Time Trial Start Orders: Friday >> | Saturday >>
Note, there are no time trials for the following events: Championship 4x, Championship Lightweight 1x, PR3 1x.
Time Trial Instructions: Friday >> | Saturday >>
Timetables: Friday >> | Saturday >> (v2 with corrections to progression) | Sunday >> (pre-regatta)
Draw Trees >> (pre-regatta)
Instructions for Competitors >>
Make sure you know how to stay cool in the heat >>
Training >> (from 06:00 on Monday, 16 June 2025, outside the hours of racing)
Time Trials (Officials in launches) >>
Side-by-side racing (Para – adverse weather conditions) >>
Thursday, 1 May 2025: Entries open on BROE.
Thursday, 15 May 2025: Last day for international crews wishing to enter any event other than Championship, Championship Lightweight or Junior to submit rowing CVs for crew members to entries@hwr.org.uk
Friday, 23 May 2025: Date by which HWR will provide decisions to overseas crews as a result of CV submission
Tuesday, 3 June 2025: Entries close at 23:59 (UK time)
Saturday, 7 June and Sunday, 8 June 2025: Draw takes place
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 (12:00): Draw published
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 (14:00): Car park opens to trailers and vehicles carrying sculls, and (15:30) to competitor cars. Pleae note that there will be no access to boat racks until approximately 17:00 after the site Risk Assessment has been completed.
Friday, 20 June 2025 (09:00): Racing starts
Visiting crews who wish to practise on the course before Wednesday, 18 June 2025 should make arrangements to boat from a local club. Please note no safety cover is operational on the river until the Regatta commences on Friday.
All competitors and coaches should read the following documents Regatta Rules and Qualification Rules carefully (changes from previous years are shown in red within them):
Crews from Scottish, Irish and other overseas clubs should also check the International Crew Entry page.
Any queries on competitor eligibility should be sent to entries@hwr.org.uk.
Changes for the 2025 regatta are marked in RED
A. Yes, see the Qualification Grid document (above), which should be read with the Regatta Rules and Qualification Rules.
A: Any athletes in this WEHoRR crew are ineligible for the Frank V Harry 4+ event at HWR because their standard is such that they would have placed in the top 50. Athletes should remember that the WEHoRR placing is a “forever” rule and not a “for 5 years” rule.
In 2022 there were no Qualifying races for the Remenham Challenge Cup. If you won a round of side by side racing in 2022 then yes, you need to race in a Championship level event at HWR in 2025. If you were beaten in your first side by side race in 2022 then No, you do not need to race Championship at HWR in 2025. HRR-List-of-Entries-2022.pdf.
Qualifying for/competing in the Wargrave Challenge Cup doesn’t mean you have to race Championship at HWR, but if you won the Wargrave in 2024 then Yes, you need to race Championship.
A: You are not mandated to race Championship, but you are excluded from the Frank V Harry 4+ and the Fiona Dennis Lwt 1x. It is the athletes in the Openweight Oxford/Cambridge crews who need to race Championship level events.
A: No, you are not mandated to race Championship based on your BUCS and EUSA result, but you are excluded from Frank V Harry 4+ and the Fiona Dennis Lwt 1x trophies.
A: Previous winners of Intermediate (Club or Academic) are excluded from the Frank V Harry 4+ only (see Qualification Rules). This is because up to and including the 2017 regatta, the Intermediate events were our entry level events.
A: Yes, you are eligible for Frank V Harry 4+ in 2025. The time trial was for seeding only and no one was eliminated.
A: No, you are not eligible for the Frank V Harry 4+ in 2025 because you won a round in an Aspirational level event.
A: No, you are not eligible for the Frank V Harry 4+ in 2025 because you have previously won a round in your Junior 4+.
A: Composites were previously allowed in Senior and Elite events, but not in Intermediate. They are now allowed in Aspirational and Championship events (but not Development) to enable clubs with fewer athletes the opportunity to compete at this level. We would expect that, for the leading UK universities and clubs, their first crews may be racing in Championship and other crews will race in the Aspirational events.
A: Some overseas crews may be eligible to race in Aspirational level events. Any crew wishing to race in Aspirational will need to provide a rowing CV as per Regatta Rule 3.3. We expect American Division 1 crews to race in Championship. American Division 3 crews can enter Aspirational. Note: CVs are not required for crews entering Championship events or for crews entering Junior events but they must meet the age rules.
A: The Frank V Harry 4+ is intended to be an event for Seniors. Clubs with lots of Juniors should enter the Junior 4+ event. The rule is set at 2 juniors to try and enable smaller clubs to form crews to participate in this event.
A: Having analysed the range and standard of entries over a number of years, offering a Club and Academic event at the Aspirational level rather than Development is appropriate as it reflects the improvement in women’s rowing. However, the Committee recognise that the regatta should support the pathway for less experience oarswomen and have offered a Coxed Four event. The Frank V Harry 4+ is the entry level event for the regatta, whether you are training as a student or otherwise.
A: The Frank V Harry 4+ is our entry level event and the exclusions are based on ability and performance history rather than when you achieved that performance. We appreciate that people take time away from the sport for a variety of reasons, but if you have been successful in the sport historically then you will have a level of skill and ability that will quickly return when you return to training.
A: Yes, you can race for your university in an Academic event because you are a registered internal student for the year at that university.
A: Yes, you can race in Club events if you have not raced in a regatta for that university.
A: Yes, you can race in Club events. As you are no longer a registered student at university you cannot race in the Colgan Foundation Cup or the Cathy Cruickshank Cup.
Q: I finished my PhD and graduated in January but have continued training with the other students, can I race in the Colgan Foundation Cup (Aspirational Academic 8+) or the Cathy Cruickshank Trophy (Aspirational Academic 4-) events this summer?
A: As you are no longer a registered student at university you cannot race in these Academic events but you can race in Club sweep events or any sculling events for which you meet the qualification criteria.
A: The committee believe that a HWR medal should not be won in a straight final. However, we recognise that the number of crews in some events is relatively small and have reduced the minimum to be 4 at CLOSE of ENTRIES. If 1 crew scratches after entries close the event will still run.
There are 25 events at Henley Women’s Regatta 2025 in Championship, Aspirational, Development, Junior and Para-Rowing categories.
Entry fees for Henley Women’s Regatta 2025 are £47 per seat including coxes.
The Ron Needs Cup – for Championship Eights
The Avril Vellacott Cup – for Championship Coxless Fours
The Redgrave Challenge Vase – for Championship Coxless Pairs
The Borne Cup – for Championship Quadruple Sculls
The W. Peer Cup – for Championship Double Sculls
The George Innes Cup – for Championship Single Sculls
The Haslam Trophy – for Championship Lightweight Double Sculls
The Parkside Trophy – for Championship Lightweight Coxless Pairs
The Godfrey Rowsports Trophy – for Championship Lightweight Single Sculls
The Colgan Foundation Cup – for Aspirational Academic Eights
The Copas Cup – for Aspirational Club Eights
The Cathy Cruickshank Trophy – for Aspirational Academic Coxless Fours
The Lester Trophy – for Aspirational Club Coxless Fours
The Chairman’s Trophy – for Aspirational Quadruple Sculls
The Rosie Mayglothling Trophy – for Aspirational Double Sculls
The Bernard & Pauline Churcher Trophy – for Aspirational Single Sculls
The Fiona Dennis Trophy – for Aspirational Lightweight Single Sculls
The Frank V Harry Cup – for Development Coxed Fours
The Peabody Cup – for Junior Eights
The Groton School Challenge Cup – for Junior Coxed Fours
The Bea Langridge Trophy – for Junior Quadruple Sculls
The Rayner Cup – for Junior Double Sculls
The Di Ellis Trophy – for Junior Single Sculls
The Grosvenor Cup – for Para-rowing PR3 Single Sculls
The Vesta Cup – for Para-Rowing PR2 Single Sculls
The growth in entries over recent years is exciting for women’s rowing, but as a competition this has created significant timetabling pressure. To continue to run a successful premier women’s regatta our programme of events is reviewed annually.
A significant change for the 2025 regatta entails the age restrictions for competitors entering the junior events being relaxed. J15 and J16 competitors will now be permitted to race in the junior (J18) events (excluding the Di Ellis Trophy for junior single sculls), subject to restrictions on the number of J15 competitors in a crew.
