The Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club is a rowing club on the Tideway (upper estuary of the Thames) in West London, United Kingdom at University of London Boathouse, Hartington Road, Chiswick W4.
Foundation and colours The club was established in 1897. Its kit colours are white, claret and greenBritish Rowing If the claret dates to two years or more later it may be a nod to Thames Ironworks F.C.Belton, B., Dale, I. (2015). The Thames Ironworks: A History of East London Industrial and Sporting Heritage. United Kingdom: History Press. If adopted later, the order is the same and top colour only a slight shade different from the suffragette flag, devised in 1908 and widely seen until the 1920s.
Ethos Until 1956, the club was one of the leading and few London members of the National Amateur Rowing Association and helped to bring about the gradual merger with the Amateur Rowing Association for people in 'non-physical' work, to which were affiliated the various clubs on the Putney Embankment. The club continues to stand firmly against social barriers and has inducted and enhanced the fitness and technical ability of rowers including international-standard oarsmen since the 1960s. The club's leaders over decades of the 20th century won its successful campaign with Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club and other NARA clubs – most of which were from the industrial heartlands of Britain – for non-exclusivity in rowing events and national teams, as evidenced in Rowing in England: A Social History. These two clubs in London thus have the strongest record of openness and widening of participation.Eric Halladay Rowing in England: A Social History – The Amateur Debate GB Rowing now has many leading athletes who are not alumni of the old, well-endowed schools and universities which set up the earliest competitions in the sport.
Training Thames Tradesmen compete in the Head of the River Race and its three offshoots for smaller boats than eights each year. The club organizes a training camp each year before Henley Royal Regatta. During the Summer Season, TTRC is prominent on the regatta circuit and look to peak at Henley and The National Championships.Thames Trademen's Rowing Club
Setting Alongside Barnes Bridge Ladies Rowing Club, the club is the closest club to Barnes, much of Chiswick, Acton, the London Borough of Brent and Roehampton. Its size and dedicated long slipway make it attractive to schools and in subscription price for central, west, north-west and south-west London. Its coaching/coxes rooms and broad boat bays are in a very large two-storey building. The upstairs is a shared clubroom and ten changing rooms sponsored by the local London borough divided up at weekends with two clubs sharing the rugby and football fields adjoining.
Its clubroom and shared lounge is large and overlooks most of Barnes's ornate riverside buildings.
Honours Henley Royal Regatta +YearRaces won 1971 Stewards' Challenge CupSilver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup 1973 Wyfold Challenge Cup 1975 Grand Challenge CupWyfold Challenge Cup 1976 Grand Challenge CupPrince Philip Challenge Cup 1977 Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup 1978 Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup 1979 Grand Challenge CupDouble Sculls Challenge Cup 1981 Grand Challenge CupStewards' Challenge CupQueen Mother Challenge Cup 1982 Women's Invitation Single Sculls 1985 Queen Mother Challenge Cup
Recent British champions +YearWinning crew/s 1996 Women 8+c, Men L4-, Women L1x 1997 Men L8+, Women L1x 1999 Men 2-, Women 4x, Women L4x, Men J18 1x 2001 Women 2- 2003 Women J15 4x+
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See also Rowing on the River Thames