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Henley Women's Regatta, often abbreviated to "HWR" or "Women's Henley", is a
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held at
Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buc ...
, England. Chris Aistrop and
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were jointly responsible for setting up the Regatta in June 1988 and Aistrop was the first chairman. It was first held in 1988, as a response to the absence of women's events at
Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thre ...
at that time. While Henley Royal Regatta now offers eight women's events, Women's Henley has continued to build and expand. Henley Women's Regatta now lasts three full days, and includes time trials for over-subscribed events. Henley Women's Regatta is held on the Thames River at Henley, using the same, but shortened, boomed course as Henley Royal (the shorter course is due to Environment Agency safety restrictions and the short intervals between races at HWR). The Henley Women's Regatta course runs for 1,500m in comparison with Henley Royal's 2112m. The Henley Women's Regatta course begins at the top of Temple Island and has its finish line in front of the
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. It was formed in 1909 by ...
, where the Friends of Henley Women's Regatta enclosure (the 'Chairman's Enclosure') is located. It takes place over a Friday, Saturday and Sunday in mid to late June. In 2004 the regatta has offered Intermediate, Senior and Elite categories instead of college, Club and Open. Junior categories are also offered. In 2011 the regatta also began to offer Adaptive events. On 1 December 2017 HWR announced that the Competition Structure events would be altered for the 2018 regatta to recategorise the events into Championship, Aspirational, Development, Junior, Junior under 16, and Para Rowing. The 2021 Regatta is due to take place from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4 July. The current regatta chair is
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and the joint patrons of the regatta are Sir Steven Redgrave and Lady Redgrave.


Events

On 1 December 2017 HWR announced that the competition structure would be altered for 2018 as follows: *Championship **The Ron Needs Cup (Eights) **The Avril Vellacott Cup (Coxless Fours) **The Borne Cup (Quad Sculls) **The Redgrave Vase (Coxless Pairs) **The W. Peer Cup (Double Sculls) **The George Innes Cup (Single Sculls) **The Haslam Trophy (Lwt Double Sculls) **The Parkside Trophy (Lwt Coxless Pairs) **The Godfrey Rowsports Trophy (Lwt Single Sculls) *Aspirational **The Colgan Foundation Cup (Academic Eights) **The Invesco Perpetual Challenge Cup (Club Eights) **The Cathy Cruickshank Trophy (Academic Coxless Fours) **The Lester Trophy (Club Coxless Fours) **The Chairman's Trophy (Quad Sculls) **The Rosie Mayglothling Trophy (Double Sculls) **The Bernard Churcher Trophy (Single Sculls) **The Fiona Dennis Trophy (Lwt Single Sculls) *Development **The Frank V Harry Cup (Coxed Fours) *Junior **The Peabody Cup (Eights) **The Groton School Challenge Cup (Coxed Fours) **The Bea Langridge Trophy (Quad Sculls) **The Rayner Cup (Double Sculls) **The Di Ellis Trophy (Single Sculls) *Junior under 16 **The Nina Padwick Trophy (J16 Quad Sculls) **The West End Amateur Rowing Association Trophy (J16 Coxed Fours) *Para Rowing **The Grosvenor Cup (Para-Rowing Single Sculls)


See also

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Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thre ...
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Henley Boat Races The Henley Boat Races were a series of annual rowing races between various crews representing the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. The event included the Lightweight Men's Boat Race from 1975 to 2018, the Women's Boat ...
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Rowing on the River Thames The Thames is one of the main rowing rivers in Europe. Dorney Lake between Slough and Windsor, Berkshire is an international Cup, standard-distance rowing lake besides the Thames, and hosts the three main annual entry regattas for Henley: still n ...


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{{Rowing (sport) Women's rowing in the United Kingdom Sport in Oxfordshire Women's Regatta Regattas on the River Thames Women's sports competitions in England 1988 establishments in England Recurring events established in 1988