Birmingham Rowing Club

Birmingham Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, based at Birmingham, England. It is situated on Edgbaston Reservoir in the centre of Birmingham. The club was founded in 1873 although there is reference to a 'Birmingham Soho Club' using the reservoir earlier in 1859.^[1]

Birmingham Rowing Club

Location	Birmingham, England
Home water	Edgbaston Reservoir
Founded	1873
Key people	Peter Veitch (President)
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code - BIR
Website	www.birminghamrowingclub.co.uk
Events
Birmingham Regatta
Notable members
George Justicz Graham Beech Ken Tinegate

The club, which serves Birmingham is a rowing club for men, women, adults, juniors and veterans. It is affiliated to British Rowing.

History

The club's earliest win at Henley Royal Regatta was the Wyfold Challenge Cup in 1904.^[2] The crew consisted of S. E. Alldridge, J. W. Frame, F. A. G. Medd and A. H. Cloutte.^[3]

A dearth of further successes was ended with appearance in the finals of the Doubles in the 1950s by Ken Tinegate and Graham Beech, and then wins in 1960 and 1961 by George Justicz.^[4]

In 2015 Peter Veitch became the club's president after being elected at the AGM in 2015 following the death of Sir Adrian Cadbury.

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta

Year	Races won
1904	Wyfold Challenge Cup
1960	Double Sculls Challenge Cup
1961	Double Sculls Challenge Cup

British champions

Year	Winning crew/s
1984	Women 2x [5]
1985	Women 1x[6]
1990	Women 2-[7]

Notable rowers

• S. E. Alldridge
• Graham Beech
• A. H. Cloutte
• J. W. Frame
• George Justicz
• F. A. G. Medd
• Ken Tinegate