GB rowers return to race at Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta, from Tuesday, 27 June – Sunday, 2 July 2023, is one of the best events to see Senior and Development GB athletes compete in the UK
Rebecca Shorten and Helen Glover won April trials
One of the world’s most prestigious and long-running rowing events, athletes will be wearing club colours in a nod to their own history and route to elite level.
Louise Kingsley, GB Rowing Team Director of Performance said: “Henley is an event filled with tradition and is another good opportunity for our crews to build racing experience whether at the senior level ahead of World Championships and Olympic qualification in September or for development athletes ahead of the U23 World Championships in July.
“We know how proud athletes are to have an opportunity to represent their club, pay tribute to their route to the GB team and recognise the coaches who have helped them along the way.”
James Rudkin and Tom Digby finished third at April trials
James Rudkin, a Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist and current World and European Champion in the Men’s Eight will be racing alongside Will Stewart, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Tom Digby, Tom Ford and cox Harry Brightmore in the Grand Challenge Cup. James is a longstanding member of Newcastle University BC, he said: “Representing NUBC means a lot to me as a former student of Newcastle University. I think it’s important for those of us at the top of the sport to show the multitude of places we came from to get here. Pulling on my old lycra is a small way to give back to my old coach Angelo Savarino and the whole club that took me from a fresh faced 18 year old to racing at the Olympics. Rowing in the North East is a vibrant and close knit community and it feels great to bring a small part of that to the home of rowing that is Henley Royal Regatta.
He added: “This year will also be 10 years since my first Henley campaign with NUBC in the Temple as a fresher with Tom Ford who I’ll be sitting behind in the Grand this year. I’ve always loved the regatta and have been almost every year of my life, I’m still one win behind my Dad so equalling his record is definitely my aim this year!”
Women’s Four World Champion and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rebecca Shorten will be representing Imperial College when she joins Heidi Long, Sam Redgrave and double Olympic Champion, Helen Glover in the Town Challenge Cup. Rebecca said: “Being on the GB Rowing Team, it isn’t often we all get to represent and support the clubs we row for. I look forward to Henley each year as I get to represent the club that reignited my passion for the sport of rowing.
“I am proud to be a part of Imperial College Boat Club”, she continued, “After learning to row at Methodist College Belfast, under Enda Marron, I took some time out of rowing with no plan to return. I began university close to Imperial College Boat Club and with a little persuasion I joined and started rowing again. With the support and passion of both the teammates and the coaching team which was led by Stu Whitelaw and included Josh Butler and Paddy Hudson with help from Dave Loveday and Jamie Low, I fell back in love with rowing. I owe a lot to Imperial College Boat Club and my teammates who pushed me to be where I am today. They have always supported and aided my journey through and into the senior team.”
The GB Rowers (Senior Squad) racing at Henley Royal Regatta are:
The Princess Royal Challenge Cup (W1x)
Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne (Upper Thames RC)
Coach: Tom Pattichis
The Princess Grace Challenge Cup (W4x)
Lauren Henry (Leicester RC)
Hannah Scott (Bann RC)
Lola Anderson (Leander Club)
Georgie Brayshaw (Leander Club)
The Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup (W2-)
Rebecca Edwards (Leander Club)
Chloe Brew (Leander Club)
Coach: James Harris
The Town Challenge Cup (W4-)
Heidi Long (Leander Club)
Helen Glover (Marlow RC)
Rowan McKellar (Leander Club)
Rebecca Shorten (Imperial College)
The Remenham Challenge Cup (W8+)
Natasha Morrice (Leander Club)
Rowan McKellar (Leander Club)
Lauren Irwin (Leander Club)
Karen Bennett (Leander Club)
Esme Booth (Leander Club)
Emily Ford (Leander Club)
Hattie Taylor (Leander Club)
Annie Campbell-Orde (Leander Club)
Henry Fieldman (Cox) (Leander Club)
Coach: James Harris
The Diamond Challenge Sculls (M1x)
Tobias Schröder (Leander Club)
Coach: Dan Moore
The Double Sculls Challenge Cup (M2x)
Aidan Thompson (Twickenham RC)
John Collins (Leander Club)
Coach: Dan Moore
The Queen Mother Challenge Cup (M4x)
Callum Dixon (Twickenham RC)
George Bourne (Leander Club)
Matt Haywood (Nottingham RC)
Tom Barras (Leander Club)
The Silver Goblets and Nickalls’ Challenge Cup (M2-)
Ollie Wynne-Griffith (Leander Club)
Tom George (Leander Club)
Coach: Dan Moore
The Stewards’ Challenge Cup (M4-)
Oli Wilkes (Oxford Brookes University BC)
David Ambler (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Matt Aldridge (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Freddie Davidson (Oxford Brookes University BC)
The Grand Challenge Cup (M8+)
Will Stewart (Leander Club)
Morgan Bolding (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Jacob Dawson (Leander Club/Plymouth ARC)
Sholto Carnegie (Leander Club)
Rory Gibbs (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Tom Digby (Oxford Brookes University BC)
James Rudkin (Newcastle University BC)
Tom Ford (Leander Club)
Harry Brightmore (cox) (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Coach: Steve Trapmore
The GB Development Squad athletes racing at Henley Royal Regatta are:
The Stonor Challenge Trophy (W2x)
Vwairé Obukohwo (Twickenham RC)
Katherine George (Leander Club)
Coach: Helen Brown
The Princess Grace Challenge Cup (W4x)
Hannah Supple (Edinburgh University BC)
Megan Knight (Trentham BC)
Molly Curry (Queens Belfast University BC)
Rachel Bradley (Newcastle University BC)
Coach: Peter Sheppard
The Stonor Challenge Trophy (W2x)
Perri McCluskey (Strathclyde Park RC)
Jade Lindo (Twickenham RC)
Coach: Helen Brown
The Town Challenge Cup (W4-)
Abigail Topp (Leander Club)
Phoebe Snowden (University of London BC)
Angharad Broughton (Molesey BC)
Lauren Carey (Leander Club)
Coach: Vicky Spencer/Peter Sheppard
The Remenham Challenge Cup (W8+)
Della Luke (Marlow RC)
Emma Dabinett (Marlow RC)
Claire Murphy (Exeter RC)
Imogen Cabot (Leander Club)
Muryn Greene (Leander Club)
Lily Abbott (Molesey BC)
Harriet Drake-Lee (Peterborough City RC)
Julia Hunt-Davis (Latymer Upper School BC)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Cox) (Molesey BC)
Coach: Vicky Spencer/Peter Sheppard
The Diamond Challenge Sculls (M1x)
Marcus Chute (Windsorian BC)
Coach: Mark Wilkinson
The Silver Goblets and Nickalls’ Challenge Cup (M2-)
Harry Geffen (Yale University, USA)
Miles Beeson (Yale University, USA)
Coach: Peter Sheppard/Franz Imfeld
The Prince of Wales Challenge Cup (Intermediate) (M4x)
Joshua Matthews (Strathclyde Park RC)
Keyan O’Donnell (Bewl Bridge RC)
Stephen Hughes (Leander Club)
Matthew Hansen (Tideway Scullers’ School)
Coach: Helen Brown
The Ladies’ Challenge Plate (Intermediate) (M8+)
James Forward (Oxford University BC)
Felix Rawlinson (Thames RC)
Caspar Griffin (Elizabethan BC)
Joseph Willis (Leander Club)
Elliott Kemp (London RC)
Theodore Bell (Leander Club)
Connor Brown (Leander Club)
Iwan Hadfield (Leander Club)
Scott Cockle (Cox) (Brown University, USA)
Coach: Brian Young/Brendan Gliddon
The Ladies’ Challenge Plate (Intermediate) (M8+)
Saxon Stacey (Oxford University BC)
Zac Day (Molesey BC)
Alfred Orpin (Oxford University BC)
Simon Nunayon (Leander Club)
Gabriel Obholzer (Tideway Scullers School)
Balthasar Issa (Leander Club)
Max Deering (Thames RC)
Daniel Bradbery (Leander Club)
Sam Shuker (Cox) (Newcastle University BC)
Coach: Brian Young/Brendan Gliddon
Photos: AllMarkOne
