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Join an Irish night on Zoom
7.30 - 9.00 pm Thursday 2nd July 2020 With the likelihood of a slow return to normality from these strange times and, even then, perhaps to a ‘new normal’ we have not experienced before, it is time to launch 'Irish Night - Regatta 2020'. The Irish Night was instigated...
Remembering Our Members May 2020
PAUL BIRCHER ELECTED 19471928 – 2019 Paul started rowing at Radley and continued at Christ’s Cambridge where he rowed in three consecutive winning Boat Race crews from 1948 -1950. Paul was elected CUBC President in 1949 and having swapped sides to row at 5, he led the...
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
When I was elected to Leander Club over 50 years ago (scary thought) I was very proud to become a member of such a prestigious organisation with such a wonderful history. However, looking back at that time - the sixties - I now recognise that both British Rowing and...
Message from the President
After one of the worst ever winters for rowing - the majority of the Heads cancelled because of high river flows all over the country - this should be a pivotal moment for our Club, our rowers, our staff and all our members. The clocks change this weekend and we...
OLYMPIC TRIALS
The 2020 GB Rowing Olympic team took their first big steps to gain selection for Tokyo this weekend. A total of 45 Leander athletes raced at the Redgrave and Pinsent Lake in Caversham, all vying for the chance to impress Head Coach Jurgen Grobler. On Friday evening,...
WOMEN’S EIGHTS HEAD OF THE RIVER 2020
The Women’s Eights Head of The River race had to be cancelled on Saturday 7th March due to the fast river conditions on the famous tideway course from Mortlake to Putney. Thankfully a few of the leading women’s rowing programs came together to organise a last-minute...
LADIES’ SPRING LUNCH 2020
Thursday 7th May 202012 noon for 12.30 pm Tickets include a welcome drink and three-course lunch. Payment is required at time of booking. We will hold an auction and raffle during the lunch. Half the proceeds will be used to help rising young athletes at Leander and...
OLYMPIC TRIALS
The priority of Leander Club’s High Performance centre is to develop talented athletes and prepare them for each stage of GB trials in order to help them to gain selection to row for Great Britain. In this all-important Olympic year Leander Club have achieved an...
Leander at Huntercombe Golf Club
Tuesday 9th June 2020 - CANCELLED The fourth Leander Golf Day will take place at Huntercombe Golf Club on Tuesday 9th June 2020. The plan will be to convene at the clubhouse at 8.45am for coffee and a Bacon Roll. We will tee off from 9.15am, playing in three balls in...
