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| Location | Townmead Road,Kew, London, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°28′27.71″N0°16′24.88″W / 51.4743639°N 0.2735778°W /51.4743639; -0.2735778 (Putney Town Rowing Club) |
| Home water | Tideway |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing |
| Website | www |
| Notable members | |
| Charlotte Taylor Joanne Turvey | |
Putney Town Rowing Club (PTRC) is arowing club on theTideway, the tidal reach of theRiver Thames in England. Its officialBritish Rowing registered colours are navy and white.
The club was founded atthe Half Moon Hotel,Putney in 1922 where it decided to base itself underneathThe Duke's Headpub in Putney.
Since 1986 PTRC has occupied aboathouse inKew. This allowed the club to expand, but its one-storey building was burnt down in 1992 byarson. The current boathouse was purpose-built in 1995 to create a large hall, bar, meeting room, changing areas and racking for a large number of boats, inside and outside.
On 26 October 2005, Putney Town had celebrated 10 years of the new boathouse with "Phoenix Party", where the entire fleet was taken out and rowed past the clubhouse, in front of a number of old members and local dignitaries.[1]
The club house is at Townmead Road,Kew, just upstream ofChiswick Bridge on the southern (Surrey) bank of the river. The ground floor consists of a boatshed and a weight lifting area. The first floor has a large gym, bar, kitchen and changing rooms.
There are launches for coaching crews, a fully equipped weights area andConcept 2ergometers. The large hall also allows the running of circuit training sessions, stretching and fitness classes as desired.[2]
The club is for members only, but anyone may join under the following categories: Senior, Junior, Cox, Veteran or Land (Non Rowing). Members compete at a number of events, from local tideway regattas and head races, multi-lane national races and includingHenley Royal Regatta (HRR),Henley Women's Regatta, the Vets Head of the River Race and a number of other local and national regattas.
The club has links with local schools such asShene School andChrist's School with theARA's 'Project Oarsome' initiative. TheLondon Oratory School have also used the Putney Town boathouse in the past.
Non-local regatta accolades include that in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 the club's men's eight qualified for theThames Challenge Cup for men's eights[3][4] atHenley Royal Regatta, on each occasion knocked out of the heavily competed tournament on the first full day of racing. The qualification for the event in 2007 was the first time the club qualified into the event for 40 years. TheWyfold Challenge Cup saw the (coxless) four also qualify in 2010.[5]
Multi-lane (i.e. 6-8 lane) rowing has expanded. The first such win for a club crew was atWallingford Regatta annually held at Eton-Dorney, in theSenior 3 Coxed Four, in 2008. The men's squad have competed in a number of events, including theHead of the Charles inBoston, MA and annually at all the major Tideway heads.
The women's senior squad has excelled at nationally attended eights races, atHenley Women's Regatta in 2008, the intermediate eight reached the semi-final of the Invesco Perpetual Trophy. See below for the 2014 pennant and medals won at the women's eights head of the river race.
At other national competitions:
| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 2002 | Men L2x composite[9] |
| 2003 | Men L2x composite[10] |
