Leander Club
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Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world, and the oldest non-academic club. It is based in Remenham in Berkshire, England and adjoins Henley-on-Thames. Only three
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The winning Leander boat from the 1912 Summer Olympics
Grand Challenge Cup
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The Grand Challenge Cup is a rowing competition for men's eights. It is the oldest and best-known event at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is ope
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…1961. Leander entered a crew at Henley Royal Regatta for the first time in 1840, the year following the regatta's foundation. Their crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup included Thomas Lowther Jenkins in the 5 seat. Jenkins' winner's medal was discovered in a Belfast junk shop more than 130 years later by a member who…
The Prize Medal of the 1937 Grand Challenge Cup
E.B. Gibson's medal for winning the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta with Royal Chester in 1856
Leander defeat University of Pennsylvania in the Grand Challenge Cup final on 5 July 1901, in a race described as 'something wonderful'.
Royal Sport Nautique de Gand, winners in 1907