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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Tees Rowing Club

Tees Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the River Tees in Northeast England. The club was founded in 1864.

The Roll of Honour at the club includes 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Kat Copeland and 2016 Paralympic gold medal winner Laurence Whiteley.

The club is currently based at the River Tees Watersports Centre in Stockton-on-Tees.

Honours

British champions

Year Winning crew/s
1981 Men J18 1x
2010 Women J17 1x
2013 Women 4x

Henley Royal Regatta

Year Races won (for)
2015 Princess Grace Challenge Cup W 4x

Club colours

The blade colours are or were "white, with a light blue and maroon stripe"; kit: maroon with two light blue side stripes. The blade without white is a recent photography-based variant and likely post-dates 2020, due to a change of colours.

References

  1. ^ Laura Love (16 May 2015). "Hundreds of rowers take to the River Tees for historic regatta". Teesside Gazette.
  2. ^ "Tees Rowing Club celebrate their 150th anniversary in style". The Northern Echo. 24 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour". Tees Rowing Club.
  4. ^ "Kat Copeland secures Tees Rowing Club cash boost". BBC News. 24 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ^ "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing.
  7. ^ "Leander Club dominant at British Rowing Championships". British Rowing.
  8. ^ The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.