Wallingford Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames by Thames Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
History The club was formed in 1947 by the Wallingford Regatta committee. The club’s blade colours are scarlet with a light blue tip and a scarlet with sides trimmed light blue kit.The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.47. In December 2013 the club opened a new gym facility.
The club produced five national title winning crews at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships, which was a record haul for the club.
Honours British champions YearWinning crew 1972 Men J18 2+ 1974 M2+, M2-c, M4xc 1975 W1x, W4x 1980 ML4- 1982 ML2x 1983 ML2x 1984 ML2x 1986 Men J14 1x 1987 W4+ 1989 Men J16 4x, Women J16 2x 1993 Men J16 2x 1994 Men J18 4x 1995 Women J14 1x 1998 Women L1x 1998 WL1x 2000 WL1x 2001 W1x 2002 W1x, W2x, W8+c 2004 WL2x 2011 Women J15 1x 2016 W2x 2021 Open J18 1x 2023WJ16 4+2024WJ18 8+, WJ16 4x-2025 Wclub 4-, OJ16 2-, OJ16 4+, WJ18 4x, WJ16 4+ Key - M men, W women, + coxed, - coxless, x sculls, c composite, L lightweight
Henley Royal Regatta YearRaces won 1972 Britannia Challenge Cup 1979 Wyfold Challenge Cup 1995 Britannia Challenge Cup 2008 Remenham Challenge Cup 2009 Remenham Challenge Cup, Princess Grace Challenge Cup2024 Prince Philip Challenge Trophy
Notable members Diana Bishop Elizabeth Butler-Stoney Colin Cusack Michael DruryDrury, Michael John, (born 1959), Partner, BCL Solicitors LLP, since 2010. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO, Oxford University Press https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-253921. Katie Greves Zaza Horne Eleanor Piggott Carl Purchase Brianna Stubbs James Wright
See also Rowing on the River Thames
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