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Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club

Coordinates: 51°22′51″N 0°27′24″W / 51.3809°N 0.4567°W / 51.3809; -0.4567
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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

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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

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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

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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

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British champions

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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

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References

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  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.