We have recently been informed of the deaths of three of our members who competed for the club in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. Ray Lawrence died on 24th June. Affectionately known as “Tubby”, Ray was at 5 in the 1954 Thames Cup crew at Henley....
We have results for our boats racing in the Head of the Charles yesterday and today. Yesterday Tom Bishop was competing in the Senior Veteran II single sculls category and finished second out of 18 scullers in a time of 22 min. 32.253 sec, approximately 16 seconds...
The club’s super-veteran squad has arrived in Boston, Massachusetts for the Head of the Charles Regatta, at which they will be competing on Saturday. They are planning to get a couple of days of practice in the boat they have borrowed from Harvard University. We...
The club had three entries for the Pairs Head today, and also a composite QBC/Upper Thames RC crew. In women’s Intermediate coxless pairs Katia Zeddam and Emma Greer (start number of 246) finished 327th overall in a time of 16 min. 17.6 sec. Emma stepped in as a...
Good progress is being made on the redevelopment of the boathouse. After pile driving last week, this week saw the commencement of the putting in of the foundations. The building contractors, Claremont, have kindly provided us with an aerial view of the site as it was...
