NEWS and REPORTS
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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
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HAVE YOU JUST GRADUATED AND LOOKING TO TAKE YOUR ROWING TO A HIGHER LEVEL?
The open door policy at Leander Club means that it has never been easier for recent graduates and gap year students to further their rowing careers towards the highest level. The club is open to male and female athletes in open and lightweight categories - the only real qualification is the will to succeed. As part of its future development the Club plans a residential assessment and trial period later in the summer. For further information choose a leaflet to download for recent graduates or gap year students and then get in touch with our Chief Coach, Mark Banks. |
Less than six months to go
1 February 12: With less than six months to go before the start of the London Olympics Leander athletes are gearing themselves up for some tough selection battles in the weeks ahead... more |
Mark Hunter honoured
30 January 12: Olympic and World champion Mark Hunter has been named rowing's Olympic Athlete of the Year for 2011 by the British Olympic Association. The Leander athlete received his award at Twickenham Stadium during the GB Rowing Team's annual team awards dinner... more
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Leander reigns supreme at Fours Head
7 November 11: Seven Leander crews finished in the Top Ten at the Fours Head - an unprecedented result which provided a fitting springboard for many of the club’s Olympians, who were racing in their club colours for the last time before London 2012. Report, pictures and crew lists here. |
Anna retains Wingfields title
28 October 11: Leander’s Anna Watkins added yet another trophy to her collection when she retained the Wingfield Sculls for the Amateur Championship of the Thames in London but Tom Solesbury had to settle for second place in the men's race. Report and pictures here. |
Leander athletes help GB to top medal table in Bled
4 September 11: The GB men's four regained the world title on the final day's racing in Bled. And when Olympic Champion Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase successfully defended their world title in the lightweight men's double scull it brought the GB medal tally to a record level. Crew lists, reports and photos here |
U23 gold for Emery in Amsterdam
25 July 11: Kieren Emery and his Oxford Brookes partner Pete Chambers are the new world champions in U23 lightweight men's pairs, while Will Satch and Tom Clark won bronze as members of the GB men's eight. |
Medals galore on the Lake of the Gods
11 July 11: Leander athletes were at the heart of the action last weekend in Lucerne, where Great Britain once again topped the medal table at the World Cup regatta with four golds, four silvers and two bronze. Crew lists, reports and photos here |
Six of the Best at Henley
3 July 11: With records falling like nine-pins at this year's Royal Regatta Leander athletes were able to match a record of their own. Six trophies against their name equalled the glorious season of 1991, when rowing stars like Messrs Redgrave, Pinsent and Cracknell were still very much in their ascendancy'. Crew lists, reports and photos here |
Kicking off the season in style in Munich
30 May 11: Leander athletes kicked off the international season in style at the first World Cup regatta of the season in Munich. Twenty returned with medals - four of them gold - to show for their efforts in helping Great Britain win the trophy for the most successful nation…more |
Trio of wins at windy Wallingford
2 May 11: Leander athletes made the best of their opening regatta of the season by taking three titles at Wallingford Regatta. But the day was marred by a stiff north-easterly breeze which later forced organisers to cancel the rest of the day’s programme. Report and photos are available here |
Watkins beats Grainger for second time at GB Trials
18 April: Leander’s Anna Watkins beat fellow world champion Katherine Grainger for the second time this season, and in men’s pairs Pete Reed and his Molesey partner Andy Triggs Hodge exerted their customary superiority ahead of Alex Gregory and Tom James. Full crew lists, photos and results are available here. |
Leander in command over Championship Course
3 April: Despite the loss of two of their seasoned internationals Leander regained the Head pennant over the Tideway course by a four second margin over Molesey. With the Leander lightweights and Senior crews also claiming their pennants it brought the Head season to a fitting climax. No other club has ever won the Fours, Eights and Womens Heads outright in the same season. Full story here |
Leander regain title at Women's Eights Head
19 March: The Leander women's eight took the Head pennant by 34 seconds over the Championship course on 19 March. Their time of 18 mins 7 secs was just 0.6 sec outside the record. The crew included Lou Reeve, Jo Cook, Emily Taylor, Ro Bradbury, Annie Vernon, Anna Watkins, Vicky Thornley, Katie Solesbury and cox Phelan Hill. |
Juniors squeeze home at Hampton Head
5 February 11: The Leander J18 quad took their event pennant by just 0.2 sec ahead of a Runcorn/GRange School composite. Racing in blustery conditions Ben Board, Nathan Devaux-Davey, Ed Rippon and Joe Guppy were the fastest of the five Leander junior crews competing over the 3000m course. |
Hart Perry 1933-2011
4 February 11: The Committee regrets to announce the death of Hart Perry after a short illness. A Life Member of Leander and long-serving committee member Hart was also a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta. Just two weeks before his death he was presented with the 2010 Distinguished Service to International Rowing award by FISA, the international rowing federation. The funeral will be held in the USA on 19 February 19 and a memorial service is planned for 11 am on Saturday 16 April 16 at St. Joseph's Chapel at Kent School, Connecticut, USA. |
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Michael Jones 1941-2011
29 January 11:The Committee regrets to announce the death of Michael Jones, a member of Leander since 1981. Michael was the club archivist and the author of several books on rowing and Henley Royal Regatta, where he served as a Chairman’s Assistant. A memorial service will be held at St Mary’s Church, Henley at 12 noon on Thursday 17 February, followed by refreshments at Leander. Dress code: Blazers and club ties.
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