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{{Infobox Rowing Club |
{{Infobox Rowing Club |
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| ClubName = Twickenham Rowing Club |
| ClubName = Twickenham Rowing Club |
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| HomeWater = [[Tideway]] |
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| Website = {{URL|www.twickenhamrc.co.uk}} |
| Website = {{URL|www.twickenhamrc.co.uk}} |
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| Affiliations = [[British Rowing]] <br> boat code - TWK |
| Affiliations = [[British Rowing]] <br /> boat code - TWK |
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| Events = Twickenham Regatta |
| Events = Twickenham Regatta |
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| Distinctions = |
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* Sir Giles Cockburn (b.1950)<ref name=whoswho>''WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO'', OUP, Oxford Retrieved 5 Mar. 2022</ref> |
* Sir Giles Cockburn (b.1950)<ref name=whoswho>''WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO'', OUP, Oxford Retrieved 5 Mar. 2022</ref> |
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* Robert E. Lerwill (b. 1952)<ref name=whoswho/> |
* Robert E. Lerwill (b. 1952)<ref name=whoswho/> |
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* [[Callum Dixon (rower)|Callum Dixon]] (b. 2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twickenhamrc.co.uk/post/twickenham-s-callum-dixon-selected-for-paris-olympics|title=Twickenham's Callum Dixon selected for Paris Olympics|publisher=Twickenham Rowing Club|access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2024/06/team-gb-rowing-squad-selected-for-paris-2024/ |
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|title=Team GB rowing squad selected for Paris 2024|publisher=British Rowing|access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twickenhamrc.co.uk/post/callum-wins-gold-at-european-u23-championships|title=Callum wins Gold at European U23 Championships|publisher=Twickenham Rowing Club|access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref> |
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*At Henley Royal Regatta: |
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**Three times at the [[Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup|Silver Goblets]] (these involved Jefferson Lowndes in the 19th century) |
**Three times at the [[Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup|Silver Goblets]] (these involved Jefferson Lowndes in the 19th century) |
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**The club won the [[Thames Challenge Cup]] in 1879, 1881 and 1884 and was runner-up in 1880, 1911, 1924, 1927 and 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rowinghistory.net/henley?event=Thames+Challenge+Cup&competitor=|title=Results|website=Friends of Henley Rowing}}</ref> The club's top eight reached the quarter |
**The club won the [[Thames Challenge Cup]] in 1879, 1881 and 1884 and was runner-up in 1880, 1911, 1924, 1927 and 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rowinghistory.net/henley?event=Thames+Challenge+Cup&competitor=|title=Results|website=Friends of Henley Rowing}}</ref> The club's top eight reached the quarter-finals in 2014. |
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* Winner of the [[1980 British Rowing Championships]], Men J16 2x composite <ref>{{cite |
* Winner of the [[1980 British Rowing Championships]], Men J16 2x composite <ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS202082037/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=15a86e62|title="Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12|newspaper=The Times|date=21 July 1980 |page=12 }}</ref> |
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==St George's Ladies Rowing Club== |
==St George's Ladies Rowing Club== |
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The St George's Ladies Rowing Club was merged into the Twickenham Club in 1979. The club had existed for 55 years and won three [[British Rowing Championships]] in 1972, 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rowingstory.com/2017/06/07/where-do-women-row/|title=Where do women row?|website=Rowing Story}}</ref><ref>{{cite |
The St George's Ladies Rowing Club was merged into the Twickenham Club in 1979. The club had existed for 55 years and won three [[British Rowing Championships]] in 1972, 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rowingstory.com/2017/06/07/where-do-women-row/|title=Where do women row?|website=Rowing Story|date=7 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS101678325/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=c81d6cd4|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6|newspaper=The Times|date=21 July 1975 |page=6 |last1=Railton |first1=Jim }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS117801202/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=e235369d|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7|newspaper=The Times|date=18 July 1977 |page=7 |last1=Railton |first1=Jim }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[Category:1860 establishments in England]] |
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[[Category:Sports clubs established in 1860]] |
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1860]] |
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[[Category:Tideway Rowing clubs]] |
[[Category:Tideway Rowing clubs]] |
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[[Category:Boathouses in the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Sport in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] |
[[Category:Sport in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] |
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[[Category:Rowing clubs of the River Thames]] |
[[Category:Rowing clubs of the River Thames]] |
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[[Category:Prince Philippe, Count of Paris]] |
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| Location | Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°26′44.1″N 0°19′31.6″W / 51.445583°N 0.325444°W |
| Home water | Tideway |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code - TWK |
| Website | www |
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| Twickenham Regatta | |
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Twickenham Rowing Club was founded on 26 July 1860 so is jointly with Thames Rowing Club the third oldest rowing club on the Thames. The club is on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, south-west London. Its boat code is TWK.
Club colours
[edit]The club colours are quite dark blue with either magenta bands or in recent decades a single wide such band to split the blade into thirds (blades are usually arranged normally fesswise). An official source simply specifies the first colour as "blue" and its shade has varied slightly over generations.[5]
History
[edit]Henri, Duc D'Aumale (the fifth son of the exiled king of France, Louis Philippe I, who lived at York House in Twickenham) helped to found the club and was its first President from 1860 to 1897. The freehold to the land on which the clubhouse stands was donated to the rowing club in 1876, by HRH Le Comte de Paris, 'King' Philippe VII (1838–1894), Louis Philippe I's grandson and the pretender to the disbanded French throne. The latter's son, Philippe VIII, Duc D'Orleans (1869–1899) became the club's second President from 1898 to 1899.
Construction and facilities
[edit]The first boathouse was built in 1861/62 as a floating structure and was moored at some point off Twickenham Ait which became known as Eel Pie Island. The boathouse cost £295, a large sum as fully paid for out of ordinary income, by 1866.[n 1]
For a few years the reading room of Twickenham Literary Society was shared as the meeting-up point from 1864.
The floating boathouse remained for several years despite sinking on a couple of occasions. When the club became owners of the current site the boathouse was put ashore and finally sold in 1882/83 for a nominal £32. The Thames Conservancy provided the ballast to raise the ground level where it rested.
By March 1866 the boathouse contained:
In 1889 it was proposed by the club and others using the island to build a bridge to the island. The island's first bridge was built in 1957.
Accolades
[edit]The Club is one of the founding members of The Remenham Club, a social and event-celebratory club with an enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta.
Aside from notable national oarsmen and women mentioned top right, Twickenham have won:
- A few trophies at the Head of the River Race since 1926.
- The novice club pennant (as winners) at the Women's Eights Head of the River Race in 1999[6]
- A small number of events in various years at the Fours head
- A small number of events at the Pairs head
- At Henley Royal Regatta:
- Three times at the Silver Goblets (these involved Jefferson Lowndes in the 19th century)
- The club won the Thames Challenge Cup in 1879, 1881 and 1884 and was runner-up in 1880, 1911, 1924, 1927 and 1928.[7] The club's top eight reached the quarter-finals in 2014.
- Winner of the 1980 British Rowing Championships, Men J16 2x composite [8]
St George's Ladies Rowing Club
[edit]The St George's Ladies Rowing Club was merged into the Twickenham Club in 1979. The club had existed for 55 years and won three British Rowing Championships in 1972, 1975 and 1977.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- Notes
- ^ equivalent to £34,520 in 2023.
- References
- ^ a b c d WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO, OUP, Oxford Retrieved 5 Mar. 2022
- ^ "Twickenham's Callum Dixon selected for Paris Olympics". Twickenham Rowing Club. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Team GB rowing squad selected for Paris 2024". British Rowing. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Callum wins Gold at European U23 Championships". Twickenham Rowing Club. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.
- ^ Women's Head of the River Race
- ^ "Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.
- ^ ""Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12". The Times. 21 July 1980. p. 12.
- ^ "Where do women row?". Rowing Story. 7 June 2017.
- ^ Railton, Jim (21 July 1975). "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". The Times. p. 6.
- ^ Railton, Jim (18 July 1977). "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". The Times. p. 7.
External links
[edit]- Twickenham Rowing Club official website
- Twickenham Underground — unofficial website (and out-of-date)
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