University of Warwick Boat Club

University of Warwick Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's emblem
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationBarford, Warwickshire, UK
Home waterRiver Avon
Founded1967 (1967)
Membership100 (approx)
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - UWK
Websitewww.warwickrowing.com
Events
Varsity
Notable members
Tom Solesbury

The University of Warwick Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Warwick. The club was founded in 1967[1] and as of 2019 has over a hundred members.[2] It rows out of a boathouse on a 3.5km stretch of the River Avon, Warwickshire. It caters for all levels of rowers from novices to experienced oarsman[3]. The club regularly attends races throughout the United Kingdom, including Pairs Head, Fours Head, Eights Head, BUCS fours and eights, BUCS Regatta, Marlow Regatta and Henley.

Notable former members include Oxford University Boat Club member and Boat Race winner Ben Ellison,[4] Olympian Tom Solesbury,[5] and Team GB para-rowing coxswain Oliver James MBE.[6]

The club was known internationally for the nude wall calendars produced by its members, first as 'Warwick Rowers' later as 'Worldwide Roar'.[7] However, the club and the calendar are no longer affiliated.

  1. ^ "Naked Warwick Rowers Come To Hollywood". The Hollywood Times. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ "University of Warwick Boat Club". University of Warwick Boat Club. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Rowing". www.warwicksu.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ "The Boat Race News". The Boat Race. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Warwick Rowing Alumni: Where are they now?". University of Warwick. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Oliver James MBE". British Rowing. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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