Burway Rowing Club Explained

Clubname:Burway Rowing Club
Bladecolourimage:Burway Rowing Club rowing blade.gif
Location:Thameside, Laleham, Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey
Coordinates:51.4041°N -0.4901°W
Founded:1921
Affiliations:British Rowing (boat code BUR)

Burway Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Thameside, Laleham, Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey.[1]

Club colours

The blade colours are dark blue and gold; kit: yellow and dark blue.[2]

History

The club was founded in 1921 as Staines Town Rowing Club. In 1948 the club became known as Burway Rowing Club due to its location at Burway Reach. In the same year the Burway Regatta was introduced.[3] The boathouse is located next door to the Sir William Perkins's School Boat Club.

The club has pre-trained a few British champions at senior level and principally trained many juniors winning their events at that major event, held over 2000 metres, usually in Nottingham: Holme Pierrepoint purpose-built lake.

Honours

British champions

width=70Yearwidth=400Winning crew/s
Men J18 2x[4]
Women J14 1x[5]
Women J16 1x [6]
Men J16 1x[7]
Open J14 1x, Women J18 1x [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
  2. https://www.britishrowing.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Handbook-2020-v2-PJI-Page-57-Removed-compressed.pdf The Umpires' Handbook
  3. Web site: Club History. Burway Rowing Club.
  4. Web site: "For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35. Times Digital Archives.
  5. Web site: Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32. Times Digital Archives.
  6. Web site: Full archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313015053/http://www.britchamps.org/spectators/results-archive. 2017-03-13.
  7. Web site: "Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32. Times Digital Archives.
  8. Web site: 2008 archive of results. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206055635/http://britchamps.org/sites/default/files/resultsarchive/ressun2008.html. 2016-12-06.