News Feature on Chiswick Calendar

Apr 17, 2025

Bridget Osborne, editor from The Chiswick Calendar visited QBC recently to interview us about all things rowing related – our wonderful boathouse redevelopment, why we all love rowing so much, learn to row and a little bit of our history, our links to The Quintin Hogg Memorial Trust, The Boat Race and more.

Thanks to Jo Midgley (Vice Captain), Dave King (QBC committee member and Chiswick Rowing Trust Trustee) and Ken Creighton (Learn to Row Coach) and a surprise interview with our very own Tom Bishop, one of Quintin’s most highly decorated members of the club.

Read the full article here :

https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/rowing-sees-a-resurgence-in-popularity-and-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-boat-race

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