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Weybridge Rowing Club

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Weybridge Rowing Club, founded in 1880, is a rowing club, on the River Thames in England, on the Surrey bank, on stretch of the River Thames between Sunbury Lock and Shepperton Lock on a small island belonging to and barely detached from Weybridge. [1]

16 relations: Amy Gentry, British Rowing, George Cotterill, Great Britain, National Amateur Rowing Association, Olympic Games, River Thames, Rowing (sport), Rowing on the River Thames, Shepperton Lock, St George's College, Weybridge, Sunbury Lock, Walton Rowing Club, Weir, Weybridge, World War II.

Amy Gentry

Amy Constance Gentry (26 July 1903 – 11 June 1976) was a pioneer of women's rowing in England, starting at Weybridge Rowing Club where she founded a ladies section in 1920.

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British Rowing

British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA), is the governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor and on-water rowing).

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George Cotterill

George Huth Cotterill (4 April 1868 – 11 October 1950) was an English amateur footballer who made four appearances for England as a forward in the 1890s, captaining the side on his last two appearances.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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National Amateur Rowing Association

The National Amateur Rowing Association (NARA) was founded in 1890 to cater for the large number of working class men who were prevented from joining the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA) by virtue of their manual occupations.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often referred to as crew in the United States, is a sport whose origins reach back to Ancient Egyptian times.

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Rowing on the River Thames

The River Thames is one of the main rowing areas in England, with activity taking place on the Tideway and on the 45 separate lock reaches on the non-tidal section.

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Shepperton Lock

Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames, in England by the left bank at Shepperton, Surrey.

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St George's College, Weybridge

St George's Weybridge are independent mixed Roman Catholic co-educational day schools in Surrey, England taking pupils from 3-18.

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Sunbury Lock

Sunbury Lock is a lock complex of the River Thames in England near Walton-on-Thames in north-west Surrey, the third lowest of forty four on the non-tidal reaches.

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Walton Rowing Club

Walton Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England.

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Weir

A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the horizontal width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.

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Weybridge

Weybridge is a town by the River Wey in the Elmbridge district of Surrey.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weybridge_Rowing_Club

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