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Summer success at HT&V
3rd August 2026
This weather may not be great for the lawn but it makes for some lovely racing conditions – and on the most famous stretch of water of them all. Cygnet enjoyed a great day out racing at Henley Town & Visitors regatta this weekend with a IV+, two 4x- and an VIII+ with the added bonus, the...
Alan's Birthday Tour
21st July 2026
There's an argument which says that Alan Cox has taught more Cygnets to row in the last 40 years than anyone else at the club. He's also taught most of them how to drink properly plus coxed a fair few into the bargain – but then so he should with a name like that. This is of...
July Newsletter
16th July 2026
July Newsletter Racing and social round-up, fixtures, new boats, Colin Dominy, John Simkins ...
Sculling Camp
14th June 2026
Cygnet held their spring Sculling Camp (a.k.a. S'camp) last weekend, where it was a great opportunity to teach the recent Learn to Row graduates how to single scull – and swim! As always a great time was had by all at our Up-river Training Facility (a.k.a. The Bungalow). Thanks to all...
Boat naming bonanza!
23rd May 2026
Accompanied by some glorious weather, the Civil Service boathouse hosted not one but two boat namings after outings on Saturday 23rd May Cygnet named their new FIlippi coxed IV after her benefactor "Phil Brown" while BBLRC named their new Hudson coxless IV after the legend that is "Jackie...
2025/26 Head Season round-up
30th April 2026
A brief round-up from the Head season along with some other news. No entires into Scullers Head this season and none in Pairs Head either (which was cancelled due to conditions anyway) the latter probably due to the fact that so many Cygnets were in Germany for...
Remembering John Simkins
30th March 2026
Read John's obituary here ...
Remembering Colin Dominy
24th January 2026
Cygnet are sad to report that earlier this month, Lynne Dominy wrote to the club to inform us that her uncle, Colin Dominy, had passed away on 3rd January. Read Colin's obituary here ...
2024/25 Annual Report
19th January 2026
Cygnet Annual Report 2025 ...
The Veterans Christmas Lunch
2nd January 2026
On 15 December, sixteen 'mature' members of Cygnet sat down to Christmas lunch in the Battle of Britain suite at the RAF Club, courtesy of Chris Tarry (who is a member of the latter). Those present spanned five generations stretching back to Lawrence McVeigh's era, who was kind enough to organise...
