Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club
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| Location | Isle of Dogs, London, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°29′12″N 0°0′36″W / 51.48667°N 0.01000°W |
| Home water | Tideway |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Former names | The Blackwall Rowing and Athletic Club |
| Affiliations | British Rowing |
| Website | www |
| Events | |
| Poplar Regatta | |
| Notable members | |
| Mark Hunter, Kenny Dwan, John Roberts, Colin Seymour | |
Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is an rowing club, on the River Thames in England, on the northern bank of the Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs, London.
Club history
Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club was founded in 1854 and is one of the oldest rowing clubs in Great Britain. It was established by a group of young lightermen as "The Blackwall Rowing and Athletic Club". Boats were carried to the river from a local pub.
After World War I there was an increase in membership from shipwrights, boilermakers and stevedores from the nearby shipyards and docks, although the depression in the 1930s led to reduced activity again.
The club reformed with its present name in 1935 and established a club and boat house on the present site in 1937: "the boys themselves constructed a launching ramp at Calder's Wharf" and reused the "30-year-old disused Greenwich railway station" as a shelter for the boats, as would be later recalled.[1]
In 1966 an appealed was launched to raise £55.000 (£ in today's money) "to build a completely new boathouse and gymnasium" that "should be an attractive addition to that part of the Thames."[2]
The club house marks the finish of the annual Great River Race.
Activities
The club provides rowing and sculling for adult, adult beginner, junior, masters (mature categories). It has events for recreational and competitive sides of the sport.[3]
Taking the period since 2000 alone, PBDRC has seen members win more than 10 regattas and winter head races. The club has, at the top level, produced and enhanced international oarsmen and oarswomen: a few members of the club have represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and World Championships in this period.
Competition history
In 1995 and 1996, juniors from the club (in a composite quad with the The Windsor Boys' School) won the Fawley Challenge Cup at Henley Regatta.[4]
In 2011, Ralph Humphrey and Bob Milligan's double won the World Masters in Poznan, Poland,[5] the Britain Masters and the Henley Masters Veterans.
| Competition | Division | Winners | |
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| 2016 Marlow Regatta | Masters B/C | Andrea Stock | |
| Novice 1x | Phoebe O'Hene | ||
| 2016 Peterborough Spring Regatta | IM3 1x | Beverley Reid | [6] |
| WJ16 1x | Laura Stewart | [6] | |
| Masters F 1x | Robert Milligan | [7] | |
| 2016 Henley Masters Regatta | Masters B 1x | Andrea Stock | [8] |
| Masters C 2x | Ralph Humphrey (in a composite with Medway Town's Shaun Martin) | [8] | |
| 2016 Euro Masters Regatta, Munich | Masters C mixed 4x | Andrea Stock, Beverley Reid and Ralph Humphrey (in a composite with Medway Town's Shaun Martin) | [9] |
| Masters A 1x | Andrea Stock | [9] | |
| Masters B 1x | Andrea Stock | [9] | |
| Masters B 2x | Ralph Humphrey (in a composite with Medway Town's Shaun Martin) | [9] | |
| 2016 World Masters Championships, Copenhagen | Masters F 1x | Robert Milligan | |
| Masters G VIII+ | Robert Milligan (in a composite with Ardingly, Quintin and Worcester) | ||
| Masters G IV- | Robert Milligan (in a composite with Ardingly) | [10] | |
| Masters A 2x | Ralph Humphrey (in a composite with Medway Town's Shaun Martin) | ||
| 2016 Henley Sculls Head | W IM3 1x | Phoebe O'Herne | [11] |
| W IM1 1x | Andrea Stock | [11] |
See also
References
- ^ "Raising £50,000 for East End Oarsmen". The Tatler. 13 August 1966. p. 38. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Raising £50,000 for East End Oarsmen". The Tatler. 13 August 1966. p. 38. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Official public information British Rowing
- ^ Solem, Karen (1 March 1997). American Rower's Almanac 1997. The Rowers Almanac Inc. p. 310. ISBN 9780965132718.
- ^ "2011 Masters' Regatta Overall Results" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b "Saturday 4th June 2016 - Results" (PDF). Peterborough City Rowing Club. 4 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Sunday 5th June - Results" (PDF). Peterborough City Rowing Club. 5 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b "Henley Masters Regatta 2016 Results" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b c d "Euro Masters Regatta 2016 Munich RESULTS" (PDF). Rowing Club Port-Marly. 1 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta Copenhagen" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b "Henley Sculls Head of the River Race - 5 Nov 2016". Henley Open Events. 5 November 2016.
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External links
- http://www.pbdrc.co.uk/ official website
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