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Benrath – Cygnet 60th Celebration weekend
8th July 2025
Henley Friday • 4th July • Old Blades Pat Sly very kindly agreed to host a more substantial gathering than usual on her front lawn this year. 31 members of Benrath came over from Germany joining approximately 80 Cygnets and Barnes Bridge Ladies, new and old. With about 125 people attending,...
Barnes Bridge footpath closures
7th July 2025
Dear Stakeholder, I am writing to let you know that there will be a nighttime footpath closure on Barnes Bridge, from Saturday 2 August to Saturday 6 September. The closure will allow our engineers to work safely to remove the middle girders from each span of the railway bridge. This work...
RGB–CYG 60th Anniversary kit
7th May 2025
As part of this year’s Benrath – Cygnet 60th Anniversary, we are pleased to offer you the chance to purchase some Anniversary Kit to remember the occasion by. As for the 40th and 50th years, we will be producing tee shirts and for this 60th year we are pleased to offer not one, but two...
Eights Heads Weekend
25th March 2025
Another brilliant weekend of racing on the Tideway! The Cygnet VIII (#320) achieved a fantastic result at Eights Head finishing 269th (gaining 51 places) and 4th in the Small Club category (out of 10) The crew were: Clara F (cox), Dom M, Tom C, Charles J, Jordan H,...
Hammersmith Head
26th February 2025
A great day of Tideway racing at Hammersmith Head. Despite somewhat ‘breezy’ conditions, our Cygnet VIII rowed brilliantly, with all of the winter ergs and training sessions finally paying off! Many thanks to our coaches Wes and Simon for our Head Race preparation so far. Well done...
60 not out
10th February 2025
Plans are afoot to celebrate the enduring relationship between Benrath and Cygnet (and some BBRLC along the way) which will happen over three events in 2025. Exact timing and some other details to be confirmed but we need to know numbers so please do register your interest in any or all...
December Newsletter
4th December 2024
December Newsletter New captaincy, 2025 Fixtures, Learn-to-row, End of Season dinner, Benrath/Cygnet 60th Anniversary, remembering Ann, Len and Roy. ...
Remembering Roy Ellison
29th November 2024
Cygnets were saddened to hear of the death of Roy Ellison, who passed away on 23rd November. He was 91. Read Roy's full obituary here ...
Autumn Racing
24th October 2024
The World Masters Rowing Regatta took place between 11–15th September at Brandenburg an Der Havel, Germany. Cygnet were represented by Iain Golder who was part of a composite crew with Guildford RC (Brad, Richard and Paul) A really good race was reported with our chaps just being piped into...
All in a very good cause
19th October 2024
Hi, I am writing to see if I can encourage Cygnet RC to get involved with Motor Neurone Disease 5000 Squats for November 2024 I am a former Cygnet member, rowing with the squad from late 90s through to early 2000s and also met my wife Tanith there, who was rowing at...
