2022 Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta begins today and promises to be one of the finest vintages in its 183-year history.
A record 419 crews qualified from 17 nations (including Great Britain) at every level of elite rowing, from school, university, club and country, will contest 393 head-to-head knockout races across 26 events in the first ever six-day Regatta
New Zealand athletes will compete at the regatta 28 June -3 July, including Rowing NZ Team athletes and a crew from West End Rowing Club.
In a field as strong as it is deep, there are 12 Olympic Champions from Tokyo, including six from New Zealand. Emma Twigg New Zealand’s Olympic gold medal in the women’s single sculls in Tokyo and favourite for The Princess Royal Challenge Cup. Kerri Williams (née Gowler) and Grace Prendergast, who won the women’s pair in Tokyo are favourites for the The Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup (Women's Pair). Tom Mackintosh and Matt MacDonald from the gold winning Men’s Eight are in the line-up for The Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup and Phillip Wilson is in the Men’s Quad Sculls competing for The Queen Mother Challenge Cup. Also, Matt Dunham who is competing with Chris Stockley for The Double Sculls Challenge Cup is a former Diamond Challenge Sculls winner 2017.
The full 6 days of the regatta can be watched live on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/user/HenleyRoyalRegatta
The 2022 entry list can be found here https://hrr-prod-assets-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/06/HRR-Draw-2022-1.pdf
The timetable can be found here https://www.hrr.co.uk/2022-competition/race-timetable/
Results and photography will be available here throughout race days.
Rowing NZ and New Zealand club entries:
THE TOWN CHALLENGE CUP
Women's Coxless Fours
Catherine Layburn
Beth Ross
Phoebe Spoors
Davina Waddy
THE QUEEN MOTHER CHALLENGE CUP
Men's Quad Sculls
Jack O’Leary
Jordan Parry
Brook Robertson
Phillip Wilson
THE PRINCESS GRACE CHALLENGE CUP
Women's quadruple sculls
Stella Clayton-Greene
Charlotte Spence
Kristen Froude
Kate Haines
THE SILVER GOBLETS AND NICKALLS’ CHALLENGE CUP
Men's Pair
Matt Macdonald and Tom Mackintosh
THE HAMBLEDEN PAIRS CHALLENGE CUP
Women's Pair
Kerri Williams (née Gowler) and Grace Prendergast
THE DOUBLE SCULLS CHALLENGE CUP
Men's Double Sculls
Matt Dunham & Chris Stockley
THE STONOR CHALLENGE TROPHY
Open Women’s Double Sculls
Rachael Kennedy & Jackie Kiddle
THE PRINCESS ROYAL CHALLENGE CUP
Women's Single Sculls
Emma Twigg
Lucy Spoors
THE DIAMOND CHALLENGE SCULLS
Men's Single Sculls
James Scott
THE THAMES CHALLENGE CUP
Men’s Eights
West End R.C., New Zealand