City of Cambridge Rowing Club

at Kimberley Rd, Cambridge , CB4 1HX United Kingdom

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2. Sports Club
3. Landmark & Historical Place

Description

City of Cambridge Rowing Club is the oldest 'town' rowing and sculling club in Cambridge, UK, and with about 300 members, it has one of the largest active rowing memberships in the region. The club's colours are dark blue, with a band of claret sandwiched between two bands of 'old gold'.The club has one of the most successful historic records in town rowing as the only club to hold the men's headship for ten successive years, and its recent record includes winning the John Jenner trophy as the most successful club in Town Bumps for four successive years, with its women having reached "Head of the River" in 2008. The club also won the Lester Trophy at Henley Women's Regatta in 2010.The club has the largest novice rowing squad of any Cambridge town club, with the club having the fastest men's and novice women's crews in most local races for the past few years, and holding various local records for fastest novice race times.FacilitiesThe club was the first Cambridge town rowing club to build its own boathouse on the banks of the river Cam, and it is still based at the same site, in the main row of boathouses opposite Midsummer Common. Many local CRA races are run from this clubhouse.

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Summary

City of Cambridge Rowing Club is Cambridge based place and this enity listed in Landmark category. Located at Kimberley Rd CB4 1HX.