A few weeks ago I was contacted by a past club member to ask if anyone from the 1976 Thames Cup crew were still involved with the club. Tony Richardson was reminiscing about the club’s almost win of the Thames Challenge cup at HRR in 1976 having found the race televised and on YouTube. Happily, I was able to put him in contact with club Vice President Ian Pankhurst. I then arranged to meet up with Ian to learn more about the race and the build up to it. Build up to 1976 Ian had been a...

Henley Rowing Club athletes enjoyed an outstanding weekend at the British Rowing Masters Championships in Nottingham, returning home with an impressive haul of medals across a range of events. Leading the way was the club’s C Quadruple Sculls crew of Tom Jost, Jack Barrett, John Gelling and Nick Friend, who produced a commanding performance to take gold. Despite John battling a stomach bug throughout the regatta, the crew raced superbly to defeat the reigning champions by six seconds. There...

Henley Rowing Clubs J13, 14 and 15 squads raced at the two day Walton and Weybridge regatta held on the weekend of 6 and 7 June. For a change a nice traditional river regatta raced over a 1000m on the Walton stretch of the river. On Saturday J15 boys crew of Noah Cottam, Jack Elliott, Will Askin, Charlie Chapman, Rohan Shanker, Henry Featherstone, Jonathon Paine, Edward Jones, cox Sinan Girgin. raced in an eight against St George’s in a straight final winning a close race by a canvas. The J15...