Editing Wallingford, Oxfordshire (section)

===Rowing===
[[File:All together now - geograph.org.uk - 1117509.jpg|thumb|Wallingford Rowing Club]]
[[Wallingford Regatta]], formerly the Wallingford [[Skiffing|Skiff]] [[Regatta]], was the only organised boating competition in 1949 on the longest stretch of the [[Thames]] between [[lock (water navigation)|locks]] ([[Benson Lock|Benson]] to [[Cleeve Lock]]s). It had taken place every year in peacetime since the late 1890s, and there is evidence that it existed as early as 1861.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} In 1949 the regatta committee founded the [[Wallingford Rowing Club]], which started competing in other regattas. The regatta was developed as a conventional regatta, although it still awards the Wallingford Skiff Regatta Cup. The town hosts the Wallingford [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] Club,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallingfordrc.co.uk/rowing.html|title=Wallingford RC Rowing|website=wallingfordrc.co.uk|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> the [[Oxford Brookes University Boat Club]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://brookesrowing.org.uk/facilities/|title=Facilities|publisher=OBUBC|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and the [[Oxford University Boat Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oubc.org.uk/about|title=Oxford University Boat Club|publisher=OUBC|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>

The [[regatta]] was held on the same reach at Wallingford for most of its existence, but river conditions caused problems, and there was a growing need for larger facilities. In 2001 the Regatta moved to a new home at [[Dorney Lake]] near [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] where it is still held. The event is the largest single day [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] regatta in the UK. In 2008 the new [[Oxford University Boat Club]] opened in Wallingford. Located on the site of the disused Wallingford [[marina]] on the [[Thames Path]], the building designed by Tuke Manton Architects LLP<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tukemanton.co.uk/|title=Tuke Manton/Architects {{!}} Design and consultancy|website=www.tukemanton.co.uk|access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> replaced the club's historic home on the [[river Isis|Isis]], which was destroyed by fire in 1999.