Burway Rowing Club
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| Location | Thameside, Laleham, Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°24′15″N 0°29′24″W / 51.404097°N 0.490109°W |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing (boat code BUR) |
| Website | www |
Burway Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Thameside, Laleham, Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey.[1]
The blade colours are dark blue and gold; kit: yellow and dark blue.[2] The boathouse is located next door to the Sir William Perkins's School Boat Club.
History
[edit]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.[3] In the same year the Burway Regatta was introduced.[4]
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
[edit]British champions
[edit]| Year | Winning crew/s |
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| 1988 | Men J18 2x[5] |
| 1990 | Women J14 1x[6] |
| 1997 | Women J16 1x [7] |
| 2003 | Men J16 1x[8] |
| 2008 | Open J14 1x, Women J18 1x [9] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
- ^ The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.43.
- ^ "Burway Rowing Club". Truth. 14 May 1948. Retrieved 11 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Club History". Burway Rowing Club.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
- ^ ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
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