Walton Rowing Club

Rowing club in Surrey, England

Walton Rowing Club

Location| Walton on Thames, Surrey, England
Coordinates| 51°23′44″N 0°25′01″W﻿ / ﻿51.3955°N 0.417°W﻿ / 51.3955; -0.417
Home water| Reach above Sunbury Lock, River Thames
Founded| 1927 (1927)
Affiliations| British Rowing
boat & composite crew code: WLT
Website| www.waltonrowingclub.co.uk
Events

* Walton and Weybridge Regatta (May/June)
* Walton Small Boats Head (December)

Walton Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. Its large, modern, combined club and boat house is on the Surrey bank of the Thames, facing the Walton Mile straight, at Walton-on-Thames about 400 metres (1,300 ft) above Sunbury Lock cut.[1] The club organises several rowing events, and members have competed at international level.

## History

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The initial establishment of a club and affiliation to the Amateur Rowing Association took place in 1927 with the contribution of members of Thames Rowing Club and Kingston Rowing Club and including active members of Thames Valley Skiff Club and the now defunct Oatlands Rowing Club. The club's first President was Steve Fairbairn. Activities ceased during World War II and in the postwar period much effort was spent on establishing a clubhouse and boat house. This was the forerunner to the present building at the end of Sunbury Lane, 1953 to 2011.[citation needed]

The Club incepted Walton Amateur Regatta, and co-organises the Weybridge Regatta successor Walton and Weybridge Regatta. It organises in its own right, since 1978, the Walton Small Boats Head, a major December event in the club calendar.[citation needed]

The club was the first to have competed at National Schools Regatta as a non-school club - this was in 1976.[2]

Nine men's juniors between 2007 and 2013 were selected for World Juniors, or World U23s.[3]

The club won its 24th national title at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships.[4]

## Honours

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### British champions

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Year  | Winning crew/s

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1976 | Men 2-[5]
1977 | Men J16 2x[6]
1992 | Men J18 1x[7]
1996 | Men 4x, Men L4x[8]
1997 | Men L4x[9]
2003 | Men L1x, Men J14 1x[10]
2004 | Open J15 1x, Open J14 1x[11]
2007 | Women J15 4x+[12]
2009 | Open J16 4-[9]
2010 | Open J15 4x+, Open J14 2x[13]
2011 | Open J18 2x, Open J16 2x, Open J16 4-[9]
2012 | Women J14 1x, Women J14 4x+[14]
2014 | Women J16 2-[15]
2015 | Open J14 1x[16]
2017 | Open J16 2- [17]
2018 | Open J18 4-[18]
2025 | Open J18 2-[4]

### Henley Royal Regatta

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Year  | Races won  | Notes

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1971 | Double Sculls Challenge Cup | M 2x, MA & CA Brigden
1993 | Fawley Challenge Cup | MJ 4x with Trent Rowing Club1

## Notable members

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The most successful Senior international rower who trained almost contemporaneously at the club was Steve Trapmore, who stroked the winning Great Britain men's eight at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics and won a World Championship title two years later in a GB four.[3][19] He went on to retire with a back injury in 2003 and become a longstanding Olympic Rowing Programme and head Cambridge University coach.[19]

* Steve Fairbairn
* Claude Goldie
* Angus Groom
* Matthew Tarrant
* Steve Trapmore

## See also

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* Rowing on the River Thames

## References

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1. ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
2. ^ "The History of Walton Rowing Club – Walton Rowing Club".
3. ^ a b "Honours Board – Walton Rowing Club".
4. ^ a b "All results". Row results. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
5. ^ Burnell, Richard (19 July 1976). "Burnell, Richard. "Performances confirm selectors' choice for world championship." Times, 19 July 1976, p. 7". The Times. p. 7.
6. ^ Railton, Jim (18 July 1977). "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". The Times. p. 7.[permanent dead link]
7. ^ Rosewell (20 July 1992). "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". The Times. p. 25.[permanent dead link]
8. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1996, p. 39". The Times. 22 July 1996. p. 39.[permanent dead link]
9. ^ a b c "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
10. ^ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". The Times. 21 July 2003. p. 32.[permanent dead link]
11. ^ ""The Results Service." Times, 19 July 2004, p. 28". The Times. 19 July 2004. p. 28.[permanent dead link]
12. ^ "2007 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
13. ^ "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing. 8 July 2010.
14. ^ "British Rowing Champions 2012 declared". British Rowing. 16 July 2012.
15. ^ "Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs". British Rowing. 21 July 2014.
16. ^ "2015 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
17. ^ "2017 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
18. ^ "2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
19. ^ a b "Steve Trapmore". International Olympic Committee.

## External links

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* Walton Rowing Club official website

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