Weybridge Rowing Club
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| Location | Weybridge, England |
| Home water | Sunbury Lock, River Thames |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing |
| Website | www |
| Events | |
| Walton and Weybridge Regatta, Weybridge Silver Sculls, Weybridge Head of the River | |
| Notable members | |
| George Cotterill | |
Weybridge Rowing Club, founded in 1880, is a rowing club, on the River Thames in England, on the Surrey bank, on stretch of the River Thames between Sunbury Lock and Shepperton Lock on a small island belonging to and barely detached from Weybridge. The stretch is roughly 5 km long from weir to weir and is used also by Walton Rowing Club and the St George's College Boat Club.
The club organises several rowing events, and consists of a wide range of members, consisting of juniors, novices, seniors, veterans and many past and present champions.
In 1880 Weybridge Rowing Club started life as a "tradesmen's" club, as opposed to the "gentlemen's" club which began life much later at Walton.
In 1919 WRC joins National Amateur Rowing Association (NARA), the NARA was set up as a rival to the ARA, which in those days did not permit manual workers to compete in its regattas.
After the 1914-18 war, when women enjoyed greater freedom and were made more welcome in many sports, WRC included a women's event in their "Peace" regatta and formed a women's section, captained by Amy Gentry.
In 1924 Weybridge Rowing Club crew represents Great Britain in the Paris Olympics, the WRC coxed four - V.J. Boveington (stroke), E.W. Hann, J.H. Townend, B.C. Croucher and cox H.L. Barnsley - narrowly missed out on a bronze medal and won many regattas at home.
In 1926 Amy Gentry founds Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club, the women's section of WRC moves a few hundred metres down river to its own headquarters.
In 1920 Weybridge Regatta is founded and held on the Walton Mile, the regatta was known as the Henley of the NARA and attracted large crowds for the rowing and subsequent fireworks display. Weybridge was one of the few clubs on the Thames to remain open during the Second World War, though the regatta ceased to exist
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