Tuesday, 07 October 2025

THREE Henley rowers won gold during an historic women’s quad sculls final at the Olympic Games in Paris. Leander Club’s Georgie ...

 

Henley Royal Regatta 2024: Day four

11.35am Thames Rowing Club beat Upper Thames Rowing Club in The Wyfold Challenge Cup semi-final for the club men’s four in a time of ...

 

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 ...

 

Leander crew sets a new Head of River Race record

A LONG week of rowing has seen Henley athletes secure top honours in major competitions. Even with many of its rowers away preparing ...

 

Heroes return

A CELEBRATION will be held for the athletes who compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this summer. Heroes Return will ...

 

Picture This

LEANDER Club in Henley held its first Christmas ball, a black-tie event where guests enjoyed a three-course dinner and dancing until ...

 

Leander housekeeper turns down her last bed for rowers

A WOMAN who has made the bed for thousands of rowers retires today (Friday). Mary Jamai is leaving Leander Club in Henley after 24 ...

 

Cox won’t let cancer diagnosis stop her from competing again

A ROWING cox who is undergoing cancer treatment says she is determined to return to competition. Erin Kennedy, a double world champion,...

 

Olympians grateful for support from ‘home of rowing’

Team GB’s Olympic and Paralympic rowers have thanked Henley, “the home of rowing”, for the support shown at the ‘heroes return’ event ...

 

Rower ‘not surprised’ by family travel ban to Tokyo Olympics

ROWER Vicky Thornley says she is disappointed but not surprised her parents won’t be able to join her at this year’s Olympics in Tokyo....

 

Leander seeks permission to replace ‘dilapidated’ decking

PLANS have been drawn up to replace the decking at Leander Club in Henley. The rowing club says the current structure is dilapidated. ...

 

Olympic rower working as junior doctor during pandemic

OLYMPIC silver medallist Polly Swann is balancing her rowing training with her efforts to support the NHS by working as a junior ...

 

‘Going to the Olympics was a dream come true’

KAREN BENNETT was part of the women’s eight which won an historic silver medal at Rio 2016 but had it not been for her seeing a TV ...

 

Wargrave Local History Society

MEMBERS visited Leander Club in Henley for their April meeting. The event began with an illustrated presentation on the 200-year ...

 

Living Advent Day 4: Thames Valley Chorus

The Thames Valley Chorus sang a mix of Christmas hits and traditional favourites for the fourth night of this year’s Henley Living ...

 

Rowers no longer have to worry about glare from water

ROWERS from Leander Club in Henley will no longer have to suffer glare from the water. Ninety-nine athletes and coaches from the club ...

 

Hippo exhibition date

THE date for an exhibition showcasing all 200 hippos made to commemorate Leander Club’s bicentenary has changed. The club’s Hip Hip ...

 

First World War serviceman with two regatta wins

THE story of a previously unknown Leander Club rower who died during the First World War has been revealed by an amateur historian. ...

 

Community art project to mark bicentenary

A COMMUNITY art project has been launched to celebrate the bicentenary of Leander Club in Henley. Two-hundred papier-mâché hippos — ...

 

Leander Club launches hippo art project

LEANDER Club has launched a community art project to celebrate 200 years since it was founded. Project Hip Hip Hooray will mark the ...

 

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