1974 British Rowing Championships

The 1974 National Rowing Championships was the third edition of the National Championships, held from 20–21 July 1974 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. There was a record entry of 330 crews.^[1] Leander won the John Player Trophy (men's Victor Ludorum) and Civil Service won the Charlton Cup (women's Victor Ludorum).^[2][3]

1974 British Rowing Championships
Venue	National Water Sports Centre
Location	Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham)
Dates	20–21 July 1974
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Senior

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Victor Ludorum	Leander	Tideway Scullers School	London University
Men 1x	Poplar Kenny Dwan	Henley L Brown	Hereford M Griffiths
Men 2+	Wallingford Carl Purchase & Colin Cusack	City Orient Carruthers & White	St Edward's Oliver Brocklehurst & Smith
Men 2x	Leander Michael Hart & Chris Baillieu	Tideway Scullers School Dick Findlay & Martin Spencer	Weybridge / Abingdon Peter Levy & Ian Marriott
Men 2-	Reading / Wallingford Tony Richardson & Colin Cusack	St Ives Tony Cowley & Nigel Drake	Tideway Scullers School Proffit & Wells
Men 4-	Leander / Thames Tradesmen's	Leander	Leander / Tideway Scullers School
Men 4+	Leander / Thames Tradesmen's	Lady Margaret / London University / Thames Tradesmen's	Wallingford Schools
Men 4x	Durham / Henley / Leander / Wallingford	Tideway Scullers School	Kingston
Men 8+	Leander / Thames Tradesmen's	Leander	Eton College
Women Victor Ludorum	Civil Service Ladies
Women 1x	Jessamy Scullers Christine Davies	Ann Cork
Women 2x	Derby / Nottingham Lorraine Baker & Liz Lorrimer	Civil Service Ladies / Weybridge Ladies Jackie Darling & Pauline Bird-Hart
Women 2-	Civil Service Ladies Liz Monti & Lin Clark	Weybridge Ladies Chris Grimes & Maggie Lambourn	Derby / Nottingham Lorraine Baker & Liz Lorrimer
Women 4+	Civil Service Ladies / Weybridge Ladies Clare Grove, Chris Aistrop, Maggie Lambourn, Chris Grimes	Civil Service Ladies
Women 4x	Civil Service Ladies / Derby / Durham / Nottingham / Weybridge Ladies Pauline Bird-Hart, Lorraine Baker, Liz Lorrimer, Jackie Darling	Thames composite Jean Rankine

Lightweight

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Durham
Men 4-	Leander / Tideway Scullers School
Men 8+	Leander / Marlow / Quintin / Thames Thames Tradesmen's / London University

Junior

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Tideway Scullers School
Men 2-	Pangbourne College
Men 2x	Maidenhead / Molesey
Men 2+	Abingdon / John Mason High School
Men 4-	Radley College / Wallingford
Men 4+	Wallingford Schools
Men 4x	Abingdon / Radley College
Men 8+	Eton College
Men J16 1x	Poplar
Men J16 2-	Emanuel School	Nottingham and Union RC
Men J16 2x	Abingdon / John Mason High School
Men J16 2+	Radley College
Men J16 4+	Wallingford Schools
Men J16 4-	King's School Chester
Men J16 8+	Emanuel School
Women 4+	Civil Service Ladies / Gilliat School / Emanuel School

Key

Symbol	meaning
1, 2, 4, 8	crew size
+	coxed
-	coxless
x	sculls
14	Under-14
15	Under-15
16	Under-16
J	Junior