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Friends make song and dance in field
...a shame you’re so far away, there’s only two flights a day to Gatwick.” Kathy Mansfield, from Wallingford and part of the HENLEY WHALERS, said: “It used to be held in Nuneham Courtenay and there is normally about 50 people — it’s just so delightful. I think it...
15 Jul 2023 at 09:00
Flotilla for King Charles III
...the river. We are going to award some prizes which will be handed out at the ‘Trad’ later this year.” Geoff Probert, of the HENLEY WHALERS, and his crew of 11 rowed in Molly, a replica whale boat. He said the flotilla was “great fun”, adding: “The weather could...
11 May 2023 at 08:17
Bright idea to light up boats
...000 free glowsticks to spectators as the boats — all clad with lights — made their way to Henley Bridge and back twice. The HENLEY WHALERS turned their boat Molly into a Viking longship while other entrants included a tribute to the Ghostbusters film franchise....
28 Sept 2022 at 19:14
Henley Whalers
THE Whalers have just returned from another successful visit to the famous Semaine du Golfe festival in the Gulf of Morbihan, a natural harbour in southern Brittany. The festival is held every two years and this was the Whalers’ seventh visit. The ...
01 Jul 2019 at 10:30
Sonning Common Village Gardeners
ON Saturday, November 3 four rowing novices from Sonning Common Village Gardeners went aboard the HENLEY WHALERS’ replica whale boat Molly for a row down the Thames. This was the result of a suggestion by one of their members, Paul, who accompanied and led the...
17 Dec 2018 at 10:30
...Venice and past the Tower of London and Houses of Parliament and sailed in the splendour of Sweden and Brittany, but the HENLEY WHALERS’ latest adventure included a slightly less exotic trip... through a Reading shopping cente. Every autumn the Whalers do a...
03 Dec 2018 at 10:30
Visitors have whale of a time at Venetian rowing festival
...jams in Henley are bad, they’re nothing compared with what Geoff Probert experienced last month. He owns Molly, the HENLEY WHALERS’ boat, which took part in the Vogalonga, a non-competitive recreational sporting event for amateur rowers that takes place...
09 Jun 2018 at 01:00
Let's Get Down to Business: Sue Turner
... which she used to run with her mother, Brenda Norman (Nichol). Sue is a member of Sam Brown’s Ukulele Band and the HENLEY WHALERS and rows most weeks. Describe your business Candela is a clinical hypnotherapy practice which offers counselling, coaching...
26 Mar 2018 at 10:30
Rowers give Boris's bottle a lift
...took three people in wheelchairs and their families with us. Everyone seemed to enjoy the occasion.? On Monday an 11-man HENLEY WHALERS crew in replica whaler Molly, skippered by Geoff Probert, of St Mark?s Road, Henley, rowed the baton from the museum to...
27 Aug 2015 at 00:00
River relay returns for third year
...Boat Trust will then deliver it to the River and Rowing Museum in Henley on board its 42ft vessel Rivertime. The HENLEY WHALERS will pick up the bottle on Monday and take it to Hambleden Lock, where it will be collected by members of Bisham Abbey's...
21 Aug 2015 at 00:00
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