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nottingham rowing club
Nottingham Boat Club was formed in 1894 by a group of rebels from [the original] Nottingham Rowing Club who insisted on rowing on Sundays. This was against club rules. They refused to apologise to the committee and set up their own club. -
nottingham rowing club
In 1913 the boathouse and boats were partially destroyed by a fire started by suffragettes. Club members attended their next meeting and subjected them to embarassment and indignities. -
nottingham rowing club
In 1930 the club encouraged High Pavement School to begin rowing. -
nottingham rowing club
In 1946 Nottingham University Boat Club was set up at the club and moved to its present site in 1951. -
nottingham rowing club
The 1950s were a difficult time for the club, but a young membership began to turn the tide. ‘Jazz at the Society Bank’ began on 20th October 1962. Money bound into the club, membership increased, the whole fleet was replaced, and in 1970 the boathouse extension was completed. The extension housed the eights and new changing and shower facilities. During the 1960's, 70's and 80's most of the popular blues, rock and heavy metal bands played at ‘the Bank’. -
nottingham rowing club
By the 1980s the Boat Club was one of the strongest clubs in the country and was producing a steady stream of World Champion and Henley medallists. At Henley Royal Regatta the club won the Diamond Sculls in 1979, the Wyfold Fours in 1980 and 1982, and the Ladies Coxed Fours in 1992 -
nottingham rowing club
1994 saw the club's Centenary celebrations take place. An eight and a four were purchased and the club had a very successful season on the water. -
nottingham rowing club
The club continued to grow its membership and fleet and improve its facilities through the late 1990s and into the 2000's. It also invested in the future of the club by subsidising members on coaching courses to build a large group of coaches, running the sculling school, bringing novices on and raising standards at all levels. The club was given recognition of the standards it had met when it was awarded Clubmark accreditation from Sport England. -
nottingham rowing club
The Nottingham Rowing Club was formed in 2006 initially as a result of the merger of the Nottingham Boat Club and the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, two historic Nottingham rowing clubs established in 1894 and 1869 respectfully. During the 100+ years of the two separate clubs both had various major achievements, however by the beginning of 2006 the votes of both clubs' memberships supported the committees' view that the sum of the two clubs would be greater than its parts and the merger proce
