Welcome to Spitfire Boat Club!
Welcome to Spitfire Boat Club! We are a small river club based at Plucks Gutter along the River Stour, just outside Canterbury. We welcome adult members of all ages, with and without past rowing experience. For information on our learn-to-row courses, click here.
Latest news
- Spitfire Boat Club at the Danson Dashes
Glorious weather saw four Spitfire rowers (Manuel Marques, Ben Askin, Jon Gater & Michèle Thomas plus two junior Gater supporters and five University of Kent Rowing Club members (Aaron Bird, Charlie Forster, Kieran Waterhouse, Matt Willis and Theo Ashley-Hacker) travel to Bexley for this 500m sprint event, hosted by Erith and Gravesend rowing clubs. Open 4+In the fourth race of … - Sudbury Regatta 2024
The third of August was a rowing day to remember. The GB men’s eight won gold in Paris and Spitfire competed at the Sudbury “International” Regatta, this year celebrating Sudbury Rowing Club’s 150th anniversary. SBC assembled a squad of five rowers (Manny Marques, Ben Askin, Ed Thomas, Alex Holden and Michèle Thomas) supplemented by three of our University of Kent … - Spitfire at Huntingdon Regatta 2024
After a series of cancelled events, Spitfire Rowing Club eagerly participated in our first regatta of the year at Huntingdon. This event was particularly special as it marked the return of Huntingdon’s regatta, which had not been held since 1989. Early Start, Smooth Arrival Division 1 of the event began at 08:30, making it an early start for our Spitfire … - Spitfire at Danson Dashes August 2023On the 19th of August, we once again travelled up the A2 for the Danson Dashes 2023. Special thanks to our resident legend Mr Mark Brice for towing our trailer on the day, we’d be lost without you. We had high hopes that the weather would hold out, as we had missed out on racing at the beloved Sudbury Regatta earlier …
- Sunday 16th October- Huntingdon HORR- an early start for SBC’s keen team!by Krista Davis A 0500 start from the boathouse saw the team arrive at Huntingdon by 0740, a little chilly, but all ready to rig up and go. Last year SBC returned for the first time in a while for more racing in the stunning Huntingdon surroundings. This time though, we were able to bring our own trailer and therefore …