This is a belated obituary for our good friend, Dr Tom King, who died on 12 December 2022, and whose Memorial Service was held at All Saints, Fulham on 12 January 2023.
‘Joe’ Fraser, who died on 23rd December aged 78, was a longstanding member who came from a rowing family with close connections to LRC. In addition, Joe’s rowing career at Cambridge was particularly successful…
The first time I met Colin he tried to drown me. We were pupils at the City of London School and we were longing to start rowing but couldn’t to do so until we were 14…
Simon Rippon, who passed away on 4th April at the age of 85, was a stalwart member of the Club contributing hugely to its life from the moment he joined in 1962, including a two year stint as Captain.
Paul was born in 1933 and was brought up in Flushing just across the water from Falmouth.He obtained a scholarship to Falmouth Grammar School and it was then that his rowing started, as he had to row across to Falmouth each day.
Martin Spencer, who passed away on 26th November 2019 at the age of 71, was the stroke man in a successful double, with Bob Prentice at bow, which was the first to win the Double Sculls event for the Club at Henley, in 1976.
