Claires Court School Boat Club

Claires Court School Boat Club

Location	Maidenhead
Coordinates	51.5225°N 0.7000°W / 51.5225; -0.7000
Founded	1985
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code - CCS
Website	www.ccsbc.clairescourt.net

Claires Court School Boat Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames in Maidenhead.^[1][2]

History

The club belongs to Claires Court School^[3] and was founded in 1985 by a teacher at the school, Peter Jowitt.^[4]

The boat club has won events at major regattas including the British Rowing Championships, the National Schools' Regatta and the Henley Royal Regatta and has experienced success in smaller events such as the Egham Regatta and Hereford City Regatta.^[5][2]

In recent years the club has produced a number of junior British champions.^[6]

Honours

British champions

Year	Winning crew
1990	Men J16 2-
1991	Men J14 2x
1992	Men J15 2x
1993	Men J16 1x
1997	Men J18 1x
1998	Men J18 2x
2013	Open J15 4x+
2014	Open J15 4x+
2015	Open J18 8+, Open J16 4+
2016	Open J18 2x, Open J18 4-
2018	Open J16 4x
2019	Open J18 2x
2024	Open J16 2-[7]

Key- J junior, 2, 4, 8 crew size, 18, 16, 15, 14 age group, x sculls, - coxless, + coxed

Henley Royal Regatta

Year	Races won
1997	Fawley Challenge Cup
1998	Fawley Challenge Cup
2016	Fawley Challenge Cup
2022	Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup

References

1. "Contact us - Claires Court School Boat Club". www.ccsbc.clairescourt.net. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. "Rowing". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. 8 June 1988. Retrieved 7 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "National Schools Regatta". Claires Court School.
4. "About the Club". Claires Court School Boat Club.
5. "Claires win". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. 29 June 1988. Retrieved 7 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "CCS". Maidenhead Boat Club.
7. "2024 British Rowing Junior and Senior Club Championships Results". British Rowing. Retrieved 7 February 2025.