St Ives Rowing Club is a
rowing
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically at ...
club on the
River Great Ouse
The River Great Ouse () is a river in England, the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". From Syresham in Northamptonshire, the Great Ouse flows through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to drain into the W ...
, based at 25 The Broadway,
St Ives,
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1865 by a local
general practitioner called Dr Grove.
The club has produced some British champions, with a 1975 to 1991 recent peak.
Club colours
The colours are together: red and black.
''The Umpires' Handbook''
British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.
Honours
British champions
Notable members
* Tony Cowley
* Nigel Drake
References
Sport in Cambridgeshire
Rowing clubs in England
Rowing clubs of the River Great Ouse
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Rowing clubs in Cambridgeshire
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