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Wallingford Head
Wallingford Head took place on Sunday 27th November on the beautiful Wallingford stretch of the River Thames. Leander had two men's crews racing in the morning division with the women's squad and a men's gap year crew in the afternoon. Both the Leander crews raced...
The Fours Head – race report
The Fours Head of the River took place last Saturday and with wins across the board, Leander Club proved their strength again. Leander had nine crews competing in open events as well as two in the junior men's category, racing from Chiswick Bridge to Putney pier, over...
Student ergo champs for novices
Students from across Wokingham state secondary schools are being invited to compete at a Leander Club ergo championships next month. A total of 90 pupils from Year 9 and Year 10 (aged 13-15) are set to race at the event, which is due to be held at Waingels College in...
GB Trials Race Report
With two full trailers and 57 athletes eager to show what they could do, Leander set off for a busy weekend in Boston, Lincolnshire. The trial was over two days starting with a 2k ergo test for all athletes on the Saturday. Leander athletes performed well on the ergo...
WINGFIELD SCULLS FOR SEB
The 27th of October saw racing for the 2022 Wingfield Sculls on the Tideway Championship Course. This is an event that is steeped in history, dating back to its first race in 1830, with many famous winners in British sculling folklore. Today Seb Deveraux of Leander...
Head of Charles victory
Women’s crew victorious at HOCR 2022; Men’s crew in fantastic fifth!
Lensday Needs You!
Nearly fifty years ago a member by the name of Len Habbitts, who was well known for his sculling in the Diamond Sculls in the 1930s and for competing in Tideway Scullers Head, decided that the Club needed to promote rowing activity amongst some of the older members of...
VICTORY AT WORLD CHAMPS
Great Britain finished top of the 2022 World Rowing Championships medal table with 12 medals in total. This is a fantastic achievement and Leander Club would like to congratulate all the GB athletes, coaches and support staff involved. 18 Leander athletes raced at...
DINE WITH OLYMPIANS
Join us for a fascinating dinner talk with Olympians Vicky Thornley and Jack Beaumont on Friday, 28th October. Vicky and Jack will share what it’s like to be at the Olympics – from first going to the ‘village’, to race day, and prize-giving. They will talk for...
ANNUAL ROWING DINNER
The Leander Club Rowing Dinner will be held this year on Saturday 19th November. This is for Full Members only, no guests. Dress: Black TieTime: 6.30pm for drinks, 7.15pm for dinnerCost: £45 to include welcome drink and dinnerBooking: Call us on...
Mexican feast night
Raise a toast to Mexico’s Day of the Dead with an informal Mexican Feast Night on Thursday 10th November. This is a very relaxed event. You’ll be served sharing platters of everything Mexican – from soft shell tacos to tostados, enchiladas and quesadillas. Bring your...
GLOW and Beer Party
Are you a beers and beatboxing kind of après-skier, or is it all about the mulled wine for you? We’re looking forward to the return of GLOW winter music festival, taking place in our heated stretch tent on the Leander Club lawn. It all kicks off with a Bavarian Beer...
Yoga with Maddy
The wonderful Maddy Rothschild is bringing a new Vinyasa Yoga class to Leander Club and we're delighted! Starting from Monday 3rd October at 8am, Maddy will be leading an energising yoga class in the dining room overlooking the Thames. Best view in Henley. Start the...
World Champs, Racice
SATURDAY 24TH / 25th SEPTEMBER: Leander will be showing the live racing of finals in the club bar. Come along and support our athletes! Saturday A finals start at 1234 and run until 1426 Sunday A finals start at 1205 and run until 1359 The rowing World Championships...
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Leander Club President, Mike Sweeney said: "The Members, Athletes and Staff of Leander Club have learnt with great sadness of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We join the nation in mourning for the passing of this exceptional monarch. We remember her...
Fine Dining Menu plus Wine Pairings
We're delighted to say that our new Member Service and Operations Manager, Will Kuhl, is something of an expert when it comes to wine. Will has carefully selected wine pairings to accompany our next Fine Dining Evening on Wednesday 31 August. These events are always...
U23 Worlds: Race Report
L-R: Phoebe Campbell, Lauren Carey, Georgie Robinson Ranger, Lettie Cabot At the recent U23 World Championships in Varese, Italy, Leander athletes produced amazing performances. All six Leander women returned with a medal. To kickstart the medal haul,...
New Kanghua quad
Leander’s cadet group recently took delivery of a brand-new Kanghua KX quad. The KX is the top-of-the-range Kanghua, using the very latest in pre-preg carbon technology – not only for the hull, but the bow-mounted wing riggers too. This boat has a new design of rigger...
Illuminated Boat Parade
Leander Club is delighted to support The Illuminated Boat Parade, to be held between Fawley Meadows and the Leander on the evening of the 24th September. Now the organisers are looking to our Members to get involved. Penny Palermo, event organiser said: "If you have...
HRR 2022: Race report
Photo credit Robert Treharne Jones In what was a record year for Henley Royal Regatta, Leander Club brought home four victories: The Prince of Wales, The Ladies' Plate, The Rememham and The Grand! Finals day saw Leander club-based crews racing in four events. The...
Henley Women’s Regatta race report
Photo thanks to Felix Dieu The weekend saw the return of the Leander Women’s squad to Henley Women’s Regatta. Leander had a total of 35 athletes in eight different crews, entered across five different Championship events. Five of these crews reached the finals on...
Vineyard picnic package
What could be more appealing than spending an August afternoon wine tasting on vineyard slopes high above circling red kites, followed by a luxury Leander Club picnic? Leander Club has joined forces with Fairmile Vineyard to offer our Members the chance to go on an...
RACE REPORT: THE MET
Leander Club's development squad raced at The Met Regatta at Dorney Lake recentlyThe M8+ of Tom Ballinger, Nick Farrell, Dmytro Mikhai, Ryan Todhunter, James Vogel, James Robson, Dan Graham, Peter Lanchashire coxed by Wilf Le Brocq, took the win in the Championship...
Life after rowing: networking event
Athletes and Members are invited to a free networking event at Leander on Tuesday 7 June. The relaxed event is part of Leander’s careers programme which helps athletes transition out of sport and in to the world of work. Alice Baatz, former squad athlete is hosting...
JUBILEE PARTY AND FETE: THURSDAY 2 JUNE
You are invited to Leander Club's Jubilee garden party and fete on the extra bank holiday, Thursday 2 June, from midday to 11pm. Your soundtrack to the day will be live music from three upbeat bands, the pop of bottles of Leander Pink and the sizzle from the famous...
RACE REPORT: GHENT
The Leander squads raced in Ghent, Belgium this weekend. A total of 47 athletes made the trip to race, with racing over two days covering two separate regattas giving all athletes lots of opportunity to race and test their speed in the early phases of the...
Race report: Wallingford Regatta
After a long tough winter of training, our first domestic regatta of the season finally arrived for our development squad athletes based at the club. Wallingford Regatta was raced at Dorney Lake on Sunday 1st May and Leander travelled in force with 10 crews...
Ukrainian Olympian joins squad
Leander Club has warmly welcomed Ukrainian Dmytro Mikhai to the squad.
Race report: Leander at GB Trials
This weekend saw the return of British Rowing April trials for the first time since 2019. Forty-nine Leander Club athletes were invited to trial for Senior and U23 GBR representation. Racing on Saturday started with a time trial and then moved to semi-finals which...
Who was Titan of the Thames?
Hear about the extraordinary life of Leander Club's Lord Desborough at a talk to be given by his biographer Sandy Nairne on Friday May 20th at 7pm, followed by dinner. Email bookings@leander.co.uk to reserve your spot. William Grenfell (1855-1945), later Lord...
E-bikes welcome at Leander CC
Is the open road calling you? Join Leander Cycling Club for just £26/year. This newly reduced rate is thanks to the Leander committee which has agreed to part-fund the club for 2022. Riders of all levels are welcome and e-bikes are encouraged! Rides are...
Race report: Head of the River
Leander’s squad boated three eights into this year’s Head of The River race on Saturday 26th March. The course is raced in reverse of the upcoming boat Race course starting at Chiswick and finishing 4 1/4 miles downstream in Putney. Preparation for this race was...
Club to open seven days a week from May
Leander Club will be open to Members every day of the week from Sunday May 1st. Monday and Tuesday: midday - 11pm Wednesday to Saturday: 7:30am - 11pm Sunday: 8am - 4pm When the weather is fair, we will be serving drinks from the outside bar only. We’ll open up...
Deck Opening Party – Saturday 7 May
Celebrate the start of the summer season at our annual Deck Opening Party from midday to 11pm! Dig in to our delicious summer grazing menu, with live music, freshly baked pizzas and views down the Regatta course - what could be better? Our covered outdoor bar will be...
Race report: Women’s Eights Head of the River
The return of the Women’s Eights Head of the River since its last race in 2018, saw 266 crews race from Chiswick to Putney, a 6.8km course.For the first time in its history, Leander fielded four women’s eights. The Leander A boat, steered by Morgan...
