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British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA), is the national governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor and on-water rowing). It is responsible for the training and selection of individual rowers and crews representing Great Britain and England, and for participation in and the development of rowing in England . [ 1 ]
For most of its history, rowing has been a male dominated sport. Although rowing's roots as a sport in the modern Olympics can be traced back to the original 1896 games in Athens, it was not until the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal that women were allowed to participate – well after their fellow athletes in similar sports such as swimming, athletics, cycling, and canoeing.
University rowing in the United Kingdom began when it was introduced to Oxford in the late 18th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first known race at a university took place at Oxford in 1815 between Brasenose and Jesus and the first inter-university boat race , between Oxford and Cambridge , was rowed on 10 June 1829.
The only British schools to have won the event more than this are Eton College and St Paul's School, London. In 2023, the Boat Club became the first co-educational school to win Gold in Championship events for both boys and girls in the same National School's Regatta, winning the Jim Mason Plate for Girls Coxed Fours [ 5 ] (for the second time ...
The club was reformed in 2008 following several lottery grants. [2] The club belongs to Great Marlow School and shares the boathouse facility with Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club. [3] The club has produced several British champions.
The Club belongs to Eton College [2] and was founded in 1840 although there are earlier references to rowing at the college (as early as 1791). In 1818, Eton challenged Westminster to a race and in 1829, a race actually took place.
He became a member of Thames Rowing Club and, in 1909 and 1911, was a member of the crew that won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Also in the 1911 regatta, Logan and Charles Rought dead heated in a heat of Silver Goblets against the eventual winners Julius Beresford and Arthur Cloutte to set a course record which lasted ...
Robert Erskine Morrison (26 March 1902 – 19 February 1980) was a British rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. [1]Morrison was born at Richmond on Thames, and he was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club. [2]