Upper Thames Rowing Club
# Upper Thames Rowing Club

Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It has a large clubhouse at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course of Henley Royal Regatta. The club was established in 1963.

## History

In 1964 the club entered its first crew for Henley Royal Regatta in the Thames Cup. The crew was composed of:

* Kevin O' Sullivan at bow (Eton Excelsior)
* Alan Smiter (also Eton Excelsior and the Club's first captain)
* Bill Rawson (Reading R.C.)
* Charles Hawtrey (a First and Third man from Cambridge)
* John Wingfield (Jesus College, Cambridge)
* David Neal (Henley R.C.)
* Hugh Cochrane (Reading R.C.)
* David Mayers stroke (Shrewsbury and Clare College, Cambridge)
* J Hooper (Marlow R.C.) as cox

One of the earliest crews to enter for the World Veteran Rowing Championships (the World Masters Regatta) was a coxless four from Upper Thames comprising Peter Sutherland, Sid Rand, Derek Thurgood and Glynne Davies in the early 1970s.

A number of renowned oarsmen have passed through the club membership, including many World and Olympic medalists. In 2014 two crews won the club's first trophies at Henley. They were:

The Wyfold Challenge Cup

* Ed Couldwell
* Michael Nagi
* Joe Perry
* Lewis Beech

The Britannia Challenge Cup

* Luke Wootton
* Graham Hall
* Sam Barnes
* Jake Davidson
* Scott Smith (cox).

## Honours

### British champions

| Year | Winning crew/s |
| - | - |
| 1977 | Women J18 4+ |
| 1983 | Women 4x |
| 1990 | Men 4x |
| 1991 | Women J18 1x |
| 1992 | Men lightweight 2- |
| 1994 | Men 1x, Women lightweight 2- |
| 1997 | Women lightweight 4- |
| 1998 | Men 2+, Women 2-, Women 4-, Men L2-, Women L2x, Women L4- |
| 1999 | Women L4- |
| 2000 | Women 8+ |
| 2001 | Men J16 4+ |
| 2002 | Men 2+, Men L2-, Women L4x |
| 2003 | Women L2x, Men J16 2x |
| 2004 | Open J16 2x |
| 2005 | Women J18 2x |
| 2007 | Open L4x, Women U23 1x |
| 2012 | Open L1x, Women 4+ |
