Leander ClubHenley-on-Thames

Leander Club is the most prestigious andsuccessful rowing club in the world, with111 Olympic and 1 Paralympic medalswon by our members up to and includingthe London Olympics in 2012.

Founded in 1818, we are recognisedglobally for our achievements, at HenleyRoyal Regatta, the World Championshipsand the Olympic Games.

As home to rowing heroes like Sir SteveRedgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent, JamesCracknell and Double Olympic ChampionsSteve Williams and Pete Reed, the club aimsto attract and develop high-potential youngoarsmen and women by providing state-of-the-art facilities and world-class coaching.

But it has a great deal more to offer.Alongside rowing we run a privatemembers club which is also open to non-members. Any business, organisation orindividual can pay to use Leander’s facilities,which include:

meetings

Regatta)

Leander and Henley Royal RegattaLeander is inextricably linked with the HenleyRoyal Regatta. The Regatta started as longago as 1839. Later, in 1896, as Leander’srowing pre-eminence was seen to bematched by Henley’s excellence as a venue,Leander decided to build a new clubhousethere.

Club emblemLeander’s emblem is the hippopotamus,known in Africa as ‘King of the River’, theonly animal equally at home on land andwater.

Leander’s club tie. Very few, if any, otherorganisations in the world have a tie that isa single colour without any emblem or othermarking. Only members with distinguishedservice to rowing are permitted to wear thecoveted pink livery.

and the lover of Hero, virgin priestess ofAphrodite. Their love story was told by theEnglish poet and dramatist ChristopherMarlowe in his poem ‘Hero and Leander’

Leander Club

Proud sponsors of Leander Club

If you are planning a stay in SouthOxfordshire and are in need ofovernight accommodation at shortnotice, allow us to let you in on one ofthe Thames’s best kept secrets.

Leander Club is a fabulous place tostay, whether you’re a club member,non-member or member’s guest. Itis also steeped in Olympian rowinghistory, echoing to the footsteps oflegendary rowers.

Exceptional standards of comfort areavailable in a choice of 11 individuallydesigned en-suite bedrooms, offering:

history of a particular major rowingschool, university or club, andfeaturing associated memorabilia

arrival with a choice of refrigeratedpink sparkling wine, cooled mineralwater, tea or coffee

would normally expect – television,hairdryer, telephone, lift access tobedrooms and complimentary WiFi.

Members receive priority bookings forthe Club facilities but non-memberbedroom booking enquiries arewelcomed.

Check-in is from 3 pm on the dayof arrival and you are requested tocheck out by 11am on the day youleave.

To book your accommodation, or

and what we can offer, please call

be made on-line through the Clubwebsite.

Facilities for non-members

Accommodation and Dining

Whatever the occasion – a low-keyevening with friends, lunch with yourpartner, or a celebration in granderstyle – you will want a venue andambience to match.

Leander Club will more than meet yourexpectations.

The entrance hall and main staircaseimmerse you at once in the past.Honours boards and portraits cataloguethe club’s successes at Henley RoyalRegatta and the Olympic Games.

choose from:

laid for lunch or dinner. Off it is theMain Bar, ideal for drinks and snacks,or the Members’ Bar for a moreinformal atmosphere.

for food and drink, which offersexceptional value for money whether

or simply having a bar snack

conditioned Dining Room, which has

corner, the Members Balcony Room,with windows on two sides viewingthe river. This lends itself to more

can also be combined with the Dining

The Dining Room directly overlooksthe Thames, where the water slipsgracefully under the bridge. It is aperfect vantage-point for surveyingthe picture-postcard market townof Henley-on-Thames. The room isconsidered by many to have a special‘feel’, due to its glorious views andinescapable sense of history.

For more about using and bookingthe club’s dining or bar facilities,please call or email our SpecialEvents Manager on 01491 575782,events@leander.co.uk.

Private Parties

Good venues for small-scaleresidential business conferences,seminars or one-off events areoften hard to find, especially if youwant somewhere discreet or a littleout of the ordinary.

At Leander Club, not only will yourpractical business needs be met, butyou’ll be bowled over by the stunningriverside location and an unexpected

Your delegates will also enjoy:

rail network

individually designed rooms.

And to help your business tasksalong there is a range of well-equipped meeting rooms, ideal forboard meetings, small conferences,away days or product launches. Allhave complimentary WiFi access anda wide variety of visual aids. Individualrequirements can also be catered for.

Team building with ourOlympic athletesTeam-building programmes aremany and various, but the questionis always whether they willsucceed in altering the way yourpeople work. Do the outcomesmatch the promises made?

If you aspire to genuine change inyour organisation, then Leanderwill help you achieve it. Our specialadvantage lies in our being able todraw on the Club’s world-class andOlympic athletes and offer team-building programmes that are:

business objectives

conference or seminar

rounding off your event.

Leander is unique in having trainedour athletes to win more Olympic andworld medals than any other single-sports club in the world.

All of them live and breathe our corevalues of commitment, excellence,teamwork and, ultimately, winning– values shared by many of ourcorporate clients. With such resourcesat our disposal, we can help you:

highly talented individuals

into the power of one

all are committed to raisingteam performance in pursuit of acommon goal.

For further details please phoneour Special Events Manager on01491 575782 or email events@leander.co.uk.

Business conferences, away days and team-building• Ample dedicated car parking

Your most important clientsneed to be kept on-side, butif the prospect of yet anotherround of standard restaurantfare fails to inspire you, whynot bring them to Henley RoyalRegatta as guests of LeanderClub?

We are home to the biggest namesin Olympic rowing history, and soare uniquely placed to offer youa day your guests won’t easilyforget:

athlete as your special guest,offering expert insights intorowing and the Regatta

book in advance).

And although our grounds arereserved primarily for membersand their guests, we’ll make anexception and give you a choiceof attractive private areas for yourentertaining.

Soak up Leander’s uniqueatmosphere and enjoy excellentfood and service. Choose fromone of our VIP packages.

Sample package:

Eton Room

This is the ultimate hospitalityexperience, offering the best viewsin the house from a luxurious,air-conditioned room in theClubhouse. It is a premier positionfrom which to view the Regatta,suitable for shared parties on

package your guests will have:

Leander Club facilities

to the races

gentlemen

water

throughout the day

the Pink Hippo shop

Meadows.

For corporate hospitalityenquiries, please contact01491 575782 or emailregatta@leander.co.uk

Corporate hospitality at Henley Royal Regatta

The Leander Academy is open tomale and female rowers who haveaspirations to progress and competeat a high level. The purpose ofour academy is to build the futuresuccess of Leander rowing and feedyoung rowers into GB national teamsby taking the ethos, passion andsuccess of the Leander brand to thenext generation of our rowers.

We invite students who aregraduating from university togetherwith students taking a year out beforegoing to university to contact us atrowing@leander.co.uk.

Our Success Story

Leander prides itself on theachievements of its athletes whohave enjoyed so much success since

the club was founded almost twohundred years ago. The impressivestatistics speak for themselves – since1908 Leander rowers have stood onpodia across the globe as World andOlympic Champions.

Almost 200 Leander rowers have nowrepresented their country at Olympicregattas, where they have won a total

of 111 medals, with manymore successful at WorldChampionships.

Twelve Leander athletes wonmedals at the London OlympicGames, adding to a club tallysince 1976 or 25 Gold, 16Silver and 14 Bronze.

Whilst pulling on a Leandervest is no guarantee ofsuccess, the support youwill get to help achieve youraspirations is unparalleled.

Debbie Flood– Captain

Having joinedLeander fromTidewayScullers’ Schoolin 2000, Debbiehas gone on towin three worldchampionship

titles as well as becoming an Olympicsilver medallist in the women’s quad atboth Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.Our newly elected Captain finally hungup her international oars after London2012, having also become the onlyBritish woman ever to have won thePrincess Royal Challenge Cup atHenley Royal Regatta, where she hasalso won the Princes Grace ChallengeCup on two occasions.

‘I developed my international careerthrough Leander over the last12 years, it has been the perfectenvironment to help me get the bestout of myself, with fantastic supporton top of a great club atmosphere,making it the most successful club inthe world’ she says.

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The US Navy Test Pilot School,home to some of the world’s crackaviators, gets its watches fromHenley-on-Thames?

The home of cream teas, rowingand cute waterfowl?

Actually, it’s not as daft as it mightsound.

Because Henley is also the home ofa company called Bremont.

And, over the last ten years, we havedeveloped watches for more thanforty different squadrons, both hereand in America.

The US Navy asked us to designa timepiece for the elite pilots whotrain at their school in PatuxentRiver, Maryland.

People who cross time zones aboutas frequently as the rest of us crossthe street.

The result is a chronometer withan adjustable 24-hour hand, thatcan display local time anywhere inthe world, together with UniversalCoordinated Time (the standardizedtime zone used by the military).

Built by hand in our workshop,the mechanical movementundergoes an arduous testingprocess (something it has incommon with its wearers) and is99.998% accurate.

The case is made from a stainlesssteel that’s seven times harder thananything you’ll find in conventionalwatches. (We bombard our steel withelectrons to toughen it up.)

Then we add not one, but ninelayers of anti-reflective coating to thesapphire crystal for maximum clarityand hardness.

Some might call all this excessive.But it’s just the way we do thingshere in Henley-on-Thames.

The question is, how do you getyour hands on one of these finewatches?

Well, if you’re between the ages of17 and 34, and an American citizen,you can of course apply to join theUS Navy.

But if for any reason that provesproblematic, you’ll be pleased tohear we manufacture a version forcivilians, the Bremont World TimerALT1-WT.

For this, you need only apply withinat your nearest Bremont retailer.

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Directions To Leander

We are very grateful to the businesses whose advertisements appear in thispublication. As a mark of our gratitude we would like to draw the attention ofthereaders to their details and announcements. We are required to make it clearthatneither The County Printer nor The Leander Club can accept responsibility forany

From The M4:

come down Remenham Hill; as you level out you will see Henley Bridge ahead of you.Takethe last turning to the right before the Bridge. The Car Park is on your right.

From the M40:

From Oxford:will have to turn left at a one-way street, which brings you down to and along theriverside.

into the Car Park and make your way to the Clubhouse.

From Reading:right to follow the sign for Maidenhead. Directly after crossing the Bridge, turn left andthenright into the Car Park.

Trains: From Paddington Station, London to Henley-on-Thames via Twyford, fromReadingand Oxford via Twyford. The station in Henley is a pleasant ten minute stroll by the river to

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