World Rowing Masters Regatta, Banyoles, Spain (10th-14th September)

This year the spectacular UNESCO site of Lake Banyoles in the pre-Pyrenean hills of Catalonia in northern Spain was selected as the venue for World Rowing Masters 2025.It was the largest attended World Rowing Masters so far with 5433 crews competing. A fractured group...

Three More Wins for Tom Bishop

Since our last report on his successes Tom Bishop has chalked up three more wins, one of them with Geoff Peel. At Henley Masters on Saturday 12th July he and Geoff won Masters I quad sculls in a composite with Lee Brown and Rod Stewart of Upper Thames RC. On Sunday...

Barnes & Mortlake Regatta

The club had seven crews racing at Barnes and Mortlake Regatta on Saturday and chalked up a win and two runners up. All our crews had wanted to enter masters events but had to be satisfied with races in the open events offered in the regatta programme. Our two open...

Inside the new boathouse

A working party visited the interior of the new boathouse on Saturday and took the opportunity to capture a few photographs. The party were returning the newly refurbished changing room benches to temporary storage in the existing, but out of use, club room. They had...

Hugh Williams RIP

We sadly report the death of another ex-member of the club. Hugh Williams died on Saturday, 24th May after a long struggle against cancer. Hugh graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1970, where he also rowed for his college. Then in 1975 Hugh joined...