Avon County Rowing Club
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| Location | Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°23′55″N 2°26′51″W / 51.398521°N 2.447412°W |
| Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code AVN) |
| Website | avoncountyrowingclub |
Avon County Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Avon based at the Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, England.[1]
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1973 as a result of a merger between two clubs called the Avon Rowing Club and Bristol Rowing Club. The first honours were won at the Llandaff Regatta the same season.[2]
The boathouse is shared between the University of Bristol Boat Club, Monkton Combe School Boat Club, Canoe Avon and the Bristol Empire Dragon Boat club.[3]
The club has produced multiple British champions.
Honours
[edit]British champions
[edit]| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 1999 | Women lightweight 4-[4] |
| 2000 | Women lightweight 4-[5] |
| 2001 | Women J15 2x[6] |
| 2003 | Women J18 2x[7] |
| 2004 | Women J18 2x, Women J18 4x[8] |
| 2009 | Women J18 8+[8] |
| 2014 | Women J14 2x[9] |
| 2015 | Women J15 2x[10] |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Club details". British Rowing.
- ↑ "Season's first by Avon County crew". Western Daily Press. 16 July 1973. Retrieved 11 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "About the Clubs". Avon County Rowing Club.
- ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1999, p. 40". Times Digital Archives.
- ↑ "National Championships". Times Digital Archives.
- ↑ ""The Daily results service." Times, 23 July 2001, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
- ↑ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
- 1 2 "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
- ↑ "Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs". British Rowing. 21 July 2014.
- ↑ "2015 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
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