Henley Women's Regatta is a rowing

Sport rowing

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 regatta

Regatta

A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...

 held at Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from Reading, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It was formed as a result of the lack of women's events at Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...

 and first held in 1988. Women's Henley is held on the same stretch of the Thames as Henley Royal but the course is shorter 1,500 m (Henley is 2,112 m) and stops at the Remenham Club

Remenham Club

The Remenham Club is a private members club near the village of Remenham on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames near Henley-on-Thames, on the reach of the river that plays host to the annual Henley Royal Regatta....

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It takes place over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2 weeks before Henley Royal.

Since 2004 the regatta has used Intermediate, Senior and Elite categories instead of College, Club and Open. This is still up for further review and may change again in the near future.

Events

• Elite
  • Eights
  • Coxless Fours
  • Coxless Pairs
  • Quad Sculls
  • Double Sculls
  • Single Sculls
• Lightweight
  • Coxless Fours
  • Coxless Pairs
  • Quad Sculls
  • Double Sculls
  • Single Sculls
• Under 23
  • Double Sculls
  • Single Sculls
• Under 23 Lwt
  • Single Sculls
• Senior
  • Eights
  • Coxed Fours
  • Quad Sculls
  • Single Sculls
• Intermediate
  • Academic Eights
  • Club Eights
  • Academic Coxed Fours
  • Club Coxed Fours
• Junior
  • Eights
  • Coxed Fours
  • Quad Sculls
  • Double Sculls
  • Single Sculls

External links

• Henley Women's Regatta