In 1981 it amalgamated with the Auriol Rowing Club (founded 1896) to form the Auriol Kensington Rowing Club. The club has a strong tradition of turning out good crews both men and women, which regularly attend major regattas, top head races and Henley Royal Regatta and Women's Henley Regatta.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Kensington Rowing Club
W.D. Kinnear, 1880 - 1974. Kensington Rowing Club, member 1905 - 1974, Presi...
Football player and manager. Born in Kiveton Park, near Rotherham. He played for a variety of clubs before becoming one of the most successful managers in English football. He managed Arsenal F.C. ...
Boxer. Born Gershon Mendaloff at 56 Umberston Street, St George-in-the-East, Aldgate. One of many young Jewish men who took up boxing as a means of escaping the poverty of the east end of London. H...
Founded as 'The City of London Rowing Club'. It was a pioneer in women's rowing.
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