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Coordinates: 51°28′11.8″N 0°13′15.3″W / 51.469944°N 0.220917°W / 51.469944; -0.220917 (Imperial College Boat Club)
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Imperial College Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationPutney, London, England
Coordinates51°28′11.8″N 0°13′15.3″W / 51.469944°N 0.220917°W / 51.469944; -0.220917 (Imperial College Boat Club)
Home waterRiver Thames, London
Founded1919 (1919)
Key people
Peter Hardcastle (head coach)
UniversityImperial College
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - IMP
Websiteimperialboatclub.co.uk

Imperial College Boat Club is the rowing club for Imperial College and has its boat house on the River Thames on the Putney embankment, London, United Kingdom.[1] The alumni also run a boat club which is known as the Queen's Tower Boat Club and both crews occasionally row together as a composite in competition.[2] The club has been home to numerous National Squad oarsmen and women and is open to students of Imperial College London.

History

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The club was formed in 1919 and initially shared facilities with Thames Rowing Club[3] but has had its own boathouse since 1938.[4]

The club has been successful in competitions, with many wins at Henley Royal Regatta including in 2013 with victory in The Prince Albert Challenge Cup event.[5]

The gold medal winning Great Britain eight at the 2000 Sydney Olympics were been based at Imperial College's refurbished boathouse and included three alumni of the college, along with their coach Martin McElroy.[6]

Henley Royal Regatta 2010

Until 2008, the head coach was Simon Cox who, after taking over from Simon Dennis in 2005, went on to coach the Henley Royal Regatta winning crew in 2006, before taking up a position with Swiss Rowing.[citation needed] His replacement was Olympic Gold Medallist Steve Trapmore who coached the club until September 2010, when he moved on to coach Cambridge University Boat Club. Don McLachlan took over from 2010 until leaving in April 2013 to become lead coach at Rowing Ireland, just before the club won Henley Royal Regatta again a few months later.

Coaching

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The most well-known of Imperial College Boat Club's coaches was Bill Mason,[7] a former Olympic oarsman himself and for many years was head coach and director of rowing at Imperial College BC. In that time he was responsible for numerous Henley Royal Regatta and Henley Women's Regatta wins. He coached athletes at the club from novices up to international and developed the club substantially during his time in charge.[citation needed]

Major event wins and international competition

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Notable members

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  • Henry Fieldman

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Imperial College Boat Club.

References

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  1. ^ "Imperial College Boat Club". UK: Imperial College. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Timeline". Imperial College.
  3. ^ "History | Imperial College Boat Club | London". Imperial Boat. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ "The Vey Latest in Boat-houses". Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 18 November 1938. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Results". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "History | Imperial College Boat Club | London". Imperial Boat. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Record for Gillian". Surrey Herald. 27 September 1990. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". The Times. 22 July 2002. p. 26.
  9. ^ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". The Times. 19 July 2004. p. 28.
  10. ^ "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  11. ^ "2014 British Rowing Championships Race Centre". British Rowing. 17 October 2014.
  12. ^ "2015 British Rowing Senior Championships" (PDF). British Rowing.
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