# 1974 British Rowing Championships

The 1974 National Rowing Championships was the third edition of the National Championships, held from 20–21 July 1974 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. There was a record entry of 330 crews. Leander won the John Player Trophy (men's Victor Ludorum) and Civil Service won the Charlton Cup (women's Victor Ludorum).

## Senior
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men Victor Ludorum | Leander | Tideway Scullers School | London University |
| Men 1x | Poplar Kenny Dwan | Henley L Brown | Hereford M Griffiths |
| Men 2+ | Wallingford Carl Purchase & Colin Cusack | City Orient Carruthers & White | St Edward's Oliver Brocklehurst & Smith |
| Men 2x | Leander Michael Hart & Chris Baillieu | Tideway Scullers School Dick Findlay & Martin Spencer | Weybridge / Abingdon Peter Levy & Ian Marriott |
| Men 2- | Reading / Wallingford Tony Richardson & Colin Cusack | St Ives Tony Cowley & Nigel Drake | Tideway Scullers School Proffit & Wells |
| Men 4- | Leander / Thames Tradesmen's | Leander | Leander / Tideway Scullers School |
| Men 4+ | Leander / Thames Tradesmen's | Lady Margaret / London University / Thames Tradesmen's | Wallingford Schools |
| Men 4x | Durham / Henley / Leander / Wallingford | Tideway Scullers School | Kingston |
| Men 8+ | Leander / Thames Tradesmen's | Leander | Eton College |
| Women Victor Ludorum | Civil Service Ladies | | |
| Women 1x | Jessamy Scullers Christine Davies | Ann Cork | |
| Women 2x | Derby / Nottingham Lorraine Baker & Liz Lorrimer | Civil Service Ladies / Weybridge Ladies Jackie Darling & Pauline Bird-Hart | |
| Women 2- | Civil Service Ladies Liz Monti & Lin Clark | Weybridge Ladies Chris Grimes & Maggie Lambourn | Derby / Nottingham Lorraine Baker & Liz Lorrimer |
| Women 4+ | Civil Service Ladies / Weybridge Ladies Clare Grove, Chris Aistrop, Maggie Lambourn, Chris Grimes | Civil Service Ladies | |
| Women 4x | Civil Service Ladies / Derby / Durham / Nottingham / Weybridge Ladies Pauline Bird-Hart, Lorraine Baker, Liz Lorrimer, Jackie Darling | Thames composite Jean Rankine | |

## Lightweight
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold |
| Men 1x | Durham |
| Men 4- | Leander / Tideway Scullers School |
| Men 8+ | Leander / Marlow / Quintin / Thames Thames Tradesmen's / London University |

## Junior
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver |
| Men 1x | Tideway Scullers School | |
| Men 2- | Pangbourne College | |
| Men 2x | Maidenhead / Molesey | |
| Men 2+ | Abingdon / John Mason High School | |
| Men 4- | Radley College / Wallingford | |
| Men 4+ | Wallingford Schools | |
| Men 4x | Abingdon / Radley College | |
| Men 8+ | Eton College | |
| Men J16 1x | Poplar | |
| Men J16 2- | Emanuel School | Nottingham and Union RC |
| Men J16 2x | Abingdon / John Mason High School | |
| Men J16 2+ | Radley College | |
| Men J16 4+ | Wallingford Schools | |
| Men J16 4- | King's School Chester | |
| Men J16 8+ | Emanuel School | |
| Women 4+ | Civil Service Ladies / Gilliat School / Emanuel School | |
Key
| Symbol | meaning |
| 1, 2, 4, 8 | crew size |
| + | coxed |
| - | coxless |
| x | sculls |
| 14 | Under-14 |
| 15 | Under-15 |
| 16 | Under-16 |
| J | Junior |