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London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club was founded in 1856, for the purpose of winning medals at Henley Royal Regatta. This is a tradition that continues to this day, most recently with London winning the Thames Cup in 2006. Since 2004 London has also run a small, but very successful, women's squad consisting predominantly of lightweight scullers.

London is a High Performance Centre for Lightweight Rowing, and has been the base for many sucessful international Lightweights since the inception of the weight class.

With an unrivalled fleet of boats and professional coaching, coupled with a strong club spirit; we aim to be the club of choice for working athletes in London and the South-East.

London Rowing at Henley Royal

All London crews progressed safely through the qualifying stages of Henley Regatta. This is a tribute to the coaching team of Pedro Figueria, Tam Richmond, Richard Phillips and Chris Goodwin, who have been running the club squad while Paul Reedy has been on international duty. We look forward to his input for the final few days before the regatta.

The club has representation at all levels of the competition with over 45 athletes in the regatta; There are three Thames cup VIIIs, with the A VIII being a selected crew, Four Wyfolds fours with the A four also selected, a Brit Four, as well as a number of composites in the upper level events; Steph Cullen in the Princess Grace Quads event, Danny Harte and James Lyndsay-Fynn in a composite with Old Collegians in the Prince of Wales Quads, Dom Wilson and Andy Berridge in a different quad in the same event; Iain Weir in the Visitors, A Ladies Plate VIII with Henley rowing club and lastly but not least a pair in the Goblets comprised of Iain Cowell and Iain Edmondson.

Good Luck to all LRC crews racing this week.

LRC wins at the Munich World Cup, Women's Henley and Marlow

The longest weekend of the year was a busy time for LRC athletes and crews. There were people in action in three different locations; Munich, Henley and Marlow;

In Munich, Sophie Hosking and partner Hester Goodsell had a great race to win Gold in the LW2x. This crew, coached by Paul Reedy, had an excellent row against strong opposition to win lead the race at every timing point. Congratulations to Sophie, Paul and Hester and good luck for the rest of the international season.

Click here for the Telegraph coverage and a great picture of Sophie and Hester.

Also racing in the same event were Laura Greenhalgh and Andrea Dennis, who put in a strong performance to make the A final. In the men's lightweight boats, Stephen Feeney had a desperately close race to finish 4th in the LM4-, Rob Williams finished 4th in the LM2x. James Clark stroked the men's heavyweight VIII to a second world cup Bronze, in this he was coxed by Phelan Hill, formerly of London.

At Women's Henley Steph Cullen, who had previously finalled three times, finally achieved a richly deserved win in LW2x. Steph will be rowing in a with Laura and Andrea in a prototype lightweight women's quad, they can be seen racing at Henley Royal before heading to the third world cup in Lucerne. Steph is a great example of a London athlete that has trained hard and kept on improving season after season, and the club wishes her the best of luck for her up coming races.

Over at Marlow, the men's club squad, ably looked after by Tam Richmond, Pedro Figueira and Chris Goodwin, achieved some positive results in the run into towards Henley Royal. The Thames Cup A VIII (Cox Julia Macdonald, Carl Maw, Alex Fothergill, Ciaran Hayes, Richard "Goof" Gillifain, James "Angry Man " Young, Matthew Bell, Josh Butler, Andrew Issac) placed 2nd in Senior VIIIs behind a very strong Eton crew. In doing this they beat all the Thames Cup VIIIs racing that day. The notable absence being Henley Rowing Club who scratched before the regatta. The Wyfold A IV (Alex Cawthorne, Richard Dunley, George Vaizey, Alexei Calvert Ansari) rowed a very mature race to win Senior IV-. Both crews will be worth following at Henley in ten days time. Other notable results were a win in Elite coxless pairs for Olly Mahony and Ross Hunter (Leander) in a quick time of 6.47, an excellent third place in elite coxless fours for Iain Wier, as part of a London/Thames/Army composite and vastly improved performance from the Ladies plate group to edge a star ladden Molesey crew into third place in the Elite VIIIs.

Overall these are strong results at all levels of the club, and all London supporters can look to the upcoming regattas with a great deal of confidence. We look forward to seeing you there.

First World Cup; Banyoles

LRC athletes had a good opening World Cup Regatta in Banyoles on 30 and 31 May. The Men's VIII stroked by James Clarke and coxed by Phelan Hill won a bronze medal. Sophie Hosking and Andrea Dennis, coached by Paul Reedy, were fourth in the LW 2x following a late crew change due to illness. Rob Williams was 4th in the LM 2x. Stephen Feeney, in his first senior international event, reached the A final where he placed 5th in the LM 4-.

Met Regatta

The Metropolitan Regatta, also on 30 and 31 May, is one of the Club's annual highlights. On the Saturday the LRC had four wins at elite level: Steph Cullen inWomens Elite 2x (composite with TSS); Danny Harte and James Lindsay-Fynn in Elite 4x (composite with Old Collegians, Dublin); Olly Mahony in Elite 2- (composite with Leander Club); and Richard Dunley in the Elite Lwt 1x. In addition, London was second in the Senior 4- to a Galway/Skibbereen Visitors' crew but ahead of all Wyfold fours, with a second LRC 4- just behind in 4th place.

On the Sunday, the LRC/Old Collegians composite and Dunley again won the Elite 4x and Elite Lwt 1x respectively. LRC beat potential HRR Thames Cup opposition in the Senior VIII, LRC finished second missing out only to NUI Galway's Ladies Plate crew. LRC also reached the final of IM1 4- where the crew was third in a close race.

Thanks to Met Regatta Committee and all the volounteers for a great regatta.

Results

"Water Boiling Aft"

Copies of the official history of the Club, published as part of the 150th celebrations, are available from the Club office. Further details can be found here

Twickenham and Poplar Regatta
LRC attended Poplar Regatta at London Docklands' course on 10 May. We placed first and second in the Senior 4- event. The fours combined in the afternoon to win the Senior 8+ in a time of 5:48. Richard Dunley and Josh Butler won the Senior 2- and IM1 2-.Alex Cawthorne won the IM2 1x. Matt Coughlan beat fellow LRC sculler Andy Berridge to win IM3 1x. .Anthony Saunders won Novice 1x, recording his first win in the single scull. An VIII and a group of scullers from LRC raced at Twickenham Regatta on 17 May. Chris Anness won IM2 1x, while the eight was 2nd in IM3 8+.
Date: 2009-05-10

Wallingford Regatta 3rd May 2009
LRC opened their regatta season for 2009 with all crews competing at Wallingford Regatta. Following the training camp in France the initial combinations in both the coxed and coxless fours were sent out to gage their speed against the competition. A strong tailwind greeted the competitors allowing fast times to be posted in the forst half of the race coupled with challenging conditions towards the finish. In the Senior Coxless 4's the LRC crews immeadiately proved their speed with two of the three crews proceeding to the final. LRC A went into the final with the fastest time from the heats but were closely followed by both Maidstone Invicta and Kings School Chester. Although pushed in the closing stages of the final LRC A were able to hang on and clinch the first regatta victory for the club this season. In the Intermediate 1 Coxless fours LRC boated four crews all eager to demonstrate the speed that had been gained over the previous few weeks. All 4 of the crews were competitive in terms of speed and 2 proceeded through to the final with the other LRC crews just missing out. A spirited row from some of the lightweight members of the squad saw them pull through to 2nd in the final with the other LRC 4 finishing 5th. LRC's coxed four had a race of two halves. They were in the lead at the halfway point and, along with Henley, they were beginning to move away from the pack. As the conidtions worsened in the second half of the race a boat-stopping crab saw the crew fall to last place but some lengths. They were able to pull back to 5th overall on the line but are resolved to finish the business at the Metropolitan regatta. The club also saw success with Juliet Haigh winning Womens Elite 1x in what can only be described as a commanding performance in the final. Danny Harte and James Lindsay-Fynn teamed with 2 Irish internationals to bring home the victory in Elite coxless fours. This sets them up nicely for their choice of event at HRR and the crew are hoping to repeat their performance at the forthcoming Met Regatta. Matt Coughlan also had a storming row in the final of Elite 1x to finish 5th. After a long-term lay off with injury Matt is looking forward to more speed and results as the summer unfolds. Overall it was a successful regatta for LRC with wins in Elite and Senior coxless fours coupled with a second place in the Intermediate 1 event. The coaches and Captain are hopefully that this is a solid starting point of a successful campaign at this years HRR. Results
Date: 2009-05-03

LRC at GB Senior Trials
Rob Williams and Sophie Hosking both had superbly judged efforts to win their respective races at the GB Senior trials held in Hazelwinkel on Monday 13th April 09. Both athletes were involved in exceptionally tight races so that they only took the lead in the last 500m. Showing considerable club strength, half of the start list of the lightweight womens A final was made up of London atheltes, with Laura Greenhalgh finishing 4th in a very tight race and Steph Cullen, who finished 6th, having raced exceptionally well to make her first A final. There was also an exciting performance from newcomer Olly Mahony who raced very maturely to make the men's lightweight A final for the first time. Telegraph Report GB Rowing Report
Date: 2009-04-10

Head of the River Race 2009
Head of the River Race, London Wins Vernon trophy		2009-03-21
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Sophie Hosking wins 4th Italian Sculling Challenge
Sophie Hosking wins 4th Italian Sculling Challenge		2009-03-07
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Women's Head of the River
Women's Head of the River - London Composite Wins		2009-03-07
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