Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club
Emblem 1: WLARC (three colours per letter) 2: crossed oars surmounted by stylised flag in club colours
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationBoat House, Walton Lane, Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey
Coordinates51°22′51″N 0°27′24″W / 51.3809°N 0.4567°W / 51.3809; -0.4567
Home waterThe reach above Sunbury Lock, River Thames
Founded1926
MembershipAges 13+
AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code WEL)
Websiteweybridgeladies.org.uk
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

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

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

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

British champions

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

References

  1. ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ^ "Club history". Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club.
  3. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archives.
  4. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ^ ""Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 16 July 1984, p. 21". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
  11. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  12. ^ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
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