creation of the rowing club took place at the Saracen's Head Inn on Wednesday 26 June 1861, with the first President being F. Kempson Esq.[2]

The present clubhouse was built in 1958 and the eights boathouse was built three years before in 1958, on the same site as the original boathouse. The club won the prestigious Britannia Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta in 1971 and produced a national champion crew in 2010.[3]

Honours

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British champions

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Year Winning crew/s
1975 Men J16 4-[4]
1977 Men J18 8+[5]
1983 Men J18 2-[6]
1985 Men J18 2-[7]
1996 Women J14 1x[8]
1997 Women 2x[9]
2000 Men J14 1x[10]
2001 Women 2x, Men J14 1x[11]
2003 Women J18 1x[12]
2010 Open 4x [13]
2024 Open club 4+[14]

Henley Royal Regatta

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Year Winning crew
1971 Britannia Challenge Cup

Notable members

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References

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  1. ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ^ "Hereford Rowing Club". Hereford Times. 29 June 1861. Retrieved 5 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
  4. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ^ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  10. ^ "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
  11. ^ ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
  12. ^ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  13. ^ "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing.
  14. ^ "2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results". British Rowing. Retrieved 5 February 2025.