Globe Rowing Club
| Globe Rowing Club |
|---|
| Location |
| Greenwich, London, England |
| Established |
| 1923 |
| Home Water |
| River Thames, London |
| Affiliations |
| British Rowing |
| Website |
| Globe Website |
Globe Rowing Club is a rowing club in Greenwich, an area in the South East of London, England. Established in 1923, the clubhouse and boathouse are based on Crane Street in the historic centre of Greenwich, as part of the Trafalgar Rowing Trust.[1][2] The club uses both the River Thames and the London Regatta Centre at the Royal Docks for water outings, and admits male and female rowers of all ages, but is particularly known for its high-performance junior programme.
History
Globe Rowing Club was originally established at Stones Engineering Works in Deptford and was previously called Stones Rowing Club, with membership being restricted to employees of the company.[3]
In the first years after the club was established, the boats used were heavy clinker fours,[4] hired from local watermen in East Greenwich and were used mainly on Sunday mornings. This was found to be cost-prohibitive and, in time, the club applied to Stones Engineering Works for a grant in order to purchase new equipment. This was refused, and as a result the club broke away from the Engineering Works and set up independently to attract new members from elsewhere, with headquarters in the Lord Clyde public house.
The club was hence known as the Clyde Rowing Club. During the mid-1930s, the headquarters were moved to yet another public house, called The Globe, and the rowing club took its current name from this.
Globe Rowing Club is also known to have had a headquarters at The Mitre public house in Greenwich.[5]
Globe was only the second club in East London after Curlew Rowing Club to hold club regattas, with the earliest taking place shortly after the end of the Second World War, the participants being watermen working on nearby Thames shuttles and barges.[6] The club was also the first rowing club in East London to use an eight.[7]
On the 1st and 2nd of August 1981, members of Globe Rowing Club set a Guinness World Record for "The greatest distance for paddling a hand-propelled bathtub in 24 hr...by a team of 25". The record distance set was "60 miles 88 yd".[8]
In 2006, Greenwich Council granted permission, with contributions from Sport England and the Trafalgar 2001 Trust Ltd, for the club to develop the facilities on the corner of Crane Street and Eastney Street, creating a heated, lit boathouse, indoor training room and clubhouse known as the Trafalgar Rowing Centre.[9][10]
In the early 2010s, Globe's junior section began a partnership with non-profit organisation London Youth Rowing, to bring indoor and water rowing to increase participation in the sport and allow those from disadvantaged backgrounds to participate.[11] Many of the junior members who have gone on to achieve national and international rowing success have done so as a result of the partnership with LYR.[12]
Junior Success & Results
The junior section of Globe Rowing Club achieved national and international attention in the 2015–2018 quadrennium for a series of national[13] and international medal wins and the unprecedented inclusion of 6 junior Globe members in the Great British rowing trial squad.[14][15]
Notable results include:
2017 Henley Royal Regatta - Globe Junior Men's 4x qualify to the heats of the Fawley Challenge Cup and beat Lea Rowing Club[16]
2017 Coupe de la Jeunesse - Callum Sullivan and Jake Offiler of Globe RC part of the victorious Great British team.[17][18]
2004 Women's Eights Head of the River - 2nd Place, S4 Category (Small Clubs)[19]
Notable Members
Calum Sullivan - 2017 Coupe de la Jeunesse team member and member of the 2018 Cambridge Reserve Blue Boat - Goldie for the 2018 Boat Races.[20]
In 2017, Globe Junior Julia Olawumi became the first rower from the club to commit to a NCAA Division 1 school for rowing, choosing the University of Tulsa[21] in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
References
- ↑ "Curlew Rowing Club - History".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Trafalgar Rowing Trust website".
- ↑ "Globe Rowing Club History".
- ↑ "Salt, Sweat, Tears: The Men Who Rowed the Oceans By Adam Rackley". line feed character in
|title=at position 49 (help) - ↑ "Globe Rowing Club Crouch Fours Programme".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Civil Service World - Globe Rowing background".
- ↑ "Globe Rowing Club Eight". Archived from the original on 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "Guinness World Record".
- ↑ "Greenwich Rowing Case Study" (PDF).
- ↑ "Trafalgar Rowing Centre".
- ↑ "London Youth Rowing Mission statement". Archived from the original on 2019-02-07.
- ↑ "Youth Rowing". Archived from the original on 2019-02-07.
- ↑ "National Schools regatta - results".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "LYR GB Trials". Archived from the original on 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "National Schools Regatta". Archived from the original on 2018-03-21.
- ↑ [Henley Royal Regatta "https://www.hrr.co.uk/henley-results/search/0/12768/0"] Check
|url=value (help). External link in|title=(help) - ↑ "British Rowing - 2017 Coupe de la Jeunesse team news".
- ↑ "Coupe de la Jeunesse results".
- ↑ "WEHORR Results 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-11.
- ↑ "2018 Boat Races - Reserve Crews".
- ↑ "Tulsa Athletics - rowing recruits".
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