Tideway Scullers School

Summary

Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club on the Tideway of the River Thames next to Chiswick Bridge in Chiswick, London.[1]

Tideway Scullers School
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
LocationChiswick, England
Coordinates51°28′24″N 0°16′6″W / 51.47333°N 0.26833°W / 51.47333; -0.26833 (Tideway Scullers School)
Home waterTideway
Foundedc.1957
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - TSS
Websitewww.tidewayscullersschool.co.uk
Distinctions
Current champions at HOR4s

The club previously held the headship for the Head of the River Race (2009), the largest UK eights event, and the senior squad holds the record for the Head of the River Fours course.[2]

History edit

Alec Hodges was a founder member and an organiser of Tideway Scullers School in approximately 1957, filling all offices of the club at one time or another over the years. He was the driving force behind getting the TSS boathouse built in 1984, along with Lou Barry and Cyril Bishop.[3]

Hodges was among early coaches to have coached the school's (club's) crews to wins at Henley and he took new scullers, from the youngest to the oldest, under his wing, sorting out or lending them boats so they could enjoy the sport he loved. Even when well in his seventies he would take three or four scullers out, one after another, setting them on the road to sculling. He organised sculling courses every year, twisting the arms of many people to help, and these courses were the start of many successful sculling careers, including world champion Debbie Flood.[3]

The club is believed to be the only non-academic related club named 'School' for sculling, which is the propelling of boats with starboard and port oars for each oarsman or oarswoman. Rowing has also been conducted from the site directly east of Chiswick Bridge from the outset.[citation needed]

Notable members edit

Honours edit

British champions edit

Year Winning crew/s
1972 Victor Ludorum, M 2+, M 2x. M 4+, M 8+
1973 M 4+
1974 Lwt M 4-, JMen 1x
1976 M 4x
1982 W 2-
1983 M 2x, W 2-
1985 M 4+
1986 Lwt M 1x,
1987 M Victor Ludorum, M 2x, M 4x, W 2x,
1988 M 2x, M 8+, W 4-, Lwt M 1x
1989 M 2x, W 1x, Lwt W 1x
1990 W 4x
1991 M 4x, W 4x, Lwt W 2x, JM 1x
1992 W 4x, U23 M 1x
1993 M 4x, W 2-
1994 M 4x, W 2x, W 4x, Lwt M 4x
1995 M 4x, W 2x, W 8+, Lwt W 2x
1996 W 2x, W 4x. Lwt M 1x, JW 1x
1997 M 2x, W 4-, Ltw M 2x, W U23 1x
1998 W 2x, W 4X, Ltw M 2x, JW 1x
1999 W 8+, Ltw M 1x, MJ14 1x
2000 M 2-, M 4x, W 1x, M 8+, Lwt W 2-, M J15 1x
2001 M 4x, Lwt M 2x, Lwt W 2-, M J16 1x, W J15 4x+
2002 Lwt M 1x, Lwt M 2x, Lwt W 4x, M J15 1x
2003 W 4+, Lwt M 2x, Lwt M 4x, M J14 2x
2004 O J15 2x
2005 O 2x, Lwt O 1x, Lwt O 4x, O J18 1x, O J14 1x, O J14 2x
2006 O 2-, O 4x, Lwt O 4x, O J14 2x, O J14 4x+
2007 O 2x, O 4x, W 4x, Lwt W 4x, O J14 4x+,
2008 Lwt O 4x, Lwt W 1x, O J15 4x+
2009 W J18 1x
2010 W 8+, O J18 1x, O J18 2x, O J16 1x, O J16 2x, O J15 4x+
2011 Lwt O 4x, O J18 1x, W J14 2x
2012 Open J18 1x, Open J15 1x, Open J15 2x [4]
2013 Open J16 4x [5]
2014 Open J18 2-, Open J15 1x, Women J16 1x[6]
2016 Open J16 2-, Open J15 4x+ [7]
2017 Open J18 1x, Open J18 2- [8]
2018 Open J15 4x+ [9]
2019 Open J16 4x, Women J15 1x [10]

Henley Royal Regatta edit

Year Races won
1964 Stewards' Challenge Cup
1967 Wyfold Challenge Cup
1968 Double Sculls Challenge Cup, Prince Philip Challenge Cup
1971 Grand Challenge Cup, Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
1976 Britannia Challenge Cup
1977 Britannia Challenge Cup
1984 Britannia Challenge Cup
1985 Prince Philip Challenge Cup
1986 Queen Mother Challenge Cup
1988 Double Sculls Challenge Cup, Thames Challenge Cup
1991 Queen Mother Challenge Cup
1993 Queen Mother Challenge Cup
2000 Princess Royal Challenge Cup
2003 Diamond Challenge Sculls
2004 Fawley Challenge Cup
2007 Diamond Challenge Sculls
2010 Britannia Challenge Cup
2011 Diamond Challenge Sculls
2021 Fawley Challenge Cup
2023 Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup

Henley Women's Regatta edit

Year Races won
1989 O 4+, Lwt 1x
1992 O 4-
1993 O 4x, O 2x
1995 O 4x, O 2x
1996 O 4+, Lwt 4-
1997 Club 4+
2000 Lwt 2-
2003 O 4x
2010 Nina Padwick Trophy
2016 Invesco Perpetual Trophy
2017 Chairman's Trophy
2018 AC 8+
2019 AC 4-, D 4+, J 4x, C Lwt 2-
2021 Copas Cup, Lester Trophy, Chairman’s Trophy, Di Ellis Trophy

Head of the River Race edit

Year Winning crew/s
1964 Vernon Trophy
1965 Vernon Trophy
1966 Vernon Trophy
1967 Vernon Trophy
1968 Vernon Trophy
1969 Vernon Trophy
1970 Vernon Trophy
1971 Vernon Trophy
1972 Vernon Trophy
1973 Vernon Trophy
1974 Vernon Trophy
1975 Vernon Trophy
1976 Vernon Trophy, Veteran A Pennant
1977 Veteran A Pennant
1987 Vernon Trophy
1988 Senior 1 Pennant
2002 Novice Pennant
2008 Vernon Trophy, Senior 1 Pennant

Fours Head edit

Year Winning crew/s
1966 Coxed Best Boat
1967 Coxed Best Boat
1968 Coxed Best Boat
1969 Coxed Best Boat
1970 Shell
1978 Coxed Four
1980 Coxed Four
1985 Women Coxed Four
1988 Women Coxed Four
1990 Coxed Four, Women Four
1993 Open Quad
1998 4x
2002 WS2+
2005 Junior 4x
2006 Elite 4x
2007 Elite 4x
2008 Elite 4x, Women Elite 4x
2010 IM1 4-
2011 Senior 4-
2012 Senior 4-
2013 Elite 4x, W IM2 4+
2014 IM1 4+, W IM2 4+
2015 Senior 4-, IM1 4+
2016 W IM1 4-, W Sen 4-, W IM2 4+, W IM1 4+

Women's Eights Head of the River Race edit

Year Winning crew/s
1992
1993 Senior 1
1996 2
1999 Senior 1
2000 Senior 2
2003 Senior
2005 V
2007 Head
2009 Club
2014 Masters
2016 Masters
2017 Intermediate
2022 3rd, Senior, Club

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ^ Head of the River Fours Results
  3. ^ a b Tributes to late founder Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine 21 November 2007 Dr I. Kilbane-Dawe. Tideway Scullers School
  4. ^ "British Rowing Champions 2012 declared". British Rowing. 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ "BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs". British Rowing. 21 July 2014.
  7. ^ "2016 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
  8. ^ "2017 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
  9. ^ "2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
  10. ^ "Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships". British Rowing. 21 July 2019.
  • British Rowing Almanack - All years