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End of Season Dinner
3rd September 2018
The End of Season Dinner is an informal event at which the new captain gets a chance to practice public speech a head of the Henley Lunch and everyone else gets a chance to practice their heckling. It's also a chance for the active squad to let their hair down, have a few beers...
Oxford City Regatta
19th August 2018
The 'meatwaggon' strikes again as, in it's original line up, it take the Open 4+ at Oxford City Regatta. ...
July newsletter
29th July 2018
July newsletter: Bedtime reading, Naming Neil, "Stop press: Oily Rags row at Henley, 'Toggers' 90th Birthday ...
Call to arms!
23rd July 2018
Call to arms! Garden tidy-up Hi folks Jacqui Darling does a fabulous job of looking after our beautiful garden all year round but the weeds are growing like crazy and we need our club members to lend a hand to clear them. On Sunday 5th August there will be a group gardening session to clear as...
Richmond Amateur Regatta
2nd July 2018
It was a glorious sunshine-y day for Richmond Regatta and the regatta was opened by a Novice 8+ contest between Cygnet and Kingston. Unfortunately for the boys in blue, their scratch Cygnet crew ended up on the wrong side of a 3ft verdict after 1250m of nail-biting side by side action. A...
Noel Davison
2nd July 2018
It is with great sadness that Cygnet RC reports the death of Noel Davison, who died peacefully at home on 1st July following a long battle with cancer. He was 65. Noel joined Cygnet in the early 1970s, having recently moved to London as an Inland Revenue recruit. Having gone through the motions...
Work at the Bungalow
29th June 2018
Between now and 7th July is a working period for general maintenance at the bungalow Any member and friend/s may visit, staying overnight if you wish, for free, providing you help with some work! Jobs include: cutting the hedge; cleaning the landing stage; trimming the bank; cleaning...
Glory, Glory
11th June 2018
Not content with messing about in fine boats, tub boats or Rhine boats, our LTR guru, sometime coxswain and vice-president Alan Cox has upped the game by having a go in a 'proper' sized rowing boat. Why they put the short bloke at stroke is anybody's guess! ...
Metropolitan Regatta
2nd June 2018
The 'Meatwagon' (Scott, Ian, Nick, Sam, Gigi) raced in Tier 3 and Tier 4 coxed-fours at Metropolitan Regatta on Saturday. Some tough racing against crews that would have registered as Senior and IM1 status under the old points system; Cygnet came fourth in their T3 heat, just missing out on a...
Bedtime reading
31st May 2018
Not to be outdone by Paul Rawkins' excellent "History of Cygnet RC", former captain Nick Bates has been hard at it editing "More Power - the story of Jurgen Grobler". The book is written by Hugh Matheson & Christopher Dodd and is published on 5th July. It will be available from Amazon...
