World Champs, Shanghai
Leander athletes make up 28 of the 48-strong British Rowing squad representing Britain at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai from 21-28 Sept 2025.
This is a huge credit to the team here at Leander, where our raison d’être is to coach our athletes to make selection for the British team.
We will be showing the racing in the club where time differences allow. The World Rowing Championships will also be live streamed on WorldRowing.com. You can also follow the GB Rowing Team instagram for daily updates from China.
Leander athletes are listed in bold, below.
Women
W8+
Heidi Long, Eve Stewart, Lauren Irwin, Eleanor Brinkhoff, Juliette Perry, Amelia Standing, Jack Tottem (cox)
Women’s eight (W8+) Eleanor Brinkhoff (Leander Club) (Hometown: Cheltenham) Juliette Perry (Leander Club / Oxford University BC) (Hometown: Petersfield) Amelia Standing (Oxford University BC) (Hometown: Helsby, Cheshire) Martha Birtles (Oxford Brookes University BC / Oxford University BC) (Hometown: Rossendale, Lancashire) Lauren Irwin (Leander Club / Durham University / Chester-le-Street ARC) (Hometown: Peterlee, County Durham) Eve Stewart (Leander Club) (Hometown: Amsterdam) Heidi Long (Oxford University BC / Leander Club) (Hometown: Chalfont St. Peter) Megan Slabbert (Molesey BC) (Hometown: Richmond) Jack Tottem (cox) (Leander Club / Oxford University BC) (Hometown: Monmouth, Wales)
W4-
Heidi Long, Eve Stewart, Lauren Irwin
Women’s four (W4-) Lauren Irwin (Leander Club / Durham University / Chester-le-Street ARC) (Hometown: Peterlee, County Durham) Eve Stewart (Leander Club) (Hometown: Amsterdam) Heidi Long (Oxford University BC / Leander Club) (Hometown: Chalfont St. Peter) Megan Slabbert (Molesey BC) (Hometown: Richmond)
W4x
Lola Anderson, Hannah Scott, Becky Wilde, Sarah McKay
Women’s quadruple sculls (W4x) Sarah McKay (Leander Club / Grosvenor RC) (Hometown: Stockport) Hannah Scott (Bann RC / Leander Club) (Hometown: Coleraine, Northern Ireland) Lola Anderson (Leander Club / Newcastle University BC) (Hometown: Richmond) Rebecca Wilde (Leander Club / Bath University BC) (Hometown: Taunton)
W2-
Lizzie Witt
Women’s pair (W2-) Lizzie Witt (Leander Club / Imperial College BC) (Hometown: Richmond) Jade Lindo (Molesey BC / Twickenham RC) (Hometown: Molesey/Cranleigh, Surrey)
W2x
Cameron Nylan
Women’s double sculls (W2x) Lucy Glover (Edinburgh University BC / Warrington BC) (Hometown: Warrington) Cam Nyland (Leander Club) (Hometown: Warrington)
Men
M8+
Will Stewart, Matthew Rowe, Archie Drummond, Miles Beeson
Men’s eight (M8+) Will Stewart (Newcastle University BC) (Hometown: Esher, Surrey) Archie Drummond (Leander Club) (Hometown: Twickenham) David Bewicke-Copley (Oxford Brookes University BC) (Hometown: Lutterworth, Leicestershire) Fergus Woolnough (Oxford Brookes University BC) (Hometown: Gloucester) Miles Beeson (Leander Club) (Hometown: Aberdeen) Sam Nunn (Oxford Brookes University BC) (Hometown: Bexleyheath) Matt Aldridge (Christchurch RC) (Hometown: Christchurch, Dorset) Matt Rowe (Leander Club / Oxford Brookes University BC) (Hometown: Teddington, Middlesex) Will Denegri (cox) (Oxford Brookes University BC) (Hometown: Windsor)
M4-
Dan Graham, James Robson, Douwe de Graaf
Men’s four (M4-) Dan Graham (Leander Club) (Hometown: Newcastle) James Robson (Cambridge University BC / Leander Club) (Hometown: Bury St Edmunds and Newcastle) George Bourne (Cambridge University BC) (Hometown: Cambridge) Douwe de Graaf (Cambridge University BC / Leander Club) (Hometown:London)
M4x
Rory Harris, Cedol Dafydd
Men’s quadruple sculls (M4x) Cedol Dafydd (Leander Club / Bath University BC) (Hometown: Bangor, North Wales) Callum Dixon (Twickenham RC) (Hometown: Tower Hamlets, London) Matt Haywood (Nottingham RC / Burton Leander RC) (Hometown: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire) Rory Harris (Leander Club / Reading University BC) (Hometown: Virginia Water, Surrey)
M2-
James Vogel, Harry Geffen
Men’s pair (M2-) James Vogel (Leander Club) (Hometown: Pinner, London) Harry Geffen (Leander Club / Yale University) (Hometown: London).jpg
M2x
Tobias Schroder
Men’s double sculls (M2x) Aidan Thompson (Twickenham RC / University of Surrey BC) (Hometown: Woking, Surrey) Tobias Schröder (Leander Club / Oxford University BC) (Hometown: Nottingham)
M1x
Tom Barras
Men’s single sculls (M1x) Tom Barras (Burway RC / Leander Club) (Hometown: Staines)
Reserves
Jamie Gare, Josh Bowesman-Jones
Men’s reserves Joshua Bowesman-Jones (Leander Club) (Hometown: Derby) Jamie Gare (Leander Club / City of Cambridge RC) (Hometown: Haverhill, Suffolk) James Doran (Oxford University BC) (Hometown: London)
Louise Kingsley, British Rowing Director of Performance said: “We have had a strong start to the LA cycle topping the medal table at the European Rowing Championships and winning the overall World Rowing Cup, but now we’re at the business end of the season and expect to meet some fierce competition in China as we face crews from across the world.”
Photos thanks to Izzy Cooper for British Rowing
