1979 British Rowing Championships

1979 British Rowing Championships
Venue	National Water Sports Centre
Location	Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham)
Dates	20–21 July 1979

The 1979 National Rowing Championships was the eighth edition of the National Championships, held from 20–21 July 1979 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham.

Senior

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Nottingham
Men 2+	Newark
Men 2x	Leander / Thames Tradesmen's
Men 2-	Leander
Men 4-	Molesey / Maidenhead
Men 4+	Kingston
Men 4x	Composite
Men 8+	Composite
Women 1x	Thames Tradesmen's Beryl Mitchell	Derby Lesley Titterton	Civil Service Jackie Darling
Women 2x	Kingston Astrid Ayling & Pauline Hart
Women 2-	Civil Service / Thames Julia Corbin & Jane Curry	York City	Not awarded
Women 4+	Composite Yvonne Earl, Bernadette Casey, Lin Clark, Gill Webb, Nicky Mason	Weybridge Ladies Juniors
Women 4x+	Composite Lin Clark, Beryl Mitchell, Astrid Ayling, Pauline Hart, Nicky Mason
Women 8+	A.R.A squad A Nicola Boyes	A.R.A squad B	Nottingham

Lightweight

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Leander
Men 2x	City Orient
Men 4-	London / Thames Tradesmen's
Men 8+	Composite

Junior

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 1x	Marlow
Men 2-	Berkhamsted School
Men 2x	Hollingworth Lake
Men 2+	Wallingford Schools
Men 4-	Thames Tradesmen's
Men 4+	Composite
Men 4x	Composite
Men 8+	Composite
Men J16 1x	Bewdley
Men J16 2-	City Orient
Men J16 2x	Royal Shrewsbury School
Men J16 2+	Merchant Taylor's School
Men J16 4+	Wallingford Schools
Men J16 4-	City Oreint
Men J16 8+	Royal Shrewsbury School
Women 1x	Nottingham
Women 2x	Thames
Women 2-	Stuart
Women 4+	Weybridge Ladies
Women 8+	Weybridge Ladies

Key

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