Nottingham Rowing Club is a rowing club in West Bridgford, Nottingham, England.
History The club was formed in 2006 as a merger of the Nottingham Boat Club and the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, two historic rowing clubs that were established in 1892 and 1869 respectively. Since the merger of the two clubs, the NRC has incorporated the former Nottingham Schools Rowing Association and the Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association. Members from the two founder clubs have had success in national and international regattas, and represented the Great Britain team at World Championship and Olympic level. The Britannia Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta is named after Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, who donated the cup in 1969 to mark their centenary.
Successes by the club since its foundation include winning the Club Pennant at the 2008 Women's Eights Head of the River Race, while members of the new club have represented Great Britain at World Cup events ara-rowing.org ara-rowing 16 June 2008 retrieved 25 June 2008 ARA retrieved 11 June 2009 and won elite finals at Women's Henley.
The club won two national titles at the 2024 British Rowing Championships and the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships.
Boathouses The current club has three boathouses situated on the River Trent in West Bridgford, as well as a presence at Holme Pierrepont. The Boat Club boathouse is also locally well known as a music venue. Elton John, Rod Stewart, the Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath all played at the venue, and Radio 1's John Peel broadcast from the club in 2002.Radio1 Nottingham
Honours British champions YearWinning crew/s 2003 Women L2- 2007 Women 2-, Open L4- 2008 Women U23 1x 2009 Open 2x, Women 1x, Open J14 1x, Open J14 4x+, Women J17 1x, Women J15 1x, Women J15 2x 2010 Women 4x 2011 Open 4-, Women 2x, Women 4x 2012 Women 1x, Women 2- 2013 Open J18 2x, Open J15 1x 2013 Open J18 1x 2018 Open 2x 2024W club 4x-, W club 4-2025 Open club 2-, Open club 4x- Key W (women), J (junior), 2, 4, 8 (crew size), 18, 16, 15, 14 (age group), x (sculls), - (coxless), + (coxed)
Henley Royal Regatta YearRaces won 1979 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1980 Wyfold Challenge Cup 1982 Wyfold Challenge Cup 1997 Thames Challenge Cup 2008 Fawley Challenge Cup 2012 Wyfold Challenge Cup 2018 Stonor Challenge Trophy 2019 Prince of Wales Challenge Cup
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