1972 British Rowing Championships

April 2022 1972 British Rowing Championships National Water Sports Centre Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham) 22–23 July 1972 1973 thumb|Medallion awarded to the finalists of the junior men's coxed four The 1972 National Rowing Championships was the first edition of the National Championships, held from 22 to 23 July 1972 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham.https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS169178869/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=3bf5eb6a Railton, Jim. "Nottingham in their Olympic stride." Times, 21 July 1972, p. 10 Times Digital ArchivesJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot These inaugural Championships were held at the newly opened National Watersports Centre in Nottingham.https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS252540086/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=c5f4bced Railton, Jim. "Two best eights meet in main event." Times, 22 May 1971, p. 15 Times Digital Archiveshttps://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS520582886/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=eb4cf758 "Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre, Nottinghamshire." Times, 6 July 1972, p. I Times Digital Archiveshttps://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS102070006/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1d4b1833 "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1972, p. 6 Times Digital ArchivesJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot https://rowingstory.com/year-by-year/1972-2/ THE FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Rowing Story The Wallingford pair of Tony Norris and Doug Richardson won the junior pair and finished second behind Mike Hart and David Maxwell in the senior pair. Hart & Maxwell would compete at the Olympics shortly afterwards.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19720724/200/0011 Wallingford oarsman shine 24 July 1972 Birmingham Daily Post 12 February 2021 11 The British Newspaper Archive Senior Medal summary +EventGoldSilverBronzeVictor Ludorum Tideway Scullers School Leander London UniversityMen 1x Poplar Blackwall and DistrictKenny Dwan Cambridge UniversityChris Baillieu Newcastle UniversityMark HayterMen 2+ Cambridge University / Tideway Scullers SchoolMike Hart, David Maxwell, Alan Inns (cox) Wallingford Tony Norris, Doug RichardsonFurnivall SCMen 2x Tideway Scullers School / LeanderPatrick Delafield & Tim Crooks DurhamGeoff Potts & Tom Bishop QuintinBrian Fentiman Men 2- Vesta / ArgosiesMatthew Cooper & Jeremiah McCarthy St Ives * & Tideway Scullers School / London*Not awardedMen 4- Thames Tradesmen'sBill Mason, Jim Clark, Lenny Robertson, Frederick Smallbone Marlow KingstonMen 4+ Tideway Scullers School / LeanderChristopher Pierce, Alan Almand, Hugh Matheson, Dick Findlay, Patrick Sweeney (cox) Wallingford Nottingham & UnionMen 8+ Tideway Scullers School / LeanderGeorge Proffitt, Eddie Wells, Martin Spencer, Rooney Massara, David Gramolt, Nick Hornsby, Christopher Rodrigues, Graeme Hall, Alan Inns (cox) London University LeanderWomen 1x Jessamy ScullersMargaret Gladden Jessamy Scullers Christine Davies DurhamDiana PrestonWomen 2x Jessamy ScullersMargaret Gladden & Christine Davies United Universities / DurhamJean Rankine & Diana Preston Women 4+ St George's Ladies Janis Long, Ann Shackell, Margaret Goodsman, Beryl Martin, Di Ellis (cox) Civil Service A Civil Service BMaggie Lambourn * equal second Junior Medal summary +EventGoldSilverBronze Men 1x BedfordTony Ward WallingfordA. Cusack Pangbourne CollegeGraham InnesMen 2- Radley CollegeJ.R. Simpson, David Searle Becket School Hampton School / Bedford Modern School Men 2x Henley / WeybridgeN.J.Gorvin, M.J.Webb Eton College Shrewsbury SchoolMen 2+ WallingfordTony Norris, Doug Richardson Durham CrowlandMen 4- Radley College King's School Chester Shrewsbury SchoolMen 4+ University College School Hampton School Durham SchoolMen 8 Eton College Emanuel School Men J16 1x Westminster SchoolA. Hudson MoleseyJ. KnightShrewsbury SchoolJ.A. HannaMen J16 2- City Orient Men J16 4+ Wallingford Schools Women 4+ George Watson's College Key +Symbolmeaning 1, 2, 4, 8 crew size + coxed - coxless x sculls 14 Under-14 15 Under-15 16 Under-16 J Junior References British Rowing Championships British Rowing Championships Category:British Rowing Championships