Runcorn Rowing Club - Misplaced Pages

British rowing club

Runcorn Rowing Club
Events



Motto	Latin: Validus ut Perago, lit. 'strong to the finish'
Location	Runcorn, Cheshire
Coordinates	53°18′39″N 2°42′44″W / 53.3109°N 2.7121°W / 53.3109; -2.7121
Home water	River Weaver
Founded	1894 (1894)
Key people	Ed Burrows (President) Roger Franks (Chairman) George Perrin (Captain)
Affiliations	British Rowing
Website	runcornrowing.com
Acronym	RUN
Spring Eights Head Junior Regatta Autumn Head

Runcorn Rowing Club is a rowing club in Runcorn, Cheshire based on the River Weaver. The club has access to 10km of rowable river from Weston Marsh Lock to Dutton Lock.

History

Runcorn Rowing Club was established in 1894 on land purchased from the Marquis of Cholmondeley. The club received funding in 2005 under British Rowings's 'Project Oarsome' which saw membership increase from 39 to 100 members.

Club colours

The blade colours are royal blue with two white bars; kit: royal blue with white hoops.

Facilities

The club has three boat sheds, the latest opened by Derek Twigg MP in April 2008. A new club house was constructed in 2016 funded by the Sports Council and assisted by specialists from the consortium working on the Mersey Gateway Bridge.

Honours

British champions


Year	Winning crew/s
1992	Women 2x
1993	Women L1x
1994	Women L2x
1995	Women L1x
2007	Women J14 1x
2008	Women J15 1x, Women J14 1x
2010	Women 2x, Women L2x, Open J18 4x
2012	Women J18 4x

References

"Runcorn Rowing Club". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
"Runcorn Rowing Club - About". Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ McDougall, John (14 March 2016). "Runcorn Rowing Club's new boathouse becomes a reality". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
"Oarsome boost for Runcorn rowers". Liverpool Echo. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.46.
"The Boathouse Tour". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
Rosewell (20 July 1992). "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". The Times. p. 25.
""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". The Times. 19 July 1993. p. 20.
""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". The Times. 18 July 1994. p. 22.
"2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
"2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
"2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
"2012 results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.

v t e United Kingdom rowing clubs
Clubs	Aberdeen Abingdon Agecroft Ancholme Auriol Kensington Avon County Bann Barn Elms Bedford Bewdley Bewl Bridge Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Ariel Broxbourne Burton Leander Burway Cambois Cambridge '99 Cantabrigian Castle Semple Chester-le-Street Christchurch City of Bristol City of Cambridge City of Oxford City of Sheffield Clyde Clydesdale Curlew Cygnet & Barnes Bridge Ladies Dart Totnes Derby Durham East India Club Rowing Section Eton Excelsior Evesham Exeter Falcon Furnivall Fulham Reach Glasgow Globe Gloucester Grosvenor Guildford Henley Hereford Hexham Hinksey Hollingworth Lake Inverness Isle of Ely Itchen Imperial Kingston Lancaster Lea Leander Leeds Leicester Llandaff Loch Lomond London London Otters Maidenhead Maidstone Invicta Marlow Medway Towns Minerva Bath Molesey Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Monmouth Nautilus Newark Nithsdale Northwich Norwich NCRA Nottingham Nottingham & Union Paignton Pengwern Peterborough City Poplar Blackwall and District Putney Town Quintin Reading Rob Roy Ross Royal Chester Runcorn St Andrew St Ives St Neots Shanklin Sandown Shiplake Vikings Sons of the Thames Southampton BTC Southampton Coalporters Staines Star Club and Bedford Star Stirling Stourport Stratford-upon-Avon Strathclyde Park Tees Thames RC Thames Tradesmen Tideway Scullers School Trafford Trent Trentham Twickenham Tyne Tynemouth Upper Thames Vesta Walbrook (Teddington) Walton Wallingford Warrington Warwick Weybridge Weybridge Ladies Worcester York City
Universities	Aberdeen Anglia Ruskin Bath Bangor Birmingham Bristol Durham East Anglia Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Hartpury Hertfordshire Imperial College Kent King's College Lancaster Leeds London Queen Mary Newcastle Nottingham Nottingham Trent Oxford Brookes Queen's Belfast Reading Robert Gordon St Andrews Sheffield Southampton Stirling Sunderland Swansea UCL Warwick West of England York St John
Oxford University	Men Isis Lightweight (men) Women Osiris Lightweight (women) Tethys Balliol Brasenose Christ Church Corpus Christi Exeter Green Templeton Hertford Jesus Keble Lady Margaret Hall Linacre Lincoln Magdalen Mansfield Merton New College Oriel Osler House Pembroke Queen's Regent’s Park Somerville St Anne's St Antony's St Benet's St Catherine's St Edmund Hall St Hilda's St Hugh's St John's St Peter's Trinity University Wadham Wolfson Worcester
Cambridge University	Men Goldie Lightweight (men) Women Blondie Caius Christ's Churchill Clare Clare Hall Corpus Christi Darwin Downing Emmanuel First and Third Trinity Fitzwilliam Girton Homerton Hughes Hall Jesus King’s Lady Margaret Lucy Cavendish Magdalene Murray Edwards Newnham Pembroke Peterhouse Queens' Robinson Selwyn Sidney Sussex St Catharine's St Edmund's Trinity Hall Wolfson
Alumni	1829 Boat Club Bacon Bentham Bluefriars Bosporos Crabtree Eton Vikings Griffen Martyrs Ortner Queen's Tower Taurus Tawe Phoenix Tyrian Ursus
Schools	Aberdeen Schools Abingdon AB Severn Rowing Club Bedford Bedford Girls' Bedford Modern Bradford GS Canford Claires Court Dulwich Durham Emanuel Eton George Heriot's George Watson's Glasgow Academy Glasgow Schools Grange School Great Marlow Hampton Headington King's Canterbury King's Worcester King's Chester King's College School, Wimbledon King's Ely Kingston Grammar Lady Eleanor Holles Latymer Upper Merchant Taylors' Monkton Combe Monmouth Monmouth Comprehensive Monmouth Girls Pangbourne Queen Elizabeth Radley RGS High Wycombe RGS Worcester St Edward's St Leonard's St Paul's St Paul's Girls' Reading Blue Coat Shiplake Shrewsbury Sir William Borlase Sir William Perkin's Surbiton High School Tiffin Westminster Winchester Windsor Boys' Wycliffe
Notable per freestanding article policy & defunct	Argonaut Thames Club St George's
Overseas Territories	Calpe Mediterranean (both Gibraltar)

v t e Rowing
Australian rowing	Rowing Australia Rowing Championships Head of the River Head of the Schoolgirls (Victoria) King's Cup Head of the River (New South Wales) Head of the River (Victoria) Head of the River (Western Australia)
Canadian rowing	Canadian Henley Rowing Canada Aviron Secondary School Rowing Association University Rowing Association Head of the Trent
New Zealand rowing	List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics Maadi Cup Rowing New Zealand The Great Race
UK rowing	Boston Marathon British Rowing British Rowing Championships Head of the River Race Henley Boat Races Henley Women's Regatta National Schools' Regatta Schools' Head of the River Race Scottish Boat Race Scottish Rowing The Boat Race University rowing Welsh Rowing Wingfield Sculls Women's Boat Race Women's Eights Head of the River Race
Henley Royal Regatta	Grand Stewards' Queen Mother Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Double Sculls Diamond Ladies' Visitors' Prince of Wales Thames Wyfold Britannia Temple Prince Albert Princess Elizabeth Fawley Remenham Princess Grace Princess Royal
US rowing	College rowing CRASH-B Dad Vail Eastern Sprints Harvard–Yale HOCR Head of the Fish Head of the Hooch Head of the Ohio Head of the Schuylkill Poughkeepsie Regatta SRAAA Stotesbury Cup NCAA D1 IRA ACRA
World Rowing events	Olympic Games Paralympic Games World Championships World Rowing Cup World Junior Championships World U23 Championships European Championships Asian Championships Universiade Pan American Games African Games Commonwealth Games
Types of rowing	Bumps race Coastal Indoor rower Lightweight Para Racing shell Sculling Stern sculling Sweep Rowing tank Women's
Lists	Glossary of rowing terms Club oars National oars Rowing boat manufacturers Rowing venues School and university oars World best times
Category Commons

This article about a rowing club is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: