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| Location | Kingston upon Thames |
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| Coordinates | 51°25′8″N0°18′20″W / 51.41889°N 0.30556°W /51.41889; -0.30556 (Kingston Rowing Club) |
| Home water | Teddington Lock |
| Founded | 1858 (1858) |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code - KRC |
| Website | www |
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| Kingston Regatta, Kingston Head, Kingston Small Boats Head | |
Kingston Rowing Club (KRC) is arowing club inEngland founded in 1858 and a member club ofBritish Rowing.
The club is located on theRiver Thames atKingston upon Thames, downstream and north-east ofKingston Bridge andKingston Railway Bridge. On a long wide stretch, its rowers andscullers have the final and the second longest section of theweir-controlled river. Kingston have produced a significant list of international leveloarsmen and oarswomen throughout its history and has won events at theBritish Rowing Championships andHenley Royal Regatta through the years.
Kingston Rowing Club is the supporting club forKingston Regatta which is held above Kingston Bridge. Kingston organisesKingston Head of the River Race which is a warm-up for the nationalHead of the River Race on theChampionship Course on the following weekend.
The club started at Messenger's Boathouse, Kingston and was housed there for three years before moving upstream. From 1861 to 1935 the club was based above the bridges onRaven's Ait inSurbiton to the south.[1][2] In 1935 the club moved downstream to premises known as the Albany Boathouse then moved to its purpose-built facilities inCanbury Gardens in 1968.
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The club is theracing shell rowing club in Kingston upon Thames, but also provides training boats for less competitive rowing. It is on theKingston Reach which runs betweenMolesey Lock byHampton Court down toTeddington Lock ; The reach is a long 4.82 miles (7.76 km) V-shaped stretch of the Thames and is the final and second longest section of the River Thames — the longest reach being Wallingford reach at 6.5 miles (10.5 km) inOxfordshire.[3]
It shares the long, wide stretch with three sailing clubs upstream and downstream, theRoyal Canoe Club (andThe Skiff Club),Walbrook Rowing Club (the rowing club ofTeddington), and school clubs ofTiffin,Kingston Grammar, andSurbiton High schools.
Kingston Students Rowing Club (KSRC) was founded in 1972 as the Kingston Polytechnic Boat Club (KPBC). After 1992, Kingston Polytechnic was granted university status and the club changed its name to Kingston University Boat Club (KUBC).
In 2011, Kingston University Boat Club (KUBC) became Kingston Students Rowing Club (KSRC). KRC took over the training and coaching fromKingston University, maintain its fleet of boats and acquired its launches. University students receive automatic membership of KRC and still represent the university at theBritish Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Regatta and in the University Indoor Rowing Series.
The club organisesKingston Head of the River Race which is a warm-up for the nationalHead of the River Race on theChampionship Course on the following weekend. The organisation is associated with Kingston Regatta (formerly Kingston Amateur Regatta) since the club's founding – the regatta predates it by a year.
The club has a regular social calendar andRemenham Club rules entitle all established members to join to the social club which is atHenley on Thames, having one of its course-side venues, in the past having contributed to its funds in this case as a founder member.
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| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 2000 | Women 2-c, Women 8+c[4] |
| 2001 | Women 4-, Women L4-[5] |
| 2002 | Women L4-[6] |
| 2003 | Women 2-[7] |
| 2023 | Women's Junior 16 4x[8] |
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