Burton Leander Rowing Club

Burton Leander Rowing Club is the premiere rowing club in Burton on Trent and celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 1997. The club has seen successes at national and international level, with wins at Henley, The National Championships and The National Schools Regatta. Members of the junior squad regularly attend GB trials, the most recent selection was Liam Rose who competed in the GB vs France Regatta in Abbevile sur la Somme, France.

We are fortunate to have approximately 6KM of row able river, with an exciting regatta course, over 1100m from the Leicester Line Railway Bridge to a point just before the Ferry Bridge, and a straight sprint course over 450m. Burton Leander aims to enable its athletes to meet their aspirations through the provision of excellent training facilities both on and off the water, this includes Olympic weights facilities, Concept 2 rowing machines and quality coaching alongside a full fleet of racing boats.

Five Burton rowers represented the Leander club at the recent British and European indoor rowing championships. The British championships were relocated at Nottingham University this year after talking place at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham for the best part of two decades. This was the first time that Britain has hosted the European championships so continental as well as national honours were at stake.

English indoor silver medallist Ken Moore stamped his name in the club’s illustrious history by snatching an unexpected but brilliant bronze medal in the vet 65-69 heavyweight category, recording a fine 7m16.6s for the 2km event. Despite fading over the last 200 metres, remarkably Moore finished second Brit behind Roger Stainforth of Durham, with runaway winner Christian Sommer from Team Germany taking the gold (6m59.8s). An elated Moore said, “With the indoor season now over, the emphasis will be to work towards the summer season and the British Masters National championships and Henley Masters regatta”.