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Walter Graham Beech (6 August 1924 – 10 May 1993) was an English rower who won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur championship of the Thames in 1957. Beech started rowing with Birmingham Rowing Club in 1954.[1] Partnering Ken Tinegate he was runner up in the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1954.[2] He joined London Rowing Club in 1957. Although he lost to Teodor Kocerka in the semi final of the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, later in 1957 he won the Wingfield Sculls beating Sidney Rand by half a length.[3] Beech – "one of London Rowing Club's more colourful members" – died of a heart attack in 1993 in Lincoln .[4][5] References1. ^Birmingham Rowing Club history {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813115048/http://www.cabg05071.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brc/history.htm |date=13 August 2009 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beech, Graham}}2. ^Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716161931/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm |date=16 July 2011 }} 3. ^Wingfield Sculls Record of Races 4. ^British Rowing Almanack 1994 5. ^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 5 : 1924 births|1993 deaths|English male rowers|British male rowers|Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands |
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