Archive Henley Royal Regatta

Regatta boost for business

BUSINESSES recorded their busiest Henley Royal Regatta week in memory. Shaun Dickens, who runs Bistro at the Boathouse in Station Road, said the Friday of regatta week was the busiest day in his restaurant’s history, with 500 covers. He said that ...

14 Jul 2025 at 09:30

Rowing back the years

ROWING clubs in Henley celebrated key milestones in their history by completing row-pasts at this year’s royal regatta. Two Leander Club crews, the winners of the 1975 Britannia Challenge Cup and the 1985 winners of the Ladies’ Challenge Plate, ...

14 Jul 2025 at 09:30

Women’s row

A ROW past will take place at 12.30pm today (Friday) to celebrate 50 years of women’s rowing at Henley Rowing Club. A crew of past and present club members will row past the enclosures during the royal regatta’s lunchtime interval. The crew ...

07 Jul 2025 at 09:30

Leander and Shiplake hold on after Day Four at Henley Royal Regatta

LEANDER Club have made it to the semi-finals of the new Bridge Challenge Plate. The Bridge Challenge Plate was introduced this year to ‘bridge’ the gap between male and female rowers at the Royal Regatta and to create more opportunities ...

05 Jul 2025 at 10:18

Henley Crew Breaks Record on Day Two of Henley Royal Regatta

LEANDER club has broken a competition record during the second day of racing at Henley Royal Regatta The women’s eight oars from the Henley-based club set a new Fawley record in the Wargrave Challenge Cup during this morning’s racing. ...

02 Jul 2025 at 13:19

Boating firms team up for royal regatta week

TWO independent boating companies are teaming up for charity during Henley Royal Regatta next week. The experience, which will take guests along the regatta course next Tuesday and Sunday, raised £10,000 for the charity after being ...

30 Jun 2025 at 09:30

Domestic entry record for Henley Royal Regatta

THIS year’s Henley Royal Regatta has received a record domestic entry. The six-day event, which begins on Tuesday, has attracted 768 entries from 19 nations, which includes a huge 589 domestic entry and 179 from overseas. A total ...

30 Jun 2025 at 09:30

Leander athletes dominate GB boats in search of trophies

THERE will be a local interest in more than 50 of the 768 crews entered at this year’s Henley Royal Regatta, which has attracted a record number of domestic entries. Many of the crews will be battling it out today (Friday) in ...

27 Jun 2025 at 00:00

Tom Weil — tireless supporter of Henley’s rowing history

THOMAS Eliot Weil, a rowing historian, collector and philanthropist, passed away aged 75 on Sunday, September 1. He was an ex-trustee of the River & Rowing Museum in Henley as well as the museum’s largest object donor. He ...

16 Sept 2024 at 09:30

Wet in and off the water as regatta is hit by heavy rain

THIS year’s Henley Royal Regatta was one of the wettest on record as spectators watched much of the racing from under umbrellas. After a sunny start on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, it became increasingly wet and the ...

11 Jul 2024 at 09:13

Regatta business spoilt by downpours

INDEPENDENT businesses in Henley say they had a mixed trading period during Henley Royal Regatta. Clothes and gift shops and hospitality businesses were busy but experienced a slowdown on Friday and Saturday when it ...

11 Jul 2024 at 08:03

Regatta cleans up its act on litter

A BAN on single-use plastic by Henley Royal Regatta has paid off. There was less waste than usual found by volunteers who took part in a clean-up of the river on Monday following the six-day event. More than two ...

10 Jul 2024 at 08:42

Olympians make surprise return at regatta

FORMER Olympic champion Will Satch returned to the water at this year’s Henley Royal Regatta. The 35-year-old from Watlington rowed for Star and Arrow Club as they beat A.K.R. Würzburg & R.G. Speyer in The ...

04 Jul 2024 at 08:19

Henley Royal Regatta 2024: Day two

8.30am: Upper Thames Rowing Club beat Nottingham Rowing Club in the Wyfold Challenge Cup by one and three-quarters of a length in a time of seven minutes and 23 seconds. The race judge said the Henley ...

03 Jul 2024 at 08:08

Henley Royal Regatta 2024: Day 1

5.45pm: SHIPLAKE College beat Belen Jesuit Prep School, U.S.A. in the Fawley Challenge Cup by two and a quarter of a length in a time of seven minutes and three seconds. The race judge said: ...

02 Jul 2024 at 06:00

Leander aim to make it four in row Prince of Wales Cup wins

FORTY-NINE boats will take to the river with a local interest for this year’s record-entry Henley Royal Regatta. Leander Club have 20 entries at this year’s event with a further six ...

01 Jul 2024 at 10:30

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