TWICKENHAM REGATTA
25th May 2024 - PLANNING
Twickenham 2023 Centenary Regatta took place on 27th May.
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Regatta Documentation
HISTORY OF THE REGATTA
Twickenham Regatta was founded as the Richmond and Twickenham Amateur Regatta in 1923. There had been ‘Twickenham’ regattas going back to the founding of Twickenham Rowing Club in 1860 but these were in the nature of invitation events.
In 1952 Richmond Regatta was founded to run a Coronation event and thereafter, Twickenham and Richmond regattas ran as separate events.
In its history, the course at Twickenham Regatta has varied. For many years, it was an upstream course finishing at where the old Hotel was on Eel Pie Island. After that, the course would be upstream to Orleans Gardens. With the advent of Boat Trailers, it was essential to have adequate parking for them and the course was switched to upstream from Glovers Island to Ham House with boat parking on the Surrey station. After just a few years the course was switched to downstream with the enclosure at Buccleuch Gardens. Today the course is 1,000 metres.
Twickenham Regatta expects normally in excess of 100 races, and is supported both by local clubs and many further afield.
Racing is from stakeboats with pursuit umpire launches.
Twickenham Regatta is a friendly event and we pride ourselves on flexibility. The course is on a very picturesque part of the Thames (the view from Richmond Hill looking up the course is one of the very few views in the UK which is protected by an Act of Parliament).
