King's School Canterbury Boat Club

King's School Canterbury Boat Club is a rowing club based at Brett Sturry Quarry, Westbere Lakes, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.^[1]

King's School Canterbury Boat Club

Location	Brett Sturry Quarry, Westbere Lakes, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent
Coordinates	51°18′05″N 1°07′53″E / 51.301454°N 1.131340°E / 51.301454; 1.131340Coordinates: 51°18′05″N 1°07′53″E / 51.301454°N 1.131340°E / 51.301454; 1.131340
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code - KCA
Website	www.kingsrowing.co.uk

History

The Club also has a boathouse at Plucks Gutter on the River Stour and is owned by The King's School, Canterbury with rowing being a major school sport.^[2]

The club is very successful and has produced multiple British champions.^[3]

Honours

Schools' Head of the River Race

Year	Winning crew
1960	J18 eights
1961	J18 eights
1964	J18 eights

British champions

Year	Winning crew
1977	Men J16 2+ ^[4]
1978	Men J16 2x ^[5]
1998	Women 2x, Women 4x ^[6]
2015	Open J18 4- ^[7]
2016	Open J18 2-^[8]
2018	Open J16 2- ^[9]
2019	Open J18 2-, Open J16 2- ^[10]

Key

• J junior
• 2, 4, 8 crew size
• 18, 16, 15, 14 age group
• x sculls
• - coxless
• + coxed

References

1. "Club details". British Rowing.
2. "Kings School Canterbury Boat Club". Kings School Rowing.
3. "Sport". Kings School Canterbury.
4. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
5. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 17 July 1978, p. 11". Times Digital Archives.
6. ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.
7. "2015 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
8. "2016 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
9. "2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
10. "Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships". British Rowing.