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Upper Thames Rowing Club

Location	Henley-on-Thames, UK
Coordinates	51°32′45″N 0°53′42″W / 51.5457°N 0.895°W / 51.5457; -0.895
Home water	Hambledon Lock, River Thames
Founded	1963 (1963)
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code: UTC
Website	www.utrc.org.uk
Events
Henley Masters Regatta (July) Upper Thames Autumn Head (UTAH)
Notable members
Maj. -Gen. Roy Wood, Sir Steve Redgrave, Guin Batten, Miriam Batten

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.

History

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

See also

• Rowing on the River Thames

References

1. Wood, Maj.-Gen. Roy, (born 1940), Trustee, Map Action, 2008–19 (International Director, 2006–11; Chairman, 2011–15). WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO, OUP, Oxford from https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-40570.
2. "The history of UTRC". Upper Thames Rowing Club. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
3. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
4. "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives.
5. "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
6. ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
7. "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
8. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". Times Digital Archives.
9. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
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11. ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40". Times Digital Archives.
12. "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
13. ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
14. ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.
15. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
16. ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
17. ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.
18. "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
19. "2012 results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.

External links

• Upper Thames Rowing Club official web site

• Sports clubs and teams established in 1963
• Rowing clubs of the River Thames
• Rowing in Berkshire
• Sports clubs and teams in Berkshire