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| Location | Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
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| Home water | River Thames |
| Founded | 1892 |
| University | University of Reading |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code - RDU BUCS |
| Website | readinguniversityboatclub |
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| Reading University Head of the River | |
Reading University Boat Club (RUBC, boat code RDU[1]) is the rowing club for the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. It is based at a boat house in Christchurch Meadows on the River Thames in the Reading suburb of Caversham. The club has a focus on sculling. It has consistently been one of the more successful university rowing clubs in Britain, including topping the medal table at the BUCS regatta in 2011 and at the BUCS small boats head in 2014 and 2015, as well as wins at Henley Royal Regatta in 1986, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013, and is considered one of the top six university rowing clubs in the UK.[2] A number of former members have competed at the Olympics, including double gold-medallists James Cracknell and Helen Glover. The club has organised the Reading University Head of the River race since 1935.
- ^ "Reading University BC". British Rowing. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Top universities for rowing". TARGETcareers. GTI Media Ltd. 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.