Burway_Rowing_Club

Burway Rowing Club

Burway Rowing Club

Rowing club in Surrey, England

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

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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

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. [2]
    The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.43.
  3. [3]
    "Club History". Burway Rowing Club.
  4. [4]
    ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
  5. [5]
    "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  6. [6]
    "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  7. [7]
    ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  8. [8]
    "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.


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