Kingston Grammar School Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationAragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey
Coordinates51°23′52″N 0°20′09″W / 51.397766°N 0.335809°W / 51.397766; -0.335809
Founded1889
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code KGS)
Websitesport.kgs.org.uk

Kingston Grammar School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey.[1]

History

The club was founded in 1889 and belongs to the Kingston Grammar School.[2]

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

Year Winning crew/s
1981Men J16 8+
1983Men J16 2-, Men J16 4-, Men J14 4x
1984Men J16 4+, Men J14 4x
1985Men 2x, Women J16 2-, Women J14 2x
1986Men J14 2x
1987Men J16 2x, Men J16 4x, Men J14 2x, Women J14 2x
1988Men J16 4x, Women J14 4x
1989Men J18 4x, Women J14 2x
1992Men J16 4-
1993Men J18 4-
1994Women J18 4+, Women J15 2x
1995Women J16 8+, Women J15 1x
1996Men J18 2-, Women J16 4+
1997Women J18 2x
1998Women J18 2-
2002Women J18 4- [3]
2003Men J16 4+ [4]
2007Open J18 4+ [5]
2009Women J18 8+ [6]
2021WJ16 4x [7]


Schools' Head of the River Race

Year Winning crew
1993 [8]J18 men’s eights
1994J18 men’s eights
1995J18 women’s eights
1996J18 women’s eights
2003J18 women’s eights
2004J18 women’s eights

See also

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. ↑ "Schools Head results 1995". Archived from the original on 18 June 1997.


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