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Westminster School Boat Club

Location	Embankment, Putney, London
Coordinates	51°28′09″N 0°13′12″W / 51.469285°N 0.220001°W / 51.469285; -0.220001
Home water	River Thames
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code - WES
Website	www.wsboat.club

Westminster School Boat Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames at the Embankment, Putney, London.

History

The club is reputedly the oldest rowing club in the world. Anecdotal evidence exists for rowing at Westminster in the 18th century and official records date back to the 'Water Ledger' of 1813. Pink was chosen by Westminster as the School's colour for the rowing match against Eton College of 4 May 1837; before this race, both schools wore blue.

Crews containing boys and girls who attend, or are affiliated to, Westminster School are formed to race at all levels of school rowing. The boat house is also that of the Elizabethan Boat Club, made up of Old Westminsters, who compete in major domestic and international races.

Honours

National Schools' Regatta

Schools' Head of the River Race

Henley Royal Regatta

British champions

See also

• Rowing on the River Thames
• Westminster School
• Schools' Head of the River Race

References

1. "Club details". British Rowing.
2. "Westminster School Boat Club". panoramaofthethames.
3. "Sport". Westminster School.
4. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 23 July 1973, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
5. "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
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7. "a Special Correspondent. "Chuter to resolve selection dispute." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
8. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22". Times Digital Archives.
9. ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
10. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
11. "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
12. ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.
13. "Race Information". Row results. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

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