Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationLongridge, Quarry Wood Road, Marlow
Coordinates51°33′52″N 0°45′39″W / 51.564311°N 0.760862°W / 51.564311; -0.760862
Founded1972
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - SWB
Websitewww.borlaserowing.com

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based at Longridge, Quarry Wood Road, Marlow.[1] The club belongs to the Sir William Borlase's Grammar School.[2] The club shares the boathouse facility with Great Marlow School Boat Club.[3]

The club won the prestigious Fawley Challenge Cup three times at the Henley Royal Regatta.[4]

The club has also produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions

Year Winning crew
1984Men J16 2x[5]
1986Men J16 4-[6]
1988Men J16 4+, Men J16 4-[7]
1993Men J14 4x[8]
1994Women J15 4x [9]
1995Men J16 4x
1996Men 4x[10]
2003Women J16 2x [11]
2008Open J18 4x, Women J18 4x, Women J16 2x [12]
2010OJ16 4-, WJ18 2x, WJ16 1x, WJ16 4x[13]
2011W4-, OJ14 4x+, WJ18 2x, WJ16 4+[14]
2012J18 4+ WJ16 4 +[15]
2014O4x[16][17]
2017OJ15 4x+[18]

Key= O Open, W Women, +coxed, -coxless, x sculls, J junior, 18 16 age group

Henley Royal Regatta

Year Races won
1984Visitors' Challenge Cup
2012Fawley Challenge Cup
2014Fawley Challenge Cup
2015Fawley Challenge Cup

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ↑ "Sport at Sir William Borlase". Sir William Borlase's Grammar School.
  3. ↑ "Club history". Great Marlow School.
  4. ↑ "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
  5. ↑ Railton, Jim (16 July 1984). "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". The Times. p. 21.
  6. ↑ Railton, Jim (21 July 1986). "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". The Times. p. 28.
  7. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". The Times. 18 July 1988. p. 35.
  8. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". The Times. 19 July 1993. p. 20.
  9. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". The Times. 18 July 1994. p. 22.
  10. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". The Times. 22 July 1996. p. 39.
  11. ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". The Times. 21 July 2003. p. 32.
  12. ↑ "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "British Rowing Champions 2012 declared". British Rowing. 16 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "2014 British Rowing Championships Race Centre". British Rowing. 17 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "All the favourites through in Nottingham". British Rowing. 18 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "2017 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.


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