Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club

Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club (abbreviated to Clydesdale ARC, or CARC) is Scotland's largest rowing club, located on the River Clyde in the centre of Glasgow. It was founded in 1857, by a number members who also were involved in the founding of Rangers Football Club.[1] It is successful each year in many events at the Scottish Rowing Championships, and has one of the two best junior-contingents of any Scottish rowing club .

Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club
LocationGlasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates55°51′6″N 4°14′37″W
Home waterRiver Clyde
Founded1857 (1857)
AffiliationsScottish Amateur Rowing Association
Websitewww.clydesdalearc.org.uk
Events
  • Clydesdale Sculler's Head
  • Clydesdale Four's and Eight's Head

History

The club was founded in 1856 or 1857, and was originally named the Clydesdale Gentlemen Amateur Rowing Club.[2] In 1872 a group of members of the club formed a football team to play Callander FC on the land at Flesher’s Haugh. This team was part of the foundation of Glasgow Rangers football club. The club moved to its home at Glasgow Green in 1901.

Boathouse

The club currently resides in the East-Wing of West-Boathouse on Glasgow Green, sharing the building with Clyde Amateur Rowing Club. Part of the East-Boathouse is also being used to house eights, as well as boats for Glasgow Schools Rowing Club, due to the small size of the Clydesdale boathouse. There has been a plan to build a new, shared, boathouse in conjunction with other Glaswegian boatclubs, on the site of the east-boathouse on Glasgow Green which would provide improved facilities and more storage space

The current boathouse is a listed building.[3] It contains two medium boat bays: the riverside one is barely long enough for shorter coxless fours, and is used to store one of these, along with the club's doubles and Aldens. The other bay is for the fours and singles, with singles being stored in a system with two singles per shelf. Access to the boathouse is from the path on Glasgow Green, the bay doors face east onto the asphalted forecourt, with steps onto the river along the south side of the boathouse, which are shared with Clyde.

The female changing rooms are also on the ground floor, the top floor contains male changing rooms, a tearoom, and the gym in which the Concept 2 Ergometers, and weights equipment are stored. Access to the balcony is also from this floor. There is also an attic in which Club belongings and equipment are kept.

Boats

The clubs boat-fleet consists mainly of British Janouseks, as well as some newer Stämpfli boats. In Autumn 2009 a used Stämpfli 8 was delivered ("Cruachan"),[4] as well as a new Coxless Quad ("Islay"). A Filippi F41 Eight (named "Ben y Vrackie" after a hill outside Pitlochry) was bought with financial help from Henry Abram and Sons Ltd, Awards for All Scotland, the Sports Council for Glasgow and Culture and Sport Glasgow.[5]

There are also two other Stämpfli fours, most other boats are Janousek. The majority of boats are built for scull and sweep rigging for versatility, also necessary due to the limited boat racking space, meaning the total number of boats is limited.

Famous Members
  • Severin Nielsen (born 2002) and Matthew Fielding (born 2001) are Scottish elite rowers who represented Scotland in the quadruple sculls at the 2019 Home International Regatta.[6]

Colours

Club colours are Royal Blue. The blades are Royal Blue with a white cross spanning the height and breadth of the blades. A previous design was Royal Blue with two vertical white stripes towards the end of the blade, which can still be seen on some private blades. The one-piece is also Royal Blue with a double white-stripe along each side. (A former design had a white upper and blue lower part to the one-piece, however this was changed. )

Events

The Club is involved in organising a few races throughout the year, most notably the Clydesdale Sculler's Head every October, the largest Scottish single's head race, in which doubles can also race in a separate division since 2007.[7]

There is also the Clydesdale Four's and Eight's Head, as well as the Corporate Regatta where companies can send teams to learn to row and then compete, which is both a source of income and new members.[5]

Clydesdale Summer Regatta is held annually in May.[8]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Club history". 7/05/2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. Glasgow City Council listed buildings, can be accessed at http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/eCitizenTemplates/Templates/eCitizenLocS.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fen%2fOnlineServices%2flocationsearch.htm&NRNODEGUID={93DD90DF-1282-4698-8426-F3D95E21D25F}&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&searchType=myproperty. All boathouse entries are found under street name "Glasgow Green"; the East Boathouse is number 1E, the West Boathouse 1F.
  4. "List of boats, and naming conventions".
  5. "Sports Council for Glasgow supports new boat for Clydesdale". 7/05/2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. "Scotland Rowing Team- Home International Regatta 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. "Events page describing the sculler's head, and history".
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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