Clyde Amateur Rowing Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationWest boathouse, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates55°51′07″N 4°14′38″W / 55.851823°N 4.243802°W / 55.851823; -4.243802
Founded1865
AffiliationsScottish Rowing
Websiteclydearc.org.uk

Clyde Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Clyde, based at the West Boathouse, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland.[1] The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.[2]

History

The club was founded in 1865 and is on the west side of a shared boathouse with the Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club.[1] The Penny Brothers (Thomas, Laurence, Alexander, William and James Penny) were all members of Clyde ARC during the 1920s and 1930s.[3]

Notable Members

Former alumni include:

Honours

British champions

Year Winning crew/s
1984Men J18 2-[4]
1986Women J16 2-[5]
1987Women 4x, Women J18 2-[6]
1993Women L2x[7]
1998Men L4-[8]
2003Women L4x[9]
2009Women L1x[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Club details". Clyde Amateur Rowing Club.
  2. ↑ "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
  3. ↑ "How 'Fourpence Ha'penny' rowing crew ruled the waves". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ↑ "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.


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