Kingston Rowing Club

Kingston Rowing Club is a rowing club in England founded in 1858 and a member club of British Rowing.The club is on the River Thames at Kingston upon Thames in an outer borough of Greater London in England downstream and north-east of Kingston Bridge and Kingston Railway Bridge. On a long wide stretch, its rowers and scullers have the final and the second longest section of the weir-controlled river.The club caters for all levels, demonstrated by a large novice squad and social events calendar through to medalists in two consecutive Olympic Games. Kingston have produced a significant list of international level oarsmen and oarswomen throughout its history and has won events at the British Rowing Championships and Henley Royal Regatta through the years.The club has a growing Juniors squad, developed under the ongoing British Sport Project Oarsome initiative, the main aim of which is to introduce younger rowers to the sport and the subsidiary aim of which is find and prepare future Olympians.