Henley Women’s Regatta 17th-19th June
Henley Women’s Regatta is the premier regatta for women in the United Kingdom. Each year more than 1,500 rowers travel from all over the UK and from across the world to compete in this prestigious event. Held on the rowing world’s most iconic stretch of the river Thames, HWR offers exciting side-by-side match racing for a wide range of competitors, from juniors to university and club to international level.
Spectators are welcome to watch and enjoy the racing along the full length of the course – no tickets required!
The HWR weekend commences on Friday morning with time trials for Championship, Aspirational and Development events that have received more than eight entries. Crews are started at 30-second intervals and race in a time trial to find the fastest. A maximum of 16 crews may qualify for the side-by-side races.
Side-by-side racing starts later on Friday, with the first rounds of many events being held. The day concludes with the time trials for J16 events (girls under 16 years of age) to find the fastest eight crews.
Saturday commences with the time trials for Junior events (for girls aged 17 and 18 years old) followed by side-by-side racing. By the end of Saturday all events have reached the semi-final stage.
Sunday’s racing sees the semi-finals and finals taking place, and concludes with the prize giving at around 16:30.
The full race schedule will be published on Tuesday 7th June.
For more information visit hwr.org.uk
