Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club - Chiswick | UK Rowing Clubs | Row HQ

Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club is a British Rowing club on the Thames Tideway beside Chiswick Bridge in west London. It is based at Ibis Lane off Hartington Road and welcomes adult men and women across a range of experience and competitive ambition.

The present club was created in 1984, but its components go back much further. Mortlake Rowing Club was established in 1877 and Anglian Boat Club in 1878; they merged in 1962. Chiswick Rowing Club joined that line later, and the 1927 Alpha Women's Amateur Rowing Club merged with Mortlake Anglian & Chiswick in 1984 to form today's club.

MAABC lists senior men, senior women, masters, recreational and development squads. Its adult Learn to Row programme runs group courses in season and private coaching during the year, while experienced rowers can arrange a trial with the club. Junior provision is considered only case by case and under-18s cannot join the Learn to Row courses.

Facilities include a fleet of club boats, a fully equipped gym, indoor racks for members' single sculls, changing facilities and a club room. A large refurbishment was completed in 2016, and the club also runs regular social functions from its licensed premises.

The club has produced repeated British champions, including women's single-scull titles in 1991 and 1994 and wins across lightweight doubles, pairs and quads during the 2000s. Its current news records four crews qualifying at Henley Women's Regatta in 2026 and wins at Twickenham, Great Ouse and World Masters events.

MAABC hosts Barnes and Mortlake Regatta and Borne at Chiswick Bridge Regatta each year. The clubhouse is also the Boat Race finish headquarters and hosts the annual Oxford and Cambridge prize-giving.