LEANDER NEWS SPRING 2017 LEANDERNEWS The official newsletter of Leander Club is published twice yearly, in late spring and autumn. Articles, photographs and ideas, as well as news of our Members, are always welcome and should be addressed to: The Newsletter, Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. RG9 2LP Editor: Ted Bainbridge Cover photo: Leander power down Corney Reach to record their first Email:
[email protected] Women’s Eights Head win since 2011 Contributors: Photograph: Charles Parry Nick Middleton Robert Treharne Jones Chris Dalley Paul Budd Ed Fisher Philippa Gutteridge Harry Higginbottom Robert Treharne Jones James Loveday Sara du Luart Matt Rossiter Tim Clarke HEADS YOU WIN A stunning win for Leander in the Women’s Eights Head, a cancellation for the men’s race, and some promising results for our juniors, all added up to an eventful spring Head season, as Robert Treharne Jones reports Leander athletes reigned supreme at the Women’s Eights Head in London, when they completed the 4¼ mile Championship Course in just 18 mins 13.1 secs, more than four seconds clear of second-placed Cambridge University. The Light Blues, in their final days of preparation before going on to win the Women’s Boat Race, were always going to provide the main opposition, after a GB squad composite pulled out of the race at the last minute.With Olympic silver medallists Vicky Thornley and Karen Bennett on board, the crew also included world champions Fi Gammond, Holly Norton and Holly Jones Credit: Robert Treharne Nixon, as well as former junior world Leander are all smiles before going on to win the Women’s Eights Head.