How the club started:
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.