Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club
Location	East Molesey
Coordinates	51°24′26″N 0°21′4.5″W / 51.40722°N 0.35125°W / 51.40722; -0.35125 (Molesey Boat Club)Coordinates: 51°24′26″N 0°21′4.5″W / 51.40722°N 0.35125°W / 51.40722; -0.35125 (Molesey Boat Club)
Founded	1866
Home Water	Molesey Lock
Website	www.moleseyboatclub.org
Affiliations	ARA
Events
Molesey Regatta, Molesey Junior Regatta, Molesey Veterans Head
Distinctions
Head of the River Race, Henley Royal Regatta
Notable Members
Martin Cross, Chris Martin, Ian McNuff, Greg Searle, Jonny Searle, Philip Simmons, Andrew Triggs-Hodge

Molesey Boat Club is a rowing club on the river Thames in England.

Location

The Club is situated on a stretch of the River Thames between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock. The stretch is roughly 4 km long from weir to weir and is considered one of the best stretches for rowing on the Thames.

History

The club was founded in 1866, just upstream of Hampton Court Palace where the current boathouse was built. Molesey had been the support club for Molesey Regatta since its inception in 1867.^[1]

National Racing

The club has been well represented at the two of the major races on the rowing calendar:

The Head of the River Race:

2011: 2nd Overall

2010: 1st Overall

2009: 4th

2008: 8th (No international members present)

2007: 3rd (Unofficially as race was abandoned after several crews sank)

2006: 3rd

2005: 4th

2004: Race Cancelled

2003: 2nd

2002: 4th

2001: 4th

2000: 5th

Henley Royal Regatta Recent Wins:

Ladies' Challenge Plate: 1991

Thames Challenge Cup: 1999, 2000, 2009

Stewards' Challenge Cup: 1991

Wyfold Challenge Cup: 1997

Men's Quadruple Sculls: 2004

Prince Philip Challenge Cup: 2002

Britannia Challenge Cup: 1999, 2004, 2008

Silver Goblets & Nickalls Challenge Cup: 2000

Diamond Challenge Sculls: 1997

Rowing at Molesey Boat Club

The Club currently consists of approximately 700 members, consisting of juniors, novices, seniors, veterans and Great Britain internationals of both genders.
The Senior squad consists of approximately 40 Members. Molesey has been designated a "High Performance Club" for Senior Heavyweight Men by the Amateur Rowing Association due to the high standard of the Athletes and Coaching available. With around 100 other members in this is the clubs main rowing group.
The Junior squad is up to 80 athletes strong and closely linked to a number of local schools. The junior system offers rowing from the age of 13. The Junior programme's objective is to build towards success at J18 level domestically and internationally.
Molesey also has an active Adult Development section with over 50 members, there to offer rowing for people who want to take up the sport later in life.
And last but not least, the Veterans at Molesey make sure life at the club is well balanced, not content to settle into old age, their representing the club at local, national and some international events.
The club is run by a committee of 16 elected members, including the 5 officers of the club, Captain, Deputy Captain, Vice Captain, Secretary and Treasurer.

Members

Some current racing members of note include:

Richard Knight:
Martin Cross: Olympic Bronze and Gold: 4- 1980, 4+ 1984
Ian McNuff: Olympic Bronze: 4- 1980
Richard Stanhope: Olympic Silver: 8+ 1980,
Greg Searle: Olympic Gold and Bronze: 2+ 1992, 4- 1996
Jonny Searle: Olympic Gold and Bronze: 2+ 1992, 4- 1996
Philip Simmons: Olympian GBR 8+ 2004
Simon Fieldhouse: World Championships GBR 4+ 2006, 4x 2007
Henry Pelly: Cambridge University Blue 2008, 2009, 2010
Fred Gill: Cambridge University Blue 2010
Dan Ouseley: Olympian 8+ 2004
Peter Marsland: Cambridge University Blue 2008, 2009.
Ben Smith: Oxford University Blue 2008
Acer Nethercott: Olympic Silver Medallist: 8+ 2008
Rowley Douglas: Monkton Combe 2nd 8+, Olympic Gold Medallist: 8+ 2000

Current Members of the GB Rowing Team:

Andrew Triggs-Hodge: Olympic Gold Medallist: 4- 2008
Tom James: Olympic Gold Medallist: 4- 2008
Tom Solesbury: World Championships GBR 8+ 2006, 2007, Olympian 2- 2008
Tom Ransley: Cambridge University Blue 2008, 2009.
Cameron Nichol:
Mohammed Sbihi: U23 World Championships 2009
James Foad: U23 World Championships 2009
Andrew Holmes: Junior World Champion GBR 4- 2009

See also

• Rowing on the River Thames

Sources

http://www.moleseyboatclub.org/
http://www.britishrowing.org
http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/rowing.htm

References

1. ^ Baker, Rowland G M (1989). "Molesey Boat Club page from "Thameside Molesey"". http://www.moleseyhistory.co.uk/books/molesey/tm/tm_9.htm. Retrieved 31 March 2010. 

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