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+

See also

• Rowing on the River Thames