Upper Thames Rowing Club

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LocationHenley-on-Thames
Coordinates51°32′45″N 0°53′42″W / 51.5457°N 0.895°W / 51.5457; -0.895
Home waterHambledon Lock, River Thames
Founded1963 (1963)
Upper Thames Rowing Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationHenley-on-Thames
Coordinates51°32′45″N 0°53′42″W / 51.5457°N 0.895°W / 51.5457; -0.895
Home waterHambledon Lock, River Thames
Founded1963 (1963)
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code: UTC
Websitewww.utrc.org.uk
Events
  • Henley Masters Regatta (July)
  • Upper Thames Autumn Head (UTAH)

Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It has a large clubhouse at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course of Henley Royal Regatta. The club was established in 1963.[1]

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).

Honours

British champions

Year Winning crew/s
1977Women J18 4+ [2]
1983Women 4x [3]
1990Men 4x[4]
1991Women J18 1x[5]
1992Men lightweight 2-[6]
1994Men 1x, Women lightweight 2-[7]
1997Women lightweight 4- [8]
1998Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- [9]
1999Women L4-[10]
2000Women 8+[11]
2001Men J16 4+[12]
2002Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x[13]
2003Women L2x, Men J16 2x[14]
2004Open J16 2x[15]
2005Women J18 2x[16]
2007Open L4x, Women U23 1x[17]
2012Open L1x, Women 4+[18]

Notable members

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