Emblem: Shield with three ships above a maroon riverside landscape beneath three maroon dots set amid crossed square (old "standard") oars. | |
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Location | River Tees Watersports Centre in Stockton-on-Tees, North East England |
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Coordinates | 54°33′58″N 1°18′14″W / 54.566°N 1.304°W |
Home water | River Tees |
Founded | 1864 |
University | Close links to University of Teesside Rowing Club (UT): shared site. |
Colours | Maroon and light or (for blades) vivid sky blue |
Affiliations | British Rowing boat code - TEE |
Website | www |
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
[edit]British champions
[edit]Year | Winning crew/s |
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1981 | Men J18 1x[5] |
2010 | Women J17 1x [6] |
2013 | Women 4x [7] |
Henley Royal Regatta
[edit]Year | Races won | (for) |
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2015 | Princess Grace Challenge Cup | W 4x |
Club colours
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Laura Love (16 May 2015). "Hundreds of rowers take to the River Tees for historic regatta". Teesside Gazette.
- ^ "Tees Rowing Club celebrate their 150th anniversary in style". The Northern Echo. 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". Tees Rowing Club.
- ^ "Kat Copeland secures Tees Rowing Club cash boost". BBC News. 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing.
- ^ "Leander Club dominant at British Rowing Championships". British Rowing.
- ^ The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.