Kingston Grammar School Boat Club (KGSBC) is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Aragon Avenue, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge borough of Surrey.

History The club was founded in 1889 and belongs to the Kingston Grammar School.

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.

Honours

National Schools' Regatta +YearWinning crew/s1985Child Beale Cup (JM 1st 8+)1990Anna Fangen Cup (JW16 4+)1991Leander Cup (JW 2-), Danesfield Cup (JM16 2-), Centenary Sculls (JM15 1x)1992Child Beale Cup (JM 1st 8+), Jim Mason Plate (JW 4+), Arundel Cup (JM16 4+), Windsor Cup (JM16 4-)1996Anna Fangen Cup (JW16 4+), Creber Cup (JM15 4x+)1998Danesfield Cup (JM16 2-)1999Arundel Cup (JM16 4+)2002Fours Cup (JM Sch 4+), Creber Cup (JM15 4x+)2003Fours Cup (JM Sch 4+)2004Aylings Challenge Cup (JW 8+), Leander Cup (JW 2-)2009Windsor Cup (JM16 4-), Leslie Langton Cup (JW15 4+)2013Headington Cup (JW16 2-), Junior Colts Cup (JM15 8+)2014Leander Cup (JW 2-)2017Headington Cup (JW16 2-)2024Royal Engineers' Cup (JM 4-)2025Jim Mason Plate (JW 4+), Anna Fangen Cup (JW16 4+), Katrina Jacks Trophy (JW15 4+)

British champions +YearWinning 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- 2003 Men J16 4+ 2007 Open J18 4+ 2009 Women J18 8+ 2021 WJ16 4x2023WJ18 4x

Schools' Head of the River Race +YearWinning crew1993 J18 men’s eights1994 J18 men’s eights1995 J18 women’s eights1996 J18 women’s eights2003 J18 women’s eights2004 J18 women’s eights2025School Girl eights

See also Rowing on the River Thames

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