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Weybridge Rowing Club
Résumé
Weybridge Rowing Club, founded in 1881, is a rowing club by the Thames in England, on the Surrey bank.
The club organises head races, notably the Weybridge Silver Sculls which has had Olympian winners and co-organises a May/June regatta. It consists of a wide range of members: juniors, novices, seniors, masters (veterans) – these include many past and present champions.
It fronts the minor, upper weir stream associated with Shepperton Lock on a long, thin island separated by footbridge and narrow canal from the rest of Whittet's Ait, Weybridge. The local stretch of Thames – to Sunbury Lock – is roughly 5 km from topmost weir to bottommost weir and is shared with seven other well-established watersports clubs: the rowing clubs of Walton, Saint George's College, Weyfarers, Weybridge Ladies, Thames Valley Skiff Club, Elmbridge Canoe Club and Desborough Sailing Club.
In 1881 Weybridge Rowing Club started life as the local "tradesmen's" rowing club, as opposed to clubs for gentlemen or as latterly called "certified amateur's" such as Walton's begun in 1927.
In 1919 the club joined National Amateur Rowing Association (NARA) which was set up as a rival to the ARA. The ARA for several decades forbade manual workers to compete in its regattas.
After the 1914–18 war, women enjoyed greater freedom and were made more welcome in many sports, the club included a women's event in their "Peace" regatta and formed a women's section, captained by Amy Gentry.
In 1924 a coxed four from the club represented Great Britain in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris – V.J. Boveington (stroke), E.W. Hann, J.H. Townend, B.C. Croucher and cox H.L. Barnsley. They narrowly missed bronze and won many regattas at home.
In 1926 Amy Gentry founds Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club, the then women's section of the club, which moves a few hundred metres downriver to its base.
In 1920 Weybridge Regatta (continued as Walton & Weybridge Regatta) is founded, as today held on the Walton Mile. The regatta was known as NARA's "Henley" and attracted large crowds for the rowing and following fireworks.
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