THIS will not be the first time that a member of Cecilia McDowall’s family has been involved in a performance in Henley. In 1966, her brother Richard Clar.
SIR Steve Redgrave will step down as chairman of Henley Royal Regatta after next year’s event. He confirmed the decision to leave the role after 10 years .
ATHLETES from Leander Club, Henley and Upper Thames Rowing Clubs will be represented in 41 boats at this year’s six-day Henley Royal Regatta that gets und.
The King’s School has defended a controversial trip by its headmaster and his wife to the Royal Henley Regatta, west of London, after the First VIII qualified for the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup.
WELL known on the Island, national and international yachting scene, Eileen Elliot has died at the age of 95. Mrs Elliot s association with the Island goes back to the 1930s when her parents built The Wight House in Yarmouth. After leaving Upper Chine School in Shanklin, she joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service with her best friend, Bunty Minchin, and served at HMS Flowerdown intercepting German navy signals for decoding at Bletchley. Returning to Yarmouth on leave, she was able to wave at her father, Lieutenant-Commander George Cecil Hans Hamilton, as he sailed past on his way to serve as the beachmaster on Gold Beach during the invasion of France in 1944.