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Kingston Grammar School Boat Club

Location	Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey
Coordinates	51°23′52″N 0°20′09″W / 51.397766°N 0.335809°W / 51.397766; -0.335809
Home water	Hampton Court Reach, River Thames
Founded	1889
Affiliations	British Rowing (boat code KGS)
Website	sport.kgs.org.uk
Notable members
RC Sherriff, Sophie Hosking, James Cracknell

Kingston Grammar School Boat Club (KGSBC) is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey.

History

The club was founded in 1889 and belongs to the Kingston Grammar School.

The club has produced multiple British champions, achieving particular success in the late 1980s to early 1990s under the leadership of head coach Peter Sheppard, during which time it was victorious in the Schools' Head of the River Race and produced a number of subsequent Olympic champions, including James Cracknell and Kieran West.

Honours

British champions

Schools' Head of the River Race

See also

• Rowing on the River Thames

References

1. "Club details". British Rowing.
2. "Club details". Kingston Grammar School Rowing Club.
3. ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". The Times. 22 July 2002. p. 26.
4. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". The Times. 21 July 2003. p. 32.
5. "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
6. "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
7. "Race Information". Row results. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
8. "Race Information". rowresults.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
9. "Schools Head results 1995". Archived from the original on 18 June 1997.

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