Stourport Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Severn, based at the Riverside, Dunley Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire.[1]

Stourport Boat Club
Emblem: Comitatus Wigorniensis: for dark blue roundel for a riverside pear tree between hills; outlying: initials, Est. 1876 and four tips of old square (standard) wooden oars
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationRiverside, Dunley Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
Coordinates52°20′11″N 2°16′57″W / 52.3364°N 2.2826°W / 52.3364; -2.2826
Home waterRiver Severn
Founded1876
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code STP)
Websitestourportbc.co.uk
Events
Stourport Town Regatta (August: across a weekend)

History

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The club was founded in 1876 and is affiliated to British Rowing. The main pastime of the club when it was founded was boating which resulted in the name that the club still retains today instead of being known as a rowing club.[2]

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

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British champions

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Year Winning crew/s
1993 Women J14 1x[3]
1995 Women J16 1x
1999 Men L2x*, Men L4x*[4]
2002 Men L2-*[5]
2004 Open J18 2x, Open J16 1x[6]
2005 Women J16 2x, Women J16 4x[7]
  • Note: * composite

References

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  1. ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ^ "Club history". Stourport Boat Club.
  3. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.
  4. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ^ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ^ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ^ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.