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Leander Wine Club
Several members of Leander Club have suggested that we develop a wine club for the benefit of membership. Objectives would be to create a forum where those interested in enjoying wine together and learning more about it, can meet at the club to develop their wine...
Turkey Sculls
All Members are invited to watch the famous Turkey Sculls on Thursday 22nd December! We will be drawing the crews out of a hat in front of the crowd for the first time, so come on down and see the draw. This fast and furious scratch race starts at the HRR finish line...
I have finished my course. Leander.
Leander Member Sam Mainds has just returned from a tour of the Somme with recently retired Colonel Jeremy Pughe Morgan of the Royal Regiment of Wales (holding the photo). Here he visited the grave of Leander Member Captain Mervyn Richardson, who was killed in action...
Wrap up Christmas!
Everyone is invited to Leander’s first 'love local' Christmas market, to be held on Tuesday 12th December from 6pm-9pm in the Clubhouse! Nearly all our stallholders are local craftspeople and food producers, so come along and support our fantastic town's talent! The...
Water’s Gleaming Gold
On Thursday, 9 November 2023, the Leander Club had the pleasure of welcoming Gavin Jamieson, grandson-in-law of the remarkable oarsman, aviator and rowing coach Hugh ‘Jumbo’ Edwards and author of his biography, Water’s Gleaming Gold. He came to Leander to give a...
Greatest Rowing Stories
Several Members of Leander Club have been published in a new rowing anthology, ‘The Greatest Rowing Stories Ever Told’. The book collects articles and excerpts of classic rowing stories, from the inception of the sport on English waters in the 18th century,...
HOCR: the cox’s view
Race report by Sonya Gladstone, cox of the men’s eight The Leander club Men’s squad took a top eight and double over to Boston Massachusetts. The double had Oliver Costley at stroke and Rory Harris at bow. The eight was stroked by Iwan Hadfield, Dan Graham at seven,...
HOCR 2023
Leander’s Oliver Costley and Rory Harris came away with a win in the Championship Doubles at HOCR in Boston, Mass, this weekend. Other success in this event came from Leander’s Bryn Ellery, achieving 3rd place representing his old school Windsor Boys. Leander’s...
Full house for author
It was busy at Leander Club on a Thursday evening in early September for the first of a series of rowing book talks organised by Leander Club librarian Irene Hewlett to raise funds for the Leander Trust. Queues wrapped around the building to admit the 110 guests to...
