Saturday, 06 September 2025

Thrilling three days with Olympians (and families)

OLYMPIC fever gripped the French fans as the Stade de France turned into a karaoke sing-along, the kayak cross made its Games debut in ...

 

Pair complete 108-mile canoe race through night

TWO friends took part in a 21-hour canoe race over the Easter weekend. Laurence Plant, 36, from Henley, and Julian Glasspole, 60, from ...

 

Henley Living Advent Calendar night 15: WotJam at the Eyot Centre

A JAZZ band was the surprise on night 15 of the Henley Living Advent Calendar. WotJam, a group of musicians from Whitchurch-on-Thames, ...

 

This time rag regatta has perfect weather for punting

MORE than 100 people competed in Wargrave Boat Club’s postponed rag regatta on Sunday. There were 79 races across the day, including ...

 

Slipway installed

A METAL slipway has been installed at Wargrave Boating Club. It replaces an old wooden one, which had become unreliable. The new ...

 

Rag regatta

THIS year’s Wargrave rag regatta will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at Wargrave Boating Club from 9am. New events this year will include ...

 

Families enjoy themselves on river before thunderstorm

ABOUT 80 families took part in Wargrave Boating Club’s fun day on Sunday. Children and adults took rowing dinghies, Canadian canoes ...

 

Locks shut for repairs

LOCK closures on the River Thames are taking place to allow for maintenance work. The Environment Agency carries out the work each ...

 

Henley Canoe Club

MEMBERS of Henley Canoe Club took their first trip of the new year to Honey Street in Wiltshire on Saturday, January 25. They met at ...

 

Elmbridge take marathon honours in top two divisions

HENLEY hosted the Hasler marathon series race on Sunday at the Eyot Centre on Wargrave Road where 200 paddlers competed in 160 boats. ...

 

Atkins crowned world champion by narrow margin

IT took Reading Canoe Club’s Dan Atkins just 36.835 seconds to power down the 200 metre course at Pitesti in Romania and win gold and ...

 

I feared for my life, says kayaker

A LORRY driver paddled 184 miles from the source of the River Thames to the Thames Barrier in a kayak to raise money for the Thames ...

 

Teenage kayaker paddles 123 miles down Thames

A TEENAGE boy from Henley completed a 123-mile kayaking challenge along the River Thames. Elliot Fielder, 15, set off from Lechlade in ...

 

Canoeists will spend Easter on 125-mile charity paddle

A MAN from Henley is to make his second attempt at paddling 125 miles across Britain in a canoe for charity. Chris Bishop will set off ...

 

County rivals do double in opening Southern Region series event

THE first race of the 2017/18 Southern Region Hasler Series was hosted by Henley Canoe Club at the Eyot Centre on Sunday. Cool, dry ...

 

Wheel done

Paralympic champion Jeanette Chippington has been given £500 by Henley Lions Club to help pay for upgrades to her wheelchair. ...

 

Henley Canoe Club

MEMBERS were in Henley market place on Saturday to help promote national GoCanoeing week and raise awareness of the club’s activities. ...

 

GB paddlers shine at Hungary world championships

PEPPARD kayaker Sam Kirschstein Smith helped break an English junior record at the junior world championships in Szeged, Hungary. ...

 

GB paddlers shine at Hungary world championships

PEPPARD kayaker Sam Kirschstein Smith helped break an English junior record at the junior world championships in Szeged, Hungary. ...