Sir William Perkins's School Boat Club

Sir William Perkins's School Boat Club was founded in 2003 by Liz Bernard, a teacher at the school, to introduce pupils to the sport of rowing. Originally operating out of Staines BC, a new boathouse was opened in 2016 as part of the school's Building Development Programme, and is owned by Sir William Perkins's School, with rowing being the major school sport.^[2] The boathouse is located next door to Burway Rowing Club.

Since its foundation in 2003, the club has won many national medals, enjoyed victories at Henley Women's Regatta, and has had crews racing at each edition of Henley Royal Regatta since 2018. Since 2011, there has been a growing list of SWPS international athletes, who have competed for both the Great Britain and England Rowing Teams at Under 16, Under 19, Under 23 and Olympic level whilst representing the Boat Club.

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Hattie Taylor became the first member of Sir William Perkins's School Boat Club to stand on the Olympic podium, winning bronze in the Great Britain Women's eight.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2026 National Schools' Regatta, the club ranked 6th on the overall medal table - the highest placed girls' school programme - with three gold medals. This included the Championship Girls' Coxless Four, who rowed to a new national record time. The 2026 British Rowing Club Championships saw Perkins crews win nine medals - four of them Gold - and set two new British Championships records en route to second on the overall medal table. Henley Women's Regatta included the first ever Perkins eight to reach the semi-finals, and at Henley Royal Regatta, the 1st Quad became the first Perkins crew to progress to the weekend - as semi-finalists.

• Harriet Taylor

• Rowing on the River Thames