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was difficult as ‘weeds on the course were rather bad’, but nine boys took part in the ‘long test’ ...
down to the Baths’, as well as ‘very few competitors for the Old Boys’ Cup’. Only five took part in the ...
years, has been the story of the Thames in Henley, both the closure of Solomon’s Hatch and awareness of the Victor ...
Rowing Club. ‘Swimming was replaced by rowing,’ Lindsay says, ‘that’s how it is in Henley.’ And unlike swimming, ...
Henley swims.’ Inside the Henley Gallery is the original wrought-iron entranceway to the Henley Baths, a selection of ...
pair of sunglasses on his forehead, he’s crouching in front of the cabinet, admiring the cups. ‘We’ve adop ...
swim in, they had competitions and trophies, and we’re resurrecting that. People have never stopped swimming ...
A more modern scene at ‘Henley’s Thames swimming pool’, which appears to have lasted into the 1950s. Tom believes river swimm ...
fashion because ‘we live in centrally heated homes and we’ve been indoctrinated with Health & Safety. Col ...
– the Henley Classic, the Henley Mile and the Bridge to Bridge – and the formation of the Henley Open Water S ...
Rowing Club. Then in 2004 Jeremy had an idea. ‘He wanted to get into triathlons’, explains Tom, ‘and he ...
‘As oarsmen we knew what rowers are likely to do. I’ve never rowed before 6 a.m. so we knew to swim bef ...
safe’, and they persuaded a friend to accompany them in a canoe. ‘It was pitch black. I thought, what t ...
were faffing around, and stopping to chat with a fisherman’, and while their swim was covert to begin with, ...
and to charge an entrance fee. Tom runs his own financial advice business, while Jeremy owns a business simula ...
for getting permission to hold the swims, ‘for the first couple of years of the Classic we didn’t seek permissio ...
you can swim in comfort, and you’re quicker and more buoyant.’ If entrants wear wetsuits then fewer safety ...
trouble you will float.’ But many swimmers were horrified at the idea. ‘We tried making wetsuits compulsory bu ...
Henley today hosts a series of annual river races, thanks to ex-rowers Tom Kean and Jeremy Laming whose pre-dawn dip in 2004 led ...
regatta course, and competitors have included multiple winner Greg Whyte, four times Iron Man legend Chrissie ...
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