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Teen kickboxer eyes Team GB after two world titles

A TEENAGER who has become a world kickboxing champion wants to compete for Team GB at the Olympics. Fionn Maher, 14, from Binfield Heath, began competing in November 2023 and has gone on to win 13 of medals. Then, in August last year, he became a...

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First woman umpire of Boat Race on traditional course

FORMER Olympic rower Sarah Winckless is set to become the first woman to umpire the Men’s Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on its traditional Tideway course. Winckless, 51, who is a member of Henley Rowing Club, will officiate the world-famous race in...

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New Year honours for rowers and former MP

SIX people from Henley have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list. Businessman and former politician Tim Eggar and Paralympic rowing champion Erin Kennedy, of Leander Club, were both awarded an OBE. Three other Leander athletes, who won...

School places agreed

Twelve hours of fitness classes raise £2,000 for charity

First look at designs for new community arts project

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Knitted topper that captures cox’s gold medal celebration

Golden girl Erin leads her crew to Paralympic glory

Care home residents compete in accessible games

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Olympic champion nips home for haircut

A ROWER from Henley came home for a haircut before travelling back to Paris for the Olympic closing ceremony. Rory Gibbs, 30, who lives in Greys Road, sat in the second seat of the men’s eight as they powered to win gold for Team GB. Following the...

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THREE Henley rowers won gold during an historic women’s quad sculls final at the Olympic Games in Paris. Leander Club’s Georgie Brayshaw, Hannah Scott and club captain Lola Anderson were in the crew with Lauren Henry that beat the Dutch crew by just...

Teen kickboxer eyes Team GB after two world titles

First woman umpire of Boat Race on traditional course

New Year honours for rowers and former MP

School places agreed

First look at designs for new community arts project

Our Heroes

Knitted topper that captures cox’s gold medal celebration

Golden girl Erin leads her crew to Paralympic glory

Care home residents compete in accessible games

Olympic champion nips home for haircut

Tributes to Henley pub landlord who ‘made customers feel valued’

Newly refurbished tearoom at a National Trust site in Henley re-opened

'It's like driving on roads in a third world country'

Father and daughter duo close popular Watlington bakery

Flood warnings remain in place as River Thames levels continue to rise

Henley Rowing Club’s GB junior eight triumph

Car park pothole which exposed mains wires deemed safe by council

Soaring menace of potholes on Henley roads exposed

Bid launched to turn former River and Rowing Museum into “future-facing” community hub

Henley demonstrator "vindicated" after Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful

Thames Valley Police new taskforce to help combat dangerous driving and 'save lives'

Let's get down to business: Pub landlord who cares for customers in need

Children’s cancer charity opens holiday retreat in memory of teenager Charlie Ilsley

Biker hits crater and cracks rib on road in Henley