Curlew Rowing Club is a

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club based on the

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of the

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, England. It was founded in 1866 and has been in Greenwich without interruption for over 130 years, though not always called Curlew.

History

The first regatta at which a “Curley” crew is believed to have rowed was held at Greenwich in 1787. In the first half of the 19th century “Curley” was one of several crews, along with a crew called “

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”, who had their own boats in the Greenwich and

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reaches. The Argonauts grew substantially in numbers until some of its members transferred their activities to Putney, to form the

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with the object of rowing at

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. The “Curley” crew remained in Greenwich and in 1866 a club was formed in order to rent the (now demolished) Crown Sceptre Pub in Greenwich. “Curley”, by this stage had become “Curlew” and had incorporated the residue of the “Argonauts” and another crew “Lurline” who had been unable to carry on independently. Curlew then occupied the "Crown and Sceptre" until the building was demolished in 1934. So after 68 years Curlew moved to the "

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" where Curlew had a Club room / bar and a small basement gym. These premises where leased at that time from the Greenwich Hospital Estates.

Modern day

Curlew Rowing Club is now based in out of the Trafalgar Rowing Centre only a few doors down from their old home. Curlew moved to the Trafalgar Rowing Centre in late 2003, and with the Trafalgar Trust (Curlew Rowing Club and

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) now own a new boathouse and gym in Greenwich. Furthermore, on the water training takes place at the

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based at the Victoria and Albert Docks, where Curlew has access to a complete multi-laned buoyed 2 km racing lake. Recently some boats have been relocated to Greenwich to train on the River Thames again. Curlew has had much success on the water qualifying and competing at

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most years since 2000. 2011 saw the club qualify two VIIIs to The

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, the first time in the club's history and the first time a club east of

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has done so. In 2016 Curlew Rowing Club won the Ampthill Cup for elite pairs at The Metropolitan Regatta, this is the first time and only time Curlew Rowing Club have won this event. Further to the success of the Men's squad, the Women reached the quarter final of

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, and the Women's Senior Double achieving Bronze at the National Championship of Great Britain.

Results

Henley Royal Regatta

Curlew Rowing Club have qualified for Henley Royal Regatta 18 out of 22 seasons since 2000, making Thursday on a number of occasions during this period. In 2011 and 2012 Curlew have managed to qualify both a 1st and 2nd VIII into the

, a feat only matched by

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. *2000 -

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- RD1 Curlew bt Furnival SC by 3 lengths. RD2, Lea RC bt Curlew by 1 length *2000 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Molesey Boat Club 'B' bt Curlew by 4 lengths *2001 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - RD1 Aberdeen Boat Club bt Curlew easily *2002 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - RD1 Aberdeen Boat Club bt Curlew easily *2002 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt London Rowing Club 'C' by 1 1/2 lengths, RD2 London RC 'A' bt Curlew by 4 lengths *2003 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt City of Oxford RC by 2 1/4 lengths, RD2 Lady Victoria Boat Club bt Curlew by 3 lengths *2004 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Mitsubishi BC* bt Curlew by 5 lengths (*Mitsubishi were subsequently disqualified as being ineligible to race) *2005 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt Mortlake Anglia & Alpha BC by 1 3/4 lengths. RD2, Molesey bt Curlew by 1 3/4 lengths *2006 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Hamburger und Germania RC bt Curlew by 3 1/4 lengths *2007 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Nottingham RC bt Curlew by 2 lengths *2008 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Tees RC bt Curlew by 3/4 length *2009 - DNQ *2010 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Reading RC bt Curlew by 1 3/4 lengths *2011 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Lea RC bt Curlew 'A' by 1 1/2 lengths, RD1 Greenlake BC (USA) bt Curlew 'B' by 2 1/2 lengths *2012 - Thames Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew 'A' bt Curlew 'B' by 4 3/4 lengths, RD2 Thames 'A' bt Curlew 'A' by 2 1/2 lengths *2013 - Britannia Challenge Cup - RD1 Thames 'A' bt Curlew 'A' by 1 1/2 Lengths *2014 - DNQ (Britannia Challenge Cup) *2015 - DNQ (Thames Challenge Cup) *2016 - DNQ (Thames Challenge Cup & Silver Goblets & Nickells Challenge Cup) *2017 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - RD1 Curlew bt Bedford Rowing club by 1 1/3 lengths, RD2 Commercial Rowing club bt Curlew by 4 1/4 lengths. *2017 - Thames Challenge Cup - Leeds Rowing Club bt Curlew by 4 feet. *2018 - Thames Challenge Cup - Itchen Imperial Rowing Club bt Curlew by 1 1/2 lengths. *2019 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - Team Keane bt Curlew RC by 3 1/4 lengths. *2020 - No regatta *2021 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - Elizabethan RC bt Curlew RC by 5 lengths. *2022 - Wyfolds Challenge Cup - Northwich RC bt Curlew RC by 4 1/2 lengths.

Woman's Henley Regatta

*2004 - The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Cup - RD2 - Vesta RC bt Curlew by 1 1/4 lengths *2005 - The Lester Trophy - RD2 - Agecroft BC bt Curlew by 4 lengths *2009 - The Rosie - RD1 - Mortlake Anglian & Alpha BC bt Curlew by 1 1/4 Lengths *2010 - The Rosie - Semi-Finals - Sport Imperial BC bt Curlew by 2 lengths *2011 - The Rosie - RD1 - ASR Nereus NED bt Curlew by 4 lengths *2011 - The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Cup - Quarter-Finals - Glasgow RC bt Curlew by 2 lengths *2012 - The Lester Trophy - DNQ (Time Trial 11/24 crews) *2013 - Did not enter *2014 - DNQ *2015 - Did not enter *2016 - DNQ (Fastest non-qualifier) *2017 - DNQ *2018 - Aspirational Club 8+ - RD1 Curlew bt Bristol (C) by 4 1/2 lengths, Quarter-Final - Thames (A) bt Curlew by 3 lengths *2019 - The Lester Trophy - RD1 Curlew bt Staines by 3 lengths, Quarter-Final - Tideway Scullers School (A) bt Curlew by 1 1/2 lengths *2020 - No regatta *2021 - The Lester Trophy - Marlow bt Curlew by 2 lengths *2022 - The Copas Cup - Putney Town bt Curlew by 1/2L lengths

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070407011231/http://curlewrowingclub.co.uk/history.htm

External links

* https://www.curlewrowingclub.co.uk {{United Kingdom rowing clubs Tideway Rowing clubs Sport in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Sports clubs established in 1866 1866 establishments in England Rowing clubs in England Rowing clubs of the River Thames