History
The club was founded in 1856 at the instigation of Herbert Playford, A. A. Casamajor and Josias Nottidge for the purpose of promoting rowing on the river Thames and winning medals at Henley Royal Regatta. These three formed part of the crew that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1857. It is one of the seven founding clubs of the Remenham Club at Henley and is one of only five clubs which retain the right to appoint representatives directly to the Council of the Amateur Rowing Association.
Sophie Hosking Rob Williams will compete for Great Britain at the London Games in 2012 in the women's lightweight double sculls and lightweight four. Most recently 'London' (as it is known in rowing circles) won the Wyffolds in 2011 and also provided half of the oarsmen in the composite international lightweight crews that won the Club Quads in 2007. London is a High Performance Centre for Lightweight Rowing and has been the base for many successful international Lightweights since the inception of the weight class. Two of its members, James Lindsay-Fynn and James Clarke, competed in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 as part of the Lightweight Men's Coxless Fours. Nick Strange and Ben Helm competed in the lightweight double sculls and lightweight four at the Atlanta Games in 1996. The London lightweight four of 1994; Butt, Watson, Strange and Helm retain the British best time for lightweight fours of 05:48:86 (Paris, May '94)
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