MOLESEY REGATTA 2025 19th and 20th July
Monday 20th July 2025
Results posted for both days
Thank you to all competitors, committee, organisers, umpires, volunteers, spectators, suppliers and artists!
WATER SAFETY ASSESSMENT
At a meeting of Regatta Officials on Friday 18th July, it was noted that the river state continues favourable for this weekend’s Molesey Regatta (no stream warnings, low flow rate numbers).
On the morning of Wednesday 16th July, a meeting of Regatta Committee officials was held at Molesey to review river, climatic and other relevant conditions as they impact the forthcoming regattas.
There are currently no Stream Warnings on the Government’s “River Thames Conditions” website. This applies to all sections of the non-tidal Thames from Lechlade to Teddington.
At the upper end of the Molesey stretch, at Sunbury, the flow-rate gauge is measuring a mere 11 M3 per sec, which is very low. At Molesey Boat Club a stick test was done and showed hardly any movement.
The weather forecast for Thursday and Friday is for warm days with some light rain, which is unlikely to be an issue. It was noted that there is a possibility of thunderstorms – this will be kept under review.
A further meeting will be held, as per our usual practice, at 11am on Friday 18th July; and an announcement made shortly thereafter.
Patrick Sinnott, Safety Adviser
COLLECTION OF NUMBERS
For SATURDAY only, numbers for crews racing BEFORE 10.00 can be collected from 07.15. All other numbers may be collected from 08.45 onwards
For SUNDAY collection for any/all from 07.30
The first race on both days is at 09.00.
FRIDAY TRAILERS
Trailers arriving on Friday may come to the regatta site, but please call 07951 638516 if the barrier is up. Boats stored overnight are NOT our responsibility. There is a possibility of using the MBC compound.
Please contact me if you would like to discuss any aspect of the regatta.
Ted Bates, Regatta Secretary
tbates8888@aol.com
07951 638516
More to read ….
This poster is a London Transport one from the 1920s
Location details are at the bottom of this page.
Here are some special features about the Regatta
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Why not enter our oldest invitation event – the Garrick Doubles? This was originally designed for a senior oarsman and a novice oarsman. Times and classifications have changed a lot in 118 years, but the principle is the same – an experienced rower and an inexperienced rower racing together. The silver cup is enormous and beautiful – well worth a picture. The event is mixed and defined in modern terms under Competitors.
A new cup was added to the collection in 2018. It is an 1874 Molesey Regatta oak-bound quart tankard. It was presented to the regatta by Phil Bourgignon, MBC Head Coach. It is in honour of Dick (Douglas) Child who was on the committee from 1986 to 2017 and President from 2001 to 2004. Each year it will be allocated to an event, and have the winning club engraved on its base. Well worth competing for! A winner’s tankard from1924 has just been donated by James Waller and was probably won by his grandfather Fred Waller – thank you James. This is the first pint tankard collected by the regatta.
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Whether it’s your first regatta or you are a returning champion, we aim to make our regatta a friendly place where the competition stays on the water and friends and families can enjoy a weekend by the river.
The Mayor of Elmbridge, is visiting the regatta, so too is Monica Harding, our Member of Parliament.
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The poster below is courtesy of the London Transport Museum and dates to the 1920s.
How to get here
All COMPETITORS, BOAT TRAILERS & OFFICIALS’ VEHICLES: please arrive via SADLERS RIDE KT8 1SU
SPECTATORS should go to Ferry Road, West Molesey, then come down the towpath to the Car Park.