1978 British Rowing Championships

1978 British Rowing Championships
Venue	National Water Sports Centre
Location	Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham)
Dates	14–16 July 1978

The 1978 National Rowing Championships was the seventh edition of the National Championships, held from 14–16 July 1978 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. There was a record entry of 428 crews.

Senior

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Victor Ludorum	Leander
Men 1x	Thames Tradesmen's Hugh Matheson
Men 2+	Kingston
Men 2x	Leander
Men 2-	Leander Charles Wiggin & Malcolm Carmichael	Abingdon Mike Diserens & Ali Jelfs
Men 4-	London
Men 4+	London University
Men 4x	Leander Charles Wiggin, Malcolm Carmichael, Eric Sims, Allan Whitwell
Men 8+	Leander
Women Victor Ludorum	Thames
Women 1x	Kingston Pauline Hart	Civil Service Ladies Sue Handscomb	Civil Service Ladies Rosie Clugston
Women 2x	Kingston Astrid Ayling & Pauline Hart
Women 2-	Thames Tradesmen's Lin Clark & Beryl Mitchell	Civil Service Ladies / Stuart Ladies Liz Paton & Gill Webb
Women 4+	Thames Tradesmen's Jean Genchi, Clare Grove, Yvonne Earl, Chris Grimes, Zena Kitching (cox)	Civil Service Ladies Nicola Boyes, Jackie Darling, Maggie Phillips, Barbara Jones, Wendy Stewart (cox)
Women 4x	Civil Service Ladies / Thames / King James College Sue Handscomb, Rosie Clugston, Beverly Jones, Stephanie Price	Civil Service Ladies Jackie Darling, Maggie Phillips, Catti Moss, Sara Waters

Lightweight

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Durham University
Men 2x	Thames Tradesmen's / London
Men 4-	London University
Men 8+	Leander / London / Marlow / Thames Tradesmen's

Junior

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Maidenhead
Men 2-	Belmont Abbey School
Men 2x	Guildford Stephen Chilmaid / Julian Scrivener
Men 2+	Strode's College Jeff Hunt, Paul Wensley,
Men 4-	Eton College		Strode's College Frank Fisher, Adrian Genziani, Ole Sylvest, Alex Alden
Men 4+	Eton College / St Edward's
Men 4x	Hollingworth Lake / Marlow / Radley College / Rob Roy
Men 8+	Hampton School / St Edward's / Berkhamsted School / Marlow / Wallingford
Men J16 1x	North Staffordshire
Men J16 2-	Thames Tradesmen's
Men J16 2x	King's School Canterbury		Burway Rowing Club / Walton Rowing Club
Men J16 2+	Strodes College Adrian Genziani, Ole Sylvest, Nigel Weare	Radley College
Men J16 4+	Great Marlow School
Men J16 4-	Thames Tradesmen's
Men J16 8+	Royal Shrewsbury School
Women 1x	Monmouth
Women 4+	Abingdon

Veteran

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Nottingham
Men 4+	Marlow

Key

Symbol	meaning
1, 2, 4, 8	crew size
+	coxed
-	coxless
x	sculls
14	Under-14
15	Under-15
16	Under-16
J	Junior