Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club
| Emblem 1: WLARC (three colours per letter) 2: crossed oars surmounted by stylised flag in club colours | |
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| Location | Boat House, Walton Lane, Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey |
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| Coordinates | 51°22′51″N 0°27′24″W / 51.3809°N 0.4567°W |
| Home water | The reach above Sunbury Lock, River Thames |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Membership | Ages 13+ |
| Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code WEL) |
| Website | weybridgeladies |
| Events | |
| WLARC Regatta (including juniors of both sexes) (mid-to-late May) | |
| Distinctions | |
| One other UK women's rowing/sculling club exists: Barnes Bridge Ladies (incorporating Civil Service Ladies) | |
| Notable members | |
| Amy Gentry (founder) | |
Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club (WLARC) is a rowing club at the confluence of a mouth of the Wey and two weirstreams of the Thames, based at Boat House, Walton Lane, Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey.[1]
Site and watersports reach[edit]
The site is owned by the club outright; its car park is time-of-stay, height- and width-restricted but public. For details of all the other well-established clubs on the reach see the list at Weybridge Rowing Club.
Colours[edit]
The colours of the club are, but for the red being lighter, the same as those of Walton Rowing Club – both resemble Oxford Brookes Boat Club which has white as the middle band.
History[edit]
The club was founded in 1926 and is affiliated to British Rowing. Amy Gentry founded the club at its Weybridge Point site six years after forming a thriving women's group at Weybridge Rowing Club.[2]
The club has produced multiple British champions across many boat sizes, especially in the 1980s.
Honours[edit]
British champions[edit]
| Year | Prefix | Winning crew/s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | W | 4+ | 4x[3] | |
| 1975 | W | 2x | 4x[4] | |
| 1979 | W | J18 4+ | J18 8+ | |
| 1980 | W | 2- | J Victor Ludorum | J18 Women 2-[5] |
| 1981 | W | J Victor Ludorum[6] | ||
| 1982 | W | J Victor Ludorum | J18 2x | J18 8+[7] |
| 1984 | W | J18 8+[8] | ||
| 1985 | W | 2-[9] | ||
| 1986 | W | L (lightweight) 2x | J16 1x | J14 1x[10] |
| 1987 | W | 2-[11] | ||
| 2004 | W | J18 4x[12] | ||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
- ^ "Club history". Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.