Henley Women's Regatta

About

The Henley Women’s Regatta is the premier rowing regatta for Women in the UK. Over one thousand women aim to compete and win at the regatta annually. Crews travel from all around the world to race over the famous Henley Regatta course from as far afield as New Zealand and the United States and as nearby as Ireland, making Henley Women's Regatta an international event.

We aim to stage an event that has the competitor at the core of all we do, with the regatta being run by a very dedicated and professional team of volunteers, many of whom have competed at the regatta themselves. The events we offer give exciting high standard competition at the elite level for the fastest most experienced crews at international level,  intense racing at Senior and Intermediate level for clubs and universities and race experience and development for Schools, Juniors and Under 16s.

We welcome all spectators to come and experience a friendly riverside event, held over three days. We also welcome our Friends of the Regatta and recognise our previous winners through our Victrix Club formed in 2012. You are welcome back to support the regatta and catch up with old friends from rowing. The regatta start is at Temple Island and finishes at Remenham Club. The regatta hub is half way down the course where refreshments can be purchased and car parking is available for a fee. These facilities are all kindly provided by the Copas Partnership. There are no entrance fees to the regatta and dress code is casual.

Staging the regatta is a highly complex operation and we like to thank the Copas Partnership, Henley Royal Regatta and our loyal sponsor Invesco Perpetual for all their invaluable support. 

The continued growth and popularity of the regatta has recently resulted in our turnover exceeding the Government statutory threshold for VAT registration. Accordingly, we are now obliged to register for VAT. The Executive Committee have taken this opportunity to strengthen our governance procedures to in order to ensure the long term continuity and future of this important rowing event. As such, I hope that by the time you attend this years regatta, we will also be incorporated as a private company limited by guarantee, to be known as Henley Women's Regatta (HWR) Ltd.