British rowing club
Kingston Grammar School Boat Club (KGSBC) is a rowing club on the River Thames , based at Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey .[1]
History
The club was founded in 1889 and belongs to the Kingston Grammar School .[2]
The club has produced multiple British champions, achieving particular success in the late 1980s to early 1990s under the leadership of head coach Peter Sheppard, during which time it was victorious in the Schools' Head of the River Race and produced a number of subsequent Olympic champions, including James Cracknell and Kieran West .
Honours
British champions
Year
Winning crew/s
1981
Men J16 8+
1983
Men J16 2-, Men J16 4-, Men J14 4x
1984
Men J16 4+, Men J14 4x
1985
Men 2x, Women J16 2-, Women J14 2x
1986
Men J14 2x
1987
Men J16 2x, Men J16 4x, Men J14 2x, Women J14 2x
1988
Men J16 4x, Women J14 4x
1989
Men J18 4x, Women J14 2x
1992
Men J16 4-
1993
Men J18 4-
1994
Women J18 4+, Women J15 2x
1995
Women J16 8+, Women J15 1x
1996
Men J18 2-, Women J16 4+
1997
Women J18 2x
1998
Women J18 2-
2002
Women J18 4- [3]
2003
Men J16 4+ [4]
2007
Open J18 4+ [5]
2009
Women J18 8+ [6]
2021
WJ16 4x [7]
2023
WJ18 4x [8]
Schools' Head of the River Race
Year
Winning crew
1993 [9]
J18 men’s eights
1994
J18 men’s eights
1995
J18 women’s eights
1996
J18 women’s eights
2003
J18 women’s eights
2004
J18 women’s eights
See also
References
United Kingdom rowing clubs
Clubs Universities Oxford University Cambridge University Alumni Schools Notable per freestanding article policy & defunct Overseas Territories