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Westminster School Boat Club
is a
rowing
club based on the
River Thames
at the Embankment,
Putney
,
London
.
History
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The club is reputedly the oldest rowing club in the world.
[
citation needed
]
Anecdotal evidence exists for rowing at Westminster in the 18th century and official records date back to the 'Water Ledger' of 1813.
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[
failed verification
]
Pink was chosen by Westminster as the School's colour for the rowing match against Eton College of 4 May 1837; before this race, both schools wore blue.
[2]
Crews containing boys and girls who attend, or are affiliated to,
Westminster School
are formed to race at all levels of school rowing.
[3]
The boat house is also that of the Elizabethan Boat Club, made up of Old Westminsters, who compete in major domestic and international races.
Honours
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National Schools' Regatta
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Year
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Winning crew
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2009
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Forest Cup
|
2015
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Queen Mother Challenge Cup
|
2016
|
Queen Mother Challenge Cup
|
Schools' Head of the River Race
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Henley Royal Regatta
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British champions
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See also
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References
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- ^
"Club details"
.
British Rowing
.
- ^
"Westminster School Boat Club"
.
panoramaofthethames
.
- ^
"Sport"
.
Westminster School
.
- ^
"Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 23 July 1973, p. 7"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
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"Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
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"
"For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
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"a Special Correspondent. "Chuter to resolve selection dispute." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 32"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
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"
"For the Record." Times, 18 July 1994, p. 22"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
- ^
"
"For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
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"Full archive of results"
.
Web Archive
. Archived from
the original
on 13 March 2017.
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"National Championships"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
- ^
"
"The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26"
.
Times Digital Archives
.
- ^
"Race Information"
.
Row results
. Retrieved
25 October
2021
.
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