Overview
Leander Club, founded on the Tideway in 1818, has been based at Henley-on-Thames since the late 1890s, its clubhouse backing onto the Thames seconds from the finish of the Henley Royal Regatta course. Rather than a grassroots club, it is a high-performance centre that coaches rowers to challenge for places in the GB Rowing squads; its athletes have won 159 Olympic and Paralympic medals since 1908, 62 of them gold. The club runs a fleet of Empacher boats from singles to eights, its own gyms, and is also a private members' club with a busy hospitality programme that helps fund the rowing.
- Founded
- 1818
- Federation
- British Rowing
- Phone
- +44 1491 575782
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Racing
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No race running right nowSee VesselSOS RacingHistory and achievements
- 1818Leander Club is founded on the Tideway
- 1831Leander beats Oxford in a race from Hambleden Lock to Henley Bridge
- 1860The club moves to Putney, building its first boathouse there in 1866
- 1897The club buys land in Henley-on-Thames and begins its new clubhouse
- 1908First Olympic medal for a Leander rower
- 1998Membership is opened to women
- 202425 Leander rowers and one Paralympian compete at the Paris Games
Location
- Position
- 51°32.28′ N 0°53.95′ W
51.53805, -0.89925 - Address
- Remenham Lane
Frequently asked
When was Leander Club founded?
In 1818.
Where is Leander Club?
Remenham Lane.