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Gillin Boat Club is the rowing program for St. Joseph's University Rowing and St. Joseph's Prep Rowing. [2] [3] It is situated at the 1,000-meter mark of the Schuylkill River race course in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gillin Boat Club was admitted to the Schuylkill Navy in 2004, by a unanimous vote of the Navy's members. [4]
Malta Boat Club Malta Boat Club. The Malta Boat Club is located at No. 9 Boathouse Row and joined the Schuylkill Navy in 1865, after its establishment in 1860 when it relocated from the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River, occupying what was the Excelsior Club boathouse.
In 1873, Malta Boat Club and Vesper Boat Club built a double boathouse at #9 and #10 Boathouse Row. [10] In 1874, College Boat Club built the boathouse at #11 Boathouse Row. [11] In 1878, West Philadelphia Boat Club built #12 Boathouse Row. [12] Five years later, in 1883, Undine Barge Club constructed #13 Boathouse Row.
Pennsylvania Barge Club is an amateur rowing club, situated along the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1861 and joined the Schuylkill Navy in 1865. The club's boathouse, at # 4 Boathouse Row , is also known as the Hollenback House , named for William M. Hollenback Jr., who served as President of USRowing ...
Camilla Boat Club was a founding member of the Schuylkill Navy. [9] Camilla was a champion of the Schuylkill, but the Club disband as a result of disagreements between members. [10] In 1858, the remnants of the defunct Camilla Boat Club reorganized to form Quaker City Barge Club. [11]
In 1920, J. Elliot Newlin, the Commodore of the Schuylkill Navy and head of the Philadelphia Challenge Cup Committee, presented the Gold Cup to its first winner, John B. Kelly Sr. from Vesper Boat Club. [29] The Gold Cup was originally created by a popular subscription of more than $2,500, and was to be to rowing what the Davis Cup is to tennis ...
Malta Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #9 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.In 1865, the Club joined the Schuylkill Navy when it relocated to the Schuylkill River from the Delaware River and purchased the facilities of the now defunct Excelsior Club.
The Vesper Boat Club had its beginning on Feb. 22, 1865 – a decade into the flourishing of rowing clubs on Philadelphia's Schuylkill River – with the founding of the Washington Barge Club. Five years later, on Jan 1, 1870, its name was changed to Vesper Boat Club. Vesper's eight-oared shell took the gold medal in Paris at the 1900 Summer ...