Hinksey Sculling School is a community rowing club on the River Thames for junior rowers. The club is unusual in the fact that it operates from three venues across Oxfordshire, England.[1][2][3] The Sculling School runs as a charity in order to provide the facilities to the younger members[4] and it was founded as the United Kingdom's first community program for rowing.[5]
| Location | South Oxford Community Centre Lake Street Oxford OX1 4RP |
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| Coordinates | 51°44′20″N 1°15′23″W / 51.739020°N 1.256492°W |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code - HIN |
| Website | www |
Venues
editThe first and original venue is for the beginners and is situated at the South Oxford Community Centre in Lake Street, Oxford, with some training on Hinksey Lake in Hinksey Park. The second venue (for club members aged in the 13 to 15 age bracket) is based at St Edward's School Boathouse on Godstow Road in Oxford, where it shares the boathouse with the St Edward's School Boat Club. The third and final venue (for club members aged in the 16 to 18 age bracket) is based at Radley College Boathouse in Lower Radley, Abingdon, where it shares the landing stage with the Radley College Boat Club.[6]
History
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The club was founded in February 1998 by John Broadhurst and Tom Collins and originally trained on the small Hinksey Lake before growing in size and then training the more experienced rowers at St Edward's and later Radley.[7]
In recent years, the club has had success at the 2022 British Rowing Junior Championships and 2023 British Rowing Junior Championships, which included winning two gold medals.[8] The club also participate at the Henley Royal Regatta[9][10] and reached finals in 2021 and 2023.
Members have also won junior international honours at the World Junior Rowing Championships in 2022 and 2023, winning gold and silver medals. The 2023 Great Britain girl's eight was coached by Hinksey's chief coach, Bodo Schulenberg.
Alumni have gone on to join large successful British and American university rowing programmes, including Oxford University Boat Club, Cambridge University Boat Club, Newcastle University Boat Club, University of California Berkeley, Stanford University and Syracuse University.
Honours
editBritish champions
edit| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 2022 | Open J16 2-, Women J18 8+[11] |
| 2023 | Open J14 1x[8] |
National Schools Champions
edit| Year | Winning crew/s |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Open J18 2- |
| 2024 | Aylings Challenge Cup ChG.8+ |
Henley Royal Regatta
edit| Year | Crew/s |
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| 2021 | Finalist, Britannia Challenge Cup |
| 2023 | Finalist, Fawley Challenge Cup |
References
edit- ^ "Welcome". Hinksey Sculling School. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Club details". British Rowing. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Aim's to bring rowing into the mainstream". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Growth fund". Henley Standard. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Diversifying Rowing – Hinksey Sculling School and Janousek & Stampfli". Junior Rowing News. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Venues". Hinksey Sculling School. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Our History". Hinksey Sculling School g. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Race Information results". Row results. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Henley Thursday: Never Trust a Head-Crosswind at Henley Royal Regatta". Row2K. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Shiplake College News". Shiplake College. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Race Information results". Row results. Retrieved 21 October 2022.