University of Birmingham Boat Club
Appearance
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Location | The Towpath, New Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
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Coordinates | 52°11′23″N 2°13′28″W / 52.189799°N 2.224447°W |
Founded | 1949 |
Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code UBI) |
Website | universitybirminghamrowing |
University of Birmingham Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Severn, based at The Towpath, New Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.[1] A second boathouse is also used for the development squad which is shared with Birmingham Rowing Club.[2]
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1949 and belongs to the University of Birmingham.[3] The senior squad row out the Worcester boathouse while the development squad row out of the Birmingham Rowing Club boathouse on Edgbaston Reservoir.[2]
Claire Parker represented England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[4]
The club produced national champions in 1986 and 2009.
Honours
[edit]National champions
[edit]Year | Winning crew/s |
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1986 | Women 2x [5] |
2009 | Open Ltw 4x[6] |
Notable members
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
- ^ a b "Facilities". University of Birmingham Boat Club.
- ^ "Rowing". University of Birmingham.
- ^ "Rowing". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. 20 June 1986. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
- ^ "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.