History & Notable Achievements

1994

First overseas appearance at Ghent Regatta, Belgium.

1996

The first council funded comprehensive school to have a crew compete at Henley Royal Regatta.  Since 2007, the school has been entering Henley.

2004

WJ15 4x+ bronze medals at the National Championships of Great Britain.

2007

The school reached its first ever National Schools' Regatta final in Championship Girls' Quads
(one of crew was aged 18, two 17 year olds and one 16 year old in a 20 year old boat).

2008

MCSBC crews finished 5th, 6th and 7th at the National Championships.  Also, one male athlete won a gold medal in a Junior Wales crew at the National Championships and won again at the Home International, whilst two female athletes won bronze medals rowing in a Wales crew at the National Championships.

2009

Two athletes represented Wales

2010

The National Championships (WJ14 quad, J15 double and J15 single), finishing 5th, 5th and 3rd.  One cox represented Wales.  Two former students won senior gold medals in the Monmouth RC quadruple scull.  The club at large won 36 events through the season, a record.

2011

One cox and one athlete represented Wales (one winning a silver medal at the National Championships in a Wales crew).  Two crews made the final of the National Championships, one of which won a bronze medal in J16 quads.

2012

The club had a record 39 wins in a single season.  This followed steady increases over the past 3 years.  The club qualifed a quad for Henley Royal Regatta for the first time, whilst over 50 athletes raced for the club in a single season for the first time.

2013

Emily Richards won a gold medal at the National Championships, setting a new course record in the WJ16 single sculls which was faster than the WJ18 record set on the same day.  Also in 2013, Tilly Greenstreet won a silver medal coxing a composite crew.

2014

Emily Richards represented Great Britain at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Libourne, France and won a gold medal stroking the quadruple scull.

2017

Representing Wales in the HIR

Tom Brice and David Newman J8

National Championships Gold Winners

Tom Smith, Rowan Kohler-Hoon, Tom Heath, Tom Smith

Welsh Indoor Rowing Championships

Gold - Josie Harrison, James Guest

2018

Representing Wales in the HIR :

Tom Brice, Sam Morgan, Leon Handley - J4x

 Katie Kearsey, Josie Harrison - WJ2 & WJ8

Arwen Van der Horst and Mia Boycott - WJ18

2019

Representing Wales in the HIR:

Josie Harrison, Talia Gould WJ2- & WJ4+

Katie Kearsey, Martha Waterstone - JW4x

Tom Smith, Finlay Waters, Rowan Kohler-Hoon j4x

Mia Boycott WJ8+

Welsh Indoor Rowing Champion WJ17 2km Alice Gandy

2022 

National Schools Regatta WJ16 4x Bronze Medal

Royal Henley Team qualified for Fawley Challenge Cup

Tom Powell, Jack Bufton, Elliot Lynch Warden, Tom Coates

National Junior Championships

Teams came 10th and 16th 

Representing Wales in HIR :

Peaches Hale, Violet Holbrow-Brooksbank

Tom Powell (1st reserve)

2023

HIR Reserve Maddie Dickens

British Indoor Rowing Championships 

Eleanor Lawrence-Preston - Silver Medal

2024

British National Champs:

Barney Shaw, Grace McLeod, Isabella Davies, Sandy Kohler Hoon

Representing Wales at HIR

Eleanor Lawrence-Preston, Seren Van Der Horst WJ2-

2025

Representing Wales at the HIR

Barnaby Shaw, Lola Jones

Eleanor Lawrence-Preston accepted a rowing scholarship to Wycliffe and has since competed in major events, including winning Henley Women's Regatta and Henley Royal Regatta in 2025. Represented GB juniors at the World Rowing Under 19 Championships, winning a Bronze Medal.