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New Year’s Eve Feast & Fireworks
New Year's Eve Feast Friday 31st December 7pm – midnight Welcome in 2022 with a feast of a dinner at Leander Club The evening is designed with foodies in mind! We’ll have an extravagant array of tempting hot and cold platters and dishes for you to try – from...
Fours Head 2021 Report
On the 13th November, Leander took 13 crews to the Fours Head of the river. This was the first time the event had run since 2019 and a total of 410 crews were entered in this year's event. The field was led by Leander’s top quad, who were the first to cross the line,...
GB Long Distance Trials
Leander Club had 42 athletes racing at the GB Long Distance Trials this weekend in Boston Lincolnshire. The trial weekend consisted of a 2k ergo test on the Saturday and a 5k time trial on the water in pairs and singles, on the Sunday. The 2k ergo tests went well for...
Christmas Menu 2021
Christmas Dining We have two menus this December - both of which are shown below The first runs 1st - 23rd December* The second is a special Christmas Eve lunch Members can also book tables for our New Year's Eve feast on 31st December Book a Table available...
Bavarian Winter Beer Festival 2021
Saturday 11th December From midday to midnight Hosted by Glow Henley, we are planning to make this as authentic as we can – so come, grab a stein and join in the fun! We'll have an 8 piece oompah band and plenty of room for all - Members, their guests and non-Members,...
Leander Cycling Club
monthly team rides, racing, training camps in Majorca and more Members, their friends & family are invited to join the Leander Cycling Club It's aimed at enthusiasts, who want to train and/or ride with others. You can join in as little or as often as you like...
Upper Thames Autumn Head
Race report Sunday 31st October - Leander Club had two development crews racing in the Upper Thames Autumn Head. Both our crews were racing in Eights made up of athletes who are not attending GB trials in Boston, next weekend. First up to race the 3000m upstream...
Wingfield Sculls 2021
Leander Club had 3 scullers racing in today’s 191st Wingfield Sculls. The course starts at Putney and finishes at Chiswick racing side by side over the famous boat race course. Up first in the women’s race, Leander had two entries, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw....
Annual Dinner 2021
(Please note we are holding a second Annual Dinner on 1st December with guest speaker Jack Beaumont - learn more) SATURDAY 13TH NOVEMBER - fully booked Our guest speaker will be Ben Hunt-Davis We are pleased to announce that this year's Annual Club Dinner will be held...
New rowing coach joins the team
Richard Chambers becomes assistant women's coach Richard is a three-time Olympic athlete, Olympic silver medallist and world champion, who also rowed for Leander Club after graduating from university, until his retirement in 2017. He then went on to coach at Cambridge...
LEANDER GOLD AT THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS & join the heroes’ return party
Tokyo 2020 A huge congratulations goes to Leander Club's Erin Kennedy who has just become a Gold medallist in the PR3 Mixed coxed four with her crew mates Ellen, James, Olly, Giedre - well done on a fantastic win! Join the Heroes' Return celebrations Saturday...
HRR 2021 Results
Leander Club had a very successful Henley Royal Regatta The Club entered 18 crews into the Regatta and an impressive 12 Leander crews (44 athletes) then made it to the finals. On finals day, Leander were successful in 8 events with 37 athletes collecting a well earned...
Tokyo 2020 Leander Results
Congratulations to all our athletes in Tokyo To be celebrating Tokyo 2020 in 2021 says it all. The circumstances under which our athletes have been training over the last 18 months could never have been imagined when they began their respective Olympic journeys....
World U23 Championships
Racice, Czech Republic 7th -11th July Leander had an impressive 12 athletes selected to represent Great Britain at these Championships. Unfortunately, 6 of the 12 had to isolate after being in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid, so could not travel....
New coaching structure announced
Leander Club announce new coaching structure including Women’s and Men’s Chief Coaches Leander Club are delighted to announce the next steps in their commitment to developing rowing champions of the future whilst remaining at the forefront of British and world rowing....
12 Leander Club athletes selected for World U23 championships
Congratulations to the 12 Leander athletes who achieved selection to race in Racice, Czech Republic from 7-11July. Sadly the squad has had to be reduced in size after its initial selection, due to swift action taken by the British Rowing medical staff following the...
Henley Women’s Regatta 2021
It is with great sadness we announce that Leander Club will be withdrawing most of its crews from Henley Women’s Regatta this coming weekend. Unfortunately, some of our Club-based athletes were in contact with a person who later recorded a positive PCR test. To date,...
Marlow International Regatta 2021
Leander Club attended Marlow International Regatta in force on Saturday 19th June. Racing in 6 different events were both our men’s and women’s squads. First up to race were the Men’s 8+ of Charles Waite-Roberts, Bryn Ellery, Sam McKeown, Luke Green, Tom Ballinger,...
QUIZ NIGHT
THURSDAY 24TH JUNE 2021 6-9 PM Join us for a quiz and supper. Quiz entry is £2 per participant to be paid in cash on the day. Teams must be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6. We will be serving the deck menu for supper. Bookings can be made either over the phone on...
Met Regatta
The sun came out for us at Met Regatta this weekend and Leander Club attended the race in force with lots of athletes from our development squads taking part. The Regatta was held over two separate days with time trials and finals on each day in all events,...
World Cup III, Sabaudia, Italy
11 Leander development squad athletes were selected to race at the World Cup 3 in Sabaudia, Italy as part of the Project Paris group. For many of these athletes this was their first senior international selection. Also in attendance were Ali Brown and Morgan...
National Schools Regatta 2021
Dorney Lake was the venue for the eagerly awaited National Schools Regatta 2021. Junior athletes from all over the UK were excited to finally get racing again after the disappointment of last year's cancellation and the lack of events due to Covid. Leander Club had...
A Successful World Cup for Leander
We are pleased to report that it has been a successful World Cup II for our Leander Club athletes The report from British Rowing states: Great Britain Tops Medal Table at World Rowing Cup II It was an eventful and exciting final day of racing for Great Britain who...
Leander Club is now open
Club opening hours & access 7.30am – 11pm Wednesday – Saturday 8.00am – 4pm Sunday Members can now use the Club as normal – for coffee, meetings, work, drinks & dining We recommend booking for breakfast, lunch or dinner, as the Club is very busy and this will...
OUTDOOR FINE DINING IN JUNE
THURSDAY 17TH JUNE 2021 Following our successful outdoor dining event last September, we are pleased to host the next event on our new decking. Vas and the team will prepare a selection of tasty dishes, served in bowls over a two hour period These will include some...
GB CLOSED TRIAL – Dorney Lake
It was fantastic to be racing again after a very difficult year for everyone. Leander had 26 senior and u23 club based athletes from our development squad invited to trial across all 4 catagories in this invitational only event. The format was slightly different to...
FITNESS CLASS & SOCIETY ‘MEET & GREET’
2 – 4 PM SATURDAY 22 MAY 2021 Members are invited to come down to the Club garden & boat hard, between 2 and 4 pm to meet our personal training team. Please register your interest in attending the day here. You will be able to learn more about joining the...
GBRT Senior and U23 Open Trials
With high winds all week, we were delighted that on Saturday 22nd May, the weather allowed us to enjoy some racing at Caversham Lake. For many athletes, this was their first opportunity to race since last summer and Leander Club’s development squad were there in...
Deck opening party
SATURDAY 5TH JUNE 2021 from 12.30 until late FULLY BOOKED Live music throughout the day. Be one of the first to experience our new ‘River Deck’ with a restuarant, bar and a fire pit. With plenty of awnings over 115 seats, you and your guests will enjoy the view, come...
LEANDER GOLF DAY
TUESDAY 8TH JUNE 2021-FULLY BOOKED The Leander Golf Day will take place at Huntercombe Golf Club on Tuesday 8th June 2021 The plan will be to convene at the Huntercombe Clubhouse at 12.30pm for a cold buffet lunch. You should be dressed in golfing attire Drinks at the...
Leander re-opens April 16th
Leander Club will be open to Members & their guests from 12.00 Friday 16th April Alongside some novel new dining experiences, we are organising a number of different events to provide you with a Summer of ‘entertainment & music’ (all within the appropriate...
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Leander Club announces that Mark Banks will be leaving his post as Chief Coach of Leander Club with effect from 30th June 2021. Mark will be flexible with his exact departure date in order to cause the minimum disruption for our athletes and coaches. Mark has been...
NAME THE HIPPO COMPETITON
The amazing artist Mark Stoddart who created the famous hippo table needs help to give it a name He is inviting Members to help him. Please submit suggestions to Max Watson by email to members.events@leander.co.uk - stating the Hippo's name, the Member's name...
Thursday Talks Online for Members
UPCOMING ONLINE TALKS FOR MEMBERS – THURSDAYS AT 6PM To provide Members with some additional entertainment and information, during this lockdown, Leander Club is running a series of talks online. The talks take place at 6pm on Thursdays, starying with a session from...
LEANDER OFFERS LOCKDOWN FITNESS & YOGA CLASSES
Classes for Members - finish on Friday 5th March Lockdown is not the same as shut down, and in true Leander spirit, just as the athletes are still training hard, we are giving our Members the chance to join in too. From 11 January there'll be an online class each...
