Tees Rowing Club

Tees Rowing Club
Emblem: Shield with three ships above a maroon riverside landscape beneath three maroon dots set amid crossed square (old "standard") oars.
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationRiver Tees Watersports Centre in Stockton-on-Tees, North East England
Coordinates54°33′58″N 1°18′14″W / 54.566°N 1.304°W / 54.566; -1.304
Home waterRiver Tees
Founded1864 (1864)
UniversityClose links to University of Teesside Rowing Club (UT): shared site.
ColoursMaroon and light or (for blades) vivid sky blue
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - TEE
Websitewww.teesrowingclub.co.uk
Events
Tees Regatta (around late May)[1]
Notable members
Kat Copeland, Laurence Whiteley

Tees Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the River Tees in Northeast England. The club was founded in 1864.[2]

The Roll of Honour at the club includes 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Kat Copeland and 2016 Paralympic gold medal winner Laurence Whiteley.[3][4]

The club is currently based at the River Tees Watersports Centre in Stockton-on-Tees.

Honours

British champions

Year Winning crew/s
1981 Men J18 1x[5]
2010 Women J17 1x [6]
2013 Women 4x [7]

Henley Royal Regatta

Year Races won (for)
2015 Princess Grace Challenge Cup W 4x

Club colours

The blade colours are or were "white, with a light blue and maroon stripe"; kit: maroon with two light blue side stripes.[8] The blade without white is a recent photography-based variant and likely post-dates 2020, due to a change of colours.

References

  1. ^ Laura Love (16 May 2015). "Hundreds of rowers take to the River Tees for historic regatta". Teesside Gazette.
  2. ^ "Tees Rowing Club celebrate their 150th anniversary in style". The Northern Echo. 24 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour". Tees Rowing Club.
  4. ^ "Kat Copeland secures Tees Rowing Club cash boost". BBC News. 24 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ^ "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing.
  7. ^ "Leander Club dominant at British Rowing Championships". British Rowing.
  8. ^ The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.

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