George Heriot's School Rowing Club
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 George Heriot's boathouse is the red/brown gabled building. | |
| Motto | I Distribute Cheerfullie |
|---|---|
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Home water | Union Canal, Edinburgh |
| Founded | c.1953 |
| Colours | Navy Blue, White |
| Affiliations | Scottish Rowing |
George Heriot's School Rowing Club (GHSRC) is the rowing club within George Heriot's School, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It competes regularly in Scottish Rowing regattas and Head of the River races. GHSRC also competes in many larger competitions on a national scale including Schools Head of the River and National Schools Regatta.
GHSRC is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.[1][2]
History
In the competitive landscape of school rowing in Edinburgh and Scotland at large, GHSRC shares a longstanding and spirited rivalry with George Watson’s College Boat Club, which is widely regarded as one of the most successful school rowing programmes in the country.[3]
The club has produced multiple British champions with the most recent being at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships.[4]
Honours
British champions
| Year | Winning crew/s |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Women J18 4+[5] |
| 1990 | Women J16 8+[6] |
| 1991 | Women J18 8+, Women J16 4+[7] |
| 1993 | Men J14 2x, Men J16 4+[8] |
| 1996 | Men J18 4+[9] |
| 1997 | Women J18 8+[10] |
| 1998 | Women J18 4+[11] |
| 2003 | Women J18 4-, Women J16 4+[12] |
| 2005 | Women J18 4+, Women J16 4+[13] |
| 2006 | Women J18 4-, Women J18 4+[14] |
| 2007 | Women J18 8+[15] |
| 2025 | Women J16 4x-[4] |
Notable members
- Polly Swann (born 1988), Olympic silver medalist in the women's eight
See also
References
- ^ Club Contacts [1] Archived 21 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine on Scottish Rowing Web Site.
- ^ "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
- ^ "George Watson's College Boat Club". JRN. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ a b "All results". Row results. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1991, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 20". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""Nautilus cruise." Times, 18 July 2005, p. 53". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ ""Rowing." Times, 17 July 2006, p. 57". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.