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Annual Dinner 2024
Our Annual Dinner for Full Members is a very special night and a chance to play 'spot the Olympian'! We were delighted to gather on Saturday 16 November for an evening in the very best company. Leander Members have a unique bond of respect and friendship that spans...
Titan of the Thames
Report by Irene Hewlett, Leander Club Librarian On Thursday 14 November, Sandy Nairne and Peter Williams, authors of the meticulously researched book on Lord Desborough, Titan of the Thames visited Leander Club to talk about their book. The talk was well attended by...
Team of the Year
The GB Rowing Team’s Olympic squad have been voted Team of the Year 2024 by members of the Sports Journalists' Association. The award follows a stand-out cycle, which saw the GB Rowing Team deliver its best ever overseas Olympic Games, winning three gold, two silver...
HRH The Princess Royal
We are honoured to announce that HRH The Princess Royal has graciously accepted the Patronage of Leander Club for an initial period of three years. This follows the esteemed patronage of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who served as the Club's Patron from 14 December...
GB Trials Boston
After the success of 25 Leander athletes in Paris, it was now the turn of the next generation to show what they can do at the first British Rowing Trials of the new Olympiad. A total of 50 athletes travelled to Boston. Plenty of athletes finished on Saturday with...
Head of the Charles
Leander Women win two events at The Head of the Charles 2024 For the second time in three years, the Leander women took overall win in the Women's Championship 8+ event. Seven Olympic medallists returned to Leander to race in their club colours. The crew was...
Pairs Head 2024
Congratulations to our Junior squad on their strong early season showing at Pairs Head of the River on Saturday. The victorious J18 crew of Ziggy Vizgirda and Willem van den Eerenbeemt took the win by 2.6s over Wycliffe College, on a day of challenging stream...
Olympic and Paralympic Parade
All photos were kindly taken by AllMarkOne. To purchase copies direct, please click here. Henley sports fans turned out in the rain to officially welcome home the GB Olympic rowing squad and watch a row past and open top bus parade around town, before attending an...
If Not Now, When?
Last Thursday 5 September, Greg Searle, winner of rowing medals at three different Olympic Games over a period of 20 years came to Leander Club to talk about the book he wrote about his journey as an Olympic rower. The book is titled If Not Now, When? and was well...
