Which GB Rowing Team athletes will be competing at Henley Royal Regatta 2019?
If you’re heading down to Henley Royal Regatta this week, keep an eye out for nine senior GB crews who will be representing their clubs at the historic event
GB's second women's eight will be competing at Henley. Credit Nick Middleton
Competing as Cambridge University Women’s BC/Reading BC, the women’s quad of Jess Leyden, Melissa Wilson, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne will race for the first time since the European Championships in the Princess Grace Challenge Cup.
In the Remenham Challenge Cup, the Imperial College BC/Leander Club women’s eight of聽Karen Bennett,听Hattie Taylor,听Fiona Gammond, Zo毛 Lee,听Jo Wratten,听Rebecca Shorten,听Rowan聽McKellar, Holly Norton聽and cox Matilda Horn will compete against聽Natasha Harris-White, Susie Dear, Samantha Redgrave, Oonagh Cousins, Fiona Bell, Alice Davies, Rebecca Edwards, Nicole Lamb and cox Morgan Baynham-Williams who are racing as University of London BC/Molesey BC.
The double silver medal-winning men’s eight will be testing themselves against the competition in the Grand Challenge Cup, while聽Leander’s Harry Leask will be making his season debut in the Diamond Challenge Sculls.
The GB Rowing Team will then be heading to Rotterdam next weekend to compete in the third and final World Cup of the year.
Chief Coach Jurgen Grobler OBE paid tribute to Henley Royal, saying: “Henley is an absolutely outstanding traditional rowing event. If an athlete races there even once in their career, they will never forget it”.
All five days of the Regatta can be watched live and on demand on YouTube: .
Senior GB Rowing Team entries to Henley Royal Regatta
The Princess Grace Challenge Cup (W4x)
Cambridge University Women’s BC / Reading RC
Jess Leyden聽(Leander Club)
Melissa聽Wilson聽(Cambridge Univ. Women鈥檚 BC)
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne (Reading Univ. BC)
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne聽(University of London BC)
The Remenham Challenge Cup (W8+)
Imperial College BC / Leander Club
Karen Bennett聽(Leander Club)
Hattie Taylor (Leander Club)
Fiona Gammond聽(Leander Club)
Zo毛 Lee (Imperial College BC)
Jo Wratten聽(Leander Club)
Rebecca Shorten聽(Imperial College BC)
Rowan聽McKellar聽(Leander Club)
Holly Norton聽(Leander Club)
Matilda Horn聽(cox) (Univ. of London BC)
Univ of London BC/Molesey BC
Natasha Harris-White (Leander Club)
Susie Dear (Leander Club)
Samantha Redgrave (Norwich RC)
Oonagh Cousins (University of London BC)
Fiona Bell (Queen鈥檚 Univ. Ladies BC)
Alice Davies (Univ. of London BC)
Rebecca Edwards (Molesey BC)
Nicole Lamb (Sheffield Univ. BC)
Morgan Baynham-Williams (cox) (Leander Club)
The Diamond Challenge Sculls (M1x)
Harry Leask (Leander Club)
The Double Sculls Challenge Cup (M2x)
Leander Club / Agecroft RC
John Collins聽(Leander Club)
Graeme Thomas聽(Agecroft RC)
The Queen Mother Challenge Cup (M4x)
Leander Club
Jonny Walton聽(Leander Club)
Angus Groom聽(Leander Club)
Jack聽Beaumont聽(Leander Club)
Pete Lambert聽(Leander Club)
The Stewards’ Challenge Cup (M4-)
Oxford Brookes University BC / Leander Club
Ollie Cook聽(Univ. of London BC)
Matt Rossiter聽(Leander Club)
Rory Gibbs (Oxford Brookes University)
Sholto Carnegie (Leander Club)
Leander Club
James聽Johnston聽(Leander Club)
Adam聽Neill聽(Leander Club)
Will Satch聽(Leander Club)
Alan Sinclair聽(Leander Club)
The Grand Challenge Cup (M8+)
Oxford Brookes University BC / Leander Club
Tom Ford聽(Leander Club)
James聽Rudkin聽(Newcastle Univ. BC)
Tom George聽(Leander Club)
Mohamed Sbihi聽(Molesey BC)
Jacob Dawson聽(Leander Club)
Ollie Wynne-Griffith (Leander Club)
Mat聽Tarrant聽(Oxford Brookes Univ BC)
Josh聽Bugajski聽(Oxford Brookes Univ. BC)
Henry Fieldman聽(cox) (Leander Club)
