MOLESEY REGATTA 2026 18th and 19th July
Getting started again!
Under Competitor Information, you will find the proposed entry details and likely events These are provisional at the moment. Please advise if you see anything missing.
We are making some important changes this year.
1 The Saturday course is being increased to 1000m. This awaits approval from our new Chief Umpire, who will be assuming post
in the next fortnight. The course extension is cartographically correct and has been cleared with Aquarius Sailing Club.
2 The Moulsey Mile is being reintroduced as a special
restricted event. This is a challenging course, last definitely
raced over in 1915.
Both Aquarius and Hampton Sailing Clubs are thanked for their generous cooperation.
I hope you will find these changes to be of interest
Ted Bates
President
6th April 2026
Call me anytime 07951 638516
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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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.