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University of Warwick Boat Club
The University of Warwick Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Warwick. The club was founded in 1967 and as of 2025 has over 125 members. It rows out of a boathouse on a 2.2 km stretch of the River Avon, Warwickshire. It caters for all levels of rowers from novices to experienced oarsman. The club regularly attends races throughout the United Kingdom, including Fours Head, Eights Head, BUCS Head, BUCS Regatta, Marlow Regatta and Henley.
Notable former members include Oxford University Boat Club member and Boat Race winner Ben Ellison, Olympian Tom Solesbury, and Team GB para-rowing coxswain Oliver James MBE.
The club was known internationally for the nude wall calendars produced by its members, first as 'Warwick Rowers' later as 'Worldwide Roar'. However, the club and the calendar are no longer affiliated.
The club's facilities include 16 Concept2 ergos, kept at Warwick's Sports Centre. The club's men's 1st VIII rows in a 2023 wing-rigged Filippi Boats and their 2nd VIII 2011 wing-rigged Hudson Boatworks and the women's 1st VIII rows in a 2015 Filippi Boats. The club owns four further eights, three fours, and numerous small boats.
The club trains out of a newly rebuilt boathouse on a 2.2 km stretch of the River Avon south of Warwick Castle.
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The University of Warwick was established in 1965; during the first year there was no rowing club associated with the university. In 1966 there were several undergraduates who had previous rowing experience at their Schools, these undergraduates began by boating out of Stratford Rowing Club. With the first race being in a Coxed Pair, borrowed from Stratford R.C.
During the academic year 1967-68 John Fawthrop and Godfrey Bishop, the Clubs Treasurer and Captain respectively, had started the process of registering the club with ARA (now British Rowing), as well as designing the first kit with the notable red, white and black colours. It was at this stage that the club began to attract many new members, which Stratford RC weren't able to accommodate. So the search started for a location to build the boathouse and a stretch of river to row on.
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University of Warwick Boat Club
The University of Warwick Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Warwick. The club was founded in 1967 and as of 2025 has over 125 members. It rows out of a boathouse on a 2.2 km stretch of the River Avon, Warwickshire. It caters for all levels of rowers from novices to experienced oarsman. The club regularly attends races throughout the United Kingdom, including Fours Head, Eights Head, BUCS Head, BUCS Regatta, Marlow Regatta and Henley.
Notable former members include Oxford University Boat Club member and Boat Race winner Ben Ellison, Olympian Tom Solesbury, and Team GB para-rowing coxswain Oliver James MBE.
The club was known internationally for the nude wall calendars produced by its members, first as 'Warwick Rowers' later as 'Worldwide Roar'. However, the club and the calendar are no longer affiliated.
The club's facilities include 16 Concept2 ergos, kept at Warwick's Sports Centre. The club's men's 1st VIII rows in a 2023 wing-rigged Filippi Boats and their 2nd VIII 2011 wing-rigged Hudson Boatworks and the women's 1st VIII rows in a 2015 Filippi Boats. The club owns four further eights, three fours, and numerous small boats.
The club trains out of a newly rebuilt boathouse on a 2.2 km stretch of the River Avon south of Warwick Castle.
Source:
The University of Warwick was established in 1965; during the first year there was no rowing club associated with the university. In 1966 there were several undergraduates who had previous rowing experience at their Schools, these undergraduates began by boating out of Stratford Rowing Club. With the first race being in a Coxed Pair, borrowed from Stratford R.C.
During the academic year 1967-68 John Fawthrop and Godfrey Bishop, the Clubs Treasurer and Captain respectively, had started the process of registering the club with ARA (now British Rowing), as well as designing the first kit with the notable red, white and black colours. It was at this stage that the club began to attract many new members, which Stratford RC weren't able to accommodate. So the search started for a location to build the boathouse and a stretch of river to row on.
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