 The club previously held the headship for the Head of the River Race (2009), the largest UK eights event, and the senior squad holds the record for the Head of the River Fours course.Alec Hodges was a founder member and an organiser of Tideway Scullers School in approximately 1957, filling all offices of the club at one time or another over the years.He was the driving force behind getting the TSS boathouse built in 1984, along with Lou Barry and Cyril Bishop.