The following year, 'The Star' club from Maidenhead entered the District Challenge Cup at Henley Regatta.

[4] Crews and scullers from Maidenhead did compete at various regattas during this intermittent time period, but never seemed to belong to a particular rowing club.

SIR - The well-timed suggestion of your "Local Looker-on" that Maidenhead should have a Town Boating Club is certainly in great part practicable.

The members of the Early Closing Association might possibly form such a club, but their only opportunities to practice would be Thursday evenings, and they would probably struggle in preparing a really good crew, and sending them to Marlow or Henley.

In response, a group of individuals amassed at the Bear Hotel in Maidenhead, and later in the town hall, with the intention of forming a rowing club.

[5] Club rules and constitution were established, which included references to amateurism (i.e. no member shall row for money prizes etc.)

The club struggled with success in its first few years, entering the Town Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1878 and 1883,[6] being quickly eliminated.

H. Booth-Mason won the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley, after a similar crew lost in the final of the same event in 1923.

A similar crew then raced the Grand Challenge Cup in 1925, and lost out to London Rowing Club by a mere 5 feet.

In 1926, Jack Arnold led the construction of a much bigger boathouse adjacent to the original clubhouse - both were sandwiched between Maidenhead Bridge and the Thames Riviera Hotel.

Lion(s), coached by S.A. Quarterman, took the Wyfold Challenge Cup, beating Tigre Boat Club, Argentina in the final.

Joining as a junior, Laura experienced a successful career in rowing, and is an active member of the club even in the present day.

Eric Sims won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup with Steve Redgrave from Marlow in 1981, and represented Great Britain several times.

The last win at Henley for many years came from a composite crew of Maidenhead (B. Webb) and Windsor Boys' School in 1992, in the Fawley Challenge Cup.

Countless national titles/medals and GB Junior representations decorate many of the club's current and alumni members.

In recent years wins at Henley Women's Regatta and the Schools Head of the River were also achieved.

William Grenfell, also known as Lord Desborough, was the club's first captain and a very noteworthy individual who among other things competed in the only dead heat Boat Race in 1877, rowed the English channel, served as Mayor of Maidenhead and was chairman of the British Olympic Association.

The races are 500m upstream on the Bray Reach, finishing by the steps just south of Maidenhead Railway Bridge, although in 2007 the summer regatta was briefly relocated to Dorney Lake due to poor river conditions.