Great Marlow School Boat Club (GMSBC) is a rowing club on the River Thames, based in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England.[1] The club belongs to Great Marlow School.
History
The club was reformed in 2008 following several lottery grants[2] and initially shared the facilities of the Marlow Rowing Club.[3]
The following year in 2009 the club moved out of the Marlow RC boathouse and moved to Longridge Activity Centre on Quarry Wood Lane,[3] where it shares the facilities with Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Boat Club.[4]
The facilities for rowing at the Longridge Outdoor Activity Centre were limited with boats being operated from outdoor racks, which led to a 20 year search at 15 locations before an application for a new boathouse was submitted at Gossmore Lane on the opposite side of the river. The facility called the Marlow and District Schools Boathouse is due to open in December 2025.[5][6] The construction met with some controversy over using Green belt land to build the boathouse.[7]
Honours
British champions
| Year | Winning crew/s |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Men J16 4+ [8] |
| 1981 | Men J16 2-, Men J16 4- [9] |
| 1983 | Women J18 1x [10] |
| 2012 | Open J16 4-[11] |
See also
References
- ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
- ^ "Club History". Great Marlow School Boat Club.
- ^ a b "Rowing at GMS". Great Marlow School. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Club history". Great Marlow School.
- ^ "New Marlow schools boathouse project launches urgent appeal for funds". Brtish Rowing. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Marlow schools reveal plans for 'socially inclusive' boathouse". Bucks Free Press. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Boathouse application – approved!". Save Marlow's Greenbelt. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 17 July 1978, p. 11". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Problems for British selectors." Times, 18 July 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "2012 results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.