Abingdon Rowing Club is a small, but perfectly formed and growing, friendly club established in 1958 to exploit one of the nicest stretches of water on the Thames. The distance from lock to lock is some 3000m which gives our members plenty of scenery to enjoy, and even during the summer months we remain relatively free of river traffic. Abingdon is less than ten miles from Oxford, and therefore more convenient for Oxford rowers than Henley or Wallingford. ARC is the only open club in the area. Our members range from 12 - 60+ in age and train between 1 and 10 times a week depending upon their aims, aspirations and committments. 2007 saw Abingdon Rowing Club competing all over the country, and winning over 40 events including medals at the British Indoor Championships, National Schools Regatta and National Championships. In this, the club's 50th year, we are looking to build on our recent success, investing in our facilities, equipment and coaching support to provide a training unique training environment for everyone from recreational rowers to athletes with ambition.

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Abingdon Rowing Club is now officially Sport England Clubmark accredited. Clubmark is an accreditation scheme run by Sport England which sets the standard for all quality sports clubs in England. It stands for higher standards of safety, fairness, coaching and management so that the nation's sports club infrastructure will be safer, stronger and more successful. A club that has been awarded Clubmark has high standards of child protection and safety, quality coaching, equal opportunities and good management. This accreditation provides assurance to our partnership schools, organisations and funding bodies that we are a well run club.

Rowing is the ultimate sport for teams and individuals requiring a combination of strength, power, endurance, skill, precision and commitment. The basic movements can be grasped in a few weeks - perfecting those movements takes a lifetime.