Vesta Rowing Club

Vesta Rowing Club

Infobox Rowing Club
ClubName = Vesta Rowing Club
Clubhouse

BladeColour

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Emblem =
Location = Putney, United Kingdom
Coordinates = coord|51|28|11.3|N|0|13|14.7|W|scale:2000_region:GB|display=title,inline|name=Thames Rowing Club
Founded = 1870
Motto =
Membership =
HomeWater = Tideway
Website = www.vrc.org.uk
Affiliations = ARA, TRRC, Remenham Club
Events = Scullers Head, Veterans Head
Distinctions =
NotableMembers = Harry Blackstaffe

Vesta Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1870.

Vesta organizes two head races the Scullers Head and the Veterans Head.

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quote="Vesta Rowing Club, Headquarters, the "Horn" Tavern, Knightrider-street. Established in 1871. Election by ballot of members, one black ball in three to exclude. Entrance fee, 5s.; Subscription, £1 10s.; honorary members, 10s. 6d. Colours, crimson and black stripes oblique. Boat-house, Unity Boat-house , Putney".
source=Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames, 1881

ee also

*Rowing on the River Thames

External links

* [http://www.vrc.org.uk/ Vesta Rowing Club]


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