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Henley Royal Regatta 2024: Day four

Henley Royal Regatta 2024: Day four

11.35amThames Rowing Club beat Upper Thames Rowing Club in The Wyfold Challenge Cup semi-final for the club men’s four in a time of six minutes and 54 seconds by two lengths. The race judge said Thames led from the start and “prevailed” over a...

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...

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Olympians make surprise return at regatta

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 Prince of Wales Challenge Cup for quadruple...

Leander crew sets a new Head of River Race record

Leander crew sets a new Head of River Race record

Heroes return

Heroes return

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Leander housekeeper turns down her last bed for rowers

Leander housekeeper turns down her last bed for rowers

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

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

Olympians grateful for support from ‘home of rowing’

Olympians grateful for support from ‘home of rowing’

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

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. The Games were postponed in March last year for the first time in the event’s history, but are set to go ahead...

Leander seeks permission to replace ‘dilapidated’ decking

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. The work would involve installing a new upper and lower deck. Leander is located within the Remenham and Henley...

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Brakspear chief executive Tom Davies (left) with William Dobson

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

WILLIAM Dobson, known as Bill, was for more than 40 years a familiar and respected figure in Henley.

A former rowing coach says his mental health had suffered after being wrongfully banned from the sport.

Richard Spratley (right) alongside Sir Steve Redgrave and Henry Bailhache

Former rowing coach's mental health suffered after wrongful ban

Richard Spratley, 64, was sanctioned by British Rowing in September for alleged failings during his tenure as director of rowing at Oxford Brookes University Boat Club.

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

Biker hits crater and cracks rib on road in Henley

Car park pothole which exposed mains wires deemed safe by council

Henley demonstrator "vindicated" after Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful

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

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

Henley Mayor's message of peace for revellers at club night

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

Memorial bench fundraiser for popular figure known as “Mayor of Wargrave”

Two Ukrainian women reflect on moving to the UK four years after the Russian invasion

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