King's College London Boat Club

British rowing club

51°28′24″N 0°16′06″W / 51.473261°N 0.268316°W / 51.473261; -0.268316AffiliationsBritish Rowing (boat code KCL)Websitetheboatclub.org.uk

King's College London Boat Club is the rowing club of King's College London based on the Tideway of the River Thames next to Chiswick Bridge, based at Tideway Scullers School boathouse, Dan Mason Drive, Chiswick, London.^[1]

History

The club incorporates Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital which itself merged to become GKT and then the United Medical and Dental School (UMDS) before merging with King's.^[2] In addition to competing in the Henley Royal Regatta and Head of the River Race, the club also takes part in the United Hospitals competitions which involves all London medical schools. The fleet of boats is stored at the boathouse belonging to the Tideway Scullers School.^[3]

The club won the prestigious Wyfold Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta in 1946.^[4]

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta


Year	Winning crew
1946	Wyfold Challenge Cup
1960	Wyfold Challenge Cup (As St Thomas' Hospital)

References

^ "Club details". British Rowing.
^ "Clubs". United Hospitals Boat Club.
^ "Club history". King's College London Boat Club.
^ "Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.

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v t e Tideway rowing clubs
Active, west to east:	Twickenham R.C. Team Keane Putney Town R.C. (in Mortlake) Mortlake Anglian & Alpha B.C. Clubs at Westminster University Boat House Quintin B.C. East India Club Rowing Section Grove Community Rowing Tideway Scullers School Thames Tradesmen's R.C. Clubs at Civil Service Boat House Barnes Bridge Ladies R.C. Cygnet R.C. Auriol Kensington R.C. Sons of the Thames Furnivall Sculling Club Fulham Reach B.C. Clubs at Barn Elms Boat House Parr's Priory R.C. Barn Elms R.C. Thames R.C. Vesta R.C. HSBC R.C. London R.C. Poplar Blackwall & District R.C. Clubs at Britannia Boat House Curlew R.C. Globe R.C.
Schools	Clubs at Westminster University Boat House Chiswick School Boat Club Kew House School Boat Club Dulwich College Boat Club Emanuel School Boat Club Godolphin and Latymer School Boat Club Latymer Upper School Boat Club London Oratory School Boat Club King's College School Boat Club St Paul's School Boat Club St Paul's Girls' School Boat Club Westminster School Boat Club
Universities and alumni in standard abbreviations	Imperial College B.C. alumni: Queen's Tower B.C. Imperial College School of Medicine B.C. LSE R.C. KCL B.C. Roehampton University R.C. Royal Free and UCL Medical School B.C. RVC B.C. St Bart's and Royal London Med. College B.C. St George's Med. School B.C. UCL B.C. UL B.C. alumni: Tyrian Club Westminster University B.C.
Former	Argonaut Club St George's Club Thames Club
Relocated	Leander Club (and hosts the re-established, intermittently competing Star & Arrow Club)
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v t e London Borough of Hounslow
Districts	Bedfont (historically East Bedfont) Bedford Park (also partly in the London Borough of Ealing) Brentford Brentford End Chiswick Cranford Feltham Lower Feltham North Feltham Grove Park Gunnersbury Hanworth Hatton Heston Hounslow Hounslow West Isleworth Lampton North Hyde Osterley Spring Grove Woodlands
Attractions	Brentford London Museum of Water & Steam Musical Museum Syon House Watermans Arts Centre Chiswick Chiswick House Chiswick Mall Walpole House Fuller's Brewery Hogarth's House Strand-on-the-Green Tabard Theatre Bell Square Boston Manor Griffin Park football stadium Gunnersbury Park and Museum Myrtle Avenue Osterley Park and House
Parks and open spaces	Parks Bedfont Lakes Boston Manor Park Crane Park Cranebank Dukes Meadows Gunnersbury Park Lampton Park London Air Park Osterley Park Nature reserves Chiswick Eyot Duke's Hollow Gunnersbury Triangle Hounslow Heath Pevensey Road Nature Reserve Syon Park Turnham Green Other Isleworth Ait
Constituencies	Brentford and Isleworth Feltham and Heston
Bridges	Barnes Railway Bridge Chiswick Bridge Kew Bridge Kew Railway Bridge
Tube and rail stations	Boston Manor Brentford Chiswick Feltham Gunnersbury Hounslow Hounslow Central Hounslow East Hounslow West Isleworth Kew Bridge Osterley Stamford Brook Syon Lane Turnham Green
Places of worship	All Saints, Hanworth All Saints, Isleworth Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs Christ Church, Feltham Christ Church, Turnham Green Our Lady & St Christopher, Cranford Our Lady of Grace & St Edward, Chiswick Our Lady of Sorrows & St Bridget, Isleworth Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Heston Good Shepherd, Hounslow Holy Trinity, Hounslow St Dunstan, Cranford St Dunstan, Feltham St Faith, Brentford St Francis of Assisi, Isleworth St George, Hanworth St John the Baptist, Isleworth St John the Evangelist, Brentford St Joseph, Grove Park St Lawrence, Feltham St Leonard, Heston St Mary, Bedfont St Mary, Osterley St Michael, Grove Park St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park St Michael and St Martin, Hounslow St Nicholas, Chiswick St Paul, Brentford St Paul, Grove Park St Paul, Hounslow St Vincent de Paul, Osterley
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King's College London

University of London

Academic
faculties

Departments,
centres
and divisions

People

Principal: Shitij Kapur
Chairman of the Council: Christopher Geidt, Baron Geidt
Dean: Ellen Clark-King
Visitor: Archbishop of Canterbury

Buildings
and places

Student life

Macadam Cup
Reggie the Lion
Roar News newspaper
Boat Club
Rugby Club
Rugby Club (Guy's, Kings and St Thomas')
Students' Union (KCLSU)
Tolstoy Cup

Affiliates

Medical	Evelina London Children's Hospital Francis Crick Institute Guy's Hospital King's Health Partners King's College Hospital South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Bethlem Royal Hospital Lambeth Hospital Maudsley Hospital St Thomas' Hospital University Hospital Lewisham
Other	Golden triangle King's College London Mathematics School King's College School Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Russell Group Thomas Young Centre