Rüsselsheim Rowing Club 08

RRK

Surname	Rüsselsheim Rowing Club 08
Club colors	Red / blue / white
Founded	July 25, 1908
Members	653
Departments	3
Homepage	rrk-online.de

The Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08 e. V. (RRK) with its sports hockey , rowing and tennis is one of the most successful sports clubs in Rüsselsheim am Main in the Groß-Gerau district and in the Rhine-Main area .

history

The history of the club begins in 1908, when the Rüsselsheim rowing club (RVR) was founded. First you row in a four hundred pound giant made of oak, win your first victory in a regatta in Mainz in 1912 and survive the painful period of the First World War . In 1919 the club already had 182 members and owned eight boats. The new boathouse, officially inaugurated as a society house in 1925, becomes the focus of club life. In general, the year 1925 is a memorable year, as the active members of the RVR begin to play hockey as a recreational sport in winter and the first women to get into the rowing boats.

The rowing society Undine Rüsselsheim (RGUR), which was founded in 1910, dissolved in 1914 and re-established in 1919, developed in parallel to RVR. Its members are workers and craftsmen. You have your own boathouse on Maindamm in the west of Rüsselsheim, and you are also very successful in sports.

After the formation of a racing community eight in 1938 and 1939, in which rowers from the RVR and RGUR sit and who start at the German championship rowing, the two Rüsselsheim rowing clubs come closer. On April 26, 1942, the RVR and the RGUR merged to form the Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08 (RRK). The two chairmen, Georg von Opel and Karl Müller, seal the pact in a solemn ceremony. In 1943 the RRK already had 306 members. The rowers in the four and eighth form successful racing communities with the "Flörsheimer Ruderverein 08" (FRV), a "marriage" that was to last until 1953. The boathouse is confiscated by the American military government in 1945. All sports clubs, including the RRK, are dissolved.

RRK boathouse in Rüsselsheim, at the fortress 2

The RRK was re-established on April 8, 1946 and began to develop based on its sporting success. In rowing, German championship follows German championship, including Georg von Opel in 1947 in one, the RRK / FRV racing community in 1947 and 1948 in eight, the rowing community Flörsheim-Rüsselsheim founded by RRK and FRV (existing from 1949 to 1953) in 1949 and 1951 in the eighth, 1957 and 1958 the lightweight junior quad with, 1982 the Eichkranz quad without and the junior single, 1983 the women's double scull and the Eichkranz quad with, 1997 the sprint quad with, 1998 sprint quad with and sprint eight, 2005 and In 2006 the U23 double and in 2009 the sprint double quad. To date these are 28 German rowing championships for the RRK.

Hockey only really got going in 1952 when the city had two hockey rinks built in the stadium. In 1952 the boathouse was released again and in 1966 it was extensively renovated.

The year 1968 represents a kind of milestone in the recent club history: The RRK wins the German field championship in men's hockey for the first time . In front of 5,000 spectators, Black and White Cologne was defeated with 4-1 goals. Since this year, hockey has been the dominant sport in the RRK. To date, the hockey department has recorded 51 German championships in the hall and on the field, countless the runner-up championships, the South German championships and the Hesse championships. European Cups in hockey have already been shown 19 times in the price showcase of the RRK boathouse.

Olympic champions and Olympic participants emerge from the ranks of the RRK, and a large number of hockey players are appointed to national teams. The German Hockey Association and the European Hockey Federation entrust the RRK with the organization of national and international championships.

Today the RRK plays with the first women in indoor hockey in the 1st Bundesliga and in field hockey in the 2nd Bundesliga. The first men play field hockey in the regional league and indoor hockey in the 2nd Bundesliga.

successes

hockey

European Cup balance men's field
year	competition	level	space	place
1972	Club Champions Cup	1	3	Frankfurt
1976	Club Champions Cup	1	3	Amsterdam
1978	Club Champions Cup	1	2	Barcelona
1979	Club Champions Cup	1	3	The hague

Men's

• German champion in field hockey : 1968, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978
• German indoor hockey champion : 1973, 1976, 1979, 2008
• EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (hall) : 2009

Ladies

• German champion in field hockey : 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004
• EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (field) : 1993, 1998
• German indoor hockey champion : 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
• EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (hall) : 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

rowing

Men's

• German champion : eight (1947, 1948, 1949, 1951), four-without (1948, 1949), double scull (1951), one (1947)
• German sprint champion: eighth (1998), foursome (1997, 1998), double foursome (2009)

Ladies

• German champion : double scull (1983)

Well-known athletes and coaches

hockey

• Britta Becker ( silver medal Olympics 1992 and world champion Halle 2003)
• Tanja Dickenscheid ( silver medal Olympia 1992 )
• Oliver Domke ( World Champion Field 2002 and World Champion Halle 2003)
• Christian Domke ( World Champion Halle 2003)
• Tobias Frank ( silver medal Olympia 1984 and silver medal Olympia 1988 )
• Mandy Haase ( Olympic Champion 2004 )
• Eva Hagenbäumer ( silver medal Olympia 1992 )
• Denise Klecker ( World Champion Halle 2003 and Olympic Champion 2004 )
• Peter Kraus ( Olympic Champion 1972 )
• Silke Müller ( Olympic Champion 2004 )
• Susanne Müller ( silver medal Olympia 1992 )
• Berthold Rauth (successful hockey coach, 15 German championships and 18 European Cup wins with the women of the RRK)
• Christopher Reitz ( Olympic Champion 1992 )
• Fritz Schmidt ( Olympic champion 1972 )
• Rainer Seifert ( Olympic Champion 1972 )
• Bianca Weiß ( silver medal Olympia 1992 )

rowing

• Georg von Opel (seven-time German champion in one, four-without and eight)
• Georg Boller (six-time German champion in four-without and eight)
• Fritz Brumme (successful amateur trainer, 10 German championships with the RRK and the RuGem. Flörsheim-Rüsselsheim)
• Wilfried Seipp (four-time German champion in eighth)
• Philipp Roth (two-time German champion in Lgw.-four-without and -with)
• Edgar Thielmann (two-time German champion in Lgw.-four-without and -with)
• Adam Stieglitz (two-time German champion in eighth)
• Rolf Bopp (German champion in eighth)
• Willi Wenz (German champion in eighth)
• Helmut Schwinn (German champion in eighth)
• Ulrike Kirsch (German champion in women's double sculls)

Web links

• Homepage of the Rüsselsheim Rowing Club 08 e. V. (RRK)

Individual evidence

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