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Leander captain heads New Year rowing honours
31 December 08: Double Olympic gold medallist Steve Williams is one of five Leander members to receive honours in recognition of the GB performance in Beijing. Full details here. |
Competition sizzles at Turkey Sculls
22 December 08: Ian Lawson, Tom Wright, Graham Hall and Tommy Burton won the Copas Christmas turkeys after a morning of competition where the excitement featured a dead-heat, two re-rows, and defeat for Olympic champion Mark Hunter. Pictures here. |
Bateman tests Olympic champion in Boston
22 December 08: Leander's Marcus Bateman put in an exceptional performance at the weekend when he pushed Olympic gold medalist Andy Triggs-Hodge to a 0.05sec verdict at the December leg of GB trials. Report and results from Boston here.
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Four crews in Top Ten at at Fours Head
9 November 08: Four crew pennants, including another win for Olympian Debbie Flood, was the overall tally for Leander at the Fours Head, where the club placed four crews among the top 10 finishers and won the new lightweight quads event just six seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Full report, results and crew lists available here.
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Drysdale and Hosking win Wingfields
31 October 08: Former world champion Mahe Drysdale of Tideway Scullers took a second successive victory in yesterday's Wingfield Sculls, while Leander's Katie Greves and Tina Stiller were beaten to the line by London's Sophie Hosking in the women's race. |
Lawson supreme at Boston trials
27 October 08: Ian Lawson, who won the Diamonds title at this year's Henley, put in a winning performance at the weekend's opening round of senior GB trials. Louisa Rowbotham was second in the women's event while Jane Hall took third in the lightweights. Report and Leander results here. |
Recent deaths of Members
26 October 08: The Committee regrets to announce the recent deaths of three Members. The funeral service for Bill Wallace, former boatman at Shiplake College, will be held at 12 noon on Friday 31 October at Shiplake Parish Church and afterwards at the College. A memorial service for David Chipp, former Editor-in Chief of the Press Association and Henley Steward will be held at 11am on 20 November at St Bride's, Fleet Street, and afterwards at Stationers' Hall. A memorial service for David Parry, former GB international and Henley Steward, will be held St Mary's, Henley at 3pm on 4 December and afterwards at Leander Club.
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European silver for GB women's eight
21 September 08: Three Leander athletes brought home silver medals from the European Championships in Greece but there was disappointment for Olympic silver medallist Debbie Flood, who finished fifth in the double scull. Race reports and crew details here. |
GB top Olympic medal table
17 August 08: Gold medals for the men's four and lightweight double, and silvers for the men's eight and women's quad all helped to place Britain at the top of the rowing medal table and create the best Olympic rowing results for 100 years. Race reports, pictures and crew details here. |
So near and yet so far for GB lightweight women
27 July 08: Despite their best efforts the British lightweight women's quad finished just out of the medal zone in fourth place in today's A final, in which Australia took gold ahead of Poland and the USA. Full crew lists, results and race reports here.
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Record nine golds at the Nationals
20 July 08: Leander had their best ever day at the National Championships, where their total of nine gold medals included a clean sweep in the men's heavyweight events, as well as the women's fours and the lightweight men's pairs. Full crew lists, results and race reports here. |
Second under-23 bronze for Burkitt
20 July 08: A second successive bronze medal for Charlie Burkitt in the GB men's pair was part of the British medal haul of one gold, a silver and three bronze in Brandenburg. Full GB crew lists here. |
Record Henley for Leander!
7 July 08: A record twenty-four Leander athletes won medals at this year's Henley, where the club won five trophies, including the Ladies', the Thames and the Diamonds. Full reports of all the day's races, with pictures and crew listings in our special Regatta section here.
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Golden hat trick for lightweight double in Poznan
22 June 08: A third successive gold for Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase in the lightweight double, and a win for Anna Bebington in the women's double were the highlights at the World Cup regatta in Poznan, where fourteen Leander athletes helped towards the British medal haul of four gold, a silver and two bronze. Race reports, results and crew lists here. |
Women's pair qualifies for Beijing
18 June 08: Lou Reeve, partnered by Olivia Whitlam, became the latest Leander athlete to qualify for the Beijing Olympics when she finished in second place behind France at the Olympic qualification regatta in Poland. |
Gold for lightweight double in Lucerne
1 June 08: With nine Leander athletes winning medals in Lucerne the star performance came from former captain Mark Hunter, who notched up a second successive gold medal with Zac Purchase in the lightweight double. Race reports, results and crew lists here. |
Six golds for Leander athletes in Munich
13 May 08: Six Leander athletes won gold medals at this weekend's opening World Cup regatta in Munich, where the GB women's quad, men's four, double and lightweight double all won convincingly. It was part of a total British haul of 5 golds and 3 silver, which won them the first World Cup winners trophy, clear leaders of the points table, as they now prepare for the second regatta at Lucerne in three weeks time. Race reports, crews and results here. |
Clean sweep at Wallingford
7 May 08: Leander athletes, sponsored by Invesco Perpetual, kicked off their season in exceptional style at Wallingford regatta last weekend, winning all seven events they entered and setting themselves up for a great season ahead. |
Dream result for Leander
15 March 08: Leander, sponsored by Invesco Perpetual, took first and third place in the Head of the River race today to keep chief coach Mark Banks' plan right on course for entries in three different eights events at this year's Royal Regatta. Race report, crew lists, photos and results here. |
Battle in Belgium as Beijing beckons
5 March 08: The battle for places in Olympic boats in Beijing moves up another step this weekend when more than thirty Leander athletes take part in the final leg of GB Senior Trials in Hazewinkel, Belgium. More details here. |
Leander Member still youngest ever British Olympian
29 February 08: The news that Tom Daley, the boy wonder of British diving, might stake a claim as the youngest-ever British Olympic athlete, came as a surprise to Leander's Ken Lester, who was almost ten months younger than Daley when he competed in the Rome Olympics in 1960. Full story here. |
GB pull ahead at FISA Team Cup in Seville
17 February 08: Eleven Leander athletes were among the eight winning GB crews in Seville this weekend where the Andalucian capital hosted its traditional two-day international event on the Guadalquivir River. Crew lists, results and details here |
Spring Head season kicks off
16 February 08: The Leander development eight kicked off their Spring season with fourth place at the Trent Head. The Cambridge Blue Boat won with a convincing 15 second margin ahead of Goldie, while Oxford Brookes were third. Full results here. |
