Burway Rowing Club

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

Burway Rowing Club

Location	Thameside, Laleham, Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England
Coordinates	51.404097°N 0.490109°W / 51.404097; -0.490109
Founded	1921
Affiliations	British Rowing (boat code BUR)
Website	www.burwayrowingclub.co.uk

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

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

British champions

Year	Winning crew/s
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

• Rowing on the River Thames

References

1. "Club details". British Rowing.
2. The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.43.
3. "Burway Rowing Club". Truth. 14 May 1948. Retrieved 11 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Club History". Burway Rowing Club.
5. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
6. "Rosewell, Mike. "Duckings and diving are not permitted." Times, 21 July 1990, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
7. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
8. ""Today's fixtures." Times, 21 July 2003, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
9. "2008 archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.