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JUNIOR ERGO CHAMPS
Nearly 70 pupils from across Wokingham state secondary schools took part in a Leander Club ergo championships recently. Leander Club’s High Performance Talent ID coach Jonathan Jackson ('JJ') arranged the event as part of the club’s outreach programme which works to...
Leander’s drive to increase female coaches
Leander Club has committed to help increase the numbers of female rowing coaches in the UK, by sponsoring 11 of its athletes to qualify as British Rowing coaches. Only 10% of coaching positions within the high-performance sports community in the UK are held by...
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...
Festive opening hours
The Club will be closed in the evening of 22nd December; also from 6pm on 24th December to 6pm on 31st December 2022. We are open on 31st December for the New Year's Eve Dickensian Feast. We are then closed from 1st-3rd January 2023. Normal service resumes on the 4th...
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!
