British rowing club
Upper Thames Rowing Club is an Englishrowing club. It has a large clubhouse atRemenham inBerkshire , on theRiver Thames near the town ofHenley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course ofHenley Royal Regatta . The club was established in 1963.[ 1]
In 1964 the club entered its first crew forHenley 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:
TheWyfold Challenge Cup
Ed Couldwell Michael Nagi Joe Perry Lewis Beech TheBritannia Challenge Cup
Luke Wootton Graham Hall Sam Barnes Jake Davidson Scott Smith (cox). Year Winning crew/s 1977 Women J18 4+[ 2] 1983 Women 4x[ 3] 1990 Men 4x[ 4] 1991 Women J18 1x[ 5] 1992 Men lightweight 2-[ 6] 1994 Men 1x, Women lightweight 2-[ 7] 1997 Women lightweight 4-[ 8] 1998 Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4-[ 9] 1999 Women L4-[ 10] 2000 Women 8+[ 11] 2001 Men J16 4+[ 12] 2002 Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x[ 13] 2003 Women L2x, Men J16 2x[ 14] 2004 Open J16 2x[ 15] 2005 Women J18 2x[ 16] 2007 Open L4x, Women U23 1x[ 17] 2012 Open L1x, Women 4+[ 18]
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