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Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta
What is Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta?

Wargrave and Shiplake are two small villages either side of the Thames, in England, some three miles up river of the famous rowing town Henley. Each year they hold one of the largest regattas on the Thames with races for skiffs, punts and canoes. A list of all the events can be seen in our list of winners.

It is a local regatta, but each year friends, distant relatives, former residents and the plain interested come from all over Britain and distant corners of the globe to compete, meet friends and family and soak up the pleasure of simply mucking about in boats. That is not to say that the competition is not serious and that the standards of traditional rivercraft are not of the highest order.

There are very nearly 1000 individual competitors competing in 400 races over two days at the beginning of August, every year. The course is short, around 400 yards, down stream, but still arduous. The boats are traditional in style and heavy. The skiffs (clinker built, double sculled, fixed pin and seat, coxed) would have been nearly identical in Victorian times but remain superb racing machines when up and running. They are sculled at Wargrave & Shiplake by combinations of first timers, local veteran gentlemen and Olympic and university oarsmen, success being dependent on skill rather more than weight. There are events for boys, girls, ladies, gentlemen, mixed and veterans.

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