Ken Creighton, who was formerly men’s captain at Brentford Masters, has a rowing-focused podcast called Complete Rowing. You can find it at www.completerowing.com or by searching Complete Rowing on any podcast provider such as Spotify, Apple, Soundcloud, or...
Hilda Mitchell was the wife of a Quintin Boat Club member F.G ‘Tiny’ Mitchell. The cup was first presented by Mrs F.G. Mitchell in 1921 for the annual competition between Quintin Boat Club and Ibis R.C. our then neighbours. ‘Tiny’ Mitchell had rowed...
QUINTIN BOAT CLUB 12-HOUR ERGATHON SMASHES TARGET! What a day! On Saturday 10 May, the QBC community came together for a brilliant 12-hour fundraising Ergathon – rowing side-by-side, stroke-for-stroke, from Lechlade to The Thames Barrier and back. That’s a virtual...
The Quintin’s Men’s Eight took to the water at Chiswick Regatta for a head-to-head showdown with a strong Vesta counterpart. Despite putting together a scratch crew that had not all trained together before, we delivered a commanding performance. A sharp start saw us...
The 3rd of May was a sunny day with beautiful rowing conditions. It was our first time racing in Chiswick regatta as Quintin boat club, and after loosing to St Paul’s Girls School in 2022, we were back with a vengeance. We were in a straight W8+ final against a...
We were racing against Tideway Scullers and Fulham Reach. Despite having only had a few outings together we were looking forward to racing. Our hearts sank a little though when we were informed that the two other crews would be given a 9 second head start! After a...