Bedford Girls' School Rowing Club

Rowing club in Bedfordshire, England

52°07′59″N 0°27′14″W / 52.133170°N 0.453998°W / 52.133170; -0.453998AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - BGSWebsitewww.bedfordgirlsschool.co.uk/444/holistic-approach/our-sporting-ethos/rowing

Bedford Girls' School Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the River Great Ouse at the Harpur Trust / Longholme Boathouse, The Embankment by Butterfly Bridge, Bedford, Bedfordshire^[1]

History

The boat club is owned by Bedford Girls' School with rowing being a major school sport.^[2]

In 2012, Bedford High School merged with Dame Alice Harpur School to become Bedford Girls' School, which also resulted in the Bedford High School Boat Club and Dame Harpur Alice School Boat Club merging and becoming the Bedford Girls' School Rowing Club. The boathouse is a three sectioned shared building with Bedford School Boat Club and Bedford Modern School Boat Club.

The club has produced multiple British champions.

Honours

British champions (as Bedford High School)


Year	Winning crew/s
1987	Women J18 2x
1995	Women J18 4+
2000	Women J16 4+
2011	Women J18 4x, Women J15 2x^[3]

British champions (as Dame Alice Harpur School)


Year	Winning crew/s
2002	Women J18 1x, Women J18 4x, Women J16 1x^[4]
2009	Women 8+ composite^[5]
2010	Women 4x, composite Women 8+ composite^[6]
2011	Women J18 4x^[3]

British champions (as Bedford Girls' School)


Year	Winning crew/s
2014	Women J18 2x ^[7]

References

^ "Club details". British Rowing.
^ "Rowing". Bedford Girls' School.
^ ^a ^b "2011 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 2016-12-06.
^ ""The results service." Times, 22 July 2002, p. 26". The Times. 22 July 2002. p. 26.
^ "2009 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 2016-12-06.
^ "2010 Championships - Results of Sunday Racing". British Rowing Championships. Archived from the original on 2016-12-06.
^ "Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs". British Rowing. 21 July 2014.